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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 660 Collections and/or Records:

Roscoe Nelson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2848
Abstract

Roscoe Nelson (1879-1937) was a lawyer and businessman. He graduated from Virginia Law School and moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1911. He was a member of Congregation Beth Israel and was active in Jewish societies and civic organizations. Collection includes correspondence; legal papers; Anti-Semitism speeches and articles; Jewish community material; Tualatin Country Club correspondence, rosters, etc.; financial papers; documents relating to Kelly Process, Inc.; and a scrapbook.

Dates: 1897-1956

V. L. Nelson illustrations of Hill Military Academy

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2943
Abstract

Pen and ink drawings of Hill Military Academy, including buildings, interiors, and scenes of cadet life.

Dates: circa 1920-1950

Marjorie Newhouse collection of materials relating to A. E. Doyle

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 362
Abstract

Papers and photographs of and relating to Albert E. Doyle (1877-1928), an architect from Portland, Oregon, and his family. Materials include photographs of buildings that Doyle designed, correspondence, a combination diary and sketchbook that Doyle kept while traveling in Europe, and biographical and genealogical materials. The collection was compiled by Doyle's granddaughter Marjorie Newhouse (1933-2015).

Dates: 1864-2000

Mercedes Niiranen photographic collection on the United States National Bank of Portland, Citizens Branch

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 488
Abstract

Seven black and white photographs, including one duplicate, of the employees of the United States National Bank of Portland, Citizens Branch, in Portland, Oregon, at Christmas parties and other events. Includes one portrait of a person identified on the back of the print as "Mr. Young."

Dates: 1938-1952

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