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1. Urban League staff (unidentified)

Urban League staff (unidentified)

Description: A man and woman dining.

2. Edwin C. Berry congratulates Ruth Fong

Edwin C. Berry congratulates Ruth Fong

Description: Edwin C. Berry, executive secretary of the Urban League of Portland, congratulates Ruth Fong on her selection as a Princess of the Portland Rose Festival. Fong was the first non-white Princess to be selected in the 38 years of Rose Festival history.

3. Mrs. Marjorie Humber Jackson on right

Mrs. Marjorie Humber Jackson on right

Description: Mrs. Marjorie Humber Jackson was the first associate director of Portland YWCA.

4. Mrs. Beatrice Stevens teaches a class

Mrs. Beatrice Stevens teaches a class

Description: Mrs. Beatrice Stevens teaches a class in social studies. She was the founder of the International Club of Commerce and taught inter-cultural education before it was popular to do so. Mrs. Stevens was standing next to Venetha Lewis and Ron Marcott.

5. Bill Berry, Gov. McKay and Tom McCall

Bill Berry, Gov. McKay and Tom McCall

Description: Bill Berry, Director of the Urban League of Portland, talks with Oregon Governor Douglas McKay and Tom McCall, Executive Secretary to the Governor, about the Annual Report on Fair Employment Practices Law in Oregon.

6. Minnie Bell Johnson and two other women

Minnie Bell Johnson and two other women

Description: Minnie Bell is center.

7. Edwin C. Berry counsels with a young student

Edwin C. Berry counsels with a young student

8. Portrait of DeNorval Unthank

Portrait of DeNorval Unthank

Description: DeNorval Unthank was one of the founders and early president of the Urban League of Portland.

9. Joint staff conference members of the Portland and Seattle Urban Leagues

Joint staff conference members of the Portland and Seattle Urban Leagues

Description: The conference was held at the Neighborhood House, Seattle, Washington. Left to right: John Holley; Cooper; Lew Watts; Bill Berry; Brooks; Shelly Hill

10. E. Shelton Hill interviewing Joy Brock of Linfield College

E. Shelton Hill interviewing Joy Brock of Linfield College

11. Lunch conference with representatives of Our World

Lunch conference with representatives of Our World

Description: Edwin C. Berry is on the right.

12. Senator Richard L. Neuberger speaking

Senator Richard L. Neuberger speaking

Description: Oregon State Senator Richard L. Neuberger speaks at the 6th Annual Urban League of Portland Meeting. Board President David Robinson, with white hair, is shown behind speaker.

13. Children playing on a slide at the Oregon Ship School

Children playing on a slide at the Oregon Ship School

14. Children on playground at the Oregon Ship School

Children on playground at the Oregon Ship School

Description: The Oregon Ship School was near the Parkside Homes development of the Housing Authority of Portland.

15. Edwin C. Berry addressing board and members

Edwin C. Berry addressing board and members

Description: Also shown at the meeting are: Ulysses Plummer; Dr. DeNorval Unthank; Mark Smith and Bob Fritsch.

16. YMCA boys

Description: Representative from the YMCA Boys Club planning for a candy sale for World Service Support.

17. Urban League office staff Delores Casanasas, Bobbie Nunn, Gertrude Rae, and Myrtle Carr with Paul Williams in the background

Urban League office staff Delores Casanasas, Bobbie Nunn, Gertrude Rae, and Myrtle Carr with Paul Williams in the background

18. Caley Cook, Jr., president of the student body at Portland's Jefferson High School, with classmates

Caley Cook, Jr., president of the student body at Portland's Jefferson High School, with classmates

19. Mary Abram (right), Women in the Air Force recruiter, talking to potential recruits

Mary Abram (right), Women in the Air Force recruiter, talking to potential recruits

20. Lester B. Granger addressing Portland City Club at the Benson Hotel

Lester B. Granger addressing Portland City Club at the Benson Hotel

Description: Lester Granger was the 2nd president of the National Urban League.

21. Exhibit at an Urban League Educational Meeting

Exhibit at an Urban League Educational Meeting

Description: Photos on the exhibit board show Portland interracial activities and literature on inter-group relations. The exhibit was for the 7th annual meeting of the Urban League of Portland, held at the Benson High School auditorium.

22. Bill Berry addressing Urban League

Bill Berry addressing Urban League

Description: At the Urban League of Portland's monthly meeting at St. Philips Parish Hall, members hear Bill Berry report on Mt. Sinai-Tiffereth Israel Church situation.

