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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 660 Collections and/or Records:

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

Oregon Historical Society storage barn plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3032
Abstract

Collection includes 37 plans on 5 sheets and 1 rendering of a storage barn for the Oregon Historical Society at Bybee-Howell Park on Sauvie Island, Oregon.

Dates: 1969

Oregon Institute of Technology records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2565
Abstract

Oregon Institute of Technology was a junior college operated under the auspices of the Portland YMCA. Collection consists of minute books with minutes, curriculum, finances, and related matters.

Dates: 1919-1939

"Oregon looks at the electric sign" photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 575
Abstract

Collection consists of 19 black and white photographs of electric and neon signs and billboards in Portland, Oregon, particularly car dealerships, taken for a survey titled "Oregon Looks at the Electric Sign." The survey was commissioned by the Portland City Club and conducted by Bardsley & Haslacher, Inc.

Dates: circa 1940-1966

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2547
Abstract

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation materials include an instruction manual; reports and diagrams; photo albums; training manuals for the main jobs available at the shipyard during World War II; and a print of an unidentified ship.

Dates: 1940-1945

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 686
Abstract

Black and white photographs depicting the shipyard, workers, and ships of the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland, Oregon, including an album on the all-woman launch of the S.S. Nehalem, and images of fireboats and crews fighting a fire at the shipyard on August 30, 1945.

Dates: circa 1942-1945

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2651
Abstract

Small binder containing information on vessels built, sponsors, employment levels, facilities, and related matters.

Dates: circa 1944-1945