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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 631 Collections and/or Records:

Dooly & Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1646
Abstract

Dooly & Company was an insurance and investment company in Portland, Oregon. Collection includes business correspondence, leases, notes, financial records, and documents, 1904-1958, regarding the purchase of hotels in Portland, Oregon; records of Dooly Investment Co., Davenport Dooly Co. and the Contractor Finance Association; business papers of Frank E. Dooly and Andrew C. Smith.

Dates: 1904-1958

E. O. Doud residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 540
Abstract

Twelve black and white photographs of the exterior of the home of Edgar Oscar Doud at 5408 SE Morrison St., Portland, Oregon, just before it was torn down in 1966. Collection includes an article from The Oregonian with historical and biographical information.

Dates: circa 1966

Downtown Portland Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss276
Abstract

Collection includes minutes, correspondence, newsletters and record books. Downtown Portland Inc. was a non-profit corporation organized for "the promotion and welfare of the City of Portland, specifically through the downtown district," comprising the area between SW 3rd and SW 10th avenues and SW Oak and SW Jefferson streets.

Dates: 1959-1963

Benjamin Driscoll papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2544
Abstract

Benjamin Driscoll was a musician, leader of the Driscoll Orchestra (1904-1906) and cornet player at the Heilig and Bungalow theaters, Portland (1907-1909). His wife, Cerena I. Driscoll, taught voice, drama and piano. Collection consists of correspondence and ephemera relating to the Vega Company and other musical instrument companies, the Royal Arcanum, the Portland Rowing Club and other rowing associations, and the YMCA. Also included are miscellaneous papers of the Driscolls.

Dates: 1894-1907

James J. Driscoll papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2545
Abstract

James J. Driscoll was a lawyer in Portland, Oregon. Collection includes correspondence, receipts, and miscellaneous legal documents. Also included are papers relating to the estate of David Downie, for which James J. Driscoll was the administrator, and war insurance papers for Mrs. Mary Driscoll.

Dates: 1883-1945

Anthony F. Dumas sketches of Portland theaters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5298
Abstract

Three pen and ink drawings depicting the exteriors of the Pantages Theatre, the Portland Theatre, and the Orpheum Theatre in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1933-1935

Abigail Scott Duniway papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss432
Abstract

A small collection of papers of Abigail Scott Duniway, who was an emigrant to Oregon, an editor, and an advocate of women's suffrage. Includes records of the Oregon State Equal Suffrage Association, records of the Duniway Publishing Company, and copy of a typescript transcription of Duniway's overland diary, 1852.

Dates: 1852-1915; Majority of material found within 1880-1915

Coe I. Durland papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2919
Abstract

Collection includes drawings, 1961-1979, including many for the Portland Fire Department; Portland Fire Department ephemera, 1912-1919; a typescript history of Woodstock, Portland, Oregon; material relating to Ontario teacher Callie Shelton; and material relating to schoolhouses in Harney and Sherman counties, Oregon.

Dates: 1912-1979

Duvelle's Laboratories records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2725
Abstract

Unprocessed records of a perfume and cosmetics business. Parfums Duvelle, Inc. acquired Portland Business Cosmetique Laboratories of America in 1930. It was located at 10825 NE Skidmore St., Portland, Oregon, until 1974. It was also known as Perfume Consultants and Distributors or Duvelle's Laboratories.

Dates: circa 1920-1989

E. C. Goddard & Co. photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1407
Abstract

Collection consists of two photographs of the E. C. Goddard & Co. retail shoe store in Portland, Oregon, circa 1895 and 1908. Edmund C. Goddard was in the retail shoe business from 1890 to 1910.

Dates: 1895-1910