Oral history interview with Robert J. Frasca conducted by Charles Digregorio on July 18, 1978. Frasca discusses his career as an architect in Oregon, particularly his designs for the Oregon Historical Society building, and for the World Trade Center Portland.

Walter Gordon (born 1907) studied architecture at Princeton, Yale, and the University of Paris. He was a design consultant for the Portland Development Commission from 1962-1972. Collection includes design reviews for individual projects, correspondence, memos, drafts, and ephemera relating to Gordon's work with the commission.

Lithographic and watercolor illustrations depicting buildings in Portland, Oregon, designed by architect Isaac Hodgson, Jr., who worked in Portland during the early 1890s. The watercolors and one of the lithographs depict the Chamber of Commerce building; the other lithograph depicts the entrance to a proposed United Bank building.

Blueprints and original drawings of architectural plans, mostly for unidentified buildings, by the Portland, Oregon architect Justus F. Krumbein (1847-1907). These plans date from the period starting in the late 1870s when Krumbein worked independently. Krumbein notably helped design the Oregon State Capitol of 1876 with W. G. Gilbert.

Ink illustrations of historic buildings in Portland, Oregon; Astoria, Oregon; Forest Grove, Oregon; and Salt Lake City, Utah, by the architect Willard K. Martin (1930-1985). Martin was a Portland-based architect who was most known for his role in designing Pioneer Courthouse Square.

Oral history interview with Margaret Biddle Parker conducted by Elisabeth W. Potter and Alfred Staehli on March 15, 1984. Parker discusses the career of her husband, Portland architect Jamieson Parker.

Oral history interview with Margaret Biddle Parker conducted by Charles Digregorio in two sessions, on December 31, 1974, and January 15, 1975. Parker discusses her life and social activities, and the life and career of her husband, Portland architect Jamieson Parker.

Audio recordings of oral history interviews and conversations with people associated with the Portland Art Museum. The interviews were conducted over a period of three years, from approximately 1990 to 1993. Most were conducted by Robert Peirce, who was then the librarian at the art museum. Interviewees include Bob Sitton, Bill Foster, Clyde Rice, William Givler, Pietro Belluschi, Marian Kolisch, Francis J. Newton, Robert O. Lee, and members of the Portland Art Museum Women's Council.