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Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 631 Collections and/or Records:

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

Burnside Community Council records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 6038
Abstract

Unprocessed collection consisting of miscellaneous records of the Burnside Community Council, which provided services to unhoused and low-income people in Portland, Oregon, and operated a shelter called Baloney Joe's. The collection also includes photographs related to the organization's services and activities, and issues of publications including Hobo News, Pipeline, and These Homeless Times.

Dates: circa 1975-2000

J. Elliott Busey collection on Marjorie Smith

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2777
Abstract

Marjorie Smith (born 1921) married Oliver Kermit Smith on August 22, 1952, and was later tried and acquitted as an accomplice to his murder. Collection consists of materials regarding Marjorie Smith's trial, collected and maintained by her attorney, J. Elliott Busey. Materials include a scrapbook, correspondence, witness statements, and estate papers.

Dates: 1954-1957

Oral history interview with Margaret M. Cabell

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9390
Abstract

Oral history interview with Margaret M. Cabell conducted by Marian W. Kolisch on March 4, 1976. Cabell discusses her involvement with the Portland Garden Club, the Pittock Mansion, and the Portland Japanese Garden.

Dates: 1976 March 4

Oral history interview with Margaret M. Cabell

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9608
Abstract

Oral history interview with Margaret M. Cabell conducted by Gail H. Evans on May 4, 1978, as part of the Portland Neighborhood History Project. Cabell discusses her life in the King's Hill area of the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, in the early and mid-20th century.

Dates: 1978 May 4

Cake, Jareguy & Tooze letter to Equitable Savings & Loan

 Collection
Identifier: Coll786
Abstract

Three-page letter from law firm of Cake, Jareguy & Tooze to Equitable Savings and Loan Association, dated March 23, 1942, advising against providing loans or relief to either persons currently in military service or anyone who is a potential draftee, citing the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940.

Dates: 1942 March 23

Mary Evelene Calbreath papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1429
Abstract

Mary Evelene Calbreath (1895-1972) was a music teacher and composer in Portland, Oregon. Collection includes correspondence, musical programs, articles, genealogy, ephemera, daybook, landscape album, diaries, and score.

Dates: 1864-1962

Calendar for 1978, "The Five Lost Cities of Portland"

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 950
Abstract

Calendar for 1978 with illustrations by Don MacGillivray (1945-) of historic buildings in the East Portland, Albina, Linnton, Sellwood, and St. Johns neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon. MacGillivray led historic walking tours of the Buckman neighborhood in southeast Portland in the 1970s.

Dates: 1977

Ronald Glenn Callvert papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2791
Abstract

Ronald Glenn Callvert (1873-1955) was associate editor of the Oregonian and won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1938 editorial "My Country 'tis of Thee." Collection includes newspaper clippings of Callvert's editorials and features; Pulitzer Prize announcement and congratulatory letters and telegrams; Callvert's post-retirement writings; retirement card with an Art Bimrose cartoon; correspondence of Ronald S. Callvert regarding R. G. Callvert's career.

Dates: 1938-1956

Oral history interview with Emily N. Cameron

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9399
Abstract

Oral history interview with Emily N. Cameron conducted by Charles Digregorio on August 6, 1976. Cameron discusses life in the Portland Heights neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1976 August 6