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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 677 Collections and/or Records:

James Steel papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2922
Abstract

Financial records of an Oregon pioneer and early business leader of Portland, including account books, cash books, financial journals, and a cash journal of the First Congregational Church of Portland.

Dates: 1864-1985; Majority of material found within 1864-1909

Stella Maris House collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1585
Abstract The collection consists of printed material, correspondence, and administrative, financial, and legal records created and collected by the Stella Maris House, a Portland, Oregon-based social justice group, during the course of its work. The collection demonstrates the local evolution of issues key to the history of the United States during the 1960s. Over a third of the collection is dedicated to Oregon's migrant labor rights movement; it also features materials documenting the area's civil...
Dates: 1940-1973; Majority of material found within 1960-1972

Susan Stelljes collection of Portland, Oregon, theater memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1047
Abstract

Materials relating to theaters in Portland, Oregon, collected by Susan Stelljes, including programs and posters. The bulk of the collection's materials concern the Portland Civic Theatre Guild, a volunteer fundraising group to which Stelljes belonged. The Portland Civic Theatre Guild was founded in 1958 to support the Portland Civic Theatre; it later awarded fellowships for theater artists' professional development. The guild dissolved in 2023.

Dates: 1956-2007

Donald J. Sterling collection on the Velde Committee

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2883
Abstract The Velde Committee, or Committee on Un-American Activities, met in Portland, Oregon, in June 1954 to investigate the political affiliations of three Reed College professors, who refused to answer questions put to them by the committee. Collection consists of documents gathered by Donald Sterling Jr., who covered the hearings for the Oregon Journal newspaper. Among the materials in the collection are an open letter by Reed College Professor Stanley Moore; the prepared text of a speech to be...
Dates: 1953-1989; Majority of material found within 1954

Oral history interview with Henry C. C. Stevens

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9400
Abstract

Oral history interview with Henry C. C. Stevens conducted by Charles Digregorio on January 5, 1976. Stevens discusses his early life in the Nob Hill neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, and his education at Portland Academy.

Dates: 1976 January 5

Letters to Hal Stoltz from Terry Schrunk and Tom McCall

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 968
Abstract

Letters from Terry Schrunk, mayor of Portland, Oregon, and Oregon Governor Tom McCall to Hal Stoltz (1943-2023) thanking him for his work with People for Portland. People for Portland was a volunteer organization formed in the summer of 1970 with the goal of preventing violent confrontation during demonstrations against the American Legion convention in Portland that August.

Dates: 1970 September 8-29

Alfred L. Stone papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2431
Abstract

Collection includes personal articles and memorabilia regarding Alfred L. Stone's military appointments and jewelry store in Portland, Oregon, 1881-1943.

Dates: 1881-1943

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

Oral history interview with Jesse K. Stranahan

 Collection
Identifier: SR 1604
Abstract

Oral history interview with Jesse K. Stranahan, conducted by Bill Patten in three sessions from January 7 to February 4, 1995, for the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Stranahan discusses his involvement with the Longshore Supercargoes and Clerks Local 40 and ILWU Local 8, beginning in 1946. He also speaks about strikes by workers on the Portland waterfront during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1970s.

Dates: 1995 January 7-February 4

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