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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 617 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Patty J. Jacobsen

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9068
Abstract

Oral history interview with Patty J. Jacobsen conducted by Roberta Watts on June 28, 1978. Jacobsen was the second director of the Office of Neighborhood Associations in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1978 June 28

J.K. Gill Company collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 754
Abstract

The J.K. Gill Company was one of the largest retail and wholesale concerns of its kind on the Pacific Coast. Collection consists of printed ephemera, including advertisements for Christmas books; typescript carbon copies of statements of business for fiscal years ending May 1914, March 1920, and March 1922; and manuscript invoices.

Dates: 1911-1922

Joe's Bicycle Repair Shop photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1003
Abstract

Collection includes photographic materials depicting Joe's Bicycle Repair Shop and various cycling activities of Joseph S. Brown in Portland, Oregon, from 1912-1926.

Dates: 1912-1926

Arthur H. Johnson residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 543
Abstract

Nineteen black and white photographs and one color drawing of the exterior and interior of the home of Arthur H. Johnson at 193 St. Clair St. in Portland, Oregon, and of May and M. Heppie Johnson. Arthur H. Johnson owned a meat market and realty company in Portland, and NW Johnson Street is named for him.

Dates: circa 1890-1910

Oral history interview with Becky Johnson

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9453
Abstract

Oral history interview with Becky Johnson conducted by Linda S. Dodds on November 19, 1981. Johnson discusses her career as a teacher in Ohio and Michigan, and her work as a recruiter of women for the U.S. Navy in Portland, Oregon, during World War II.

Dates: 1981 November 19

Mrs. Martin L. Johnson photographic collection on the Portland Fire Department

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 742
Abstract

Eight black and white photographs of Portland firefighters, horse-drawn fire trucks, a Portland Fire Department float in the Rose Parade and portraits of firefighter Glenn N. Griffin and Grace Batchelor.

Dates: circa 1894-1908

Vivian A. Johnson correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2715
Abstract

Vivian A. Johnson (1912-1977) was a Portland native and professor of physics at Purdue University. Collection includes correspondence to family and friends.

Dates: 1926-1977

John H. Johnston scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Album 342
Abstract

Scrapbook regarding the life and career of John H. Johnston, including a biography, newspaper clippings, photographs, technical drawings of ships, correspondence, citizenship papers and papers relating to Johnston Propeller Works and the ships he designed and built.

Dates: 1880-1952

N. W. Jones hospital plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3024
Abstract

Collection includes 8 blueprint elevations and plans on 5 sheets for a hospital for Dr. N. W. Jones at NW Lovejoy St., NW Marshall St. and NW 19th Ave. in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1900-1950

Emil C. Jorgensen residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 544
Abstract

Eleven black and white photographs of the exterior of the Emil C. Jorgensen house at 1805 NW Glisan St. in Portland, Oregon. Jorgensen (1851-1923) came to Portland in 1872. He was the director in the planning of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in 1905, and he opened the Lenox Hotel in 1907.

Dates: 1969 July