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Elementary and Secondary Education

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:

Mary Jennie Pattison collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 821
Abstract

Small collection of papers dating from 1875-1879 and relating to Mary Jennie Pattison as a student and teacher in Oregon. Materials primarily consist of school attendance reports, grade reports, and teaching certificates.

Dates: 1875-1879

Laura A. Peterson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2171
Abstract

Papers of Laura A. Peterson consist of a certification, 1889, to teach first grade in Clatsop County, Oregon; and certifications, 1891 and 1894, to teach grammar school in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1889-1894

Walter Marcus Pierce papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2558
Abstract

Collection related to Walter M. Pierce, an educator, rancher, and politician who served as Oregon governor and in the U.S. House of Representatives. Materials include correspondence, primarily with family members and with J. A. Churchill, superintendent of public instruction, as well as minutes of the State Textbook Commission's meetings. Also included are Dictaphone belts made by Pierce's biographer, Arthur H. Bone, regarding Bone's research about Pierce and other topics.

Dates: 1916-circa 1965

Emma Pinho photographic collection on Irvington School

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 655
Abstract

One album with three black and white class photographs for the Irvington School in Portland, Oregon. Many individuals are identified.

Dates: 1944 June

Portland Federation of Teachers records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2354
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1919-1974

Portland Grade Teachers' Association records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1753
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1912-1985

Portland Public Schools during World War I photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 319
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1909-1918

Portsmouth School Old Timer's Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2847
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1953-1975

Marie Holst Pottsmith photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 460
Abstract This collection consists of original sheet film negatives taken by Marie Holst Pottsmith, the bulk of which she made during the eight months of 1908 that she taught in the remote Finnish community of Hamlet, Oregon. These images document people, farming, and community life in Hamlet. Other photos in the collection depict her studies at the University of Oregon; her time teaching at Fisher, Washington; and her early married life as a Presbyterian minister’s wife in Washington and Oregon. The...
Dates: 1908-circa 1956; Majority of material found within 1908-1919

The prairie flower

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2536
Abstract

Photocopy manuscript school paper, 20 pages, including reminiscences and chapter titles such as "Bad habits" and "My dear pupils."

Dates: 1874 December 18