Portland
Found in 659 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Ralph J. Voss photographic collection on the construction of the First National Bank of Oregon building
Color slides depicting the construction and opening ceremony for the First National Bank of Oregon building at 1300 SE 5th Ave. in Portland, Oregon. The building is now the Wells Fargo Center. Ralph J. Voss (1910-2002) was president of the bank and oversaw the project to construct its headquarters. The building was reported by the Oregonian newspaper to be the tallest in the state at the time of its construction.
William Wadhams letters
William Wadhams (1831-1905) was a pioneer grocer and founder of the Calvary Presbyterian Church, Sellwood Presbyterian Church, and the Portland YMCA. Collection includes correspondence regarding Reverend W. H. Landon and his move to Portland to become pastor of the Calvary Presbyterian Church, William Wadhams' business, Wadhams and Kerr Brothers, and church work.
J. Enos Wait photographic negatives
Collection consists of nitrate negatives of Oregon and Washington scenes from approximately 1905-1910, including images of the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, Oregon. The photographs were taken by J. Enos Wait (1870-1947), a dentist from Superior, Nebraska.
Rev. Paul E. Waldschmidt papers
Reverend Paul E. Waldschmidt of the C.S.C. (Congregation of the Holy Cross) was president of the University of Portland, 1962-1977. Collection includes correspondence and program materials, 1966, regarding a Jewish-Catholic conference held at the University of Portland; minutes, correspondence, memoranda, and reports of the Portland School District's Committee on Race and Education, 1963-1964; sermon texts and notes.