Portland

Oral history interview with Lowell C. Ashbaugh, conducted by Thomas Rand-Luby in three sessions from February 11 to March 1, 1993, as part of the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Ashbaugh discusses his experiences and accomplishments as president of Retail Workers Local 1257 in Portland, Oregon, and talks about why Local 1257 merged with other local unions to form United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555.

Oral history interview with Isabelle K. Ashcraft conducted by Charles Digregorio on June 14, 1977. Ashcraft discusses her experience serving on the board of the Portland Civic Theatre, beginning in 1945.

Collection consists of a mounted certificate, Life Member of the Portland Art Association, June 28, 1921, and a mounted certificate, Life Member of Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States, November 10, 1908.

Collection includes 1 blueprint and 1 sketch on 2 sheets of a landscape planting plan for the Audubon House on NW Cornell Rd. in Portland, Oregon, by landscape architect Florence Holmes Gerke.

The papers of Jacob Avshalomov consist of correspondence, clippings, programs, musical scores, certificates, memoir books, photographs, and publications relating mostly to his musical career, as well as those of his sons, David and Daniel, and his Russian-born father, Aaron. Also included are programs, reviews, and photographs of the Portland Junior Symphony (later the Portland Youth Philharmonic), which he led from 1954 to 1995.

Oral history interview with George I. Azumano conducted by George Katagiri in four sessions, from March 12 to November 10, 1992, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Azumano discusses his early life as a second-generation Japanese American in Portland before World War II; his family’s experience of incarceration by the U.S. government during World War II; and his businesses, Azumano Insurance and Azumano Travel.

Collection consists of 12 photographs, correspondence, and clippings that belonged to Portland police officer and security guard George H. Bailey. The photographs include scenes of parades in 1910 and 1911 and portraits of Bailey and his wife, Flora. Letters in the collection include descriptions of Bailey's role as police captain and alleged corruption charges.

Historical and architectural research notes on early Portland, Oregon, buildings, by Joseph Armstrong Baird, Jr., 1963. Includes notes on the Pioneer Post Office, the New Market Block, and the Dekum Block.