Portland
Found in 617 Collections and/or Records:
J. G. Tuttle brickyard photographs
This collection consists of two black and white photographs of John G. Tuttle's brick manufacturing site, located at Northeast 28th and Thompson Streets within the Grant Park neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. Both photographs also show unidentified brickyard workers and their tools.
United Presbyterian Chapel, Portland, Or., plans
Collection includes 9 plans, elevations and sections on 1 sheet of the United Presbyterian Chapel at SW 6th Ave. and SW Montgomery St. in Portland, Oregon.
United States Golf Association 1970 National Amateur Golf Tournament collection
Correspondence, ad promotions, program materials, and Program Committee materials for the 1970 USGA Amateur Golf Tournament at Waverley Country Club, Portland, Oregon, collected by committee member Don Dawson.
Urban League of Portland flyer refuting housing myths
Flyer from the Urban League of Portland providing evidence against claims that Black people moving into or attending church in majority-white neighborhoods would cause property values to decrease. The Urban League of Portland is a civil rights and advocacy organization for Black residents of Portland, Oregon, that was founded in 1945.
U.S. Customs House, Astoria, Or. records
Collection includes microfilm of miscellaneous records of the U.S. Customs House at the Port of Astoria, Oregon, 1848-1868, with papers of employees and steamboats. Also included is a bound volume containing typescript copies of data and reports relating to steamboats, compiled from records of the collectors of customs in Astoria and Portland, including steamers registered with U.S. Customs, reports of supervising steamboat inspectors, and records of steamboat sales.
U.S. Post Office, St. Johns, Oregon, building plans
Includes plans, elevations, sections, and details. Also includes sheets for later renovations.
Henry Brooks Van Duzer papers
Oral history interview with Kimberlee Van Patten
Oral history interview with Kimberlee Van Patten conducted by Katie Horton and Amy Sherwood on February 12, 2009, for the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest. Van Patten discusses her management of Peacock Productions Inc., a non-profit organization in Portland that produces drag shows to raise money for the Audria M. Edwards Scholarship fund.
Vanport collection
Collection includes "Vanport City Rules and Regulations," 1943, with map of Vanport and index; photocopy of "Vanport City Flood 1948," an American Red Cross report; "Vanport: Emergency Relief Operations," a Salvation Army publication; and four watercolors depicting life in Vanport, 1942-1946.
Photographs of the Vanport (Or.) flood
Collection consists of 10 black-and-white photographs of the Vanport flood in 1948, taken by an unidentified photographer. Most of the photographs are aerial views showing the floodwaters, damaged and floating buildings, and other debris. Several photographs show people standing amid the wreckage.