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Anna Birchman diary
Manuscript diary of Anna Birchman (nee Anna Björkman, later Anna Birchman Mills), written in Swedish, with entries dating from December 18, 1890-January 14, 1891. Birchman wrote the diary in the form of a letter home to her family during her emigration from the Dalarna province in Sweden to Portland, Oregon. Also included are a typescript English translation and an edited version of that translation in the form of a pamphlet published in 2006.
James Birnie papers
Papers of a Hudson's Bay Company agent, justice of the peace, and early merchant of Cathlamet, Washington Territory. Includes Birnie & Co. accounts with Abernethy & Co.; Allan, Lowe & Co.; Henry W. Corbett; Ladd, Reed, & Co.; and other businesses in northwestern Oregon and California. Also includes fishery accounts; Cathlamet real estate records; estate papers of James A. Scarborough; and guardianship records of Edwin and Robert Scarborough.
William N. Bischoff notes
Collection consists of typescript notes and research, circa 1950-1976, for William N. Bischoff's edited and annotated "We Were Not Summer Soldiers: the Indian War Diary of Plympton J. Kelly, 1855-56."
Z. C. Bishop letters
Collection consists primarily of photostat letters from Z. C. Bishop to family, 1837-1856, with typed transcripts. Also included is a photocopy newspaper clipping with genealogical information about descendants; a photograph of the grave of Mary Ann Bishop, wife of Z. C. Bishop; and a typescript index to articles and archival materials about Bishop.
Oral history interview with Stanley Bishoprick
Oral history interview with Stanley Bishoprick conducted by Charles Digregorio on August 17, 1978. Bishoprick worked in the lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest in the mid-20th century.
Black and white
Pencil sketch of a sunset over cliffs and ocean by Walter Cox. Note on back suggests the subject is probably "Rio Bay."
Oral history interview with Jean P. Black
Oral history interview with Jean P. Black conducted by Karen Wingo on May 7, 1980. Black was the first librarian for Vanport College, later Portland State University.
Black journalists, then & now
Collection includes a booklet for an exhibit, "Black Journalists, Then & Now," containing portraits and biographical sketches of Black journalists. Also included are color prints of portraits of Black journalists, including T. Thomas Fortune, Malvin R. Goode, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Samuel H. Lacy, Robert C. Maynard, Gordon Parks, Ethel L. Payne, William Raspberry, John B. Russwurm, Clarice Tinsley, William Monroe Trotter and Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
Materials related to Black Lives Matter demonstrations and activism in Portland, Oregon
Flyers, booklets, ephemera, posters, and photographs of graffiti and signs relating to Black Lives Matter demonstrations and the police defunding movement in Portland, Oregon. Portland was one of many cities in the United States where residents demonstrated in protest against police brutality and systemic racism following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in May 2020.
Blackfish Gallery publications
Exhibition catalogs and a photo book of Blackfish Gallery of Portland, Oregon. Blackfish Gallery is a cooperative artists' gallery in northwestern Portland that was founded in 1979.