Lesowske family collection of Portland Timbers memorabilia
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of memorabilia relating to the Portland, Oregon, soccer team the Portland Timbers, collected by the Lesowske family in the 2010s. Items in the collection include: season programs for 2010, 2014, 2015, and 2017; a publication, "A Fan's History of the Portland Timbers"; a photo book by Eric Ryan Anderson; a 2013 team photograph with player autographs; autographed player cards; tickets; a Timbers Army brochure; and an Oregon Lottery Timbers/Thorns FC scratch card. Oversize items in the collection consist of a 2015 Oregonian sports section about the Timbers' victory at the 2015 Major League Soccer Championship and a 2018 Timbers poster.
Dates
- 2010-2018
Creator
- Lesowske family (Collector, Family)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Historical Note
As of 2021, the Lesowske family had attended Portland Timbers games for over 15 seasons.
Historical Note
The Portland Timbers was first founded as a soccer team in 1975, when the North American Soccer League expanded to Portland, Oregon. The team made it to the championship game of Soccer Bowl '75, where they were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rowdies. Despite initial public enthusiasm, by 1982 attendance figures had fallen significantly, and after that season the franchise folded.
The franchise gained new life in 2001, when Portland became part of the United Soccer Leagues First Division, and took the team name of the Timbers. In 2009, the team was granted an expansion franchise in Major League Soccer on the condition that Portland build a soccer-only stadium; renovation of PGE Park (later Providence Park) to host soccer games was completed in 2011. In December 2015, the Timbers won their first Major League Soccer championship against the Columbus Crew.
Source: "Portland Timbers," by Kerry Eggers, Oregon Encyclopedia, https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/portland_timbers/#.YtmtP3bMJaQ.
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 slim legal document case; 2 oversize folders (16x20) in shared flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Memorabilia relating to the Portland, Oregon, soccer team the Portland Timbers, collected by the Lesowske family. Materials include season programs, a history of the team, a newspaper section about the team's Major League Soccer championship win, and ephemera. As of 2021, the Lesowske family had been attending Portland Timbers games for over 15 seasons.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Lesowske Family Foundation, April 2021 (RL2022-084).
Separated Materials
Artifacts were separated to Museum Collections, Oregon Historical Society.
Creator
- Lesowske family (Collector, Family)
- Title
- Guide to the Lesowske family collection of Portland Timbers memorabilia
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jeffrey A. Hayes
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
1200 SW Park Ave.
Portland OR 97205 United States
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