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Oral history interview with Gerry Frank conducted by Jim Strassmaier from July 16, 1991, to April 29, 1992. Frank was the manager of the Meier & Frank Department Store in Salem, Oregon, from 1955 to 1965.

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Scrapbooks, photograph albums, photographs, papers, and ephemera compiled by or relating to Gerald W. "Gerry" Frank (1923-). Frank is a businessman from Oregon who worked at the department store Meier & Frank; opened a dessert shop in Salem, Oregon, named Gerry Frank's Konditerei; and was U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield's chief of staff.

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Oral history interview with Evelyn Gibson conducted by Roberta Watts on November 17, 1977. Gibson was the owner of Evelyn Gibson Gowns in Portland, Oregon.

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The Lipman, Wolfe & Co. department store was opened in Portland, Oregon, in 1880 by Soloman Lipman and Adolphe Wolfe. Collection includes leases, contracts, insurance policies, trademark registration and other records regarding delivery services, shoplifting and various departments in the Portland store; documents regarding other properties owned by Lipman & Wolfe and materials used in construction of Vista House.

Abstract Papers of Julius L. "Jack" Meier Jr. (1912-1988) include materials regarding his business concerns, particularly Meier & Frank Co. and Timberline Lodge; documents relating to his involvement in charitable and humanitarian causes, particularly the Oregon Jewish Welfare Fund and other relief measures for Jewish refugees during World War II; and correspondence regarding a compilation of material on the history and development of Timberline Lodge and winter sports on Mount Hood. Meier was...

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Oral history interview with Elise F. Wendel conducted by Rick Harmon from January 30 to February 27, 1985. Wendel was the daughter of I.N. Fleischner, the owner of the Fleischner, Mayer, and Co. department store, and the wife of Harold F. Wendel, the president of Lipman and Wolfe department store in Portland, Oregon.