Photograph, taken from below, of the Ross Island Bridge in Portland. The photograph may have been taken in December 1926, when the bridge was completed; the streetlights on the bridge appear to be decorated as they were for dedication ceremonies on December 21, 1926.

Photograph of two unidentified men holding set of plans, possibly for the Ross Island Bridge in Portland. The man on the left may also be pictured in image No. 371N5076.

Photograph of the Ross Island Bridge in Portland, possibly taken in December 1926. A similar photograph was published on Page 1 of the Oregon Journal on December 21, 1926, the day the bridge was dedicated.

Photograph of the Ross Island Bridge in Portland during construction, probably in 1926.

Photograph of the construction scene on the Ross Island Bridge in Portland, probably in 1926. The view is from the east side of the bridge, facing to the west.

Transcript. This interview with Frank Anthony Bauman was conducted by Karen E. Saul at Bauman’s office at the Carriage House and in the Standard Plaza Building in Portland, Oregon, from November 5, 2005, to May 15, 2007. In the interview, while looking at family photographs, Bauman discusses his early life and childhood in Northeast Portland, including attending Grant High School and delivering newspapers. He then discusses attending Stanford University, including studying economics and his recollections of the lead-up to World War II and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Bauman also talks about his experiences in the Navy during World War II, including learning Japanese; deployment to the South Pacific, particularly Peleliu; treatment and interrogation of Japanese prisoners of war; and visiting Hiroshima after the war. He goes on to describe studying at Yale Law School and establishing himself as a lawyer in Portland. He also discusses his wife, Mildred Bauman, and her involvement in the Great Books Program; studying international law at the University of London; and working at various law firms in Portland, including Veatch, Bauman & Lovett, and Keane, Haessler, Bauman & Harper. He goes on to talk about cases he argued before the Oregon Supreme Court and District Court, including Zucker v. Mitchell and Ritchie v. Lamb. Bauman also discusses volunteering as a civil rights lawyer in Mississippi; his involvement with the World Affairs Council; and his involvement with the United Nations, particularly focusing on UNICEF, General Paul Cullen, and his service as U.N. senior officer to Australasia.

Transcript. This oral history interview with Cleveland C. Cory was conducted by George Fraser around 1990 to 1991, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. The interview was conducted in two sessions.

In the first interview session, conducted at Cory's home in Portland, Oregon, on June 19, 1990, Cory discusses his family background and early life in Englewood, New Jersey. He then discusses his college experience, including attending Yale Law School from 1940 to 1943. He then talks about working for the Davis & Polk law firm in New York, including representing Prince Edward, the Duke of Windsor, as well as various railroads. He then discusses relocating to Oregon in 1949 and his reasons for doing so, including seeking an improved quality of life and the difficulty of becoming a partner at a New York law firm. He talks about his career at a law firm in Portland, now known as Stoel Rives, including many of the cases he tried. He also briefly discusses his renowned memory for cases.

In the second interview session, conducted at a later date at the Crestview Convalescent Home in Portland, Oregon, where Cory was recovering from a broken shoulder, Cory further discusses his early employment in Portland.

Transcript. This oral history interview with Bill Hedlund was conducted by Clark Hansen at Hedlund's home in Lake Oswego, Oregon, from September 4 to 20, 1990. In the interview, Hedlund discusses his family history and early life in Portland, Oregon, including notable people that his family knew, such as Oswald West; his memories of World War I; and his early involvement with the Democratic Party. He then discusses his experience during the Depression, and attending the University of Oregon and the Northwestern College of Law. He talks about his early career as a deputy U.S. Marshal and on the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. He also discusses practicing law in Portland, then in the U.S. Attorney’s office; the evolution of his political outlook; his father’s political career; and his experience in the Coast Guard auxiliary during World War II. Hedlund then discusses his term in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1941 to 1942, including his campaign, his staff and office arrangements, and legislation. He then discusses working in the U.S. Attorney’s office from 1943 to 1945, after leaving the Legislature. He also talks about his 33 years as a lobbyist, particularly for oil companies, from 1945 to 1977. He discusses issues the oil lobby was concerned with, including oil spills, gas additives, and environmental legislation. He also talks briefly about the plane accident that killed Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr., Senate President Marshall E. Cornett and Governor Earl Snell. He discusses the governors of Oregon and their staffs, as well as several legislators. He closes the interview by talking about the lobbying profession in more detail, particularly his work for oil companies, and his service as commissioner of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission from 1980 to 1987.

