Businesses and Corporations

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

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