Burnside Community Council records

Collection

Identifier: Mss 6038

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Unprocessed collection consisting of miscellaneous records of the Burnside Community Council, which provided services to unhoused and low-income people in Portland, Oregon, and operated a shelter called Baloney Joe's. The collection includes photographs and negatives that depict services and activities of the organization; people served by the organization and people living on the streets; and facilities and staff of Baloney Joe's. Materials also include issues of the publications Pipeline, Hobo News, and These Homeless Times, as well as notes and correspondence related to those publications.

Dates

circa 1975-2000

Creator

Burnside Community Council (Portland, Or.) (Organization)

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.

Adminstrative history

The Burnside Community Council was an organization that provided services for homeless adults in Portland, Oregon. It was founded by Michael Stoops and operated a shelter, Baloney Joe's. After the Burnside Community Council's collapse in 1987, the Salvation Army took over Baloney Joe's, renaming it the Recovery Inn.

Extent

16 Cubic Feet (16 record cartons)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gifts of the Burnside Community Council, care of Chuck Currie, November 1990 (Lib. Acc. 20265), and via Amanda Tillstrom, July 2009 (Lib. Acc. 26796).

Related Materials

Issues of Hobo News and These Homeless Times are also held in periodicals collections at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Separated Materials

A commemorative brick was transferred to the Oregon Historical Society museum collections.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed; contact library staff for assistance. An addition (Lib. Acc. 26796) was made to the collection as Box 16 in approximately 2011.