Volume 33 Issue 4 December 2007 Meier and Frank Co. delivery truck, Portland, circa 1905, from the Meier and Frank collection, Mss 2866, Oregon Historical Society Research Library The Meier & Frank Collection (Profile on Page 17) Page 2 December 2007 EASY ACCESS President’s Message Published quarterly by the Northwest Archivists, Inc. Editor Seasons Greetings, comrades! John Bolcer University of Washington I hope your holidays are warm and filled with <
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