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Sports and Recreation

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:

United Service Organizations, Portland, Or. photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 91
Abstract

Collection of photographs depicting the activities of the United Service Organizations in Portland, Oregon, from 1951-1974, including USO social gatherings, personnel, and business affairs.

Dates: 1951-1974

United States Golf Association 1970 National Amateur Golf Tournament collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2477
Abstract

Correspondence, ad promotions, program materials, and Program Committee materials for the 1970 USGA Amateur Golf Tournament at Waverley Country Club, Portland, Oregon, collected by committee member Don Dawson.

Dates: 1969-1970

Volunteers for Delta Dome Covered Stadium records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2653
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence and reports; newspaper clippings and editorials; campaign materials for the ballot measure for the construction of a covered stadium at Delta Park, Portland, Oregon; and a landscape plan for the proposed park.

Dates: 1963-1966

Oral history interview with Evelyn E. Waldren

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9133
Abstract

Oral history interview with Evelyn E. Waldren, conducted by Patricia Keith on June 5, 1980. Waldren discusses her career as a flight instructor and airport operator, and describes the flight she made from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Tijuana, Mexico, in 1941, which set the women's records for speed and distance.

Dates: 1980 June 5

Waverley Country Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2811
Abstract

Collection includes manuscript for C. Edwin Francis' book "Waverley Country Club, 1896-1987" and correspondence of C. E. Francis. Also included are a history of club golf courses and golf championships; information on individual golfers; and scrapbooks with yearbooks, programs, and clippings.

Dates: 1896-1987

World of Speed collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1064
Abstract

Materials collected by World of Speed, a museum in Wilsonville, Oregon. Materials consist of records of automobile racing associations, a tourist brochure map of automobile loop routes in Washington, photographs, and VHS and DVD copies of a 1997 documentary, "From Hellgate to Portland." World of Speed opened in 2015, and permanently closed in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dates: 1905-1997