News releases, pt. 9
Scope and Contents
1. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, October 12, [no year given]. Fire Prevention in Portland (2 pages).
2. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, October 11, [no year given]. Early fire pumps in Portland (2 pages).
3. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, October 11, [no year given]. Fire bells in Portland (2 pages).
4. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, October 11, [no year given]. Telegraphic fire alarm, Portland (2 pages).
5. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, October 10, [no year given]. WPA book, 'Fire Prevention in Portland' (3 pages).
6. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, October 10, [no year given]. High School Fire Prevention oratorical contest, Portland (2 pages).
7. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, October 10, [no year given]. First fire department automobile (2 pages).
8. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, October 10, [no year given]. Portland's first paid fire department and fire horses (2 pages).
9. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, October 7, [no year given]. WPA book, 'Fire Prevention in Portland' (2 pages).
10. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, October 5, [no year given]. John H. Witzel story (2 pages).
11. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, September 30, [no year given]. Oregon race horses (2 pages, 2 copies).
12. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, September 29, 1938. Early Oregon newspaper editor in Newburg (2 pages, 2 copies).
13. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, September 27, [no year given]. Oregon Bar Association (3 pages, 2 copies).
14. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, September 23, [no year given]. President Hayes and General Sherman staying in Jackson County (3 pages, 2 copies).
15. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, September 21, 1938. Oregon Amateur Athletic Union (3 pages, 2 copies).
16. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, September 15, [no year given]. Gold in Oregon (2 pages, 2 copies).
17. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, September 12, [no year given]. Pendleton Round-Up (3 pages, 2 copies).
18. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, September 9, [no year given]. Early Portland stores and clothing offering (3 pages, 2 copies).
19. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, September 6, [no year given]. Tygh Valley (1 page, 2 copies).
20. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, September 3, [no year given]. Gold mining in Josephine County (3 pages, 3 copies).
21. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, September 2, [no year given]. Mission rose (3 pages, 2 copies).
22. WPA Writers' Project. Date not given. Poem, 'The Riding of Sundown' by Verne Bright in Saturday Evening Post (1 page, 2 copies).
23. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, August 31, [no year given]. First Oregon State Fair (3 pages, 2 copies).
24. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, August 26, [no year given]. Giant farm products (2 pages, 2 copies).
25. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, August 22, [no year given]. Gambling at county fairs (3 pages, 2 copies).
26. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, August 19, [no year given]. Hop industry (2 pages, 2 copies).
27. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, August 18, [no year given]. Lost clipper Brother Jonathan (3 pages).
28. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, August 16, [no year given]. Early navigation of upper Columbia and Snake rivers (4 pages).
29. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, August 10, [no year given]. Flax industry (4 pages, 2 copies).
30. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, August 9, [no year given]. Shinny matches of indigenous coast peoples (2 pages, 2 copies).
31. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, July 28, 1938. Dredging (2 pages).
32. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, July 20, [no year given]. Early military ships in Oregon (3 pages).
33. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, July 14, [no year given]. Road between Baker and Homestead (3 pages, 2 copies).
34. WPA Writers' Project. Portland, July 8, [no year given]. Early orchestra in Portland (2 pages, 2 copies).
35. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, June 17, [no year given]. Flood of June 1894 (4 pages).
36. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, June 16, [no year given]. Bacon in flood and fire stories (3 pages, 2 copies).
37. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, June 11, [no year given]. Rose Festival (2 pages, 2 copies).
38. WPA Writers' Project. No date given. 'A Magazine of Verse' dedicating issue to pieces written by WPA Writers' Project staff (1 page, 2 copies).
39. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, June 7, [no year given]. Blue Ruin whiskey (3 pages, 2 copies).
40. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, May 18, [no year given]. Early Episcopal churches in Oregon (2 pages, 2 copies).
41. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, May 16, [no year given]. Willamette Theatre (2 pages, 2 copies).
42. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, May 3, [no year given]. General E.L. Applegate (2 pages, 2 copies).
43. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, April 26, [no year given]. Wapato (2 pages).
44. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, , [no year given]. ( pages, 2 copies).
45. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, April 13, [no year given]. Historic pipe organs (1 page, 2 copies).
46. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, April 11, [no year given]. Early gardens in Oregon country (4 pages, 2 copies).
47. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, March 28, [no year given]. Sawmill story from T.T. Geer's 'Fifty Years in Oregon' (2 pages, 2 copies).
48. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, March 25, [no year given]. Pendleton (2 pages, 2 copies).
49. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, Astoria, [no year given]. Abundance of wild fowl in early Oregon (2 pages, 2 copies).
50. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, March 17, [no year given]. Pat Kearney (2 pages, 2 copies).
51. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, March 15, [no year given]. Spring Opening in Oregon pioneer days (2 pages, 2 copies).
52. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, February 16, [no year given]. Wool used to fill in mud hole in road (1 page, 3 copies).
53. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, February 9, [no year given]. Contest for sub-title of the Oregon Guide, extended (2 pages, 2 copies).
54. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, February 8, [no year given]. Possible presidential autograph in prize copy of the Oregon Guide to sub-title contest winner (1 page, 3 copies).
55. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, February 7, [no year given]. American Stuff guest issue of Directions with pieces by off-time WPA writers (3 pages, 2 copies).
56. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, February 3, [no year given]. Ad in Eugene Guard, 1869 for a wife (3 pages, 2 copies).
57. WPA Writers' Project. No date given. Trade unions (5 pages).
Dates
- Creation: 1935-1943
Full Extent
1 Folder : Pages are 5.5" H x 8.5" W
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the State Library of Oregon Special Collections Repository