Portland
Found in 617 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Dorothea M. Lensch
Oral history interview with Dorothea M. Lensch conducted by Mischa Creditor and Carol Spellman from October 20, 1977, to March 10, 1978, for the Portland Neighborhood History Project. Lensch served as director of recreation for the Portland Parks Bureau, now Portland Parks and Recreation, from 1936 to 1972.
Dorothea Lensch papers
Papers of Dorothea Lensch (1907-2000), including correspondence, clippings, and awards. Lensch was the first director of recreation in the Bureau of Parks and Public Recreation of Portland, Oregon, serving in that position from 1936 to 1972.
Les Femmes photographic collection
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition Forestry Building plans
Collection consists of 1 drawing on 1 sheet of the Forestry Building for the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon. The building was described as the world's largest log cabin or the Timber Temple. It was constructed of unhewn logs, the largest of which were 54 feet long and five feet wide, and inside were exhibits of wildlife dioramas and Oregon forest products.
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition photograph album
Album containing black and white photographs of personnel, buildings, grounds, and events at the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon. The album belonged to William Russell MacKenzie, auditor of the exposition.
Photographs of buildings and grounds at Lewis and Clark Exposition
This collection of 14 snapshots by an unidentified photographer gives a brief tourist-eye-view of a visit to the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, Oregon, in 1905. The photographs primarily depict buildings at the exposition, but also include one snapshot of the Cedar River at Renton, Washington. The photographs are glued to seven album pages that appear to have been removed from a larger album.
Oral history interview with April D. Lewis
Oral history interview with April D. Lewis conducted by Tyler Brewington and Heaven Hartford on May 1, 2012, for the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest. Lewis discusses her experiences as a lesbian in Portland, Oregon.
Cicero Hunt Lewis residence photographic collection
Small collection of black and photographs and one drawing of the exterior and interior of the Cicero Hunt Lewis house at NW 19th and Glisan St. in Portland, Oregon. Lewis (1826-1897) emigrated to Portland, Oregon, in 1851. He founded a mercantile firm, Allen and Lewis, with Lucius H. Allen.
The library board and the conscientious objector: a study in war hysteria
Photocopy typescript draft of a master of arts thesis, 59 pages, May 1968, regarding the case of Miss M. Louise Hunt, a conscientious objector and employee of the Portland Library Association, and the public hysteria that resulted in her dismissal during World War I.