[DÉFENSE DES MINISTRES] DALMAS (Joseph-Benoît)Livre Rare Book
History of education in Portland. Written by the WPA Adult Education Project under sponsorship of the . . . Edited by. . . .
1937rif. 62207Portland OR: Oregon Project Work Progress Administration 1937. Thick 4to. 6 373 i.e. 377 leaves mimeograph typescript. With 4 plates including 1 portrait 3 of early Portland OR schools. Quarter-green cloth over flexible textured tan boards black lettering stamped on front cover minor shelfwear rubbing very minor sunning to spine slight uniform interior toning still a VG bright copy ownership marking on spine of author of Daniel W. Moore author of Chapter IX in this work inscribed on leaf No. 129 “Chapter IX written by me D.W. Moore” and from library of A. Rodney Eckerson 1930-2024 former purchasing agent for the Port of Portland. First edition signed by Moore of this uncommon and well-researched history detailing the first 90 years of private and public education in the Oregon Territory then State in the Pacific Northwest. Drawing from contemporary newspapers early records manuscript records and archive materials held by the Portland School District and private schools in the Pacific Northwest an entire team of researchers and writers produced this detailed piece for the Federal Works Project Work Progress Administration. Divided largely by decades subjects include the Portland Academy Female Seminary Portland HIgh School Catholic schools Portland University Mill Military College reed College occupational training and even Jewish-American Hebrew Schools first established in Oregon Territory in 1849 up to 1937. [Oregon Project], Work Progress Administration, hardcover
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