Portland
Found in 652 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Mary E. Blossom
Oral history interview with Mary E. Blossom conducted by Charles Digregorio on May 10, 1977. Blossom was a librarian at the Multnomah County Public Library in Oregon in the mid-20th century.
Drs. BoDine and Cantril office building plans
Fifty-five plans, elevations, details, schedules and sections on 13 sheets of an office building for Drs. BoDine and Cantril at N. Wheeler Ave. and N. Broadway St. in Portland, Oregon, by architect Francis Marion Stokes.
Bonita (Steamship) and Lurline (Steamship) plans
Three plans on 1 sheet for the steamships Bonita, by John Gates, and Lurline, by J. F. Steffen, for Jacob Kamm.
Book of congratulatory pigeongrams sent for Burnside Bridge opening
Bound volume of "pigeongrams" (messages sent by pigeon) from political figures, congratulating Portland Mayor George L. Baker and Oregon Governor Walter M. Pierce on the opening of the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon. The Burnside Bridge opened in May 1926, replacing an older bridge of the same name from the 1890s, and was still operational in 2022.
Alice Johnson Booth collection on fashion
Collection includes manuscript letter, 1989, describing the first showing of paintings from the Chrysler collection at the Portland Art Museum, as well as fashion and the "World's Largest Fashion Show" by Aaron Frank and Tommy Luke at the Stadium; an invitation to the showing of the Chrysler paintings, 1956; and photocopy newspaper clippings, circa 1937, regarding Alice Johnson and Alta Corbett.
Oral history interview with Tim Bracy
Oral history interview with Tim Bracy conducted by Judy Hartman on January 14, 1988, as a part of the Portland General Electric Centennial Oral History Series. Bracy was security supervisor at the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant and was manager of Health and Safety Services for Portland General Electric.
Paul E. Bragdon papers
Paul Bragdon was the president of Reed College in Portland from 1971 to 1988. Collection includes correspondence; administrative records; and admissions records, development correspondence and proposals, committee correspondence and meeting notes, faculty files, trustee files, provost files, student services documents, issues and activities, etc., regarding Reed College. Also included are miscellaneous papers of Nancy Bragdon.
Richard D. Brainard slide collection
Approximately 450 color slides depicting scenes in downtown Portland, Oregon, and elsewhere in Oregon.
Breese Aircraft Corporation records
Breese Aircraft Corporation was an aircraft manufacturer and builder of the trans-Pacific monoplane, the Aloha. Collection includes promotional literature and stockholder newsletters regarding company operations.
Oral history interview with Nan M. Brewster
Oral history interview with Nan M. Brewster conducted by Charles Digregorio on June 25, 1976. Brewster discusses the Gill and Montgomery family histories, and the history of the J.K. Gill Company in Portland, Oregon.