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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 686 Collections and/or Records:

Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Company expansion project photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 799
Abstract

Photographs of enlarged negative strips depicting the expansion project on the Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Company at NW Davis and 11th Ave. in Portland, Oregon. Collection includes 13 total images.

Dates: circa 1954-1969

E. A. Blixfeldt plans for unidentified residence

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 3012
Abstract

Six sheets of architectural plans by E. A. Blixfeldt for an unidentified residence, possibly in Portland, Oregon, around 1911. The plans include a west elevation, an east elevation, a roof plan, a floor plan, front and rear elevations, and a basement plan.

Dates: circa 1911

Oral history interview with Mary E. Blossom

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9416
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1977 May 10

Jason Blumklotz collection of concert posters, handbills, and tickets

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1122
Abstract

Posters, handbills, tickets, and a bumper sticker for music concerts and events held in Portland, Oregon, from about 1967 to 1970. Materials were collected by Portland resident Jason Blumklotz. Most materials relate specifically to psychedelic rock concerts and the 1970 Portland Music and Art Fair. Groups and artists represented include the Grateful Dead, Canned Heat, Steve Miller Band, Steppenwolf, and B. B. King.

Dates: circa 1967-1970

Drs. BoDine and Cantril office building plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3127
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1928

Oral history interview with Kathryn Hall Bogle

 Collection
Identifier: SR 442
Abstract Oral history interview with Kathryn Hall Bogle, conducted by Rick Harmon in 15 sessions from June 26, 1985, to March 28, 1986. Bogle discusses her life and experiences as a Black woman in 20th-century Portland, Oregon; her work as a journalist in Portland; her work with organizations such as the Boys and Girls Aid Society and Good Samaritan Hospital; and the life and career of her son, Dick Bogle, who was the first Black television broadcaster in Oregon, and served on the Portland City...
Dates: 1985 June 26-1986 March 28

Boise Neighborhood Association records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1121
Abstract Records of the Boise Neighborhood Association, an organization in the Boise neighborhood of North Portland, Oregon. The association, initially called the Boise Neighborhood Improvement Association, was formed in the early 1970s. Most records in the collection are from the late 1990s and early 2000s, and include correspondence, minutes, and bylaws, as well as materials relating to the association's dispute with Housing Our Families, efforts to revitalize the Mississippi Avenue business...
Dates: 1910-2004; Majority of material found within 1997-2004

Bonita (Steamship) and Lurline (Steamship) plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4018
Abstract

Three plans on 1 sheet for the steamships Bonita, by John Gates, and Lurline, by J. F. Steffen, for Jacob Kamm.

Dates: 1874-1878

Book of congratulatory pigeongrams sent for Burnside Bridge opening

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 917
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1926 May

Alice Johnson Booth collection on fashion

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2841
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1937-1989