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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 653 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Oral history interview with Corky T. Kawasaki

 Collection
Identifier: SR 970
Abstract Oral history interview with Corky T. Kawasaki conducted by Etsu Osaki in two sessions, on April 12 and May 10, 1995, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Kawasaki discusses his experiences as a Japanese American in the Pacific Northwest, including operating a grocery store in Seattle, Washington, before World War II, being incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Tule Lake and Minidoka camps during the war, and owning the Bush Garden restaurant in Portland, Oregon, after...
Dates: 1995 April 12; 1995 May 10