Guide to the Marion Dean Ross Papers
1954-1990

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Overview of the Collection

Creator: Ross, Marion Dean
Title: Marion Dean Ross Papers
Dates: 1954-1990 ( inclusive )
Quantity: 22 linear feet (16 containers)
Collection Number: Coll. 231
Summary: Marion Dean Ross started teaching in the Art History department at the University of Oregon in 1947. When the art history department was established in 1963, Ross became the first chairman of the department. Outside of the university, Ross participated in architectural and historic preservation organizations. He was a founding member of the Society for Architectural Historians. For thirteen years, Ross served on the State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation. He retired from the University of Oregon in 1978. Upon his death in 1991, Ross left a one million dollar endowment for library material acquisitions and the construction of the Architectural and Allied Arts Library at the University of Oregon. The majority of the collection consists of materials regarding architects, regional architecture, and specific buildings. A large amount of material relates to Oregon architecture, with an emphasis on Portland and Eugene.
Repository: University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives

1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html

Languages: Collection materials written in English. 
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Born in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania in 1913, Marion Dean Ross was educated at Pennsylvania State and Harvard University. He received a B.S. in architecture in 1935 at Penn State, studied at the Universidad Nacional in Mexico, and earned a Master of Architecture degree at Harvard in 1937. Ross studied later at Harvard during summer sessions of 1938, 1940, and 1948.

Starting in 1937, Ross taught architectural history and design at Tulane University. In 1946, Ross taught at Pennsylvania State College. In 1947, Ross started teaching in the Art History department at the University of Oregon. When the art history department was established in 1963, Ross became the first chairman of the department. In 1962-63, Ross filled the position of acting Dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts. He retired from the University of Oregon in 1978.

Teaching the history of architecture, Ross taught a variety of classes including Latin American architecture, Islamic architecture, modern architecture, along with other subjects. His interests ranged from Victorian objects to landscape architecture. He was one of the first to critically study Oregon architecture and also taught a class on the subject.

Outside of the university, Ross participated in architectural and historic preservation organizations. His study of Oregon architecture helped in the creation of stylistic guidelines for the Oregon State Inventory of Historic Properties for the state preservation office. He was a founding member of the Society for Architectural Historians. For thirteen years, Ross served on the State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation.

Influential in architectural history at the university, around the state and the nation, Ross’ was remembered after his death in April 2, 1991 as an important figure in the study of architectural history and historic preservation. He left a one million dollar endowment for library material acquisitions and the construction of the Architectural and Allied Arts Library at the University of Oregon. The AAA library reading room was named the “Marion D. Ross Reading Room” on April 27, 1991 during the dedication of completed renovation of Lawrence Hall.

Sources: “Marion Ross.” Biographical Information Files, UA Ref 2, Box 6, University Archives, Special Collections and University Archives.

Sources: “Review,” School of Architecture and Allied Arts, Spring, 1991. University Publications Files, Box 2, University Archives, Special Collections and University Archives.

Content Description

The Marion Dean Ross collection is arranged by subject. The majority of the collection consists of materials regarding architects, regional architecture, and specific buildings. A large amount of material relates to Oregon architecture, with an emphasis on Portland and Eugene. The material for each subject includes newspaper clippings, photographs, brochures, maps, notes and other items. Located at the end of the collection is a section on architectural and historic preservation organizations, which includes newsletters and other publications produced by the specified organization.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :  

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.

Restrictions on Use :  

Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Manuscripts Librarian in Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation :  

[Identification of item], Marion Dean Ross Papers, Coll. 231, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

Collection is organized into the following series: Series I. Architects; Series II. Architecture; Series III. Organizations.

Acquisition Information :  

Gift of Marian C. Donnelly in 1992.


Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Inventory
Container(s)
box
folder
1 1

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Series I:  Architects
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
Folder
1 2 General
1 3 California
1 4 Eugene – Rosters
1 5 Washington State
1 6 Bailey, Van Evera
1 7 Bebb, Charles Herbert
Belluschi, Pietro
Box
Folder
1 8 Churches
1 9 Lecture by Marion Dean Ross February 7, 1984
1 10-12 Miscellaneous
1 13 Broome, Oringdulph, O’Toole, Rudolf, Boles, & Associates
1 14 Burton, E. M.
1 15 Carkin, J. Warren
1 16 Clark, Frank C.
1 17 Crutcher, Lewis
1 18 Dougan, Lee L. (and Firm)
1 19 Doyle, Albert E. (and Firm)
1 20 Edmundson, Kochendoerfer, and Kennedy
1 21 Feig, Elmer
1 22 Gilson, Lloyd
1 23 Gould, Carl F.
1 24 Hacker, Thom
1 25 Hallock, Absolom B.
1 26 Hefty, Henry
1 27 Heide, August Franklin
1 28 Hunter and Shute
1 29 Jacobberger, Francis E.
1 30 Kleeman, Otto
1 31 Knighton, William C.
1 32 Krumbein, Justus
1 33 Lawrence, Ellis F.
1 34 Lazarus, Edgar
1 35 Lewis, David C.
1 36 Linde, Carl A.
1 37 Lutes and Amunson
1 38 Martin, Will
1 39 McCaw, Martin, White
1 40 McMath, George A.
1 41 Mitchell Associates
1 42 Neer, Delos D.
1 43 Nevius
1 44 Parker, Jamieson
1 45 Piper, W. W.
1 46 Pipes, Wade
1 47 Purcell, William Gray
1 48 Rae, George
1 49 Rosenberg, Louis Conrad
1 50 Schact, Emil
1 51 Schwartz, George
1 52 Sherwin, Joseph
1 53 Stanton, Glenn
1 54 Stewart and Richardson
1 55 Storey, Ellsworth Prime
1 56 Storrs, John
1 57 Sundeleaf, Richard
2 1 Thompson, Lewis Irvine
2 2 Tourtellotte, John E.
2 3 Unruh, Richard Lee
2 4 Waechter, H. H.
2 5 Whitney, Harrison A.
2 6 Whidden, and Lewis
2 7 Whitehouse, Morris H.
2 8 Wilen, Stephen
2 9 Willcox, W. R. B.
2 10 Williams, W. H.
2 11 Wolff Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
2 12 Yeon, John

