Portland
Found in 653 Collections and/or Records:
Knott family scrapbook
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.
W. L. Everett Knowles sketches
Pencil sketches of woods and the Willamette River around Portland, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Dorothy Knowlton
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.
Edward John Kraenick papers
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.
Oral history interview with Margaret B. Krausse
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.
Oral history interview with Margaret B. Krausse
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.
Oral history interview with Alfred Krohn
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.
KWJJ and KPRA records
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.
Ladd carriage house photographic collection
Small collection of photographs and illustrations of the exterior of the Ladd carriage house on the northwest corner of NW Columbia St. and NW Broadway in Portland, Oregon.
Ladd Estate Company record book
Record book of the Ladd Estate Company of Portland, Oregon, containing documents from the company's incorporation in 1908 until 1926. Records include the articles of incorporation, meeting minutes, annual reports, director's oaths, and the agreement to sell the company to Paul C. Murphy and Frederick H. Strong. The Ladd Estate Company developed the Portland neighborhoods of Ladd's Addition, Westmoreland, Eastmoreland, and Dunthorpe in the early 20th century.