Vanport collection 1942-1948

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Vanport collection 1942-1948

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv14566

Collection includes: "Vanport City Rules and Regulations", 1943, with map of Vanport and index; Photocopy "Vanport City Flood 1948," American Red Cross report, 1948; "Vanport: Emergency Relief Operations," Salvation Army publication, ca. 1948; 4 watercolors depicting life in Vanport, 1942-1946, commissioned by Portland General Electric; etc.

.29 cubic feet (1 folder and 1 oversize folder)

eng,

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6366496

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Salvation Army

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Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Salvation Army">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Salvation Army</a>. From the guide to the Salvation Army Combined Corps Roll and Ledger, 1926-1980, 1928-1969, (Special Collections Research Center) ...

Housing Authority of Portland (Or.)

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American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...