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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 629 Collections and/or Records:

I. K. Tuerck photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 599
Abstract

Four black and white photographs of ironwork by I. K. Tuerck around Portland, Oregon, including hanging lamps, balconies, and door frames. Tuerck was an inventor and contractor who made the doors to the University of Oregon Art Museum.

Dates: circa 1886-1899

Tuesday Afternoon Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2711
Abstract

The Tuesday Afternoon Club was a gardening club in Portland, Oregon. It was dissolved in 1963. Collection includes constitution; pamphlets; membership lists; papers regarding club activities; papers regarding the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs, the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and the Portland Federation of Women's Organizations; a guest book; and minute books.

Dates: circa 1900-1962

J. G. Tuttle brickyard photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1404
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1891

United Presbyterian Chapel, Portland, Or., plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3068
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1884

United States Golf Association 1970 National Amateur Golf Tournament collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2477
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1969-1970

Urban League of Portland flyer refuting housing myths

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 963
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1952

U.S. Customs House, Astoria, Or. records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 878
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1848-1939

U.S. Post Office, St. Johns, Oregon, building plans

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 303
Abstract

Includes plans, elevations, sections, and details. Also includes sheets for later renovations.

Dates: 1932-1968

Henry Brooks Van Duzer papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1787
Abstract Henry Brooks Van Duzer was born in New York in 1874 and came to Oregon in 1898. He was the president of Inman-Poulsen Lumber Company and the Portland Chamber of Commerce, and served on the Oregon State Highway Commission from 1923 to 1931. Collection includes personal, family, and business correspondence; scrapbooks and memorabilia regarding Duzer's activities with the U.S. Fir Production Board, the Chamber of Commerce, the Democratic Party, and the highway commission; and minutes, financial...
Dates: 1847-1960; Majority of material found within 1905-1951

Oral history interview with Kimberlee Van Patten

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11291
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2009 February 12