Jewish Americans
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Hirsch family papers
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.
Oral history interview with Bernard Jolles
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.
E. Kimbark MacColl papers
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.
Roscoe Nelson papers
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.
Benjamin Selling papers
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.
Oral history interview with Norman Sepenuk
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.