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Collection of correspondence and ephemera regarding Alaska, including records relating to Russia ceding Alaska to the United States, a letter from William Gouverneur Morris to E. S. Kearney, statements about Deputy Marshal J. J. Healy, tourism brochures, a descriptive booklet of the Alaska Historical Museum, and photostatic reproductions of a newspaper article about the Aleutian Islands by Isobel Wylie Hutchinson.

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Memorabilia of Berta Delman (1933-2006), including newsletters, brochures, programs, clippings, and ephemera. Much of the material concerns North and Northeast Portland, Oregon, including the advocacy work of Black residents. The collection also contains stationery and photographs of the Knight Shoe Company, which Delman's father owned. Delman was a public administrator and civic planner.

Abstract Newsletters, brochures, clippings, and volunteer badge relating to Cascade AIDS Project and to AIDS education, collected by Gay Monteverde. Cascade AIDS Project is an organization based in Portland, Oregon, that provides advocacy and services for people living with AIDS in Oregon and southwest Washington, and educates the public about AIDS and AIDS prevention. Gay Monteverde volunteered at Cascade AIDS Project for six months before being hired in 1989. As an employee of Cascade AIDS Project,...

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This collection, created by the Oregon Historical Society, contains ephemera relating to the wine and spirits industry in Oregon. Included are clippings, brochures, newsletters, newspapers, magazines, wine labels, business cards, posters, programs, bulletins, and monographs, relating to wines, their production and marketing, relevant issues, and affiliated industries. Most of the materials date from 1972-2002.

Abstract Pamphlets and brochures that were produced or distributed by Portland Disaster Relief and Civil Defense, and were mailed out in October 1960. Portland, Oregon's Disaster Relief and Civil Defense bureau was established in 1950 to help Portlanders prepare for possible nuclear attack. It successfully staged an evacuation of downtown Portland in 1955, and built an underground shelter complex in 1956. However, in the early 1960s, voters rejected levy measures to continue funding the program, and...

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Collection consists of 11 pages and two photographic copies of a brochure for the Save the Redwoods League. It primarily regards the Col. Bolling Memorial Grove in California, with many images of the California redwoods, a list of officers, and information on membership.