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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 617 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Nell F. Hoak

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9449
Abstract

Oral history interview with Nell F. Hoak conducted by Linda S. Dodds on May 7, 1980. Hoak discusses her early life on a homestead in Imperial, Nebraska, and describes traveling to Siloam Springs, Arkansas, by covered wagon in the late 19th century.

Dates: 1980 May 7

Isaac Hodgson, Jr. architectural illustrations

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 3055
Abstract

Lithographic and watercolor illustrations depicting buildings in Portland, Oregon, designed by architect Isaac Hodgson, Jr., who worked in Portland during the early 1890s. The watercolors and one of the lithographs depict the Chamber of Commerce building; the other lithograph depicts the entrance to a proposed United Bank building.

Dates: 1891

Florence Hollister photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 836
Abstract

Collection consists of three photographs of Florence Hollister, wife of Claude N. Hollister. The images are a head and shoulders portrait of Hollister; a full-length portrait of Hollister as matron of honor at a 1935 wedding; and a photograph, credited to the Army Air Forces, of Hollister in uniform.

Dates: circa 1935-1943

Oral history interview with Ruth B. Hollister

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9395
Abstract

Oral history interview with Ruth B. Hollister conducted by Charles Digregorio on February 22, 1977. Hollister describes life in the Northwest neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1977 February 22

Sophia Jarvis Holman estate account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2775
Abstract

Collection consists of a manuscript account book containing an account of the distribution of Sophia Holman's estate, 1867-1870, kept by her son, Charles Holman. Volume also includes account records of James A. Malarkey and Fannie E. Malarkey, 1934. Sophia Jarvis Holman (1812-1867) was born in London, England, and emigrated to the United States in 1849. She lived in Brooklyn, New York, until her husband's death in 1865, when the family came to Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1867-1934

Holtz Building construction photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 338
Abstract

Album containing 31 black and white photographs showing construction of the Holtz Building (now the Mead Building) at 421 SW 5th Ave. in Portland, Oregon, in 1911 and 1912. The building was designed by the architecture firm of Doyle, Patterson, & Beach, and was constructed by the Brayton Engineering Company.

Dates: 1911-1912

Homicide Squad radio plays

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2175
Abstract

Typescript collection of scripts for "Homicide Squad," 1939, radio plays based on data from the case files of the Portland Police Department, presented by radio station KGW with the participation of the chief of police, Harry M. Niles.

Dates: 1939

Honeyman Hardware Company catalogs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1671
Abstract

Collection consists of Honeyman Hardware Company catalogs, 21 volumes, 1893-1942.

Dates: 1893-1942

Honorary Sir Knights and Dames of the Royal Rosarians, 1920-2011

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 243
Abstract

Collection consists of a document listing people who have been named as honorary knights and dames by the Royal Rosarians, an organization in Portland, Oregon, whose members serve as ambassadors and boosters of the city and of the annual Portland Rose Festival. The document lists the honorees' names, their city or town of residence, the variety of rose they selected, and the Rosarians' leader, or prime minister, for each year.

Dates: 2011

Robert M. Hood duplex plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3193
Abstract

Six plans and sections on 1 blueprint sheet for alterations to turn a house into a duplex for owner Robert M. Hood at 8415 SE 11th Ave. in Portland, Oregon. Drawn by architect B. W. Arnold.

Dates: 1952