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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 803 Collections and/or Records:

Gevurtz Furniture Company records and Gevurtz family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 6011
Abstract The Gevurtz Furniture Company records (1899-1997) consist of materials relating to the operation and history of the company. The collection also includes Gevurtz family papers unrelated to business operations. The documents provide a record of some of the corporate-level functions of a local family-owned furniture business that operated in the Portland, Oregon, area for more than 100 years. The materials include articles of incorporation, corporate by-laws and minutes, correspondence,...
Dates: 1899-1997

Dinshah P. Ghadiali collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2034
Abstract Dinshah P. Ghadiali (1873-1966) was a spiritualist and founder of the Spectro-Chrome Institute, Malaga, New Jersey. While giving lectures on spectro-chrome therapy in Portland, Oregon, he was arrested on allegations that he had violated the Mann Act. Collection consists of a typescript letter to the editor of the Morning Oregonian, June 16, 1926, regarding his innocence of violation of the Mann Act; a pamphlet, "Railroading a Citizen," 1926; and a newspaper clipping, June 3, 1927, regarding...
Dates: 1926-1927

Frederick L. Gifford papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2218
Abstract

Fred L. Gifford (1878-1945) was the leader ("Grand Dragon") for the Oregon Ku Klux Klan between 1921 and 1924, when the "invisible empire" was influential in virtually every part of the state. Collection consists of Ku Klux Klan membership cards, driver's licenses, and other ID cards, 1920-1933; newspaper clippings, 1945, regarding Gifford's death; and a manuscript letter to his wife, 1924.

Dates: 1920-1945

Wells Smith Gilbert papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1423
Abstract

Collection includes miscellaneous records and documents regarding Wells Smith Gilbert and his involvement in various associations. Gilbert (1870-1965) was president of the Olean Lumber Company and manager of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company's Oregon properties.

Dates: 1897-1965

Raymond W. Gill papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2975
Abstract

Papers relating to Raymond W. Gill and the Gill Bros. Seed Company. Raymond W. Gill (1882-1963) was a co-founder of Gill Bros. Seed Company, a member of the Oregon State Grange, and a Multnomah County representative.

Dates: 1912-1969

Hugh P. Gilmore letters to H. L. Johnston

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2104
Abstract

Manuscript letters from Hugh Gilmore of Marysville, Washington, to H. L. Johnston of Oregon, 1949-1951, regarding steamboats and other vessels in the Pacific Northwest. Gilmore was a tugboat captain on Puget Sound, Washington.

Dates: 1949-1951

Harry Glickman letter to Bill Schonely

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 972
Abstract

Letter from Harry Glickman (1924-2020) to Bill Schonely (1929-2023), confirming Schonely's hire as the Portland Trail Blazers' play-by-play broadcaster for the 1970-1971 season. Glickman was the founder of the Blazers, a professional basketball team in Portland, Oregon; Schonely was the team's broadcaster from 1970 to 2000.

Dates: 1970 August 11

Eli Sheldon Glover papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2721
Abstract

Papers of inventor and artist Eli Sheldon Glover include diaries describing travels across the United States, correspondence with his son, and patents and advertisements for his inventions.

Dates: 1875-1909

Frank S. Godfrey family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2855
Abstract

Frank S. Godfrey was a businessman in Seaside, Oregon, and a soldier in the Spanish-American War, master sergeant of Company B, 2nd Oregon Infantry. Collection includes correspondence of Birdie Ann Godfrey, 1957; ribbons and other ephemera from United States War Veterans reunions, 1898-1955; register of veterans, 1951; and Dorothy Godfrey Otto's reminiscences, 1967.

Dates: 1848-1967

Alfred T. Goodwin papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1821
Abstract Papers of Alfred T. Goodwin (1923-2022), a judge from Oregon. The bulk of the papers relate to his career as a judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for more than 40 years. The collection also includes papers from earlier periods of his career, when he served as an Oregon Supreme Court justice and then as a judge on the U.S. District Court of Oregon, as well as other personal and professional papers. Goodwin served on the Oregon Supreme Court from 1960 to 1969, as a U.S. District Court...
Dates: 1908-2017; Majority of material found within 1940-2014