23. Portland and Seattle joint staff meeting

Portland and Seattle joint staff meeting

Description: The staff meeting was held in the home of Lew Watts. Shown in the photo are Edwin C. Berry, second from left and Shelly Hill, second from right.

24. Friendship House hostesses at Urban League meeting

Friendship House hostesses at Urban League meeting

Description: From left to right: Fern McCoy (sister of Senator William McCoy), Estelle Bogner and Mary Lou Hennesey.

25. Geneva Lassiter interviews a client

Geneva Lassiter interviews a client

Description: Geneva Lassiter, caseworker for Children's Department, Multnomah County Public Welfare Commission, is working in a job that the Urban League helped her obtain.

26. Stanley Jordan and Sandy Cohen

Stanley Jordan and Sandy Cohen

Description: Stanley Jordan, the owner-manager of Bozeman's Chevron Service Station, 7431 N. Vancouver Ave., consults price list while helper, Sandy Cohen, waits.

27. Mrs. Lois Tolbert Sayles, new librarian

Mrs. Lois Tolbert Sayles, new librarian

Description: Mrs. Lois Tolbert Sayles later became the new head of the Library at Roosevelt High School. She was the first black librarian to work for Multnomah County, Oregon.

28. Urban League monthly meeting

Urban League monthly meeting

Description: Photo shows the Urban League monthly meeting, held at St. Philip's Parish Hall. George Dysart, attorney, discusses developments in civil rights educational campaign to prevent referendum on the Senate Bill 169. Shown in the audience is Ann Mohler, Polly Anna Reed, Shelly Hill, Myrtle Carr and Wilson Walker.

29. Nathan Berkam holding chart

Nathan Berkam holding chart

30. Urban League of Portland's Annual Meeting

Urban League of Portland's Annual Meeting

Description: Seated in front row: O. B. Williams; Tom McCall; R. P. Gantenbein, Carl Rowan, Annual Meeting Speaker; Bea Dusenbery; Nathan Berkham. Standing on right: Mark Smith; on left President of Junior Chamber of Commerce, Walter Treece. Seated in 2nd row: Robert Fitsch; Francis Kerns; Polly Minamoto Hamilton; George Jordan. Nate Proby is shown in back.

31. Polly Minamoto, president of the Urban League Youth forum

Polly Minamoto, president of the Urban League Youth forum

32. Carl Rowan and Tom McCall with children

Carl Rowan and Tom McCall with children

33. Urban League Certificate of Award recipients

Urban League Certificate of Award recipients

Description: Urban League Certificates of Award were given to Francis Kern, Dr. DeNorval Unthank, and Nolney Martin. Awards were presented by Mark Smith

34. Myrtle Carr, Urban League staff, collecting for the United Fund

Myrtle Carr, Urban League staff, collecting for the United Fund

35. Portland policemen standing in front of their patrol car

Portland policemen standing in front of their patrol car

36. Margaret Solomon (right), an Urban League employee with a woman

Margaret Solomon (right), an Urban League employee with a woman

37. Movers

Description: Movers moving furniture to building (unidentified photo).

38. Boys participating in camp activities

Boys participating in camp activities

39. KPTV critique

Description: A group was gathered to critique a televised Urban League program at KPTV called "A Salute to the Press and Radio." Shown far left front row: Mrs. Mary Duncan, Mrs. Robena Martin. Second row far left: Ruth Holley (Mrs. John) and E. Shelton Hill

40. Edwin C. Berry and Frank Ivancie

Edwin C. Berry and Frank Ivancie

Description: Edwin C. Berry and Frank Ivancie were at a Portland City club meeting at the Benson Hotel.

41. School kids

Description: Children in classroom

42. Urban League staff member, Joyce McCloud, receives a Good Neighbor Award

Urban League staff member, Joyce McCloud, receives a Good Neighbor Award

43. Jazz pianist Hazel Scott (2nd from left) and others at a dinner

Jazz pianist Hazel Scott (2nd from left) and others at a dinner

44. American Teamwork Works conference

American Teamwork Works conference

Description: 1955 American Teamwork Works conference meeting. Shown in photo Edwin C. Berry (second left).

45. KPTV critique

Description: A group was gathered to critique a televised Urban League program at KPTV called "A Salute to the Press and Radio."

46. Youth speaking with microphones [perhaps for a television program]

Youth speaking with microphones [perhaps for a television program]

47. Edwin C. Berry (left) at a workshop

Edwin C. Berry (left) at a workshop

48. YMCA chapel services at Camp Collins

YMCA chapel services at Camp Collins

49. Boys in front of cabin

Boys in front of cabin

50. Urban League of Portland women show off their prize winning hats

Urban League of Portland women show off their prize winning hats

Description: Members of the Urban League of Portland Guild show off their hats at the Mad Hatter's Ball. Bernadette Plummer is in the center.

