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Businesses and Corporations

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 284 Collections and/or Records:

Pacific Northwest Public Service Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1457
Abstract

Originally Portland Railway, Light and Power Company, the company name changed to Portland Electric Power Company in 1924, and then to Pacific Northwest Public Service Company in 1930. Collection includes chart, June 14, 1930, regarding the varying prices of cars from 1900-1930; and chart, January 5, 1932, regarding the company's communication system.

Dates: 1930-1932

Pacific Stoneware Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1713
Abstract

Pacific Stoneware Inc. was a pottery business which originated in 1873 as Pacific Pottery Co. It went bankrupt in 1960 and was bought by Tektronix Ceramics. Records include correspondence, cash books, journals, ledgers, order books, and trial balance books.

Dates: 1900-1955

Parfums Duvelle, Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1854
Abstract

Parfums Duvelle, Inc. acquired Portland Business Cosmetique Laboratories of America in 1930. It was located at 10825 NE Skidmore St., Portland, Oregon, until 1974. It was also known as Perfume Consultants and Distributors. Collection includes record book, 1926-1943, of Portland Business Cosmetique Laboratories of America; and account book, 1956-1972, of Parfums Duvelle Inc.

Dates: 1926-1972

Parker & Morris account books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss465
Abstract

Account books for a flour and shingle mill in Albany, Oregon. Includes notice of bankruptcy.

Dates: 1874-1877

C. C. Patrick papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1760
Abstract

Papers of C. C. Patrick (1879-1960), a lumber businessman from Oregon. Papers primarily relate to his work in the lumber industry, including his firm, the Patrick Lumber Company; other materials include political papers and personal papers. Patrick worked at the Bridal Veil Lumbering Company and the Douglas Fir Sales Company before founding the Patrick Lumber Company in 1915.

Dates: circa 1895-1961

Patrick Lumber Company sales books

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1085
Abstract

Twenty-five ledgers containing sales records of the Patrick Lumber Company, covering the period 1915-1959. The Patrick Lumber Company is a firm based in Portland, Oregon; it was founded in 1915 by C. C. Patrick (1879-1960).

Dates: 1915-1959

Peninsula Shipbuilding Company photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 300
Abstract

Four black and white photographs of the Peninsula Shipbuilding Company in Portland, Oregon, including a panorama and an aerial view, and photos of employees and equipment.

Dates: circa 1916-1939

Penn Timber Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1725
Abstract

Records include a journal, canceled check book, and account book.

Dates: 1912-1933

Phoenix Iron Works records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1078
Abstract

Records of an iron manufacturing company of Portland, Oregon. Includes minutes of board meetings, a small amount of correspondence, proxy slips, stock certificates, and articles of incorporation.

Dates: 1901-1964; Majority of material found within 1901-1957

Plummer & Byerley account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2592
Abstract

Account book for a drugstore run by Dr. Orlando Pleasant Shields Plummer and Fabian Byerley in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1881-1883