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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 653 Collections and/or Records:

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

Unidentified family and Portland Fire Department photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 462
Abstract

Collection of black and white photographs and photographic postcards, most contained in an album. Roughly half of the images depict unidentified firefighters, fire engines, and firehouses of the Portland Fire Department in Portland, Oregon, as well as fire department floats in the Portland Rose Parade. The remaining images consist of unidentified family snapshots, including portraits of adults and children, and images of vehicles, houses, outdoor scenes, and boats and ships.

Dates: circa 1900-1951

Reminiscences about Union Station in Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1082
Abstract

Short reminiscences about Union Station, the train station in Portland, Oregon, as well as some attached clippings and brochures. The reminiscences were solicited by the Metropolitan Group in 1996 for display during the station's centennial celebration.

Dates: 1956-1996; Majority of material found within 1996 March-April

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 Service Organizations, Portland, Or. photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 91
Abstract

Collection of photographs depicting the activities of the United Service Organizations in Portland, Oregon, from 1951-1974, including USO social gatherings, personnel, and business affairs.

Dates: 1951-1974

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