51. W. Gibson, washerman and Opera House Laundry

W. Gibson, washerman and Opera House Laundry

Description: W. Gibson, washerman, Opera House Laundry, was one of the first blacks to be employed in a Portland Laundry and to be admitted to Laundry Workers Union.

52. Baseball great, Jackie Robinson, speaking at an Urban League of Portland meeting

Baseball great, Jackie Robinson, speaking at an Urban League of Portland meeting

Description: Edwin C. Berry is seated second from the left.

53. Tom McCall gives closing address at the Housing Conference

Tom McCall gives closing address at the Housing Conference

Description: Tom McCall, radio commentator, gives closing address at the Urban League's Housing Conference on Housing Needs and Minorities. The conference was held at the Multnomah Hotel. H.J. Belton Hamilton Jr., left, chaired the final session.

54. Urban League of Portland Housing Conference panel

Urban League of Portland Housing Conference panel

Description: Panel group at Housing Conference, Urban League of Portland, Multnomah Hotel. Left to right: Guy Arrington, F.H.A. director; Ragnor Johnson, Oregon Real Estate Commissioner; Harold Holmes, chariman of panel; Capt. Eugene Ferguson, police dept.; Anthony DuBay, chairman, Housing Authority of Portland.

55. Nathan Berkham speaking at the Urban League of Portland's Housing Conference

Nathan Berkham speaking at the Urban League of Portland's Housing Conference

Description: Nathan Berkham is speaking at the Urban League of Portland's Housing Conference held at the Multnomah Hotel. Shown in the audience is: Mrs. Della Williams; Mrs. Pollyanna Reed; Belton Hamilton; C. Don Vann; William Long; Mark Smith; Mabel Redman.

56. Housing conference registration table, Multnomah Hotel

Housing conference registration table, Multnomah Hotel

Description: Seated at the table are Gertrude Rae and Myrtle Carr. Wilbur Marshall is standing at the table.

57. Russell Peyton and Mark A. Smith

Russell Peyton and Mark A. Smith

Description: Mark A. Smith, Administrator, Fair Employment Practices Division and past president of the Urban League of Portland presides at the Urban League Housing Conference. Seated is Russell Peyton.

58. Urban League of Portland Housing Conference Luncheon

Urban League of Portland Housing Conference Luncheon

Description: Scene from the Urban League Housing Conference, Multnomah Hotel in Portland, Oregon. Left to right at head table: John Holley; Kenneth Green; Russell Peyton. The housing survey team includes: Urban Leage President Mark Smith; Mark Talney and Mrs. John Catlin.

59. Urban League of Portland Housing Needs and Minority Groups Conference luncheon meeting

Urban League of Portland Housing Needs and Minority Groups Conference luncheon meeting

Description: The conference was held at the Multnomah Hotel in Portland, Oregon. Shown at the head table are: Herman Plumm; John Holley; and Mark Smith. Seated below dias: James Brooks; Virginia Davis; Dorothy Vickers and Thomas Vickers.

60. Edwin C. Berry Testimonial Banquet, Hotel Multhnomah, Portland, Oregon

Edwin C. Berry Testimonial Banquet, Hotel Multhnomah, Portland, Oregon

Description: Photo shows half of the head table. The minister at the head table is Father L. D. Stone, St. Philips Episcipal Church. The second person on the right of Father Stone is Dave Robinson, to the right of him is Dr. DeNorval Unthank and and Mrs. Dorothy Berry is on the extreme right. Ruth and John Holley are seen in the middle at the bottom of the photo. Willis Williams is the second person at the lower left table (facing the camera) and Mrs. Phil Reynolds is the second person from Willis Williams.

61. Service pins and awards were presented by Robert W. Fritsch

Service pins and awards were presented by Robert W. Fritsch

Description: Shown in photo are: from left Carl Deiz, Robert W. Fritsch (Urban League President), Mrs. John Catlin, Tom McCall, and James Goodsell.

62. Dick Bogle

Description: Dick Bogle was the first general assignment reporter for the Oregon Journal. He attended Oregon State College in the 1950s.

63. Three children with magazine

Three children with magazine

64. Governor Robert D. Holmes signs House Bills 646 and 647

Governor Robert D. Holmes signs House Bills 646 and 647

Description: Governor Robert D. Holmes signs House Bills 646 and 647 which expanded Oregon civil rights statutes. Standing, left to right: Milton Goldsmith, chairman, FEP Advisory Committee; Labor Commissioner Norman O. Nilsen; Dr. John Rademaker, professor, Willamette University; R. P. Gantenbein, Chairman, Oregon Committee for Equal Rights; and Phil Reynolds, president, Portland Chapter, NAACP.

