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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 653 Collections and/or Records:

Harry M. Niles papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1626
Abstract Harry M. Niles (1888-1946) was Portland police chief, member of the the police department, and president of the Pacific Coast International Association of Law Enforcement Officials. Collection includes biographical material, correspondence, and documents relating to the Portland Police Department, 1931-1946, and the Pacific Coast International Association of Law Enforcement Officials, 1941-1943; copies of "Footprinters," newsletter of the International Footprinters Association; copies of...
Dates: 1899-1946

Shubrick Norris papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 917
Abstract

Financial records and business letters of a pioneer businessman of Portland, Oregon, dating primarily from the early 1850s. Includes records of Norris & Company, S. M. Holderness & Co., and Winter & Latimer of San Francisco, California. Also included are commissary accounts of the Oregon Mounted Volunteers, 1855, and a record of witness fees from the U.S. Circuit Court in Multnomah County, Oregon, 1859-1866.

Dates: 1849-1866

Northwest Neighbors scripts

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2493
Abstract

Scripts for Northwest Neighbors, a radio show that aired on KOIN, Portland, Oregon. Scripts feature guests Martha Ferguson McKeown and Hervey S. Robinson and a story on Joseph Lane.

Dates: 1947-1948

John O'Connor account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1362
Abstract

Account book, 1861-1862, kept by John O'Connor, who ran a vegetable market in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1861-1862

Old Ladies' Home of Portland, Oregon records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2392
Abstract

Collection consists of a minute book, 1 volume, January 20, 1892-February 26, 1912, with by-laws and constitution; miscellaneous administrative records, 1892-1912, including house rules, blank applications, etc.

Dates: 1892-1912

Omega, Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1485
Abstract

Collection includes stock certificate book, 1935-1942, and minute book, 1935-1943, with certificate of dissolution.

Dates: 1935-1943

On the Willamette River

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5282
Abstract

Engraving of ships and boats on the Willamette River by Loren Roberta Barton.

Dates: circa 1910-1975

Only the brave

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2829
Abstract

Typescript screenplay for the movie "Flames" (working title: "Only the Brave") filmed in Portland, Oregon, 1926, and directed by Lewis Moomaw. Action involves a rescue from a forest fire.

Dates: circa 1926

Oregon Brass Works records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 6028
Abstract

Partially processed collection consisting of timebooks, ephemera, ledgers, minutes, and other records of Oregon Brass Works, which operated in Portland, Oregon, from about 1930 to 1998.

Dates: circa 1930-1998

Materials relating to rally protesting closure of Oregon Historical Society Research Library

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1065
Abstract

Papers and video relating to a rally held in Portland, Oregon, on March 13, 2009, to protest the Oregon Historical Society's decision to close its research library. The society had announced the closure in February 2009, citing budget constraints. Later that year, the library reopened with limited hours.

Dates: 2009 February-March