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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 617 Collections and/or Records:

Good Samaritan Hospital plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3017
Abstract

Collection includes plan and rendering of the nurse's residence at Good Samaritan Hospital on NW 23rd Ave. and NW Marshall St. in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1890-1899

Frederick Goodrich papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2286
Abstract

Frederick William Goodrich (1867-1942) was a composer, organist and choir director in Portland, Oregon. Collection consists of original scores and arrangements, primarily of religious music, as performed in Portland-area churches, circa 1895-1930; an unpublished history of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, 1899-1933; and reports regarding the Oregon Music Project, 1935-1942.

Dates: circa 1895-1942

Collection on the Goose Hollow, Portland, highrise controversy

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1291
Abstract

Newspaper clippings, newsletters, correspondence and other documents relating to the destruction of parts of the Goose Hollow neighborhood, between SW 14th and 17th Avenues and SW Market and Clay Avenues, to make room for a 16-story student housing building for Portland State University.

Dates: 1971-1976

Walter Gordon papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2699
Abstract

Walter Gordon (born 1907) studied architecture at Princeton, Yale, and the University of Paris. He was a design consultant for the Portland Development Commission from 1962-1972. Collection includes design reviews for individual projects, correspondence, memos, drafts, and ephemera relating to Gordon's work with the commission.

Dates: 1962-1972

Walter Alling Goss scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2710
Abstract

Walter Alling Goss (1877-1950) was a Portland insurance agent, winner of several Northwest tennis championships and first president of the Irvington Tennis Club. Scrapbook includes clippings, programs, and memorabilia relating to Goss's tennis accomplishments and his activities with the Irvington Tennis Club and the YMCA.

Dates: 1896-1973

A Great Day in Portland poster

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 902
Abstract

Poster featuring a photograph depicting jazz musicians assembled in the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon. Darrell Grant gathered the jazz musicians to be photographed by Owen Carey during the 2005 Portland Jazz Festival, and the photograph's composition was inspired by Art Kane's photograph "A Great Day in Harlem."

Dates: 2005

The Great Fire at Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5308
Abstract

Part of a page from the October 18, 1873, issue of the periodical The Graphic, featuring an engraving that depicts the aftermath of the fire in Portland that destroyed 19 city blocks between the Willamette River, SW Second Ave., Morrison and Clay streets on August 2, 1873.

Dates: 1873

Harry A. Green residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 541
Abstract

Ten black and white photographs of the exterior, interior, ironwork, and grounds of the home of Harry A. Green at 3316 SE Ankeny St., Portland, Oregon. The house is more commonly known as the Bitar mansion.

Dates: circa 1928-1951

Frederick Greenwood papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2461
Abstract

Papers of a banker of Portland, Oregon, who headed the local branch of the Bank of California. Includes general and family correspondence; correspondence and other materials on local organizations; speeches; and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1923-1962

Franklin Griffith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1687
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1913-1952