65. Neighbors share gardening hints in North Portland

Neighbors share gardening hints in North Portland

Description: Depicted are Mrs. Samuel Brown and her daughter, Cheryl and Mrs. Marvin Dewald on the right.

66. Governor Robert D. Holmes issues the 1958 Urban League Week proclamation

Governor Robert D. Holmes issues the 1958 Urban League Week proclamation

Description: Governor Robert D. Holmes, issues the 1958 Urban League Week proclamation to Urban League's Executive Director William H. Boone, right, and President George D. Dysart. April 21-27 had been set aside in proclamations issued by the Governor and by Portland's Mayor Terry Schrunk, in observance of the 13th anniversary of the local race relations agency.

67. Urban League of Portland Housing Committee

Urban League of Portland Housing Committee

Description: Photo includes pictures of Ted Baugh, Phil Reynolds, John Holley, and Mark A. Smith

68. Urban League of Portland Oregon - Washington Conference

Urban League of Portland Oregon - Washington Conference

Description: Oregon-Washington Conference on Race Relations was held between staff members of the Urban Leagues of Portland and Seattle, members of the Civil Rights Division of Oregon and the Washington State Board Against Discrimination. Shown in photo: Russ Peyton; Mark Smith; Shelly Hill; John Holley; Bill Boone; Edwin Pratt; Lew Watts.

69. Father David H. Fosselman, Sadie Grimmette and E. Shelton Hill speak at a Job Opportunity clinic

Father David H. Fosselman, Sadie Grimmette and E. Shelton Hill speak at a Job Opportunity clinic

Description: Father David H. Fosselman of University of Portland speaks at a Job Opportunity Clinic sponsored by the Urban League of Portland and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, held at St. Philips Church. Sadie Grimmett was the Delta President and E. Shelton Hill was the Urban League director of industrial relations.

70. Urban League of Portland Conference on Intergroup Relations

Urban League of Portland Conference on Intergroup Relations

Description: The Conference on Intergroup Relations was sponsored by Wesleyan Service Guilds of Portland District at the Hughes Memorial Methodist Church.

71. Job opportunity clinic attendees

Job opportunity clinic attendees

Description: The Job Opportunity Clinic was sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta sorority and the Urban League of Portland at St. Philip's Church. At the table are E. Shelton Hill, ULP board member Sadie Grimmett and H. Fosselman.

72. John S. Holley wearing a centennial tie

John S. Holley wearing a centennial tie

73. Midori Minamoto, Dorothy Vickers, and Mark Smith at St. Philip Church

Midori Minamoto, Dorothy Vickers, and Mark Smith at St. Philip Church

Description: Midori Minamoto is on the left. Dorothy Vickers is second to the left.

74. Panel including Mark Smith and Ulysses Plummer, attorney

Panel including Mark Smith and Ulysses Plummer, attorney

Description: Ulysses Plummer is on the right.

75. Clarence S. Duke, 22, sports director for KGON radio station

Clarence S. Duke, 22, sports director for KGON radio station

76. Speakers at meeting at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church (annex) including Leodis McKaniel and Joan Johnson Cook

Speakers at meeting at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church (annex) including Leodis McKaniel and Joan Johnson Cook

Description: Joan Johnson Cook is second to the left. Leodis McDaniel (right) was principal of Madison School in the 1980's and also taught at Adams High School.

77. Meeting at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church

Meeting at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church

78. 1960 Annual Meeting

1960 Annual Meeting

Description: 1960 Annual Meeting at University of Portland, April 21, 1960. group with 100% Membership: left to right: Carman Walker (links), Mrs. Booker Lewis, Lena McMillen, Mary Ellen Leftridge, Tom Vicker (Kappa Alpah Psi), Ruth Holley (deltas), Mrs. Lawrence Maddox (Rosebud Study Club), Ruth Butts Spencer, Willa Mae Hart, Martha Jordan (Bridge Club)

79. Representatives of organizations receiving certificates

Representatives of organizations receiving certificates

Description: Representatives of organizations receiving certificates for having 100% membership in the Urban League at the 15th annual meeting at the University of Portland. Left to right: ?; Carmen Walker; Mrs [Emma] Booker Lewis; Lena McMillan; MaryEllen Leftridge, ?, Tom Vickers; Ruth Holley; Mrs. Lawrence Maddox; Ruth Butts Spencer; Willa Mae Hart; Martha Jordan.

