Ormond R. Bean papers 1930-1960 1866-1965 1930s-1960s

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Ormond R. Bean papers 1930-1960 1866-1965 1930s-1960s

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American architect and city commissioner Ormond R. Bean was active in Portland, Oregon politics and civic life from the 1930s to the 1960s. Collection includes personal and professional papers relating to Bean's life and work, including correspondence, scrapbooks, diaries, and photographs from his service as Federal Emergency Management Agency's Regional Director of Transportation in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Egypt during World War II. Also included are newsclippings concerning the battleship , 1935-1945; selected Portland City Commissioner records, 1936-1965; and certificates and items from Bean’s father, Robert S. Bean. Oregon

2.0 linear feet, 4 containers

eng,

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6378840

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Bean, Robert S. (Robert Sharp), 1854-1931

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Robert Sharp Bean (1854-1931) was Chief Justice of Oregon, 1894-1896, 1900-1902 and 1905-1909, and Regent of the University of Oregon, 1882-1920. From the description of Robert Sharp Bean autobiography [manuscript], 1929. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 767824879 From the guide to the Robert Sharp Bean autobiography, 1929, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Robert Sharp Bean (1854-1931) was born in 1854 to Oba...

Portland (Or.). City Planning Commission

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Bean, Ormond R.

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A native son of Eugene, Oregon, Ormond R. Bean was one of five sons of U.S. District Court Judge (1910-1931) Robert Sharp Bean and Ina Condon Bean, daughter of the famous Oregon geologist Thomas Condon. Trained in civil engineering and architecture, he became one of Portland’s busiest city commissioners from 1933 forward and ran for mayor of Portland in 1960. A member of numerous civic organizations, Bean also invented and patented a sink for the treatment of athletic injuries (he m...