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Housing Authority of Portland (Or.)

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Don E. Clark

 Collection
Identifier: SR1166
Abstract

Oral history interview with Don E. Clark conducted by George M. Joseph from August 30, 1994, to March 27, 1998. Clark served as Multnomah County sheriff from 1963 to 1965, and as Multnomah County commissioner from 1971 to 1983.

Dates: 1994 August 30-1998 March 27

Chester Alexander Moores papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2599
Abstract

Chester Alexander Moores (1889-1975) was a realtor and civic leader in Portland, Oregon. He was vice president of the Commonwealth, Inc., 1932-1960. He was a member of the Housing Authority of Portland, 1941-1945, and chairman from 1944-1945. This unprocessed collection includes correspondence, memos, minutes, reports, speeches, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and memorabilia regarding Moores' business and civic activities.

Dates: circa 1919-1974

Stella Maris House collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1585
Abstract The collection consists of printed material, correspondence, and administrative, financial, and legal records created and collected by the Stella Maris House, a Portland, Oregon-based social justice group, during the course of its work. The collection demonstrates the local evolution of issues key to the history of the United States during the 1960s. Over a third of the collection is dedicated to Oregon's migrant labor rights movement; it also features materials documenting the area's civil...
Dates: 1940-1973; Majority of material found within 1960-1972

Vanport collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1413
Abstract

Collection includes "Vanport City Rules and Regulations," 1943, with map of Vanport and index; photocopy of "Vanport City Flood 1948," an American Red Cross report; "Vanport: Emergency Relief Operations," a Salvation Army publication; and four watercolors depicting life in Vanport, 1942-1946.

Dates: 1942-1948

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African Americans 1
Albina (Portland, Or.) -- History -- 20th century 1
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Church and social problems -- Oregon -- Portland -- Catholic Church -- 20th century 1
City Planning 1
City planning -- Oregon -- Portland -- 20th century 1
Civic Activism 1
Civic leaders -- Oregon -- Portland 1
Civil Rights 1
Civil Rights -- Oregon -- Portland -- 20th century 1
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Oregon 1
Discrimination in housing -- Oregon -- Portland -- 20th century 1
Express highways -- Oregon -- 20th century 1
Floods -- Oregon -- Vanport 1
Health insurance -- Law and legislation -- Oregon 1
Homeless persons -- Services for -- Oregon 1
Housing -- Oregon -- Portland -- 20th century 1
Latinos and Latinas 1
Law enforcement -- Oregon 1
Mexican Americans 1
Migrant labor -- Oregon -- 20th century 1
Oral Histories 1
Oregon -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
Political campaigns -- Oregon -- Multnomah County 1
Politics and Politicians 1
Portland (Or.) 1
Portland (Or.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Prisoners -- California 1
Prisoners -- Oregon 1
Prisons -- California 1
Prisons -- Oregon 1
Public housing -- Oregon -- Management 1
Sheriffs -- Oregon -- Multnomah County 1
Social justice -- Oregon -- Portland -- 20th century 1
Urban renewal -- Oregon -- Portland -- 20th century 1
Vanport (Or.) 1
Vanport (Or.) -- Pictorial works 1
administrative records 1
booklets 1
clippings (information artifacts) 1
correspondence 1
essays 1
financial records 1
interviews 1
leaflets (printed works) 1
legal documents 1
memorandums 1
newsletters 1
oral histories (literary genre) 1
pamphlets 1
programs (documents) 1
speeches (documents) 1
watercolors (paintings) 1
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