African Americans
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
Laura Jenkins Landers and Susie Jenkins Stokes papers
Papers relating to Laura Jenkins Landers (1908-2009) and Susie Jenkins Stokes (1915-2003) and their families. The sisters were born in Sicily Island, Louisiana, and were among the Black workers who moved to the Portland, Oregon, area in the 1940s. They worked in the shipyards during World War II, and as domestic workers after the war.
Les Femmes photographic collection
The Links, Inc. photographic collection
Small collection consisting of photographs, most in color, that were used on an informational panel about the Portland chapter of The Links, Inc., a women's service organization devoted to the African American community. The photographs depict members and activities of the group. The collection also includes a photograph of the original panel.
Lorna Marple photographic collection
Small collection of black and white photographs relating to the Portland, Oregon, branch of the NAACP. Identified individuals include Mayfield Webb, Juretta Webb, Otto Rutherford, Charlotte Rutherford, Marie Smith, Lorna Marple, Sylvia Thompson, Mary Kay Rowland, Bill McClendon, Ulysses Plummer, and Arie Randall.
Oral history interview with Gladys Sims McCoy
Oral history interview with Gladys Sims McCoy conducted by Linda S. Dodds from February 20 to June 22, 1981. McCoy was a Multnomah County commissioner.
Milwaukie Pastry Kitchen photographs and news clippings
Collection consists of photographs and newspaper clippings relating to the Milwaukie Pastry Kitchen, which was owned by Hurtis Hadley and Dorothy Hadley between 1977 and 1985. The Pastry Kitchen was the first Black-owned bakery in the state of Oregon.
Oregon Black History Project records
Administrative records, research files, and photographs gathered and created by the Oregon Black History Project, a grant-funded project that culminated in the publication of the book "A Peculiar Paradise: A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788-1940."
Relf and Thompson families collection
Photographs and ephemera of Huston Relf and Melvin Thompson, Black residents of a house at 25 NE Prescott Street, in the Albina neighborhood of northeast Portland, Oregon. Photographs include: family in Alabama and Oregon; outings and recreation; street scenes; and the Lac a Wonica Cleaners at 3632 N. Williams Avenue, run by Melvin and Katie Thompson. The materials were found in the house at 25 NE Prescott after it was sold by the estate of Huston Relf in 2000.
Phil Reynolds family papers
Bernie Haynes Robynson posters
Two versions of a poster by artist Bernie Haynes Robinson, one a color version dated 1965, and the other a larger, black-and-white version dated 1971 with different wording and some different illustrations. The posters feature drawings depicting Black Americans participating in leisure activities in an earlier era, including dancing, a fish fry, a parade, and a county fair.