Skip to main content

Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 631 Collections and/or Records:

Webfoot Camp No. 65 minutes

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 249
Abstract

Minutes of meetings from December 1, 1890, to October 28, 1892. Includes list of charter members.

Dates: 1890-1892

Harold F. Wendel papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 196
Abstract

Papers of a businessman and civic leader of Portland, Oregon, who headed the Lipman Wolfe department store from 1927 until his death in 1967. Materials include correspondence; files on the Oregon State Sanitary Authority, a pollution control agency; files on the University of Oregon; and biographical materials.

Dates: 1927-1967

West Oregon Lumber Co. Linnton plant plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3028
Abstract

Collection includes plot plans on 1 sheet of a plant for the West Oregon Lumber Co. in the Linnton area of Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1925

Westover Terrace (Portland, Or.) photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 669
Abstract

Twenty-eight black and white photographs of the construction of the Westover Terrace area of Portland, Oregon, by Lewis-Wiley Co.

Dates: 1910-1912

Oral history interview with Shanna C. Wheeler

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9402
Abstract

Oral history interview with Shanna C. Wheeler conducted by Charles Digregorio on June 30, 1976. Wheeler discusses her early life in various neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1976 June 30

Minor White negatives

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 52
Abstract

Collection consists of original negatives by Minor White, a key figure in modern American photography who lived in Oregon from 1937 until being drafted into the United States Army in April 1942. The bulk of the negatives depict cast-iron fronted buildings in Portland, many of which have since been demolished.

Dates: 1938-1940

White Stag Manufacturing Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2871
Abstract

Harold S. Hirsch began designing skiwear for his father's outdoor clothing and supply business, the Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing Company in Portland, Oregon, in the 1930s. He named the clothing line White Stag, and it eventually expanded to other types of casual sportswear. In 1946, the company as a whole renamed itself White Stag Manufacturing Company. Collection includes patterns and catalogs for sportswear manufactured by the White Stag Company, primarily tennis, boating, and skiwear.

Dates: 1959-1984

Mary Willett papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 366
Abstract Mary Willett served as senior teacher for the five-year-old day group at the Swan Island Kaiser Child Service Center in Portland, Oregon, beginning in January 1944. The Kaiser centers served children ages eighteen months to six years, many of whom were children of women working in the shipyard building tankers for use in World War II. The collection consists of brochures and other publications, news clippings, correspondence, teaching materials, and photographs of students, as well as...
Dates: 1943-1993; Majority of material found within 1943-1945

Ava Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 225
Abstract Ava Williams (1912-2003) performed as a popular music singer and pianist on stages on both coasts of the United States from 1939 to the late 1990s. She grew up in Eastern Oregon and spent her final years in Portland. In the intervening years, she lived and worked in California; New York City; Provincetown and Boston, Massachusetts; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her personal collection spans from her childhood to her death, and includes papers, photographs, and sound and video recordings,...
Dates: 1880-2004

Oral history interview with Thelma O. Williams

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9515
Abstract

Oral history interview with Thelma O. Williams conducted by Linda S. Dodds on May 5, 1982. Williams discusses her early life in Des Moines, Iowa, and Portland, Oregon, and talks about being the Portland Rose Festival queen in 1914.

Dates: 1982 May 5