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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 617 Collections and/or Records:

Brooklyn Parent Teacher Association records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2719
Abstract

The Brooklyn Parent Teacher Association was founded in 1903 as the Brooklyn Mother's Club and sought to promote the welfare of children and youth in the school and in the community. Collection includes minutes, treasurer's reports, newsletters, correspondence, membership directories, publicity materials, historian's reports (1951-1981, incomplete), memorabilia from local, state and national PTA meetings, and a scrapbook.

Dates: 1903-1981

Herman Brookman architectural plans for Portland residence and later alterations

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 3177
Abstract

Collection consists of 12 blueprint sheets of plans by Herman S. Brookman, an architect in Portland, Oregon. The plans, dated 1925, 1948, and 1952, are for a residence on NW Cumberland Road in Portland, and for additions and alterations to the house. The plans were drawn for Dr. Thomas M. Joyce, Dr. and Mrs. Richard F. Berg, and Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn C. Friendly.

Dates: 1925-1952

Clara W. Brown account books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1319
Abstract

Manuscript account books, probably Portland, Oregon, 1907-1923.

Dates: 1907-1923

John W. Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2717
Abstract

Collection includes citizenship papers and estate papers for John W. Brown's father, Thomas Brown; and a manuscript diary regarding masonry work done on the Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, Oregon, and other buildings.

Dates: 1860-1910

John W. Brown residence plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3109
Abstract

Collection includes 3 blueprint plans on 1 sheet of a house for John W. Brown at 509 Davis St. (now NW 14th Ave. and NW Davis St.) in Portland, Oregon, by architect Alexander M. Milwain.

Dates: 1892

Robert O. Brown drawings

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2878
Abstract

Beginning in 1949, Robert O. Brown began collecting information on early Portland neighborhoods and their architecture, and made detailed drawings of Portland buildings and residences. The collection consists of photocopies of his drawings and of rough maps of some areas of the city.

Dates: circa 1949-1978

Joseph Buchtel papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1046
Abstract

Materials related to Joseph Buchtel, a Portland photographer and inventor. Collection includes receipts, 1859-1864; photocopy newspaper clippings; U.S. patents for Joseph Buchtel, Henry Stutsman and Eugene D. White for miscellaneous inventions, 1896-1899; printed ephemera; and diary extracts.

Dates: 1859-1925

Building Syndicate Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2774
Abstract

Collection includes minute books, 4 volumes.

Dates: 1927-1984

John Bullivant building plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3027
Abstract

Collection includes 11 elevations and plans on 5 sheets of a building for John Bullivant at SW 13th Ave. and SW Jefferson St. in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1904-1905

Burns & Co. account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 912
Abstract

Bound manuscript daily account book for Burns & Co., a wholesale grocer in Portland, Oregon, operated by David C. Burns.

Dates: 1895