Portland
Found in 631 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Materials relating to Vanport, Oregon
Collection includes an autograph book with several pages of handwritten names and hometowns of seventh- and eighth-grade students at Vanport School, 1945; five photocopied photographs of students, staff, and school grounds at Vanport School, 1944-1945; and one photocopied journal article titled "The Vanport Flood: Clark v. United States."
Photographs of Vanport, Oregon
Small collection of black and white photographs of Vanport, Oregon, before and after the flood of 1948. The photographs belonged to Dale Skovgaard and include images of Skovgaard and his family, who lived in Vanport at the time of the flood.
Carl Vermilya photograph of the Vanport Flood
Black and white photograph of people abandoning cars to escape floodwaters in Vanport, Oregon.
The Video Access Project video recordings
John S. Volpe photographs collection
Photographs and printed materials relating to the work of John S. Volpe, an engineer for the Portland Electric Power Company (later named the Portland General Electric Company) in Portland, Oregon, who supervised the laying of underground utility cables. Images date from the mid-1920s to the early 1950s; they document electrical work throughout Portland, and include photographs of John S. Volpe, cable-laying and submerged-cable projects, and employees and company events.
Volunteers for Delta Dome Covered Stadium records
Collection includes correspondence and reports; newspaper clippings and editorials; campaign materials for the ballot measure for the construction of a covered stadium at Delta Park, Portland, Oregon; and a landscape plan for the proposed park.