Festivals -- Oregon -- Portland
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Park Block Revels and South Park Blocks Association records
Collection
Identifier: Coll 1017
Abstract
Records and correspondence primarily relating to the Park Block Revels, but also to the South Park Blocks Association, both of Portland, Oregon. The Park Block Revels was an annual winter festival that ran from 1973 to 1992 and was sponsored by a number of institutions on or near the South Park Blocks in Portland. The South Park Blocks Association was an organization of institutions in the South Park Blocks area that, in the late 1980s, sought to improve the condition of the area through...
Dates:
1974-1994
Swedish Roots in Oregon collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll 980
Abstract
Materials relating to Scandinavian Americans, and particularly Swedish Americans in Oregon, collected by Ross Fogelquist, founder of the research organization Swedish Roots in Oregon. These materials include records and memorabilia of and relating to Scandinavian American organizations and cultural events, papers of individuals and families from Scandinavian backgrounds, and historical data.
Dates:
circa 1875-2022; Majority of material found within circa 1890-2022
Oral history interview with Thelma O. Williams
Collection
Identifier: SR 9515
Abstract
Oral history interview with Thelma O. Williams conducted by Linda S. Dodds on May 5, 1982. Williams discusses her early life in Des Moines, Iowa, and Portland, Oregon, and talks about being the Portland Rose Festival queen in 1914.
Dates:
1982 May 5