Scope and Contents
Collection consists of stockholder and bondholder correspondence (1934-1948), Securities and Exchange Commission records (1932-1944), tax records (1939-1950), financial statements and Thomas W. Delzell's diaries (1938-1947), and stockholder information. Photograph series includes 149 prints related to Portland area train and trolley stock, bridges and trestles, and installation of power and telephone poles, c. 1890s-1940s. Also included are photographs, dating from 2000 and 2005, of the Bull Run Hydroelectric Project, and the Willamette Falls Hydroelectic Project (T.S. Sullivan Hydroelectic Plant and Hawley Pulp and Paper Company powerhouse) taken as part of a Historic Properties Management Plan.
Dates
- Creation: 1923-2005
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1923 - 1950
Creator
- Portland General Electric Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use note
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical/Historical note
The Portland General Electric Company has ties to two power companies of the late 1880s in northwest Oregon. In 1884, the United States Electric Light and Power Company was founded by Parker F. Morey and Fredrick Van Voorhies Holman. In 1889, the Willamet.
Extent
15.5 linear feet (12 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Portland General Electric is a utility company in Oregon that was known as Portland Railway Light and Power Company 1906-1924. The collection consists of 149 prints of Portland area train and trolley stock, bridges and trestles, and installation of power and telephone poles, c. 1890s-1940s. Also included are photographs, dating from 2000 and 2005, of the Bull Run Hydroelectric Project, and the Willamette Falls Hydroelectic Project (T.S. Sullivan Hydroelectic Plant and Hawley Pulp and Paper Company powerhouse) taken as part of a Historic Properties Management Plan.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff. Photographs processed by Megan Dazey.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
Subject
- Delzell, Thomas W., -1969 (Person)
- Portland General Electric Company (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Portland General Electric records
- Status
- Preliminary Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team
- Date
- 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
