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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 653 Collections and/or Records:

Emma Pinho photographic collection on Irvington School

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 655
Abstract

One album with three black and white class photographs for the Irvington School in Portland, Oregon. Many individuals are identified.

Dates: 1944 June

The Pioneer Courthouse: home of the U.S. Court of Appeals

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5142
Abstract

Photocopy pen and ink drawing of the Pioneer Courthouse in Portland, Oregon, by Alec Stern.

Dates: 1977

Posters for events at Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1039
Abstract

Five posters relating to events held in the 1980s and early 1990s at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, Oregon, including one poster for the square's dedication. Pioneer Courthouse Square is an outdoor public space in downtown Portland that was designed by a team led by architect Willard K. Martin (1930-1985); it was dedicated in April 1984.

Dates: 1984-1990

Plummer & Byerley account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2592
Abstract

Account book for a drugstore run by Dr. Orlando Pleasant Shields Plummer and Fabian Byerley in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1881-1883

Poems of Portland, Oregon and the great North West

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1597
Abstract

Bound manuscript poems by Charles F. Hammond entitled "Poems of Portland, Oregon and the Great North West," circa 1926, with corrections.

Dates: circa 1926

James H. Polhemus diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2879
Abstract

James H. Polhemus (born 1887) was the chief engineer and general manager of the Port of Portland, 1923-1936. Collection consists of a diary primarily regarding his business activities.

Dates: 1936

Oral history interview with David R. Policar

 Collection
Identifier: SR9026
Abstract

Oral history interview with David R. Policar conducted by Roberta Watts on November 21, 1977. Policar discusses his family history and the Sephardic Jewish community in Portland.

Dates: 1977 November 21

Portland and Vancouver photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 540
Abstract

Album containing black and white snapshots, 1912-1913, most of them casual portraits of people, taken outdoors. Many were taken in the area of Portland, Oregon, and some in Vancouver, Washington. The album pages include handwritten notes and comments, sometimes identifying people in the images and the places where the photographs were taken. Many of the people depicted are unidentified, or are identified only by initials.

Dates: 1912-1913

Portland Art Class records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1680
Abstract

Portland Art Class was an organization devoted to the appraisal of art and to the stimulation of art interests in Portland. Records include minutes, membership accounts, financial documents, programs, constitution, ephemera, correspondence, and membership rosters.

Dates: 1898-1971

The Portland Ayer: Mr. Ayer comes to Portland

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 6005
Abstract

Photocopy typescript manuscript regarding the life of Winslow Bartlett Ayer (1860-1965), who came to Portland in 1883 and became one of the city's best known businessmen and a political leader and philanthropist.

Dates: 1993