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Series II:  Architecture
Container(s)
Description
Box
Folder
2 13 Afghanistan
2 14 Africa
2 15 Algeria
2 16 Arabia
2 17 Arctic Regions
2 18 Asia
2 19 Bulgaria
2 20 Cambodia
2 21 Canada
2 22 Ethiopia
2 23 Europe
2 24 Iraq (Mesopotamia)
2 25 North and South America
2 26 Pakistan
2 27 Palestine
2 28 Siam (Thailand)
2 29 Singapore
2 30-31 Switzerland
United States
Box
Folder
2 32 General
2 33 Maps, general
2 34 Alabama – Mobile
2 35 Arizona
2 36 Arkansas
California
Box
Folder
2 37 Los Angeles
2 38 Monterey – Carmel
2 39-40 San Diego
2 41 Colorado
2 42 Connecticut
2 43 Delaware – Newcastle
3 1 Florida
3 2 Georgia
3 3 Idaho
3 4 Illinois
3 5 Indiana
3 6 Iowa
3 7 Kansas
3 8 Kentucky
3 9 Louisiana - General
3 10 Louisiana - New Orleans
3 11 Maryland - General
3 12 Maryland - Annapolis
3 13 Massachusetts
3 14 Michigan
3 15 Minnesota
3 16 Mississippi
3 17 Missouri
3 18 Montana
3 19 Nebraska
3 20 New Hampshire
3 21 New Jersey
3 22 New Mexico - General
3 23 New Mexico - Santa Fe
3 24 New York
3 25 New York – World’s Fair, 1939
3 26 North Dakota
Ohio
Box
Folder
3 28 General
3 28 Cleveland
Oregon, General
Box
Folder
3 29 Barns, etc.
3 30 Bungalow architecture (mainly Oregon)
3 31 Centennial
3 32 Coos Bay Museum
3 33 Covered Bridges
3 34 Duniway, Abigail Scott
3 35 General information
3 36 Jacksonville, HABS
3 37 Landscape material
3 38 List of important buildings
3 39 Maps
3 40 Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene
3 41 Miscellaneous notes
4 1 Miscellaneous
4 2 Miscellaneous, 1988
4 3 Museum Lists
4 4 National Register Lists
4 5-7 National Register of Historic Places nomination forms, miscellaneous
4 8 Oregon architecture, bibliography
4 9 Oregon Historical Society
4 10 OSHHE, buildings of historic value
4 11 Photos – Boychuk
4 12 Photos – Lindsley Hall, in AAA
4 13 Portland AIA, honor awards
4 14 Article, “Oregon Architecture 100 Years Ago,” in Pacific Architect and Builder, vol. 65, no. 5, May 1959
4 15 A Century of Architecture in Oregon, 1859-1959
4 16 Southwest Oregon AIA Guide
Oregon, Places
Box
Folder
4 17 Adams
4 18 Albany
4 19 Antelope
4 20 Arlington
4 21 Arock
4 22-23 Ashland
4 24 Astoria
4 25 Aurora
4 26 Bar
4 27 Baker County
4 28 Bandon
4 29 Beaverton
4 30 Bellfoundation
4 31 Bend
4 32 Bethel
4 33 Bingham Springs
4 34 Birdseye House
4 35 Bohemia
4 36 Boston Mill
4 37 Brooks
4 38-39 Brownsville
4 40 Brunk Corner
4 41 Burns
4 42 Canby
4 43 Canyon City
5 1 Cape Blanco
5 2 Cascade Locks
5 3 Champoeg
5 4 Charleston
5 5 Clackamas County
5 6 Cloud Cap Inn
5 7 Coburg
5 8 Coos Bay
5 9 Cornucopia
5 10 Corvallis - General
5 11-12 Corvallis - Oregon State University
5 13 Cottage Grove
5 14 Cove
5 15 Crater Lake
5 16 Crown Point
5 17 Dallas (incl. Ellendale)
5 18 Days Creek
5 19 Dayton
5 20 Douglas County
5 21 Drain
5 22 Dufur
5 23 Dundee
5 24 Eagle Point
5 25 Elgin
5 26 Empire
Eugene
Box
Folder
5 27 Airport
5 28 Armory
5 29 Banks
5 30 Cemeteries (Pioneer and Masonic)
5 31 Churches
5 32 City Halls
5 33 Civic Center
5 34 Clippings, general
5 35 College Side Building
5 36 Commercial - General
5 37 Commercial - AxBilly Store
