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Oral history interview with Tim Bracy conducted by Judy Hartman on January 14, 1988, as a part of the Portland General Electric Centennial Oral History Series. Bracy was security supervisor at the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant and was manager of Health and Safety Services for Portland General Electric.

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Franklin Griffith was a Portland, Oregon, lawyer, businessman and civic leader. Collection includes correspondence and documents regarding Griffith's election as Portland's First Citizen of 1938 by the Portland Realty Board, scrapbooks, and obituary notices.

Abstract Four prints from the Portland General Electric Company's "Life in Vanport" series, each featuring a painting made for PGE and descriptive information about PGE or Vanport. The prints are: "Day Nursery in a Tree-shaded Park," made from a watercolor by Charles Voorhies; "Waiting for the 4:40 Bus," made from an oil painting by Sergeant John W. Hatch; "Sandlot Baseball in the Sunshine," made from a watercolor by Sergeant Robert Jakobsen; and "Between-Shift Interlude," made from a watercolor by...

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Portland Garden Club planting plan on 1 sheet for the Fairlawn substation of the Portland General Electric Co. at SE 82nd Ave. and SE Clay St. in Portland, Oregon.

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Nine photographs of parade floats for Portland General Electric Co. in the Portland Rose Festival, 1954 and 1964, and an unidentified parade featuring rail cars depicting Oregon agriculture and industry.

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Photographs and printed materials relating to the work of John S. Volpe, an engineer for the Portland Electric Power Company (later named the Portland General Electric Company) in Portland, Oregon, who supervised the laying of underground utility cables. Images date from the mid-1920s to the early 1950s; they document electrical work throughout Portland, and include photographs of John S. Volpe, cable-laying and submerged-cable projects, and employees and company events.