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Welcome to Portland

Use the library's collection of books, maps, music and film to explore Portland's history, cultural scene and attractions.

Connect to the library's About Portland to learn more about The City That Works.

All titles shelved in nonfiction collection, except as noted: Fiction=fiction, M=mystery, j=juvenile, Y=teen, ZINE=zines, CD=music CD, DVD=media

Pictorial works
History
Guidebooks and maps
Stories set in Portland
Magazines and newspapers
Music
Films
For kids

Pictorial works

Dodds, Linda: Portland Then and Now

(2001)

979.549 D642p 2001
Nelson, