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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.

Abstract Records of the Boise Neighborhood Association, an organization in the Boise neighborhood of North Portland, Oregon. The association, initially called the Boise Neighborhood Improvement Association, was formed in the early 1970s. Most records in the collection are from the late 1990s and early 2000s, and include correspondence, minutes, and bylaws, as well as materials relating to the association's dispute with Housing Our Families, efforts to revitalize the Mississippi Avenue business...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Abstract Records of Friends of the Reservoirs, a group in Portland, Oregon, that opposed the covering or discontinuation of open-air water reservoirs in the city. Collection includes correspondence, court records, records for a hearing presentation, photographs, clippings, ephemera, and video footage of demonstrations and hearings. The group was formed in 2002 in response to the Portland city government's plans to bury reservoirs on Mt. Tabor and cap reservoirs in Washington Park. The group...

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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.

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Oral history interview with Dick K. Harmon conducted by Kay Reid in two sessions, on December 15 and December 22, 1998, as part of the Legacy of Hope: Catholics and Social Justice Project. Harmon discusses his involvement with the Portland Organizing Project, a church-based group in Portland, Oregon, advocating for social and economic justice.

Abstract Hideo Hashimoto (born 1911) was a Methodist minister and peace activist. During World War II, he was incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Jerome Relocation Center in Denson, Arkansas. After the war, he became a professor of religious studies at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Collection includes correspondence, lectures, speeches, information leaflets, newsletters, articles and testimonies, primarily regarding Hashimoto's work for peace and human rights. Also included are...