Elementary and Secondary Education
Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:
Emma Pinho photographic collection on Irvington School
One album with three black and white class photographs for the Irvington School in Portland, Oregon. Many individuals are identified.
Portland Federation of Teachers records
Records include correspondence, 1920-1974; membership rolls, 1954-1972; bulletins, 1944-1962; administrative records, 1919; documents regarding salaries, civil rights, retirement, and school financing; and documents of other teaching associations, including the High School Teachers Union and the Oregon Education Association. Collection is partially processed.
Portland Grade Teachers' Association records
The Portland Grade Teachers' Association was founded in 1912 to improve working conditions for teachers and raise and maintain professional standards of elementary school teachers. Records include minutes, membership lists, scrapbooks, constitution and by-laws, ledgers, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and letters.
Portland Public Schools during World War I photograph album
Album containing 109 black and white photographs of activities of the Portland Public Schools during World War I. Includes exterior photographs of school buildings, as well as interior views of classrooms and workshops, and classes and activities such as mechanical drawing, forging, wood turning, plumbing, carpentry, textiles, printing, gardening, cobbling, and band.
Portsmouth School Old Timer's Club records
The Portsmouth School Old Timer's Club held a picnic every year for alumni of Portsmouth School in the Portsmouth area of Portland to socialize. Collection includes administrative records; member lists and member list books; a scrapbook; an account book; a minute book; correspondence; receipts; and promotional mailings and flyers.
Marie Holst Pottsmith photographs
The prairie flower
Photocopy manuscript school paper, 20 pages, including reminiscences and chapter titles such as "Bad habits" and "My dear pupils."
Oral history interview with Laurence Pratt
Digitized audio recording of an oral history interview with Laurence Pratt conducted on December 15, 1981. Pratt discusses his career teaching English at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, and as a high school teacher in Portland, Oregon, as well as his work as an author and poet.
Arthur John Prideaux papers
Arthur John Prideaux was principal of Woodstock School in Portland for 34 years. Collection includes correspondence, clippings and memorabilia regarding education and schools, particularly regarding Woodstock School. Also included are memorabilia and clippings regarding Methodist Church history and activities in Portland, Oregon.
Public School No. 1 of Multnomah County annual report
Annual report of Public School No. 1 of Multnomah County, Oregon Territory, for 1858-1859, listing average attendance and the names of teachers. Public School No. 1, also known as Central School, opened in 1858. The school closed in 1885, and the site later became the Portland Hotel, and then Pioneer Courthouse Square.