The records of the County Coroner document the principal duties of the office from 1894 until the office was abolished in 1965. The records consist of investigation records, death reports, inquest case files, and indexes.
This collection includes the following accessions: 2006-000176, 1998-373-02, and 2007-000747.
Dates:
1894-1965; Other: Date acquired: 09/02/2007
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These records document the activities of Edgefield Manor and its earlier incarnations as the County Poor Farm and the County Home and Farm. The admissions records span the entire time and also include information about the County Hospital (with which it was co-located until 1912) and the Tuberculosis Pavilion. The administrative records fall into two major groups – one that documents the Poor Farm and one that documents Edgefield Manor, the adult care facility that existed from...
Records document the management of the county treasury. Most of the records document investment of county funds, the payment of bills presented to the county, and the documentation of the transfer of money between and among county accounts.
Dates:
1864 - 1926; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/2014
Records document work and research interests of county commissioner David Eccles. Records include reports, correspondence, work notes, background research, and related materials.
Dates:
1964 - 1970; Other: Date acquired: 11/09/2015
The records in this collection describe the work of the commssion in developing a basllot measure to fund a proposed sports complex in the Delta Park area. The records consist of meeting minutes of the commission and correspondence and reference material used to assist the commision in its deliberations. The records span the dates that the commission was active.
Dates:
1963 - 1964; Other: Date acquired: 11/08/2001
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This collection was created by long-time Affirmative Action Officer Robert Phillips and covers his tenure as both City-County and County Affirmative Action Officer. The collection has been partially processed based on at least two major filing systems and a large volume of research material maintained by Phillips. The collection describes county activities related to affirmative action, equal employment, civil rights, minority representation, human resources, and a variety of other...
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Records document the primary activities of the Elections Division. They include records related the management of elections, records related to the registration of individual voters, abstracts of votes, precinct maps, and other election related material. The bulk for these records date from the 1930's through the mid 2000's
These records fall into three major categories: records related to the management of elections, records documenting the outcome of elections, and voter registration...
Dates:
1858; 1878 - 2007; Other: Date acquired: 07/07/2003
Records document the creation and development of the Family Court Services program. Records include letters, memoranda, attached documentation, statistical reports, and a 1974 Master Thesis written by PSU students.
Dates:
1964 - 1990; Other: Date acquired: 01/11/2004
Series documents projects in which the FREDS Division manager either directed or played a significant role. Records include reports and studies, research material, correspondence, various work group minutes, photographs and related records.
Dates:
1976 - 1994; Other: Date acquired: 01/06/2008
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This collection includes records covering Gretchen Kafoury’s service as Multnomah County Commissioner from 1985 until 1990. It also includes earlier records dating from the interim between her service as state legislator and her election as commissioner. The records in this accession document communications between Kafoury on a number of issues. Some of the most significant include social service issues dating from the “Resolution A” distribution of public services between the City of...
Dates:
1974 - 1990; Other: Date acquired: 04/07/2008