Portland

Heinrich Rüppel papers

Collection

Identifier: Mss2162

Abstract Heinrich Rüppel was a German immigrant to Portland, Oregon, a foreman at the Oregon Furniture Manufacturing Company, a member of the Portland Social Turn Verein, and a jewelry craftsman. Papers include manuscript correspondence with friends and relatives in Germany, in German, 1879-1901, with typescript translations. Also included are photocopy and original newspaper clippings in German and English, speeches, and ephemera relating to the Portland Social Turn Verein, circa 1880, most with...

Dates: 1879-1901

Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Ashley R. Russell papers

Collection

Identifier: Mss2851

Abstract Ashley Robert (Bob) Russell (1922-1944) was killed by a German sniper in Normandy, France, July 15, 1944, and had been one of the first to land in France on D-Day. Papers include correspondence, 1944, to his relatives, from France, regarding military life; correspondence, 1940-1941, from the Portland Art Museum regarding enrollment and sale of his artworks; a letter, 1942, from Sgt. Alfred E. Peacock regarding Russell's artwork; and a typescript letter, 1948, to Russell's parents,...

Dates: 1940-1948

Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Russellville Parents' and Teachers' Association records

Collection

Identifier: Mss1636

Abstract

Collection includes minutes, 1924-1931, 1942-1951 and 1952-1957; scrapbook, 1951-1952, of PTA and school activities.

Dates: 1924-1957

Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Russellville Water Company, Inc. records

Collection

Identifier: Coll 1014

Abstract Records of the Russellville Water Company, Inc. of Portland, Oregon, consisting of a book of handwritten minutes from 1939 to 1950 maintained by secretary Beryl Knoblauch; financial records, correspondence, and notes; and typed minutes for a meeting to dissolve the company. The Russellville Water Company, Inc. was a water utility firm that operated water lines in the Russellville neighborhood of eastern Portland, Oregon. In late 1950, it dissolved and sold its assets to the Russellville...

Dates: 1939-1950

Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

S. C. Kurdy account book

Collection

Identifier: Mss1360

Abstract

Account book, 1919-1920, of S. C. Kurdy Company, a wholesale grocer in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1919-1920

Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Oral history interview with Catherine R. Sabin

Collection

Identifier: SR 9498

Abstract

Oral history interview with Catherine R. Sabin conducted by Charles Digregorio on June 15, 1976. Sabin discusses her family background and early life in Portland, Oregon, in the 20th century.

Dates: 1976 June 15

Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Andrew Sabisch photographic collection on the Morris W. Fechheimer residence

Collection

Identifier: Org. Lot 750

Abstract

Eleven black and white photographs, circa 1880-1919, depicting the interior and exterior of the Morris W. Fechheimer house on the northwest corner of SW 7th and Stark St. in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1880-1919

Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library