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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 617 Collections and/or Records:

Journal Publishing Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2356
Abstract

Records consist of a stock ledger, 1903-1914, and graphs of circulation statistics, 1914-1931, comparing several Portland newspapers: the Daily Oregonian, the Sunday Oregonian, the Evening Telegram and the Daily News.

Dates: 1903-1931

Kadderly Hardware records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1685
Abstract

Kadderly Hardware was located at 130 1st St. and 131 Front Ave., Portland, Oregon, 1892-1956. Collection includes account books and ledgers, catalogs, and inventories.

Dates: 1911-1949

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 592
Abstract

Small collection consisting of photographs and captions relating to the Portland Alumni Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. The photographs were used on a display board about the fraternity that was part of a 1988 exhibit at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon. The collection also includes a photograph of the original display board.

Dates: 1948-1978

Marjorie Kaufman photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 951
Abstract

Eleven mounted black and white photographs, five depicting construction of a railroad bridge across the Willamette River near Willbridge, and six showing the ship George W. Elder in dry dock at the Port of Portland, as well as people who worked on the ship.

Dates: circa 1901-1905

Ling Kee photographic collection on the 1894 flood

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1119
Abstract

Eight black and white stereographs and three black and white photographs depicting scenes of the 1894 flood in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1894

Ira C. Keller collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2730
Abstract Ira C. Keller (1899-1978) was a business and civic leader of Portland, Oregon. He chaired the Portland Development Commission (1958-1972), was president of the Oregon Graduate Center for Study and Research (1972-1978), and founded the Western Kraft Corporation (1954-1972). Collection includes a scrapbook detailing projects of the Portland Development Commission, including the Portland Center, Lovejoy Fountain, Forecourt Fountain, Albina Neighborhood Improvement Program, and proposed Emanuel...
Dates: 1953-1986

Harry C. Kendall papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2518
Abstract

Harry C. Kendall (1883-1978) was a Portland, Oregon, banker, businessman and philanthropist. Collection is partially processed and includes correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, prospectuses, deeds, indentures, financial reports, a minute book for the Sigma Nu Alumni Association, Portland Industries Financing Service papers, advertisements for stocks and bond issues, and documents bequesting 37 acres on Guemes Island, Washington.

Dates: 1892-1956

Herman Kenin papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2161
Abstract

Herman Kenin grew up in Portland, Oregon, and was a lawyer, violinist, and union executive. Papers consist of correspondence, speeches, biographical information, newspaper clippings and obituaries, 1935-1970, including a June 1970 issue of the magazine American Labor in which the cover story is about Kenin.

Dates: 1935-1970

John W. Kern residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 546
Abstract

Collection consists of a small number of photographs and one watercolor print of the exterior of the John W. Kern house on SE Powell Blvd. between SE 29th and 31st streets in Portland, Oregon, just before it was torn down. Kern was the son-in-law of Clinton Kelly.

Dates: circa 1947-1950

Oral history interview with Stuart R. Kerr

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9560
Abstract

Oral history interview with Stuart R. Kerr conducted by Charles Digregorio on February 14, 1977. Kerr discusses the history of his family's fruit conservation business, Kerr Fruit Concentrates Inc.

Dates: 1977 February 14