5 38 Commercial - Pacific Cooperative Poultry Producers Egg-Taking Station
5 39 Park Willamette Building
5 40 County Clerk’s Office
5 41 Courthouses
5 42 Emerald Canal/Mill Race
5 43 Eugene Conference Center/Hilton Hotel
5 44 Eugene Hotel
5 45 Eugene Performing Arts Center
5 46 Federal Building
5 47 Hospitals/Rest Homes
5 48 Hotels
Houses
Box
Folder
5 49 Destroyed
5 50 Old
5 51 Post WWII
5 52 Tours
5 53 Calkins House
5 54 Hall-Williams
5 55 Johnson, J. W., Dr.
5 56 Morse House
5 57 Peters/Wintermeier
5 58 Shelton-McMurphey
5 59 Kuchel & Dressel, 1859
6 1 Lane Community College
6 2 Library
6 3 Mall
6 4 Maps; lists of buildings
6 5 Masonic Building
6 6 Pamphlets
6 7 Parks
6 8 Pioneer Museum
6 9 Railway Stations
6 10 Schools
6 11 Theaters
University of Oregon
Box
Folder
6 12 General
6 13 A & AA
6 14 Campus Plan
6 15 Chiles Center
6 16 Deady hall
6 17 Deady and Villard Halls
6 18 Erb Memorial Union
6 19 Faculty Club/Collier House
6 20 Johnson Hall
6 21 Library
6 22-23 Museum of Art
6 24 Observatory
6 25 100th Anniversary
6 26 Places of special significance
6 27 President’s House
6 28 “A Quick Look Back”
6 29 75th Anniversary
6 30 Stadium/Dome
6 31 Villard Hall
6 32 Urban Renewal
6 33 Valley River Center
6 34 West University Neighborhood
6 35 Evans Creek
6 36 Forest Grove
6 37 Fort Hoskins
6 38 Fort Klamath
6 39 Fort Rains
6 40 Fort Sheridan
6 41 Fort Stevens
6 42 Fort Yamhill
6 43 Fossil
6 44 Fremont
6 45 French Glen
6 46 Gaston
6 47 Gay House (near Hopewell)
6 48 Gearhart
6 49 Gervais
6 50 Gladstone
6 51 Gold Hill
6 52 Grande Rhonde
6 53 Grants Pass
6 54 Halsey
6 55 Hardman (Morrow Couty)
6 56 Harrisburg
6 57 Heceta Head
6 58 Heppner
6 59 Hermiston
6 60 Hillsboro
6 61 Hood River
6 62 Hoskins
6 63 Hotlake Resort
6 64 Howell Prairie
6 65 Hyde Park (Washington County)
6 66 Island City (Union County)
6 67 Independence
Jacksonville
Box
Folder
6 68 Area Study
7 1 Article by Marion Dean Ross, “Jacksonville, An Oregon Gold-Rush Town,” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, XII, 4
7 2 Beekman Bank
7 3 Ben Drew Commission House
7 4 Boucher Photos
7 5 “Butcher Shop”
Churches
Box
Folder
7 6 General
7 7 Catholic Church
7 8 Methodist Church
7 9 Presbyterian Church
7 10 City Hall
7 11 Clippings
7 12 Commercial
7 13 Commercial, California Street
7 14 Correspondence
7 15 Courthouses
7 16 Democratic Times notes
7 17 Depot
7 18 Dowell Office
7 19 Drug Store
7 20 Fire Station
7 21 General notes
7 22 Highway Question
7 23 Historic District Boundary
7 24 Historic District Ordinance
7 25 W. Hoffman’s Memoirs
Houses
Box
Folder
7 26 General
7 27 Armstong House/Beekman House
7 28 Beall House
7 29 Beekman House
7 30 Britt House
7 31 Bybee House
7 32 Catholic Rectory
7 33 DeRoboam House
7 34 Dowell House
7 35 Helms House
7 36 Jackson House
7 37 McCully House
7 38 Muller House
7 39 Nunan House
7 40 Orth House
7 41 Prim House
7 42 Ross House
7 43 Wetterer House and Brewery
7 44 Insurance Record notes
7 45 O. Jacob’s Memoirs
7 46 Kahler Office
7 47 Kubli-Redman
7 48 F. Linn’s Memoirs
7 49 Livery Stables
7 50 Maps and Plans
7 51 Masonic Building
7 52 McCully – I.O.O.F.
