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Jewish Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Hirsch family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll850
Abstract

Papers and memorabilia of the Hirsch family and related families, including scrapbooks and photographs. Max S. Hirsch (1871-1959) was a Jewish German immigrant to the United States. He founded the Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing Company in Portland, Oregon. His son Harold S. Hirsch (1907-1990) founded the White Stag brand of skiwear, and renamed the Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing Company as White Stag Manufacturing Company.

Dates: 1871-2016

Oral history interview with Bernard Jolles

 Collection
Identifier: SR1204
Abstract

Oral history interview with Bernard Jolles conducted by Robert D. Bulkley, Jr. from September 27, 1990, to April 22, 1991, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Jolles was an attorney in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1990 September 27-1991 April 22

E. Kimbark MacColl papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2440
Abstract

Draft copy of the introduction for a book about the history of Portland, Oregon's development, and a speech about significant Jewish people in Oregon's history, both by E. Kimbark MacColl (1925-2011). MacColl was an educator and historian who, in the 1970s and 1980s, wrote three books about the history of Portland's development as a city.

Dates: 1975-1992

Roscoe Nelson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2848
Abstract

Roscoe Nelson (1879-1937) was a lawyer and businessman. He graduated from Virginia Law School and moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1911. He was a member of Congregation Beth Israel and was active in Jewish societies and civic organizations. Collection includes correspondence; legal papers; Anti-Semitism speeches and articles; Jewish community material; Tualatin Country Club correspondence, rosters, etc.; financial papers; documents relating to Kelly Process, Inc.; and a scrapbook.

Dates: 1897-1956

Benjamin Selling papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 66
Abstract

Papers of a Jewish American clothier and philanthropist of Portland, Oregon. Includes personal account books, scrapbooks containing correspondence and clippings, and some materials relating to Selling's business activities. Most materials relate to Selling's unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate in 1912 and to his charitable activities.

Dates: 1869-1933

Oral history interview with Norman Sepenuk

 Collection
Identifier: SR1230
Abstract

Oral history interview with Norman Sepenuk conducted by Jeffrey Batchelor from March 5-7, 1993, and on September 22, 2002, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Sepenuk worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Oregon from 1965 to 1972, and later as an independent defense attorney in Portland, Oregon, with a focus on white collar crime.

Dates: 1993 March 5-2002 September 22