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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 631 Collections and/or Records:

King-Jeffery family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2486
Abstract

Collection includes deeds in Portland, Oregon, for Amos and Melinda King, and a deed in Long Beach, Washington Territory, for E. J. Jeffery; wills for Melinda King and Edward James Jeffery; a baptism certificate for Nautilla Jeffery, née King; and a stock certificate for Edna J. Jeffery.

Dates: 1876-1897

Larry King photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 749
Abstract Collection consisting of 61 glass negatives, and of copy prints and photocopies made from the negatives to provide access to the images. Many of the images are stereographs on a single glass negative. Subjects and scenes include people in horse-drawn vehicles at the Rose City Sanitarium in Portland, Oregon; students performing physical exercises outdoors; unidentified scenes in an office, of residences, of people, and of ships; and scenes that may be associated with the 1905 Lewis and Clark...
Dates: circa 1890-1909

Knott family scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2780
Abstract

Collection consists of a scrapbook containing genealogical information and newspaper clippings regarding the Knott family, their businesses, and other prominent Portland citizens. Andrew J. Knott (1834-1900) and Levi Knott (1832-1887) came to Oregon in 1850 and 1851. They ran the Stark Street ferry starting in 1861, and Andrew J. Knott represented Multnomah County in the state Legislature.

Dates: circa 1865-1970

W. L. Everett Knowles sketches

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5296
Abstract

Pencil sketches of woods and the Willamette River around Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1910-1917

Oral history interview with Dorothy Knowlton

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9458
Abstract

Oral history interview with Dorothy Knowlton conducted by Charles Digregorio on February 5, 1976. Knowlton discusses her career as an elementary school teacher in Portland, Oregon, beginning in the 1920s.

Dates: 1976 February 5

Edward John Kraenick papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1483
Abstract

Edward John Kraenick was the owner of Portland Electrotype and Stereotype Company, Portland, Oregon. Collection includes personal and business correspondence, 1936-1945; manuscript investment record book, 1926-1930; miscellaneous song lyrics, greeting cards, sketches, and other ephemera.

Dates: 1926-1945

Oral history interview with Margaret B. Krausse

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9561
Abstract

Oral history interview with Margaret B. Krausse conducted by Charles Digregorio on January 26, 1977. Krausse discusses her early life in the King’s Hill area in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, and talks about spending summers in Long Beach, Washington.

Dates: 1977 January 26

Oral history interview with Margaret B. Krausse

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9633
Abstract

Oral history interview with Margaret B. Krausse conducted by Gail H. Evans on July 19, 1978, as part of the Portland Neighborhood History Project. Krausse discusses her early life in the King’s Hill Historic District in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, and later in the Nob Hill neighborhood.

Dates: 1978 July 19

Oral history interview with Alfred Krohn

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9460
Abstract

Oral history interview with Alfred Krohn conducted by Charles Digregorio on November 17, 1976. Krohn discusses the teaching career of his father, Robert Krohn, and talks about the Multnomah Athletic Club.

Dates: 1976 November 17

KWJJ and KPRA records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 978
Abstract

Records relating to the AM radio station KWJJ and the FM radio station KPRA, both of Portland, Oregon. KWJJ was founded in 1927 by Wilbur J. Jerman (1901-2004). KPRA was an FM station that KWJJ owned, and which operated in the late 1940s and early 1950s; it was the third FM station established in Portland.

Dates: 1947-1948