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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 631 Collections and/or Records:

Portland scenes

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5339
Abstract

Watercolor reproductions of Newman Myrah's "Portland Scenes" series. Scenes include the Pioneer Courthouse, the Skidmore Fountain, the U.S.S. Oregon, the Portland Hotel, streetcars, and the Morrison Bridge.

Dates: circa 1974

Portland School District Administration Building plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3152
Abstract

Collection consists of architectural plans and drawings for the Administration Building, also known as the Old Holladay School, for School District No. 1 (Portland School District) at 1343 NE 9th Ave., Portland, Oregon, by architect George Howell Jones. The site later became the location of the Lloyd Center.

Dates: 1922-1952

Portland Symphony Society records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1149
Abstract

Records of the parent organization of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, later the Oregon Symphony. Records include by-laws and minutes of board meetings, reports, contracts, financial records, and ephemera.

Dates: 1913-1969

Portland: the Rose City

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5389
Abstract

Color poster featuring a photograph by A. M. Prentiss of Portland, Oregon, with Mount Hood in the distance.

Dates: circa 1917-1925

History: Portland Transportation Club, 1929-1964

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 936
Abstract

Typescript copy of a history of the Portland Transportation Club, detailing the origins and activities of the club, based in Portland, Oregon. Also included is a booklet containing the constitution and bylaws of a separate, earlier club by the same name, which is discussed in a brief addendum to the history.

Dates: circa 1967

Portland Trust and Savings Bank records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1474
Abstract

Typescript notes on the historical background of the company, 1953; articles of agreement, October 15, 1914.

Dates: 1914-1953

Portland Union Stock Yards Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2776
Abstract

Portland Union Stock Yards opened in 1890, and was organized into a company in 1902 by W. H. H. Morgan. It moved to North Portland in 1909 and was purchased by the United Stockyards Corporation in 1936. Collection includes correspondence, 1931-1936, regarding company purchases and maintenance of trailers, tractors, and dump wagons; receipts and miscellaneous ephemera, 1909-1936, including newspaper articles about the company.

Dates: 1909-1936

Portland Unitarian Church plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3014
Abstract

Collection includes 14 elevations and plans on 12 sheets for the Unitarian Church at SW Yamhill St. and SW Broadway Ave. in Portland, Oregon, by architecture firm Peabody & Stearns of Boston, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1878-1879

Portland Women's Union photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 814
Abstract

Collection consists of 42 color negatives of members of the Portland Women's Union; of the Martha Washington Hotel and the Alexandra Court Hotel in Portland, Oregon; and of the 100th anniversary tea. The Portland Women's Union was founded in 1887 and operated in the Martha Washington Hotel to provide safe housing for single working women.

Dates: 1986

Portland Women's Union records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1443
Abstract

Collection includes articles of incorporation, constitution and by-laws, reports, minutes, and other materials regarding the Portland's Women's Union. The organization was founded in 1887 and operated in the Martha Washington Hotel to provide respectable housing for single working women.

Dates: 1887-1970