Portland
Found in 680 Collections and/or Records:
Walter Gordon papers
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.
Walter Alling Goss scrapbook
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.
A Great Day in Portland poster
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."
The Great Fire at Portland, Oregon
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.
Oral history interview with Daniel D. Grecco
Oral history interview with Daniel D. Grecco, conducted by Lew Cook and Grace Montgomery on December 7, 1976. Grecco watches films of early aviation held by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library, and discusses them. He also talks about repairing the Spirit of St. Louis during Charles Lindbergh’s visit to Portland in 1927.
Harry A. Green residence photographic collection
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.
Frederick Greenwood papers
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.
Oral history interview with Bertram F. Griffin
Oral history interview with the Reverend Bertram F. Griffin, conducted by Jim Strassmaier in six sessions from July 12 to August 30, 1995, as part of the Legacy of Hope: Catholics and Social Justice Project. Griffin discusses his education at Catholic seminaries and in Rome, and his work as pastor at churches in the Archdiocese of Portland, particularly at St. Andrew Catholic Church in the Albina district of Portland, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Bertram F. Griffin
Oral history interview with Rachael Griffin
Oral history interview with Rachael Griffin conducted by Marian W. Kolisch on April 22, 1976. Griffin discusses her career as an instructor at the Museum Art School in Portland, Oregon, now the Pacific Northwest College of Art, from 1933 to 1951, and as curator for the Portland Art Museum from 1953 to 1974.