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Businesses and Corporations

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 282 Collections and/or Records:

William Pollman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1834
Abstract

Unprocessed papers of William Pollman, who was born in Quincy, Illinois, in 1867 and came to Oregon in 1889. He was a businessman in Baker County, Oregon, and ran a successful meat business with J.A. Geddes.

Dates: 1891-1937

Portland Center Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2589
Abstract

The Portland Center Company was a commercial real estate firm in Portland, Oregon. Collection includes articles of incorporation, minutes, stockholder lists and other administrative documents, including records of the leasing of the Broadway Building to Nordstrom, Inc. in 1950.

Dates: 1945-1964

Portland Cordage Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1744
Abstract

Records include catalogs, receipt book, and advertising posters.

Dates: 1888-1914

Portland Hotel Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 745
Abstract

Records of the company that built and owned the Portland Hotel in Portland, Oregon. The hotel operated from 1890 to the 1940s and was, for a time, the city's grandest. The collection includes minutes of board meetings, stock records, articles of incorporation, a color brochure from the 1890s, and a hotel register from 1890.

Dates: 1888-1943

Portland Iron Works records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 175
Abstract

Records of an iron manufacturing company of Portland, Oregon, that produced mostly sawmill and transmission machinery. Includes financial records, letter books, time books, correspondence, patent materials, and pamphlets and brochures. Most records date from the 1880s to the early 1920s.

Dates: 1860-1939

Portland Machinery Company photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 730
Abstract

Eight black and white photographs of the interior and exterior of the offices and shop of the Portland Machinery Company, and of employees.

Dates: 1905-1938

Portland Manufacturing Company

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 837
Abstract

Typescript carbon copy of a history, written by Thomas J. Autzen, of the Portland Manufacturing Company, a veneer and plywood business. The document discusses the company's history, operations, and growth, as well as many of its employees. Autzen (1888-1958) took over the company after the death of his father, Peter Autzen, in 1918, and led the business for much of his life.

Dates: 1953 January 29

Portland Marble Works records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1745
Abstract

Records include correspondence, ledgers, order books, and design motifs.

Dates: 1882-1945

Portland Milling Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1361
Abstract

Records include daybooks, 1852-1855; journals, 1851-1855; cash book, 1851-1855; and ledgers, 1851-1855.

Dates: 1851-1855

Portland real estate account books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1620
Abstract

Collection consists of account books, 1912-1932, of an unidentified business, relating mostly to manufacturing accounts and real estate properties in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1912-1932