Showing Collections: 3221 - 3230 of 3474
Photographs of the Vanport (Or.) flood
Collection consists of 10 black-and-white photographs of the Vanport flood in 1948, taken by an unidentified photographer. Most of the photographs are aerial views showing the floodwaters, damaged and floating buildings, and other debris. Several photographs show people standing amid the wreckage.
Materials relating to Vanport, Oregon
Collection includes an autograph book with several pages of handwritten names and hometowns of seventh- and eighth-grade students at Vanport School, 1945; five photocopied photographs of students, staff, and school grounds at Vanport School, 1944-1945; and one photocopied journal article titled "The Vanport Flood: Clark v. United States."
Photographs of Vanport, Oregon
Small collection of black and white photographs of Vanport, Oregon, before and after the flood of 1948. The photographs belonged to Dale Skovgaard and include images of Skovgaard and his family, who lived in Vanport at the time of the flood.
Oral history interview with Thomas Vaughan
Oral history interview with Thomas Vaughan conducted by Sieglinde Smith from October 1, 1995, to December 2, 1996. Vaughan was the executive director of the Oregon Histoical Society from 1954 to 1989.
Oral history interview with Ethel L. Vaughters
Oral history interview with Ethel L. Vaughters conducted by Robert Vaughters in the summer of 1981. Vaughters discusses raising a family in Scio, Roaring River, Hebo, and Portland, Oregon.
Arthur Lyle Veazie papers
Collection includes correspondence concerning the compilation of a history of the University of Oregon; correspondence and newspaper clippings about Crook County and Prineville, Oregon; and typescript articles on the First Baptist Church, Portland, and La Creole Academic Institute.
Verboort, or Catholic settlement
Manuscript, possibly written for a class, titled "Verboort, or Catholic Settlement" by Theo. H. Bernards, regarding the history of Verboort, Oregon.
Carl Vermilya photograph of the Vanport Flood
Black and white photograph of people abandoning cars to escape floodwaters in Vanport, Oregon.
Nicholas Versteeg papers
Materials related to Nicholas Versteeg and Versteeg Brick Works, his business in Portland, Oregon. Collection includes an account book, 1869-1872, for Versteeg Brick Works; Versteeg's will and estate papers; and family documents, including war ration books, 1942-1945.
Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A. Ladies Auxiliary records
Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A. Ladies Auxiliary to the Portland Barracks was organized in 1955 and offered a variety of social and charitable services to World War I veterans and to its members. Records date from 1925 to 1987 and include newsletters, correspondence; membership rosters and certificates, minutes, scrapbooks, and a guest book.