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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 653 Collections and/or Records:

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

Oregon - the new bridge across the Willamette at Portland

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5386
Abstract

Lithograph depicting the second Morrison Bridge, opened in 1905, with its swing-span opened to river traffic.

Dates: circa 1905

Partial transcript of Oregonian article about first ball at Portland Hotel

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2437
Abstract

Partial typescript transcript of an article by Frona Eunice Wait that was published in the Sunday Oregonian newspaper on May 25, 1890. The transcript itself is undated, omits some portions of the source article, and includes misspellings and places where words have been struck out. The transcript and source article list some of the people who attended the ball and describe the decorations; scenes of conversation and dancing; and the gowns worn by a number of the women who attended.

Dates: circa 1900-1940

Oregonian Publishing Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 461
Abstract

Business records of the Oregonian Publishing Company. Includes financial, legal, and organizational documents; subject files covering Oregonian financial interests; reports, studies, and surveys; photographs; in-house publications; and limited correspondence and other documents from Henry Pittock's time as owner and publisher.

Dates: 1855-2008

O'Reilly family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2970
Abstract

Collection includes diaries, scrapbooks, account books, correspondence, newspaper clippings, genealogy, photographs, memorabilia, certificates, legal documents, etc., of the O'Reilly family, including James Archbold O'Reilly and Anne O'Reilly, of Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1749-1999