Scrapbooks

Collection consists of a scrapbook containing genealogical information and newspaper clippings regarding the Knott family, their businesses, and other prominent Portland citizens. Andrew J. Knott (1834-1900) and Levi Knott (1832-1887) came to Oregon in 1850 and 1851. They ran the Stark Street ferry starting in 1861, and Andrew J. Knott represented Multnomah County in the state Legislature.

Scrapbook containing letters from Eugene Pearl "Gene" Marquess to his parents in Portland, Oregon, written while serving as a non-commissioned officer in Company D, 74th U.S. Naval Construction Battalion, during World War II; the unit was stationed on the island of Betio. Collection also includes publication of the 74th CPO Club, with photographs and biographies of members.

Manuscript diaries and scrapbooks of John William Meldrum, 5 volumes, 1865-1912. Meldrum, 1839-1919, was born in Burlington, Iowa. Contents include of the diaries and scrapbooks incude reports of Clackamas County officials, 1889-1893; delinquent tax lists, 1893; newspaper clippings; accounts, 1893-1894; and a description of a trip to Crater Lake, 1911.

Two scrapbooks of the Women's Auxiliary No. 233 of Multnomah Typographical Union No. 58 of Portland, Oregon. The scrapbooks include clippings, newsletters, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera. The collection also includes a loose copy of the proceedings of the 1961 Woman's International Auxiliary to the International Typographical Union convention. Women's Auxiliary No. 233 was formally organized in 1949.

Jack O'Donnell was Multnomah County auditor throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Collection includes a scrapbook, 1950-1972; correspondence from Edith Green and John F. Kennedy; invitations, 1961; Multnomah County Democratic Directory, 1966-1967; and newspaper clippings.

The Oregon Older Girls' Conference was an annual conference for high school girls sponsored by United Church Women of Oregon and Oregon Council of Churches, first convened in 1913. Collection includes scrapbooks containing photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, and administrative records.

Alene Phillips served as the personal secretary for three Oregon governors and for Douglas McKay during his term as Secretary of the Interior. She was also a news correspondent for Salem's Capital Journal. Scrapbooks in this collection regard her personal and professional life in Oregon and Washington, D.C., including copies of her news columns and memorabilia from European and Hawaiian trips.

Three scrapbooks compiled by Maurice A. Price (1891-1966) of Portland, Oregon, containing clippings, photographs, correspondence, catalogs, and ephemera relating to Price's brother, artist C. S. Price (1874-1950). C. S. Price achieved fame later in his life, when he was living in Portland.

Photocopy scrapbook containing reminiscences of Orin Hendry Riggs and Marjorie Alice Thomas Riggs, as well as photographs, documents, and genealogy charts.

Harry Clarke Robertson was clerk to U.S. Senator John Hipple Mitchell of Oregon. Collection consists of a scrapbook containing photographs, newspaper clippings, postcards and ephemera regarding a 1902 visit to Hawaii of the Senate Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico, politics, Washington, D.C. social life, and Theodore Roosevelt.