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Portland [Oregon] African-American collection, circa 1900-1970
Wyles Mss 179LOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Portland [Oregon] African-American collection, circa 1900-1970

Creator/Contributor:

Online Archive of California

Abstract:

Photographs, (mostly B+W, various sizes and formats) of unidentified individuals, churches, schools; newspaper clippings: The Peoples [sic] Bulletin, 1917, published in Portland, The Black Worker, identified as the "Official Organ of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters," 1943, (published in New York, but mailed to one B. Johns in Portland), brochures, flyers and assorted ephemera (much of it church-related, some materials related to Masonic lodges etc.) All materials seemingly connected to African-American community of Portland, Oregon and surrounding area.

Date:

1900 (issued)

Note:

The collection is open for research.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Portland [Oregon] African-American collection, Wyles Mss 179. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Physical Description:

2.0 linear feet

Language:

English

Identifier:

Origin:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Copyright Note:

The collection is open for research.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.