Robert Earl Riley papers, 1913-1948.

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Robert Earl Riley papers, 1913-1948.

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Robert Earl Riley was Portland City Commissioner from 1930-1940 and Mayor of Portland from 1940-1948. This collection includes correspondence, reports, minutes, speeches, ad clipping scrapbooks regarding, among other topics: Riley's mayoralty campaigns (1940-1948); emergency relief projects (1934-1935); Housing Authority (1941-1947); League of Oregon Cities (1925-1936); Office of War Information-sponsored trip to Great Britain (1943); Oregon State College Memorial Union (1941-1948); Portland Police Department (1941-1948); Port Development Commission (1945-1948); Al Kader Temple (1922-1948); transportation (1946-1948); Volunteers of America (1934-1948). Also included are papers concerning the League of Oregon Cities, Portland Fire Department, prostitution, sewerage, streets, the U.S. Maritime Commission, and the U.S.S. Oregon. Includes collection Mss 1123-B.

20 : cubic feet (11 record cartons, 1 record carton with v., 15 v.)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Port Development Commission (Portland, Or.)

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