7 53 Newspapers
7 54 Orth Building
7 55-56 Pamphlets
7 57 Post Office
7 58 Ryan’s Buildings
7 59 Schools
7 60 Table Rock Building
7 61 Telephone Building
7 62 United States Hotel
7 63 Views
7 64 Walk
7 65 Walling notes
7 66 West Shore
7 67 Moses Williams Dairy
7 68 Jefferson
7 69 John Day
7 70 Jordan Valley
7 71 Junction City
7 72 Kerby
7 73 King’s Valley
7 74 Klamath Falls
7 75 Lafayette
7 76 La Grande
7 77 Lake Oswego
8 1 Lane County
8 2 Lane County: List of Historic Buildings
8 3 Leaburg
8 4 Lehman Springs
8 5 Lincoln
8 6 Lorane
8 7 Mazama Lodge, Mount Hood
8 8 McMinnville
8 9 Meacham
8 10 Medford
8 11 Metolius
8 12 Milton Freewater
8 13 Milwaukie
8 14 Molalla
8 15 Monmouth
8 16 Monroe
8 17 Mount Angel
8 18-19 Mount Angel Abbey
8 20 Mt. Pleasant (near Oregon City)
8 21 Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church
8 22 Myrtle Point
8 23 Neakahnie
8 24 Newberg
8 25 Newport
8 26 Oakland
8 27 Oakville (Linn County)
8 28 Ontario
8 29 Oregon Caves
8 30 Oregon City
8 31 Paulina Lake I.O.O.F. Lodge
8 32 Pendleton
8 33 Peroria (Linn County)
8 34 Philomath
8 35 Phoenix
8 36 Pine Valley
8 37 Pleasant Grove
8 38 Pleasant Hill
8 39 Polk County
Portland
Box
Folder
8 40 General
8 41 Airport
8 42 Albertina Kerr Nursery
8 43 Albina
8 44 A.I.A, Awards
8 45 A.I.A., List of Important Buildings
8 46 Armory
8 47 Articles
8 47 A.I.A. Bulletin, Climate Control
8 48 Carey, Donald, “Portland: How Its Downtown Became the Lazarus of American Cities.” Architecture, v. 75, no. 7 (July 1986)
8 49 Croly, Arch. Rec., 1912
8 50 Holbrook, Stewart H. “The Portland Story”
8 51 Ross, Marion Dean, “125 Years of Building,” A.I.A.. Journal, June 1968
8 52 Ross, Marion Dean, National Trust
8 53 Art Museum
8 54 Artquake Jury
8 55 Auditorium
8 56 Bridges
8 57 Bus Tour for National Trust
8 58 Cemeteries
8 59 Centennial Exposition Buildings
Churches
Box
Folder
8 60 General
8 61 Ascension Chapel
8 62 Calvary Presbyterian (Old Church)
8 63 Evangelical United Brethren
8 64 First Baptist
8 65 First Christian Science
8 66 First Congregational
8 67 First Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran
8 68 First Methodist
8 69 First Presbyterian
9 1 First Unitarian
9 2 Peace Lutheran
9 3 Precious Blood (Monastery)
9 4 St. James Lutheran
9 5 St. John’s Episcopal (Milwaukie)
9 6 St. Lawrence Catholic Church
9 7 St. Mark’s Episcopal
9 8 St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
9 9 Sixth Christian Science
9 10 Trinity Episcopal
9 11 Westminster Prebyterian
9 12 City Hall
9 13 Civic Center
Commercial
Box
Folder
9 14 General
9 15 Ainsworth Building
9 16 American Bank Building
9 17 Auditorium Building
9 18 Ballou and Wright Building
9 19 Bank of California
9 20 Benj. Franklin
9 21 Berg Store
9 22 Bishop’s House
9 23 Blagen Building
9 24 Blue Cross Building
9 25 Boise Cascade Building
9 26 Cadillac Fairview Development
9 27 Chamber of Commerce
9 28 Clackamas Center
9 29 Corbett Building
9 30 Dekum Building
9 31 Delschneider Building
9 32 Destroyed Buildings
9 33 Doerncecher Building
9 34 Duniway Center
9 35 East End Building
9 36 Equitable Building
9 37 Esco Corp., Administration Building
