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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 686 Collections and/or Records:

Mass Transportation Committee of Fifteen records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2571
Abstract

The Mass Transportation Committee of Fifteen was a citizen advisory group appointed by Portland, Oregon, Mayor Joseph K. Carson, Jr. Collection includes correspondence, minutes, reports, etc., 1935, regarding proposals for mass transportation in Portland; and a streetcar, railroad, and bus map of Portland, 1934.

Dates: 1934-1935

Donald B. McBride and Richard F. Wassell apartments sketch

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3187
Abstract

Collection includes 1 drawing by architect Carl L. Linde of a nine-story apartment building (the Ambassador Apartments), next to the University Club in Portland, for Donald B. McBride and Richard F. Wassell.

Dates: circa 1915

Day book used by Newton McCoy and others

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1117
Abstract

Day book used by Newton McCoy (1855-1939), an attorney in Portland, Oregon, and by other unidentified people. McCoy's entries, written in the 1920s, document his work as an attorney. Most other entries record financial transactions in the 1890s and the 1940s-1950s, though a few pages include drawings and writings possibly made by a child.

Dates: 1892-1954

John McCraken papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2540
Abstract

Colonel John McCraken (1826-1915) came to Oregon in 1850, and was a businessman, U.S. marshal, and state legislator. Collection includes a ledger with accounts for the McCraken-Ripley Company; receipts and inventories; and correspondence and contracts regarding the Portland, Nehalem and Tillamook Railway Company.

Dates: 1886-1945

Kina McKelvey letter to Merle McKelvey about Rose Festival parades

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 929
Abstract

Letter from Kina McKelvey (1884-1960) to her sister, Merle McKelvey (1888-1970), which describes Rose Festival parades that she had seen. Kina McKelvey lived in Portland, Oregon, and later Taft, Oregon; she married physician Thomas W. Ross (1884-1948) in 1914.

Dates: 1909 June 11

MCM Architects photographs and design documents for Forest Heights, Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1156
Abstract

Collection of photographs and architectural documents related to the Forest Heights subdivision in Portland, Oregon. The images depict the interiors and exteriors of houses, renderings of house styles, and construction of the subdivision.

Dates: circa 1988-1994

Doug McMahon photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1096
Abstract

Four black and white photographs depicting downtown Portland, Oregon, the Forestry Building, and Multnomah Falls.

Dates: circa 1930-1939

Oral history interview with Henry S. Mears and Margaret S. Clark

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9564
Abstract

Oral history interview with siblings Henry S. Mears and Margaret S. Clark conducted by Charles Digregorio on August 3, 1976. Mears and Clark discuss the life and career of their father, Portland businessman and Oregon legislator Samuel Maxwell Mears.

Dates: 1976 August 3

Merchants' Protective Association account books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 928
Abstract

Bound account books of the Merchants' Protective Association, Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1891-1918

Charles Mersereau residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 715
Abstract

Four black and white photographs of the exterior of the Charles Mersereau house at 1926 SW Military Road in Portland, Oregon, designed by Ellis Lawrence.

Dates: circa 1940-1983