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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Papers relating to the land claim of Daniel Lownsdale (1803-1862) in Portland, Oregon, including indentures, agreements, court documents, and correspondence. Lownsdale came to Oregon in 1845, established a tannery in what would become Portland, and in 1849 purchased additional land from Francis Pettygrove, some of which would later become the South Park Blocks and the North Park Blocks.