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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 631 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Edris Morrison

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9539
Abstract

Oral history interview with Edris Morrison conducted by Roberta Watts on January 18, 1978. Morrison discusses the history of live theater in Portland, Oregon, and her involvement with the Portland Civic Theatre.

Dates: 1978 January 18

Mount Tabor reservoir construction photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 565
Abstract

Photocopies of black and white photographs of the construction of one of the reservoirs in Mount Tabor Park in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1894-1911

Mt. Scott Park Cemetery photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 633
Abstract

Nine black and white photographs, reprinted from deteriorating Benjamin A. Gifford negatives, depicting buildings, graves, and burials at Mt. Scott Park Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1890-1920

Multnomah Athletic Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1611
Abstract

Collection includes scrapbooks and miscellaneous volumes of clippings, ephemera, and historical records of the Multnomah Athletic Club and Pacific Northwest athletic activities, 1895-1962.

Dates: 1895-1962

Board with photographs and text relating to new Multnomah Engine Company No. 2 engine house

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1130
Abstract

Collection consists of a board or piece of cardstock with photographs and reprints of articles about Multnomah Engine Company No. 2 and the opening of the company's new engine house in May 1975.

Dates: 1875 May

Poster for first football game at Multnomah Field Civic Stadium

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 967
Abstract

Poster advertising an October 9, 1926 football game between the University of Oregon and the University of Washington at the Multnomah Field Civic Stadium (later Providence Park) in Portland, Oregon. The game, which the University of Washington won, was the first game played in the recently-constructed stadium, and was preceded by a dedication ceremony.

Dates: 1926

Multnomah Fuel Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2596
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, minutes, contracts, deeds and mortgages, stock certificate books, ledgers, photographs, and photo albums.

Dates: 1911-1972

Multnomah Hotel record and stock books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2484
Abstract

Record book, 1916-1952, with articles of incorporation, minutes and by-laws; and stock book, 1916-1929.

Dates: 1916-1952

Oral history interview with Helen Y. Murao

 Collection
Identifier: SR 972
Abstract

Oral history interview with Helen Y. Murao conducted by Linda Doami on August 11, 1995, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Murao discusses her early life as a second-generation Japanese American living with white foster families in Portland, Oregon, and her experiences while incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II.

Dates: 1995 August 11

Materials relating to Music Box Theater burlesque controversy

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1002
Abstract Three letters, a summons, a typescript of a telegram, and an essay relating to opposition to a burlesque act at the Music Box Theater in Portland, Oregon, in 1933. Protests and the subsequent threat of legal action compelled the theater's manager to cancel the act, and Portland city government passed an ordinance to prohibit theatrical performances deemed inappropriate. The letters, summons, and typescript telegram were gathered by the essay's author, radio and television broadcaster Vere...
Dates: 1933 April-May; circa 1973