Index. This oral history interview with Otto Skopil was conducted by Rick Harmon and Jim Strassmaier in Skopil’s chambers at the Pioneer Courthouse in Portland, Oregon, from August 19, 1985, to November 27, 1989. The audio for this interview is incomplete; Tape 26 was discovered to be blank in 2020, but its contents are reflected in an incomplete transcript and in an index. In the interview, Skopil discusses his family background and early life in Salem, Oregon, including his time at Salem High School and the effect of the Depression and the New Deal on the Salem area. Skopil talks about attending Willamette University in great detail. He discusses his World War II experience in the Navy from 1942 to 1945, between earning his bachelor’s degree in economics and returning to earn his bachelor of law. Skopil describes practicing law in Salem for 26 years, from 1946 to 1972, including partnering with his uncle, Ralph Skopil, and later with Bruce Williams. He discusses some of the cases he argued, particularly his only U.S. Supreme Court case, which involved State Farm Insurance. He then briefly discusses his personal life, including his two marriages, first to June Johnson, then to Jan Lundy, and his involvement in various religious and civic organizations, including the Board of Governors for the Oregon Bar. He also discusses his involvement with the Republican Party and his opposition to both the Korean and Vietnam wars, as well as how the draft affected his son, Ric Skopil. He talks about serving as a judge for the U.S. Circuit Court of Oregon, including his confirmation; the procedures of the court; sentencing; and the development of the magistrate system. He also discusses some of the cases he presided over on topics including the environment, white-collar crime, and securities. He talks at length about the case of Chuck Armsbury. He also discusses working with his fellow judges, particularly Gus Solomon and Robert Belloni, as well as his relationships with Mark Hatfield and Griffin Bell. Skopil then describes his time as a judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, including the relationship between that court and Congress; the increase of litigation during the 1980s; and the public perception of the Ninth. He discusses some of the cases that came before the court on topics including mental health, capital punishment, timber, and drugs. He also talks about some of his fellow judges, particularly Ted Goodwin and James Browning. Skopil closes the interview by describing the importance of law clerks; discussing sentencing guidelines; and talking about his family life.

Western Foundry Co. warehouse, SW Water Avenue, west end of Ross Island Bridge. SW Caruthers Court. Advertisements for Coca-Cola, 7Up, Double Cola, Philip Morris, and Camel.

Western Foundry Co. warehouse, SW Water Avenue, west end of Ross Island Bridge. SW Caruthers Court. Large wood piles outside warehouse. One sign reads “Ross Island Fuel / Dry Wood $4.50 Load.” Also advertisements for Coca-Cola, 7Up, and Double Cola.

Photograph, taken from a high angle and looking toward the southeast, showing part of downtown Portland. At top is the Willamette River; the Hawthorne Bridge is at upper left and the Ross Island Bridge is visible in the background at upper right. The street at on the lower left side of the image Salmon Street (now Southwest Salmon Street). At center left is the Hotel Geneva at 2nd and Salmon, and in the foreground at right is the Multnomah County Courthouse at 4th and Salmon. The photograph may have been taken from the top of the Public Service Building. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph of unidentified people in a motorboat on the Willamette River in Portland. The Ross Island Bridge is in the background.

Field notes of William Alakangas, the chief engineer of the "Westward", documenting a trip along the coast of British Columbia, May 2-19, 1926. Included is an article draft by Alakangas, "It's a scream, but no fair laughing $5,000,000.00 reward for a suitable title." The article discusses a trip along the coast of British Columbia and southern Alaska with a group, including Arthur Pack and William Finley, July-August 1931. Activities described include hunting porpoises, fishing for salmon, and collecting bird specimens.

Photograph of unidentified workers guiding a steel girder into place during construction of the Ross Island Bridge on September 13, 1926. The girder joined the two pieces of the bridge’s center arch. The second man from left may be contractor J. H. Pomeroy. A similar photograph, image No. 371N5074, was published on Page 1 of the Oregon Journal on September 13, 1926. Also see image 371N5077 and 371N5078.

Photograph of the Ross Island Bridge in Portland, taken from Hood Street below the bridge. This photograph was one of four published on Page 1 of the Oregon Journal on December 21, 1926, the day the bridge was dedicated. The photographs were published under the headline “Another Bridge Spans the Flood.” This photograph had the following caption information: “Hood street, passing under the west approach.” The photographs accompanied a story with the headline, “$1,950,000 Ross Island Bridge Open.”

Photograph of the Ross Island Bridge ramp construction (negative 1 of 2).

