City and Town Life
Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Milton Smith Wirt papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 851
Abstract
Papers of a lawyer and civic leader of Portland, Oregon. Includes extensive correspondence relating to land claims, real estate controversies, and tax delinquencies, as well as correspondence and financial documents relating to the Library Association of Portland, the Multnomah Law Library, the Portland Free Kindergarten Association, the Oregon Historical Society, and other organizations and business concerns. Also includes ephemera and personal financial documents.
Dates:
1861-1923; Majority of material found within 1890-1920
Three Lynx records and memorabilia
Collection
Identifier: Coll 1089
Abstract
Records and memorabilia of the town Three Lynx (also called Three Lynx Village), a small company town in Clackamas County, Oregon. Materials include photographs, slides, historical research and documentation, correspondence, clippings, event programs, and recordings of oral histories with former residents. Three Lynx was established in the 1920s and 1930s by Portland Railway Light and Power (later PEPCO, now Portland General Electric) to support operation of the Oak Grove Powerhouse. The...
Dates:
1930-2023
Oral history interview with Thelma O. Williams
Collection
Identifier: SR 9515
Abstract
Oral history interview with Thelma O. Williams conducted by Linda S. Dodds on May 5, 1982. Williams discusses her early life in Des Moines, Iowa, and Portland, Oregon, and talks about being the Portland Rose Festival queen in 1914.
Dates:
1982 May 5