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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 686 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Margaret Thiele Petti

 Collection
Identifier: SR1074
Abstract

Oral history interview with Margaret Thiele Petti conducted by Jim Strassmaier from March 26 to April 30, 1987. Petti ran the Henry Thiele Restaurant in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1987 March 26-April 30

Phoenix Iron Works records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1078
Abstract

Records of an iron manufacturing company of Portland, Oregon. Includes minutes of board meetings, a small amount of correspondence, proxy slips, stock certificates, and articles of incorporation.

Dates: 1901-1964; Majority of material found within 1901-1957

Photographs of aircraft damage in Portland, Oregon, area after Columbus Day storm

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1199
Abstract

Photographs by an unknown photographer, depicting damage to small planes, cars, and buidings at airfields in the Portland, Oregon area following the Columbus Day storm in October 1962. The images primarily show Portland International Airport, Hillsboro Airport, Troutdale Airport, and Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington. Three photos were taken prior to the storm and were developed in June 1962.

Dates: 1962 June-1962 October; Majority of material found within 1962 October

Piggott's Castle photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 720
Abstract

Thirteen black and white photographs of the exterior of Piggott's Castle at 2591 SW Buckingham St. in Portland, Oregon, built in 1892.

Dates: circa 1892-1980

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