9 38 Exchange Building
9 39 Failing Building
9 40 First National Bank
9 41 Gadsby’s Building (demolished 1955)
9 42 Georgia Pacific Building
9 43 Gevurtz Building
9 44 Gill Building
9 45 Goudnough Building
9 46 Greene’s Block
9 47 Hamilton Building
9 48 Haseltine Building
9 49 KOIN Tower
9 50 Kroeker Building
9 51 Ladd and Tilton Bank
9 52 Lewis Building
9 53 Lipman Wolfe
9 54 Lloyd Center
9 55 Love Building
9 56 Marquam Plaza
9 57 Masonic Building
9 58 Medical/Dental Offices
9 59 Meier and Frank
9 60 Montgomery Ward
9 61 New Equitable Building
9 62 New Market Annex
9 63 New Market Building
9 64 Northwest Gas Company
9 65 Olds, Worthman, King (later Galleria)
9 66 One Main Place
9 67 Orbanco Building
9 68 Oregon Bank (Spalding) Building
9 69 Oregonian Building
9 70 Pacific Building
9 71 Pacific First Federal
9 72 Pacwest Bancorp
9 73 Pally/Man Chong Building
9 74 Panama Building
9 75 Parking Structures
9 76 Park Vista Apartments
9 77 Pittock Block
9 78 Portland Commons
9 79 Portland General Electric
9 80 Portland Plaza Condominiums
9 81 Powers/Directors Building
9 82 Public Market – Journal Building
9 83 Public Service Building
9 84 Railway Exchange Building (Oregon Pioneer Building)
9 85 Restaurants
9 Sherlock Building
9 87 Skidmore Fountain Area
9 88 Standard Plaza Building
9 89 State Finance Building
9 90 Steigerwald Dairy
9 91 Studio Building
9 92 Telephone Company Buildings
9 93 Terminal Sales Building
9 94 Unigard Insurance Building
9 95 Union Block
9 96 United State National Bank
9 97 Weatherly Building
9 98 Wells Fargo Building
9 99 Woodlark Building
9 100 Worcester Building
9 101 Yamhill Area
9 102 Yeon Building
9 103 Courthouse
9 104 Custom House
9 105 Directory Information
9 106 Elks Temple
9 107 E-R Center
9 108 Federal Courthouse
9 109 Firehouses
9 110 Fire of 1873
9 111 Forestry Center
9 112 Fountains
9 113 Freeways
9 114 Garden Club
9 115 Gresham
9 116 Hospitals
Hotels
Box
Folder
9 117 General
9 118 Benson Hotel
9 119 Hilton Hotel
9 120 Perkins Hotel
9 121 Portland Hotel
Houses
Box
Folder
10 1 General, Modern
10 2-3 General, Old
10 4 WAL Tours
10 5 Ayer Farmhouse (Doyle)
10 6 Captain Brown House
10 7 Burrell House
10 8 Cabell House (Doyle)
10 9 Collins House (Doyle)
10 10 Corbett House
10 11 Dolph House
10 12 Eliot House (Thomas Lamb Eliot)
10 13 Elliott House (S. G. Elliott)
10 14 Forbes House
10 15 Hawley House
10 16 Hefty House
10 17 Jennings House
10 18 Josselyn House
10 19 Kamm House
10 20 Kerr House (Bishop’s Close)
10 21 Knapp House
10 22 Ladd Carriage House and Stable
10 23 Ladd House
10 24 Leadbetter House
10 25 Mackenzie (Dr.) house
10 26 Morris Mark House
10 27 Megley House
10 28 Mills House
10 29 Piggot Castle
10 30 Pittock House
10 31 Reid House
10 32 Watzek House
10 33 Wilcox House (Tualatin Valley)
10 34 Justice Center
10 35 Landmarks
10 36 Landscape Items
10 37 Lewis and Clark College
10 38 Lewis and Clark Expo
10 39 Lewis and Clark Expo Photos
10 40 Libraries
10 41 Linnton
10 42 Maps
10 43 Marylhurst College
10 44 Masonic Temples (incl. Pythian Temple)
10 45 Medical (University of Oregon)
10 46 Miscellaneous
