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Meier & Frank (Portland, Or.)

 Organization

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Aaron M. Frank address to Meier and Frank employees

 Collection
Identifier: SR294
Abstract

Speech delivered by Aaron M. Frank on March 24, 1949, to the employees of the Meier & Frank Department Store in Portland, Oregon. In the speech, Frank, the president of the store, urges employees to resist efforts to organize a union.

Dates: 1949 March 24

Aaron M. and Gerry Frank family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2832
Abstract

Papers of and relating to Aaron M. Frank (1891-1968), his son Gerry Frank (1923-2022), their family, and the Portland, Oregon, department store Meier & Frank. Aaron M. Frank was president of Meier & Frank from 1937 to 1964. Gerry Frank managed a Salem, Oregon, branch of Meier & Frank from 1955 to 1965, and later served as U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield's chief of staff.

Dates: 1866-1966

Oral history interview with Gerry Frank

 Collection
Identifier: SR1324
Abstract

Oral history interview with Gerry Frank conducted by Jim Strassmaier from May 25, 1988, to May 2, 1990, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Frank supported Hatfield's political career and served as his chief of staff.

Dates: 1988 May 25-1990 May 2

Oral history interview with Gerry Frank

 Collection
Identifier: SR1002
Abstract

Oral history interview with Gerry Frank conducted by Jim Strassmaier from July 16, 1991, to April 29, 1992. Frank was the manager of the Meier & Frank Department Store in Salem, Oregon, from 1955 to 1965.

Dates: 1991 July 16-1992 April 29

Gerry Frank scrapbooks and memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 855
Abstract

Scrapbooks, photograph albums, photographs, papers, and ephemera compiled by or relating to Gerald W. "Gerry" Frank (1923-). Frank is a businessman from Oregon who worked at the department store Meier & Frank; opened a dessert shop in Salem, Oregon, named Gerry Frank's Konditerei; and was U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield's chief of staff.

Dates: circa 1880-2018

Sigmund Frank papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 230
Abstract

Sigmund Frank was a business partner in the Meier & Frank department store founded by Aaron Meier. His son Aaron M. Frank worked for the store and later became its president. This unprocessed collection includes financial records, deeds, reports, and miscellaneous documents primarily regarding Meier & Frank and other businesses, including some papers belonging to Aaron Frank and other Frank family members.

Dates: circa 1860-1957

Harbor view, city of Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1063
Abstract

Poster featuring a printed half-tone panoramic photograph of Portland, Oregon. The photograph was taken from the east side of the Willamette River and shows the river, steamboats, bridges, and waterfront buildings on the west side of the river.

Dates: circa 1908

Meier and Frank advertising posters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5384
Abstract

Two advertising posters describing Meier and Frank's outlets and celebrating its history, growth, and development.

Dates: 1968-1970

Jack Meier papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2683
Abstract Papers of Julius L. "Jack" Meier Jr. (1912-1988) include materials regarding his business concerns, particularly Meier & Frank Co. and Timberline Lodge; documents relating to his involvement in charitable and humanitarian causes, particularly the Oregon Jewish Welfare Fund and other relief measures for Jewish refugees during World War II; and correspondence regarding a compilation of material on the history and development of Timberline Lodge and winter sports on Mount Hood. Meier was...
Dates: 1928-1972

Elizabeth Salway Ryan collection on Inese Ramis and A. R. Van Twiller

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2644
Abstract

Collection includes notes, correspondence and drafts of biographical articles for the Oregonian newspaper on Inese Ramis, a Russian immigrant from a displaced persons camp in Germany, and A. R. Van Twiller, a deliveryman for Meier and Frank Company in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1949

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Subject
Oregon 6
Businesses and Corporations 5
Department stores -- Oregon -- Portland 3
correspondence 3
Business enterprises -- Oregon -- Portland 2