80. Dr. Walter Reynolds with Portland Mayor Terry Schrunk in the Mayor's office

Dr. Walter Reynolds with Portland Mayor Terry Schrunk in the Mayor's office

81. Children in classroom learn about "our neighborhood"

Children in classroom learn about "our neighborhood"

82. 1960 annual meeting panel of speakers

1960 annual meeting panel of speakers

Description: The panel of speakers for the 15th Annual Meeting of the Urban League of Portland, held at the University of Portland are: left to right: Seymour Kaplan; Dwight Zook; Lewis Watts; David Robinson; Mrs. Eloise Kloke and Henry Talbert, moderator.

83. 1961 Whitney Young Press Conference

1961 Whitney Young Press Conference

Description: Whitney Young at press conference 1961, Urban League downtown office. Whitney Young was the Executive Director of the National Urban League from 1961-1971. In 1969, Young received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

84. Whitney Young interview with Tom McCall

Whitney Young interview with Tom McCall

Description: Whitney Young and Tom L. McCall interview. Whitney Young was the Executive Director of the National Urban League from 1961-1971. In 1969, Young received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

85. 1961 Whitney Young Press Conference

1961 Whitney Young Press Conference

Description: Whitney Young Press Conference 1961, Urban League office downtown Portland. Whitney Young was the Executive Director of the National Urban League from 1961-1971. In 1969, Young received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

86. 1961 Vital Housing Facts Forum

1961 Vital Housing Facts Forum

Description: Scene at UL Forum on Vital Housing facts, December 17, 1961, Vancouver Avenue, First Baptist Church. Bottom table from left to right, 5th person, E. Shelton Hill.

87. E. Shelton Hill receiving award

E. Shelton Hill receiving award

Description: Mina Temple Shriner presents E. Shelton Hill with the Outstanding Community Service Award in Race Relations.

88. Woman working at Indian Bureau

Woman working at Indian Bureau

89. 1961 foreign students

1961 foreign students

Description: North Brandy Adventure Club with foreign students

90. 1961 Adventure Club

1961 Adventure Club

Description: North Branch YMCA, Adventure Club, building structures out of popsicles sticks

91. Harriet Waddy and others

Harriet Waddy and others

92. Shelly Hill (middle) and two others

Shelly Hill (middle) and two others

93. Urban League monthly meeting

Urban League monthly meeting

Description: During the monthly meeting of the Urban League of Portland a report was given by Gene Rossman, executive director of the Housing Aurthority of Portland.

94. Gene Rossman, Housing Authority of Portland, presents report to monthly Urban League meeting

Gene Rossman, Housing Authority of Portland, presents report to monthly Urban League meeting

95. Urban League's Forum on Vital Housing Facts

Urban League's Forum on Vital Housing Facts

Description: The Urban Leagues Forum on Vital Housing Facts was held at the Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church.

96. Evelyn Harriman, OTHA, and John Holley at a migrant workers' camp near Sandy, Oregon

Evelyn Harriman, OTHA, and John Holley at a migrant workers' camp near Sandy, Oregon

97. Migrant Camp

Description: John Holley standing. Children being shown photos of themselves by Evelyn Harriman. (Clackamas Co. Migrant Camps)

98. 1963 Annual Meeting

1963 Annual Meeting

Description: 1963 Annual Meeting was held at the University of Portland. Whitney Young, National Urban League Executive Director, was keynote speaker. Head table, left to right: Whitney Young, Dr. DeNorval Unthank, Mrs. Unthank, O. Winston Taggart, Mrs. Sidney Lathrop, Sidney Lathrop

99. Whitney Young Jr.

Whitney Young Jr.

Description: 1963 portrait, executive director of the National Urban League. Delivered a public lecture in May 6, 1963 at Portland State College. Whitney Young was dean of the Atlanta School of Social Work and became the executive director of the National Urban League in 1961. He was also a member of 1960 White House conference on children and youth.

100. 1963 Annual Meeting

1963 Annual Meeting

Description: At the 1963 Annual Meeting, Whitney Young, NUL Executive Director, was the keynote speaker. The event was held at the University of Portland. Head Table, left to right: Catherine Melley, Father James Norton, Richard Neal, Whitney Young, Mrs. Sidney Lathrop, Sidney Lathrop (party hidden), and lower table, left to right: Russ Peyton, Father Divid Fosselman, Helloise Hill, E. Shelton Hill, Walt Holman, Tom Vickers (hidden), Dorothy Vickers and Rev. Othal Lakey.