Portland (Or.) -- Biography
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Lillian Robertson Blankenbeckler diary
Diary by an Oregon woman who lived in Portland, Cannon Beach, and elsewhere. Diary begins when the author was 14 in 1910 and attended Sellwood School in Portland. Entries relate to daily life, school, work, friends, family, and travel.
The Portland Ayer: Mr. Ayer comes to Portland
Photocopy typescript manuscript regarding the life of Winslow Bartlett Ayer (1860-1965), who came to Portland in 1883 and became one of the city's best known businessmen and a political leader and philanthropist.
Diary of a woman in Portland, Oregon
Diary of a woman who lived at 330 5th Street (probably NW 5th Ave.) in Portland, Oregon.
This is my life
Typescript reminiscences of William H. Helms, regarding his early life in Oregon, his student years at Reed College, and his adult life in New York, Michigan and California.
Harold F. Wendel papers
Papers of a businessman and civic leader of Portland, Oregon, who headed the Lipman Wolfe department store from 1927 until his death in 1967. Materials include correspondence; files on the Oregon State Sanitary Authority, a pollution control agency; files on the University of Oregon; and biographical materials.