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Oral history interview with Art Bimrose conducted by Roberta Watts on November 29, 1977. Bimrose worked for the Oregonian newspaper, and was an editorial cartoonist from 1947 until his retirement in 1983.

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Collection of materials assembled by the Oregon Historical Society relating to communications in Oregon, primarily consisting of scripts, catalogs, and other printed material relating to radio, television, video, and other media.

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Manuscript periodical, "The Compass," Vol. 1, No. 1, by Bill Roe for the members of the South Portland Debating Society, containing an essay on the subject of death.

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Oral history interview with Lew Cook conducted by Martha Gies in two sessions on June 20 and June 26, 1979. Cook discusses the difficulty of safely storing nitrate film, which can spontaneously combust; talks about spending time at Portland’s Film Row in the early 1920s; and describes running his own business showing films in towns around Oregon.

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Collection consists of materials relating to the city of Portland, Oregon's decision to award a cable communications franchise, and to Cox Cable of Portland's pursuit of the franchise. Among the materials are reports; a draft of the city's request for proposals; evaluation and analysis of companies seeking the franchise; information about Cox Cable of Portland; correspondence of board member Elizabeth Crownhart Vaughan; and Cox Cable's application for the franchise.

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Oral history interview with Chuck Foster and Betty Foster conducted by Kathleen D. Walsh on March 6, 1982. The Fosters were long-time television and radio news broadcasters in Portland, Oregon.

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Unprocessed collection consisting of miscellaneous papers belonging to and regarding Ted Hallock, who worked in journalism, operated an advertising agency, served as a state senator representing Multnomah County, and served on the Northwest Power Planning Council. Materials relate to his career in politics, the Oregon Centennial Commission, and other topics.

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Photographs, memorabilia, and written records of the KBPS radio station, and additional materials relating to other radio and television stations. KBPS is a radio station run by students of Benson Polytechnic High School in Portland, Oregon; it was founded in 1923.

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Records relating to the AM radio station KWJJ and the FM radio station KPRA, both of Portland, Oregon. KWJJ was founded in 1927 by Wilbur J. Jerman (1901-2004). KPRA was an FM station that KWJJ owned, and which operated in the late 1940s and early 1950s; it was the third FM station established in Portland.

Abstract Collection includes binders with first day of issue covers, circa 1958-1981, including series commemorating Captain James Cook by artist Charles Lundgren and the Bicentennial in 1976. Also included are binders of first day covers with commemorative medals, 1971, from series "Great Historic Sites of America" and "United Nations Association of America" from the Franklin Mint; a binder describing commemorative medals, circa 1976, for the series "The Fifty-State Bicentennial Medal Collection";...