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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 631 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Amo R. DeBernardis

 Collection
Identifier: SR2079
Abstract

Oral history interview with Amo R. DeBernardis conducted by Corbett S. Gottfried from April 9 to November 5, 1993. DeBernardis was the founding president of Portland Community College, serving from 1961 to 1979.

Dates: 1993 April 9-November 5

Berta Delman memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 988
Abstract

Memorabilia of Berta Delman (1933-2006), including newsletters, brochures, programs, clippings, and ephemera. Much of the material concerns North and Northeast Portland, Oregon, including the advocacy work of Black residents. The collection also contains stationery and photographs of the Knight Shoe Company, which Delman's father owned. Delman was a public administrator and civic planner.

Dates: 1948-2000

Carl Denton papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 828
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, 1919-1925, regarding Carl Denton's career as conductor for the Portland Symphony Orchestra and resignation in 1925. Also included are miscellaneous correspondence and documents relating to the orchestra, including its constitution and bylaws, circa 1922.

Dates: 1919-1925

Bill Devlin photographs of Canterbury Castle, Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1073
Abstract

Color snapshots taken by general contractor Bill Devlin during remodeling work on the Canterbury Castle (or Canterbury House) at 2910 Canterbury Lane, Portland, Oregon. Includes views of the exterior and remodeling work being done on interior.

Dates: circa 1990

Mirza Dickel residence plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3184
Abstract

Collection includes 7 plans and sections on 2 sheets of a house for Mirza Dickel at 2014 SW 17th Ave. in Portland, Oregon, by the firm of Huntington & Roth.

Dates: 1967

Oral history interview with Charles Digregorio

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2527
Abstract

Oral history interview with Charles Digregorio conducted by Jim Strassmaier on April 4, 2001. Digregorio discusses his career as the first oral historian at the Oregon Historical Society from 1975 to 1979.

Dates: 2001 April 4

William Dills papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2140
Abstract

William Dills (1878-1932) was a popular stage actor in Portland, Oregon, and a member of the Baker Theatre Stock Company. Papers include an advertisement for the Baker Theatre company, with head shots of members including Dills, 1911; a manuscript fan letter, 1927; photos of Louise Dills, his wife, 1914, taken in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, and of her mother's house in Multnomah, Oregon, undated; photocopy newspaper clipping, circa 1927, about Dills' acting career.

Dates: 1911-1930

Waldo Dingman photographs of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1239
Abstract

Collection consists of 12 black and white photographs, primarily of buildings and grounds at he 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, Oregon, as well as a few images of unidentified visitors to the exposition.

Dates: 1905

Mary V. Dodge papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1455
Abstract

Papers of and relating to Mary V. Dodge (1876-1954), a violin teacher who lived in Portland, Oregon, and Burns, Oregon. In the 1910s, she founded the Sagebrush Symphony in Burns; she later led the Irvington School Orchestra in Portland, which became the Portland Junior Symphony (later the Portland Youth Philharmonic).

Dates: 1909-1973

Doernbecher Manufacturing Company building plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3201
Abstract

Collection includes 1 plan on 1 sheet of a building for Doernbecher Manufacturing Company in Portland, Oregon, by architect Roy Fulton.

Dates: circa 1900-1992