Employee newspaper for Oregon Shipyard covering shipyard productivity and current projects, safety and injury reports, war bond drives, employee sports leagues, award recipients, and human-interest stories. Topical coverage in this issue includes: An article on the need for transports (AP-5 Attack Transports and Victory ships) and fuel tankers; an article on President Roosevelt’s request for increased AP-5 Attack Transport construction; an article on the need for more shipyard workers; an article on a Y. W. C. A. working girls picnic; an article on the East Vanport Community building; an article on Oregon tuberculosis deaths; an article on overseas Christmas mailing dates; an article on the construction of a shipyard sub-assembly plant at the Dalles; articles on the need for increased AP-5 Attack Transport construction; an article on a seven-day work program for the Vancouver and Oregon shipyards; an article on the polio danger period; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on the Labor-Management Suggestion contest winners and their achievements; the Stubby and His Friends column; the Worker Speaks column; an article on Oregon Shipyard graveyard shift talent shows; an article on Oregon Shipyard Sunday transportation arrangements; an article on the Oregon Shipyard visit of Lieutentant Edward Serle, Royal Netherlands navy; an article on Child Service center hours; an article on services for women patients at the Oregon Shipyard First Aid station; an article on increased U. S.-Russian trade.

Employee newspaper for Oregon Shipyard covering shipyard productivity and current projects, safety and injury reports, war bond drives, employee sports leagues, award recipients, and human-interest stories. Topical coverage in this issue includes: An article on repairs to buildings affected by water damage at the Oregon Shipyards; an article on the launching of Victory ship the S.S. Bozeman; an article on a casting weld demonstration at the Oregon Shipyards; an article on a Vanport Christmas pageant; an article on the Vanport bond office; a Know Your Merchant Fleet series article; an article on AP-5 Attack Transport secret trial runs; an article on holiday nursery hours at the Oregon Shipyards; an article on the Oregon Shipyards’ last AP-5 Attack Transport produced; an article on the selection of the S.S. Green Bay Victory ship to be sponsored by bond purchasers; an article on a Vanport Christmas concert; The Worker Speaks column; an article on Oregon Shipyard AP-3 Victory ship production; an article on a bond drive slogan contest; an article on the Bosn’s Whistle; articles on Oregon Shipyard bond drives with turkeys and cigarettes as prizes; an article on building the new Oregon Shipyard Administration building; an article on a Portland Art Museum painting exhibit; an article on the sale of Oregon automobile license plates in Vanport.

Employee newspaper for Oregon Shipyard covering shipyard productivity and current projects, safety and injury reports, war bond drives, employee sports leagues, award recipients, and human-interest stories. Topical coverage in this issue includes: An article on United States shipyard construction; an article on Kaiser shipyards workers living in dormitories; an article on Soviet seamen housed in Swan Island Shipyard dormitories; an article on Vancouver housing units shipped to Seattle; an article on Spanish classes taught by an Oregon Shipyard worker; a Know Your Merchant Fleet series article; an article on launching the Oregon Shipyard built Victory ship, the S. S. Dartmouth Victory; the Stubby and His Friends column; the Worker Speaks column; an article on recruiting women marines; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on the Oregon Shipyard aluminum ponton contract; an article on launching the Oregon Shipyard built Victory ship, the S. S. Paducah Victory; an article on Kaiser shipyard workers achieving United States citizenship.

Employee newspaper for Oregon Shipyard covering shipyard productivity and current projects, safety and injury reports, war bond drives, employee sports leagues, award recipients, and human-interest stories. Topical coverage in this issue includes: An article on moving Burton Homes, Vancouver Housing authority, to sites in Oregon and Washington; an article on Henry Kaiser’s postwar steel industry plans; an article on a Swan Island concert featuring Jack Teagarden and his orchestra; an article on a War Bond drive with a house as a prize; an article on the availability of postwar housing; an article on launching the Vancouver Shipyard built C-4 Troop Transport, the S. S. Ernie Pyle; an article on U. S. Maritime Commission Vice Chairman Vice Admiral Howard L. Vickery’s Kaiser shipyards visit; an article on the Vancouver Shipyard built aircraft carrier, the U. S. S. Guadalcanal’s role in capturing a Nazi U-Boat; an article on shoe ration stamps; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on Oregon Shipyard Labor-Management Suggestion Contest winners and their achievements; an article on an Oregon Shipyard benefit show; the Stubby and His Friends column; an article on the Oregon Shipyard National Maritime Day Ceremony; an article on postwar job opportunities; the Worker Speaks column.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island Shipyard covering shipyard productivity and current projects, safety and injury reports, war bond drives, employee sports leagues, award recipients, and human-interest stories. Topical coverage in this issue includes: An article on postwar conversion of Victory ships in to merchant cargo vessels; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on the Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin state picnic; an article on selling conditions at the Mocks Bottom produce stands; an article on hot weather lunch options; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column; an article on the Swan Island Shipyard oil tanker launching schedule; an article on a Swan Island Shipyard graveyard shift talent show; an article on the Swan Island Shipyard work shift talent shows; an article on a Swan Island War Bond Fete in Portland.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island Shipyard covering shipyard productivity and current projects, safety and injury reports, war bond drives, employee sports leagues, award recipients, and human-interest stories. Topical coverage in this issue includes: An article on Oregon Shipyard built AP-5 Attack Transport, the U. S. S. La Porte going into service; an article on a Portland-Vancouver paper drive; a Shipbuilding in the Portland Area series article on the Astoria Marine Construction Company; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on the Swan Island Shipyard oil tanker launching schedule and on launching the S. S. Swan Island; the Swan Island Whirley-Go-Round column; the Worker Speaks column; an article on Liberty ships and Victory ships; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Swan Island.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island Shipyard covering shipyard productivity and current projects, safety and injury reports, war bond drives, employee sports leagues, award recipients, and human-interest stories. Topical coverage in this issue includes: An article on the need for more ships; an article on launching the Oregon Shipyard built AP-5 Attack Transport, the U.S. S. Kershaw; an article on the Oregon Shipyard payroll delivery after the Administration building fire; an article on women shipyard workers’ increased work load, preparing Thanksgiving dinners, too; an article on a war bond drive with a car as a prize; an article on Swan Island Shipyard earning the Tanker Champ Flag; the Worker Speaks column; an article on the Swan Island Child Service Center; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; a Know Your Northwest series article on the region’s high standard of living; an article on prospects for a large postwar merchant fleet; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tankers, the S. S. Bryce Canyon and the S. S. Pilot Butte.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island Shipyard covering shipyard productivity and current projects, safety and injury reports, war bond drives, employee sports leagues, award recipients, and human-interest stories. Topical coverage in this issue includes: An article on Oregon Shipyard worker, Charles Shaw, former Walt Disney Studios artist-animator; articles on Vanport dancing classes; an article on Vanport classes on canning methods; an article on availability of new cars; an article on Kaiser shipyards July 4th work day; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on a Swan Island Shipyard lunch time show; an article on the July 15th Blue Lake picnic; an article on launching Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Government Camp; an article on “pay-off” parties; an article on actor Jackie Coogan’s Swan Island Shipyard visit; an article on Portland Parks and Recreation swimming pools hours; an article on Oregon Shipyard aluminium ponton construction.