10 47 Miscellaneous notes
10 48 Multnomah Athletic Club
10 50 Oregon Historical Society Building
10 51 Orphanages
10 52 Pacific International Expo Building
10 53 Park Blocks
10 54 Parks
10 55 Photographs (negatives)
10 56 Photographs (mainly demolished buildings)
10 57 Pioneer Post Office and Courthouse
10 58 Pioneer Square
10 59 Plans: Bennett Plan
10 60 Plans: Moses Plan
10 60 Police Headquarters
10 61 Portland Art Museum
10 62 Portland Building, Groves Design
10 63 Portland Friends of Cast-Iron Architecture
10 64 Portland Garden Club
10 65 Portland General Electric Station “L”
10 66 Portland Guide, correspondence
11 1 Portland State University and Area
11 2 Post Office
11 3 Reed College
11 4 Richardsonian Romanesque
11 5 River Front
11 6 St. Johns
11 7 Schools
11 8 Sculpture
11 9 State Office Building
11 10 Street Furniture
11 11 Synagogues
11 12 Theaters
11 13 Town Club
11 14 Transit Mall Downtown
11 15 Union Station
11 16 University of Portland
11 Urban Renewal
Views
Box
Folder
11 19 General
11 20 1858 (Kuchel and Dresel)
11 21 1865
11 22 1887
11 23 1888 (West Shore)
11 24 1890
11 25 1892
11 26 1898
11 27 1903
11 28 1903-1904
11 29 1912
11 30 1913
11 31 ca. 1914-1915
11 32 Visitor’s Information Center
11 33 Warehouses
11 34 YMCA
11 35 Port Orford
11 36 Powers
11 37 Princeville
11 38 Providence Baptist Church
11 39 Redmond
11 40 Redmond: Petersen’s Rock Gardens
11 41 Reedville
11 42 Rickreall
11 43 Rock Creek
11 44 Rouge River
11 45 Roseburg
Salem
Box
Folder
11 46 General
11 47 Capitol Building
11 48 Capitol Building, draft National Register Registration form
11 49-50 Capitol Mall
11 51 Capital National Bank
11 52 Churches
11 53 City Halls
12 1 Commercial
12 2 Courthouses
12 3 Houses
12 4 Ladd and Bush
12 5 Marion Hotel
12 6-7 Mission Mill
12 8 Public Buildings (not on Mall)
12 9 Schools
12 10 Walking Tour
12 11 Salishan
12 12 Sauvie Island
12 13 Scottsburg
12 14 Seaside
12 15 Shaniko
12 16 Shedd
12 17 Sheridan
12 18 Siletz
12 19 Silverton
12 20 Sisters
12 21 Sodaville
12 22 Springfield
12 23 St. Helens
12 24 St. Paul
12 25 Stayton
12 26 Sublimity
12 27 Sumpter
12 28 Sun River
12 29 Talent
The Dalles
Box
Folder
12 30 General
12 31 Churches
12 32 Courthouses
12 33 Fort
12 34 Tillamook
12 35 Timberline Lodge
12 36 Toledo
12 37 Tualatin and Tualatin Plains
12 38 Umatilla
12 39 Union
12 40 Vale
12 41 West Linn
12 42 Weston
12 43 West Union
12 44 Wilhoit Springs
12 45 Willsonville
12 46 Wolf Creek
12 47-48 Wolf Creek Tavern Advisory Committee
12 49 Woodburn
12 50 Yachats
12 51 Yamhill
12 52 Yoncalla
12 53 Zena
12 54 Pennsylvania
12 55 Rhode Island
12 56 South Carolina
12 57 South Dakota
12 58 Southwest Sites
13 1 Tennessee
13 2 Texas
13 3 Vermont
13 4 Virginia
12 5 Virginia - Richmond
Washington (State)
Box
Folder
13 6 General
13 7 Fort Simcoe
13 8 Fort Vancouver
13 9 Long Beach
13 10 Maryhill
13 11 Olympia
13 12 Port Townsend
Seattle
Box
Folder
13 13 General
13 14 Pike Plaza Design Review Board
13 15 Pioneer Square
13 16 Space Needle (World’s Fair 1962)
13 17 Spokane
13 18 Stevenson
13 19 Tacoma
13 20 Walla Walla
13 21-23 Washington, D. C.
13 24 Wyoming
13 24 Virgin Islands

