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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 631 Collections and/or Records:

Lee Owen Stone papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2423
Abstract

Reverend Lee Owen Stone (1903-1977) served as vicar of St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church in Portland, Oregon, from 1936 until his retirement in 1972. Collection includes correspondence, sermons, awards and certificates, meeting minutes from the St. Philip Men's Club, missionary reports, and files from Stone's activity in the Urban League of Portland and other civil and philanthropic associations.

Dates: 1930-1977

Victor Wiegand Strode papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4064
Abstract

Papers of Victor Wiegand Strode include a biography by Ruth H. Strode, circa 1944, as well as patents, correspondence, drawings, and newspaper clippings regarding his inventions, including the Aeroliner and the Aerohydrocraft, 1928-1941. Also included are drawings of the Aerohydrocraft, the Aeroliner, and other miscellaneous inventions.

Dates: 1887-1944

Strong and MacNaughton Trust Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1647
Abstract

Strong and MacNaughton Trust Company was an investment and property management firm in Portland, Oregon, owned by Ernest Boyd MacNaughton and Robert H. Strong. Collection includes printed information-advertising bulletins and newsletters, 1920-1921 and 1923-1925, regarding Portland business conditions, real estate developments, property values, zoning practices, housing patterns, public improvements, city growth, and traffic problems.

Dates: 1920-1925

Residence for Dr. Curtis C. Strong plans and specifications

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3026
Abstract

Collection includes 8 photograph plans, elevations and sections on 6 sheets, as well as photocopy manuscript specifications, for the Dr. Curtis C. Strong residence at SW Park Ave. and SW Salmon St., Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1878

Frederick H. Strong papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll821
Abstract

Materials relating to the life and career of Portland, Oregon, businessman Frederick H. Strong. The collection primarily consists of plans and photographs from the 1930s and 1940s of the Portland Public Market building, which Strong managed, and photographs of Portland in the 1890s and 1900s.

Dates: 1894-1987; Majority of material found within 1894-1946

Herschel H. Stuart papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2754
Abstract

Herschel H. Stuart worked as the traffic manager for the Woodbury and Wheeler Company, Portland, Oregon. Collection includes correspondence regarding his activities in various associations and personal interests, including the Portland Industrial Traffic Club and the Portland Transportation Club. Also included is an automobile insurance policy, 1928.

Dates: circa 1920-1940

Sunnyside Congregational Church of Portland plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3088
Abstract

Collection includes 41 blueprint plans, elevations and details on 14 sheets of the Sunnyside Congregational Church at SE Taylor St. and SE 32nd Ave. in Portland, Oregon, by architect Willard Franklin Tobey.

Dates: circa 1909-1910

Oral history interview with Steve Suss

 Collection
Identifier: SR11236
Abstract

Oral history interview with Steve Suss conducted by Danita Doun and Lachelle Ogden on February 15, 2011, for the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN). Suss was the owner of Embers, a gay bar in Portland, Oregon, from 1969 to 2017.

Dates: 2011 February 15

William G. Swigert photographic collection on the construction of the Morrison Bridge

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 649
Abstract

Collection consists of 37 black and white photographs, 1904-1905, depicting construction of the second Morrison Bridge in Portland, Oregon, by the Pacific Construction Company.

Dates: 1904-1905

T2 tanker drawings

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 4067
Abstract

Twenty-one technical drawings on 21 sheets made by Floyd H. Runk for the Portland shipyard of the Kaiser Company, Inc., depicting the bow, midship, tanks and aft of T2 tankers.

Dates: circa 1900-1978