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Found in 814 Collections and/or Records:

Materials relating to Music Box Theater burlesque controversy

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1002
Abstract Three letters, a summons, a typescript of a telegram, and an essay relating to opposition to a burlesque act at the Music Box Theater in Portland, Oregon, in 1933. Protests and the subsequent threat of legal action compelled the theater's manager to cancel the act, and Portland city government passed an ordinance to prohibit theatrical performances deemed inappropriate. The letters, summons, and typescript telegram were gathered by the essay's author, radio and television broadcaster Vere...
Dates: 1933 April-May; circa 1973
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Albert R. Musick, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1091
Abstract Papers of Albert R. Musick, Jr. (1911-2007), a judge in Washington County, Oregon. In addition to papers relating to his judicial career, the collection includes materials relating to his prior career as a lawyer and to his military career, as well as some personal and family papers. Musick was born in Missouri, served as an infantry instructor and member of the U.S. Army Counter-Intelligence Corps during World War II, and after the war served in the U.S. Army Reserve until 1971. He came to...
Dates: circa 1890-2007
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Muslim Community Center of Portland records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll813
Abstract

Records of the Muslim Community Center of Portland, 1971-2018, including papers relating to Imam Mikal Shabazz and Imam Muhammad A. Najieb.

Dates: 1971-2018
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

J. F. Muttray letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2367
Abstract

Collection consists of manuscript and typescript correspondence, 1918-1919, to Mabel Arthur from J. F. Muttray in Burges, France, regarding army life, reminiscences of Portland, Oregon, and souvenirs.

Dates: 1918-1919
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Frank S. Myers papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1403
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, 1913-1920, of Fred S. Myers with William H. Hornibrook, George E. Chamberlain, William G. McAdoo, Harry Lane, and Daniel C. Roper. Myers was the postmaster of Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1913-1920
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Marie Namba letter to June Clark about incarceration at Portland Assembly Center

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Identifier: Coll 1072
Abstract Handwritten letter from Marie Namba (later Marie Asai, 1923-2012) to a former teacher, June Clark (later June Burke, 1917-2018). Namba wrote the letter while incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, a detention camp that was established by the U.S. government at the site of the Portland International Livestock Exposition in Portland, Oregon, in the spring of 1942. The government detained Japanese American residents of Oregon at the center before transferring them to long-term...
Dates: 1942 May 13
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1106
Abstract Records of NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League) Pro-Choice Oregon, an organization that advocated for women's reproductive rights. The collection includes administrative records, correspondence, and programs and other materials relating to fundraising galas and auctions. The organization was founded in 1977 as Oregon Affiliate, National Abortion Rights Action League. It disaffiliated from the national NARAL organization in 2021, rebranding as Pro-Choice Oregon, and dissolved in...
Dates: 1977-2022
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

National Federation of Music Clubs (Oregon) records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2781
Abstract

The Oregon branch of the National Federation of Music Clubs sponsored National Music Week, Junior Music Festivals and scholarships for students and special programs. Collection includes minutes; correspondence; documents regarding festivals and conventions; administrative records; and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1964-1986
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Native Daughters of Oregon records

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Identifier: Mss 772
Abstract

Records include manuscript letters to the Native Daughters of Oregon Elizabeth Thurston Odell Cabin No. 8, 5 pages, 1901; a manuscript journal of Elizabeth Thurston Odell Cabin No. 8; printed ephemera; and receipts.

Dates: 1899-1901
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Roscoe Nelson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2848
Abstract

Roscoe Nelson (1879-1937) was a lawyer and businessman. He graduated from Virginia Law School and moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1911. He was a member of Congregation Beth Israel and was active in Jewish societies and civic organizations. Collection includes correspondence; legal papers; Anti-Semitism speeches and articles; Jewish community material; Tualatin Country Club correspondence, rosters, etc.; financial papers; documents relating to Kelly Process, Inc.; and a scrapbook.

Dates: 1897-1956
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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