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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 677 Collections and/or Records:

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

Phil Metschan family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 882
Abstract

Papers of the family of Phil Metschan, Oregon state treasurer and owner of the Imperial Hotel in Portland. Materials include diaries, notebooks, correspondence, ephemera, certificates, 1930 election materials, and a scrapbook. Family members represented include Phil Metschan, Phil Metschan, Jr., Marie C. Metschan, Anna Metschan Cattanach, and Lillian and Jesse Evans Flanders.

Dates: 1855-1963; Majority of material found within 1880-1925

Copy of The Twelve Principles of Efficiency with inscription from Fred G. Meyer to Oran B. Robertson

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1103
Abstract

Copy of the sixth edition of Harrington Emerson's book "The Twelve Principles of Efficiency," with a typed inscription from Fred G. Meyer (1886-1978) to Oran B. Robertson (1917-1999). Meyer was the founder of the Fred Meyer grocery and department store chain, which he established in Portland, Oregon, in the 1920s. Robertson began working at Fred Meyer in 1945, and became the company's chief executive following Meyer's death.

Dates: 1924; circa 1945

Henry Miller residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 716
Abstract

Five black and white copy prints of the exterior and interior of the Henry Miller house in Southwest Portland, Oregon. Miller (1814-1894) was born in Germany, immigrated to the United States, and traveled to Oregon in 1853. He became a nurseryman and florist in Portland.

Dates: circa 1950

Oral history interview with Abbot L. Mills, Jr.

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9566
Abstract

Oral history interview with Abbot L. Mills, Jr., conducted by Charles Digregorio on July 15, 1977. Mills discusses his banking career and that of his father, Abbot Low Mills.

Dates: 1977 July 15

Lewis H. Mills residence collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 3108
Abstract

Collection consists of specifications and 12 sheets of plans for a residence in Portland, Oregon. The house was designed for Lewis H. Mills and Elinor Lawrence Mills, and built at 655 Irving St. (now 2039 NW Irving St.).

Dates: circa 1916

John Mock residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 718
Abstract

Eight black and white photographs depicting the exterior of the John Mock house at 4333 N. Willamette Blvd. in Portland, Oregon, and people gathered at the dedication of the house.

Dates: circa 1970-1972

Mock-Yeon family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2606
Abstract

Collection includes title abstracts, deeds, and contracts regarding property holdings and real estate transactions of John Mock and his son-in-law, John B. Yeon, Sr., particularly in connection with the Mock's Crest area of Portland, Oregon, and the Yeon Building at SW 5th Ave. and SW Alder St. in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1857-1932