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Businesses and Corporations

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 282 Collections and/or Records:

Rodgers, Hart, Gibson Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1344
Abstract

Bound manuscript account book of Rodgers, Hart, Gibson Company, insurance and rental providers, Portland, Oregon, 1907-1915, tracking collections and mortgages.

Dates: 1907-1915

Rooster Rock Cannery records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1778
Abstract

Unprocessed collection of miscellaneous records of the Rooster Rock Cannery, which was located on the Oregon side of the Columbia River, in the small bay between Tunnel Point and Rooster Rock. It was built by Antone Fastabend for Samuel Elmore, who had a large cannery business in Astoria, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1906-1938

Roy family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2338
Abstract

Papers include a discharge from the British Army, 1818, for John Roy; discharge from the French Foreign Legion, 1848, and medals for service in Algeria, 1893, for Jean-Frederic Roy; and ledgers of a jewelry business in Stayton, Oregon, 1897-1898, kept by E. Roy.

Dates: 1818-1898

Russellville Water Company, Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1014
Abstract Records of the Russellville Water Company, Inc. of Portland, Oregon, consisting of a book of handwritten minutes from 1939 to 1950 maintained by secretary Beryl Knoblauch; financial records, correspondence, and notes; and typed minutes for a meeting to dissolve the company. The Russellville Water Company, Inc. was a water utility firm that operated water lines in the Russellville neighborhood of eastern Portland, Oregon. In late 1950, it dissolved and sold its assets to the Russellville...
Dates: 1939-1950

S. C. Kurdy account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1360
Abstract

Account book, 1919-1920, of S. C. Kurdy Company, a wholesale grocer in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1919-1920

Werden A. Sanders papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2662
Abstract

Werden A. Sanders was a jeweler who moved from Nebraska and began businesses in Colfax, Washington; Wallace, Idaho; and Lebanon, Oregon. Collection includes correspondence, 1881-1898, with family members in Nebraska and with Dr. J. Ulrich Wurster, a jeweler in Newport, Oregon; notes by Sanders regarding the free silver issue and the Bryan-McKinley campaign; and ephemera.

Dates: 1881-1898

Sawyer Commercial Studios records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2474
Abstract

Collection includes articles of incorporation, minutes, stockholder lists and other administrative documents.

Dates: 1930-1935

Francis R. Schanck collection on the Idaho Power Company

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1421
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, reports, clippings, and miscellaneous documents and ephemera, 1949-1954, regarding the controversy over development of Snake River-Hells Canyon region.

Dates: circa 1949-1954

Carl A. Schram papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1801
Abstract Carl Allen Schram (1892-1957) was born in Oregon City and formed the Parker-Schram Company, construction contractors, with Charles Parker in 1920. Among the company's best-known projects were the Lake Washington pontoon bridge and the water-level highway from Portland to The Dalles. Collection includes correspondence regarding Schram's activities in and contributions to Waverley Country Club and other organizations, as well as to Republican politicians. Also included is correspondence...
Dates: 1911-1957

Sellwood & Vancouver Railway Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1546
Abstract

Collection includes manuscript administrative records removed from a record book, March-August 1887, including articles of incorporation, stock subscription list, and minutes of stockholder meetings.

Dates: 1887