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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 653 Collections and/or Records:

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

Portland Woolen Mills picnic photograph

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 616
Abstract

Black and white panoramic photograph of attendees at a company picnic for employees of Portland Woolen Mills on July 28, 1923. The photograph belonged to Ray DeLashmutt, and the collection also includes a photocopy with handwritten notes identifying family members in the image.

Dates: 1923 July 28

Portsmouth School Old Timer's Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2847
Abstract

The Portsmouth School Old Timer's Club held a picnic every year for alumni of Portsmouth School in the Portsmouth area of Portland to socialize. Collection includes administrative records; member lists and member list books; a scrapbook; an account book; a minute book; correspondence; receipts; and promotional mailings and flyers.

Dates: circa 1953-1975

Pot & Kettle Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 510
Abstract

Collection consists of two national rosters of Pot & Kettle Club members, a list of the Portland Pot & Kettle Club charter members, and a photograph of said charter members.

Dates: 1927-1978

George Pratt papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2329
Abstract

Manuscript last will and testament of George Pratt, October 25, 1871, bequeathing property in Portland, Oregon, to his wife, Hannah Pratt.

Dates: 1871 August 4

Charles Prescott residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 702
Abstract

Thirteen black and white photographs and drawings of the exterior and interior of the Charles Prescott house at NW 19th and Marshall St. in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1884-1899

Valentine Prichard papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1446
Abstract

Papers of the director of the People's Institute of Portland, Oregon, a non-sectarian service organization for women and children. The collection contains organizational records, subject files, a small amount of correspondence, and papers written by Valentine Prichard.

Dates: 1904-1942