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Businesses and Corporations

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 286 Collections and/or Records:

Gevurtz Furniture Company records and Gevurtz family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 6011
Abstract The Gevurtz Furniture Company records (1899-1997) consist of materials relating to the operation and history of the company. The collection also includes Gevurtz family papers unrelated to business operations. The documents provide a record of some of the corporate-level functions of a local family-owned furniture business that operated in the Portland, Oregon, area for more than 100 years. The materials include articles of incorporation, corporate by-laws and minutes, correspondence,...
Dates: 1899-1997
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Raymond W. Gill papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2975
Abstract

Papers relating to Raymond W. Gill and the Gill Bros. Seed Company. Raymond W. Gill (1882-1963) was a co-founder of Gill Bros. Seed Company, a member of the Oregon State Grange, and a Multnomah County representative.

Dates: 1912-1969
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Greenback Telephone Company articles of incorporation

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1092
Abstract

Articles of incorporation for the Greenback Telephone Company of Shedd, Oregon. The document lists the company's officers as O. H. Froman (1890-1987), Frank Pimm (1893-1957), and T. R. Springer (1896-1987). Froman, Pimm, and Springer all lived or worked in Shedd, a town in Linn County, Oregon.

Dates: 1945 January 30
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Hamley & Co. photographs and business ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1037
Abstract Collection consists of documents and photographs relating to the Hamley & Co. saddlery of Pendleton, Oregon; the Pendleton Round-Up; and the Hamley family. Brothers J. J. Hamley and Henry Hamley founded the company as a leather and saddle shop in 1883, operating in South Dakota and Iowa before moving to a permanent location in Pendleton in 1905, and then expanding the business's offerings to include tack, boots, clothing, blankets, and other goods. In 1910, the family contributed to the...
Dates: 1883-1997
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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