Civic Activism

Collection includes minute and record books of Beaverton Band of Hope, No. 6, December 15, 1882-May 8, 1887; and a minute and record book of the Beaverton Women's Christian Temperance Union, October 18, 1885-March 5, 1887.

Collection of records related to a committee formed to change Portland city government from a commission to mayor-council form. The collection is unprocessed; it includes minutes, member notices, mailing lists, press releases, correspondence, financial records, campaign materials and scrapbooks, 1964-1966.

Reports and other records created by the City Club of Portland concerning social, legal, taxation, and development issues in Portland, Oregon and the state of Oregon during the 20th century.

Two copies of a poster featuring the words "Save the Good Old Houses." The poster was produced by the Committee to Preserve Vintage Housing, which formed in 1989 in response to plans by developer Philip J. Morford to demolish houses in northwest Portland, Oregon, to make way for new luxury rowhouses. On May 23, 1989, four houses on NW Overton Street were demolished, despite protests that included police arresting 23 people.

Collection consists of 51 color photographs taken by David Dennis Cox during a Guardian Angels demonstration led by Curtis Sliwa on November 3, 1984, in Portland, Oregon, to protest the Rajneeshees' treatment of unhoused people.

Memorabilia of Berta Delman (1933-2006), including newsletters, brochures, programs, clippings, and ephemera. Much of the material concerns North and Northeast Portland, Oregon, including the advocacy work of Black residents. The collection also contains stationery and photographs of the Knight Shoe Company, which Delman's father owned. Delman was a public administrator and civic planner.

Papers and images relating to the Devers and Plagemann families. Henry d'Evers emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1858. His son, Arthur H. Devers (1858-1944), was a businessman in Portland, Oregon, and president of Closset & Devers. Arthur H. Devers' granddaughter Jean Elizabeth Plagemann (1909-1978) was the 1932 Oregon Women's Golf Association champion.

Oral history interview with Dick K. Harmon conducted by Jim Strassmaier on December 29, 1995, as part of the Legacy of Hope: Catholics and Social Justice Project. Harmon discusses his career as a social justice organizer in Chicago, Illinois; Brooklyn, New York; and Portland, Oregon.