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Businesses and Corporations

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 275 Collections and/or Records:

G.M. Standifer Construction Corporation records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2179
Abstract

The G.M. Standifer Construction Company built two shipyards on the Columbia River for the World War I effort. Collection consists of a stock certificate book for the Standifer-Clarkson Shipyard in North Portland, 1916, and a stock certificate book for the G.M. Standifer Construction Corporation, 1917-1919.

Dates: 1916-1927

Grant Smith-Porter Brothers Company stock certificate book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2184
Abstract

Stock certificate book, 1918, for Grant Smith-Porter Brothers Company, Portland, Oregon, owned by the same individuals as Grant Smith, Porter, Guthrie Company.

Dates: 1918

H. Law & Company journals and account books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 528
Abstract

Collection includes account books, 3 volumes, 1859-1865; and journal, 1863-1864. Final volume was partly used as a scrapbook by George Himes of the Oregon Historical Society. Henry Law was an early Portland, Oregon, commission merchant.

Dates: 1859-1865

Oral history interview with Dorothy J. and Hurtis M. Hadley, Sr.

 Collection
Identifier: SR 1406
Abstract

Oral history interview with Dorothy J. Hadley and Hurtis M. Hadley, Sr., conducted by Sarah Harris on November 19, 2021. The Hadleys discuss owning and operating the Milwaukie Pastry Kitchen from 1977 to 1985. The Pastry Kitchen was the first Black-owned bakery in the state of Oregon.

Dates: 2021 November 19

Morris Halperin photographs for the Pelton Water Wheel Company

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1437
Abstract

Collection consists of photographs taken by Morris Halperin on behalf of the Pelton Water Wheel Company. Most photographs depict the manufacturing of equipment for Portland General Electric and the Lookout Point dam.

Dates: 1954

Harney Valley Railroad Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2182
Abstract

Stock certificate book for the Harney Valley Railroad Company, 1917-1929. Henry Ladd Corbett was president of the company.

Dates: 1917-1929

Harrison Hotel register

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1354
Abstract

Collection consists of a register for the Harrison Hotel, 1 volume, 1916-1919. Includes records of the Multnomah Hotel.

Dates: 1916-1919

Harry Black Furniture Company account books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1780
Abstract

Account books, 6 volumes, 1909-1936.

Dates: 1909-1936

Hawley Pulp and Paper Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1736
Abstract

The Hawley Pulp and Paper Company was incorporated in Oregon in 1908 and was succeeded by a company incorporated in Delaware in 1926. It was formally dissolved in 1948. Records include minute books of both the original Oregon company and the later Delaware company, as well as miscellaneous business papers.

Dates: circa 1908-1957

Oral history interview with Francis J. Heitkemper

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9556
Abstract

Oral history interview with Francis J. Heitkemper conducted by Charles Digregorio on March 22, 1977. Heitkemper discusses the history of his family's business, the Heitkemper Jewelry Store, in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1977 March 22