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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 617 Collections and/or Records:

Portland Civic Theatre Guild records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1048
Abstract Records of the Portland Civic Theatre Guild, a volunteer fundraising organization in Portland, Oregon. The collection's contents include administrative records, programs, bylaws, directories, information about the Leslie G. Fulton endowment and the guild's fellowship awards, and clippings. The Portland Civic Theatre Guild was founded in 1958, and dissolved in 2023. The records in this collection reflect the period in the 1990s when the Portland Civic Theatre closed and the guild shifted its...
Dates: 1990-2004
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Portland Civic Theatre Guild records

Portland Clearing House Association collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2203
Abstract

Collection includes certificates issued in denominations of $1, $5, $10 and $20, intended for use during the national banking holiday, 1933; and excerpts from the minutes of the Portland Clearing House Association, 1933, regarding the issuance of the certificates.

Dates: 1933
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Portland Clearing House Association collection

Collection on the incorporation of the City of Portland

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 953
Abstract

Collection includes a photocopy of manuscript "An Act to Incorporate the City of Portland," circa 1850-1864, and a photocopy of manuscript "A Bill to Incorporate the City of Portland," before incorporation act of 1854.

Dates: circa 1850-1864
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Collection on the incorporation of the City of Portland

Portland Daily News account books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1358
Abstract

Collection consists of account books, 1885 and 1888, for the Portland Daily News.

Dates: 1885-1888
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Portland Daily News account books

Portland Disaster Relief and Civil Defense pamphlets and brochures

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 916
Abstract Pamphlets and brochures that were produced or distributed by Portland Disaster Relief and Civil Defense, and were mailed out in October 1960. Portland, Oregon's Disaster Relief and Civil Defense bureau was established in 1950 to help Portlanders prepare for possible nuclear attack. It successfully staged an evacuation of downtown Portland in 1955, and built an underground shelter complex in 1956. However, in the early 1960s, voters rejected levy measures to continue funding the program, and...
Dates: 1958-1960
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Portland Disaster Relief and Civil Defense pamphlets and brochures

Portland Federation of Teachers records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2354
Abstract

Records include correspondence, 1920-1974; membership rolls, 1954-1972; bulletins, 1944-1962; administrative records, 1919; documents regarding salaries, civil rights, retirement, and school financing; and documents of other teaching associations, including the High School Teachers Union and the Oregon Education Association. Collection is partially processed.

Dates: 1919-1974
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Portland Federation of Teachers records

The Portland Garden Club plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3122
Abstract

Collection includes 45 blueprint plot plans, elevations, sections and details on 7 sheets of a building for the Portland Garden Club at 1132 SW Vista Ave. in Portland, Oregon, by the firm of Scott & Payne.

Dates: 1953
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / The Portland Garden Club plans

Portland General Electric Co. Fairlawn substation landscape plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3194
Abstract

Portland Garden Club planting plan on 1 sheet for the Fairlawn substation of the Portland General Electric Co. at SE 82nd Ave. and SE Clay St. in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1924-1990
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Portland General Electric Co. Fairlawn substation landscape plans

Portland General Electric Co. floats photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 170
Abstract

Nine photographs of parade floats for Portland General Electric Co. in the Portland Rose Festival, 1954 and 1964, and an unidentified parade featuring rail cars depicting Oregon agriculture and industry.

Dates: circa 1900-1964
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Portland General Electric Co. floats photographic collection

Portland Gun Club panorama photograph

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1086
Abstract

Black and white panoramic group portrait depicting members of the Portland Gun Club.

Dates: circa 1928
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Portland Gun Club panorama photograph

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