Historic preservation -- Oregon -- Portland

Records of the Central Southeast Preservation Project (CSEPP), an organization that nominated multiple properties in Southeast Portland, Oregon, for historic landmark status in the late 1980s. The collection includes administrative records, National Register of Historic Places nomination forms, color slides and black and white negatives of buildings, and survey and research documentation.

Two copies of a poster featuring the words "Save the Good Old Houses." The poster was produced by the Committee to Preserve Vintage Housing, which formed in 1989 in response to plans by developer Philip J. Morford to demolish houses in northwest Portland, Oregon, to make way for new luxury rowhouses. On May 23, 1989, four houses on NW Overton Street were demolished, despite protests that included police arresting 23 people.

The collection consists of materials and ephemera associated with the 1984 City of Portland Historic Resource Inventory. The materials focus on the near northeast neighborhoods of Portland and include citizen committee contact information, project workbooks, correspondence, and a neighborhood album.

Oral history interview with George A. McMath, conducted by Roberta Watts on June 28, 1978. McMath, an architect in Portland, Oregon, discusses the work of the Portland Historical Landmarks Commission, and his role in its founding.