http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/nwda-search/accfeed_test.aspxInformation on the most recently uploaded documents created by NWDA member institutionsen-us(c) Northwest Digital Archives, a program of the Orbis Cascade Alliancekfolsom@uoregon.edu (Keith Folsom)http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv51416<i>Portland State University Library Special Collections & University Archive</i><br/><br/>E. Kimbark MacColl (1925-2011) was a Portland based historian, author, and educator. His papers include materials relating to his teaching, writing, and activism.http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv51416Thu, 17 May 2012 02:28:56 PSTCity and Town LifeColleges and UniversitiesPortlandhttp://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv49285<i>Portland State University Library Special Collections & University Archive</i><br/><br/>The Gates Collection of African American History and Culture contains both general information and materials pertainant to the Portland area, specifically the Gates Famliy. The collection has been arranged into 3 series: Collected Materials, Family Papers, and Collection Documentation.http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv49285Thu, 17 May 2012 00:02:43 PSTAfrican AmericansCivil RightsPortlandhttp://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv20800<i>Portland State University Library Special Collections & University Archive</i><br/><br/>The Avel L. Gordly Papers documents Gordly's political career in the Oregon legislature. She was the first African-American woman elected to the Oregon Senate in the history of the state. This collection has photographs and extensive multimedia as well as approximately 22 hours of digital audio recordings and transcripts of interviews completed by Patricia A. Schechter, associate professor of history at Portland State, in 2009.http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv20800Thu, 17 May 2012 01:28:46 PSTAfrican AmericansPolitical CampaignsWomenhttp://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv04550<i> Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library</i><br/><br/>Letterpress copybook of Captain James Merriman, captain of the merchant vessel Henry Failing, containing copies of approximately 400 letters sent by Merriman to his partners, including ship captain William H. Besse and merchant, banker and politician Henry Failing of Portland, Oregon. The ship Henry Failing was a sailing vessel built in Bath, Maine, and launched from the shipyard of Goss & Sawyer on May 5, 1882. http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv04550Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:12 PSTOregonShips and Shippinghttp://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv46255<i> Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library</i><br/><br/>Small collection of materials relating to the Moisan family of Gervais, Oregon. http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv46255Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:12 PSTOregonHome and Familyhttp://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv22854<i> Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library</i><br/><br/>Materials compiled for an exhibit at the Portland, Oregon, chapter of the American Institute of Architects in the 1990s. http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv22854Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:12 PSTOregonWomenArchitecturehttp://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv75820<i> Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library</i><br/><br/>Diaries of a woman who lived in Newberg, Oregon, possibly a housewife. http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv75820Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:12 PSTOregonWomenhttp://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv53073<i> Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library</i><br/><br/>Records of a progressive political organization headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The Oregon Alliance for Progressive Policy was established in 1989 and ceased operation in 1994. http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv53073Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:12 PSTOregonPolitical Campaignshttp://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv99728<i> Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library</i><br/><br/>Research materials collected by scholar Harry H. Stein. http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv99728Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:12 PSTOregonLabor Historyhttp://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv81713<i> Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library</i><br/><br/>Documentation on a house in Wilsonville, Oregon, once occupied by George L. Curry, territorial governor of Oregon, later owned by the family of Frederick William Wagner, and referred to as "The governor's mansion." Includes copies of photographs, copies of scale drawings by John Gray Design, LLC; and background by David G. Wagner. http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv81713Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:12 PSTOregonPhotographsArchitecturehttp://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv74057<i> Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library</i><br/><br/>Typescript copies of materials relating to Oregon missionary William Alfred Tenney, as transcribed by one of his descendants in the 1960s. http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv74057Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:12 PSTOregonReligionPioneershttp://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv00680<i> Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library</i><br/><br/>Includes: 9 photographs by Mark Kronquist of John Kerry campaigning in Portland, Oregon; "John Kerry's traveling press schedule," 2004 August 12-16, for visit to Oregon; and compilation of news clippings and media reports of John Kerry's "Believe in America" tour, 2004. http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv00680Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:12 PSTOregonPolitical Campaignshttp://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv66882<i> Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library</i><br/><br/>Records of a lesbian/gay political action committee active in Oregon politics and headquartered in Portland. Press release of July 8, 1987, states, "Right to Privacy, the state's eighth largest political action committee, supports candidates on the basis of their positions on the following key issues: civil rights for lesbians and gay men, a woman's right to choose abortion, the Equal Rights Amendment, and public policy related to the AIDs crisis."http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv66882Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:12 PSTOregonPolitical CampaignsGays and Lesbianshttp://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv82720<i> Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library</i><br/><br/>Photographs, clippings, posters, and ephemera documenting Woody Hite and his big band, musicians active in northwestern Oregon from the 1930s and 1940s. The band was revived in the early 1970s by Hite's brother Don HIte. http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv82720Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:12 PSTOregonPortlandPhotographsPerforming Artshttp://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv06469<i> Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library</i><br/><br/>Original art work for a campaign pamphlet, including corrections, along with the published pamphlet. http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv06469Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:12 PSTOregonPolitical Campaigns