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Series III:  Organizations
Container(s)
Description
Dates
American Institute of Architect (AIA)
Box
Folder
13 26 Historic Buildings Committee
13 27 Oregon Chapter
13 28 Regional Conference, 1980
Southwestern Oregon Chapter
Box
Folder
13 29 Miscellaneous
13 30 Awards
13 31 Cooperative Preservation of Architectural Records
Historic Preservation League of Oregon
Box
Folder
13 33 Newsletters 1978-1984
13 34 Newsletters 1985-1987
13 35 Newsletters 1988-1990
13 35 Oregon’s Historic Preservation Newsletter 1975-1977
Historic Review Board, Eugene
Box
Folder
14 3 1976
14 4 1977
14 5 1978
Oregon State Advisory Committee
Box
Folder
14 6 Conflict of Interest Questions
Minutes
Box
Folder
14 7 1984-1985
14 8 1986
14 9 1987
14 10 1988
14 11-12 Miscellaneous
14 13 National Register Lists
14 14 Statewide Plan 1971, 1972, 1973
14 15 Statewide Plan 1974, 1975, 1976
Society of Architectural Historians
Box
Folder
14 16 Chapter Surveys 1986
14 17 The Forum (Bulletin of the Committee on Preservation)
14 18 Miscellaneous
14 19 The Forum, Vol. 1, no. 1 - Vol. 5, no. 4 September 1957-November 1961
14 20 The Forum, Vol. 6, no. 1 - Vol. 13, no. 6 February 1962-December 1969
14 21 The Forum, Vol. 14, no. 1 - Vol. 18, no. 6 February 1970-December 1974
14 22 The Forum, Vol. 19, no. 2 - Vol. 24, no. 6 April 1975-December 1980
14 23 The Forum, Vol. 25, no. 1 – Vol. 27, no. 6 February 1981-December 1983
14 24 The Forum, Vol. 28, no. 1 - Vol. 32, no. 2 February 1984-April 1988
Northern Pacific Coast Chapter
Box
Folder
15 1 Founders Award
15 2 Meetings 1954-1969
15 3 Meeting Spring 1958
15 4 Meetings 1970-1975
15 5 Meetings 1976-1983
15 6 Meeting Fall 1976
16 1 Meetings 1984-1987
16 2 Meetings Spring 1986
16 3 Southern California Chapter
University of Oregon, School of Architecture and Allied Arts
Box
Folder
16 4 Avenu
16 5 Review
16 6 Washington State Advisory Council (Archaeology and Historic Preservation)
16 7 Women’s Architectural League of Oregon – Sales correspondence re: Marion Dean Ross’ A Century of Architecture in Oregon

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Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

  • Personal Names :
  • Ross, Marion Dean--Archives
  • Corporate Names :
  • Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)--Buildings
  • University of Oregon--Buildings
  • University of Oregon--Faculty
  • Subject Terms :
  • Architects--United States
  • Architecture, Domestic--Oregon
  • Architecture, Domestic--Oregon
  • Architecture--United States
  • Art historians--Oregon
  • Historic buildings--Oregon
  • Historic preservation--Oregon--Societies, etc
  • Public architecture--Oregon

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