Employee newspaper for Swan Island Shipyard covering shipyard productivity and current projects, safety and injury reports, war bond drives, employee sports leagues, award recipients, and human-interest stories. Topical coverage in this issue includes: An article on Vancouver Shipyard YFD 70, the second floating dry dock; an article on Henry J. Kaiser’s plans to expand postwar steel production; an article on a Portland paper and tin salvage drive; an article on the July 21st election; an article on Oregon postwar public works projects; the Stubby Bilgebottom comic strip; an article on a War Bond drive with a house as a prize; an article on the Bosn’s Whistle’s fourth anniversary; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Halls of Montezuma; an article on Swan Island Shipyard worker D.B. Love, an ex-professional baseball player on a World War I veterans team; an article on the need for shipyard workers; an article on launching the Swan Island Shipyard built oil tanker, the S. S. Grays Harbor. Pages 2, 5, 7 and 8 are damaged.

Employee newspaper for Vancouver Shipyard covering shipyard productivity and current projects, safety and injury reports, war bond drives, employee sports leagues, award recipients, and human-interest stories. Topical coverage in this issue includes: Vancouver shipyard securing contract to build 20 C-4 transports; Swan Island receives contract to build 38 additional T2-SE-A1 tankers; An article on the explosion and sinking of the Kaiser Liberty ship, John Straub; An article on fires and fire prevention in the shipyards; An infographic cartoon of interesting facts about Oregon Ship; A first-hand account of Pearl Harbor from boilermaker, Robert Nelson; An employee profile and illustration of paint superintendent, T. A. (Ace) Waldron; An article on the consolidation of procurement under J. J. O’Farrell; An article on bond measures for ‘Moses Plan’ civic improvement projects to provide post-war employment to shipyard workers; A photoessay on Victory Gardens.

Employee newspaper for Vancouver Shipyard covering shipyard productivity and current projects, safety and injury reports, war bond drives, employee sports leagues, award recipients, and human-interest stories. Topical coverage in this issue includes: Visit to Kaiser yards by Soviet Purchasing Commission and comparison of American and Soviet shipyards; Launch of the U.S.S. Munda; Employee profile of R. O. Thomas, expediter in welding rod control, who worked at the Swan Island Shipyards during both World Wars; Montana employee picnic; Updates on progress of Fifth War Loan Drive; Employee profile of Walter A. Larsen, plate shop superintendent who worked in shipyards during both World Wars; Drydock keel laying delayed by materials shortage, scheduled for late June; Employee profile of A. “Pappy” Larson, Marine Machinest; Employee profile of F. S. McAlpine who worked in Vancouver shipyards during both World Wars; Photograph of H. S. Wildermuth, spray gun painter and amateur astronomer, with his telescope that he constructed; Illustrated guide to fire safety for welding; Blood bank donation quota exceeded.