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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 631 Collections and/or Records:

Dorothea Lensch papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 990
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1925-2000

Les Femmes photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 593
Abstract Small collection of photographs depicting activities of Les Femmes, a Portland, Oregon, organization focused on the social and educational development of Black youth. The photographs include officers and members of the organization, youth participating in community service and activity programs, and portraits of young women and men in formalwear. The photographs were originally assembled on an information panel about Les Femmes, and the collection includes a photograph of the original...
Dates: circa 1956-1989

Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition Forestry Building plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3110
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1904-1905

Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 261
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1905

Photographs of buildings and grounds at Lewis and Clark Exposition

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1266
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1905

Oral history interview with April D. Lewis

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11483
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2012 May 1

Cicero Hunt Lewis residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 552
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1890-1910

The library board and the conscientious objector: a study in war hysteria

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2434
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1968

Life in Vanport prints

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 557
Abstract Four prints from the Portland General Electric Company's "Life in Vanport" series, each featuring a painting made for PGE and descriptive information about PGE or Vanport. The prints are: "Day Nursery in a Tree-shaded Park," made from a watercolor by Charles Voorhies; "Waiting for the 4:40 Bus," made from an oil painting by Sergeant John W. Hatch; "Sandlot Baseball in the Sunshine," made from a watercolor by Sergeant Robert Jakobsen; and "Between-Shift Interlude," made from a watercolor by...
Dates: circa 1944

The Links, Inc. photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 594
Abstract

Small collection consisting of photographs, most in color, that were used on an informational panel about the Portland chapter of The Links, Inc., a women's service organization devoted to the African American community. The photographs depict members and activities of the group. The collection also includes a photograph of the original panel.

Dates: circa 1959-1989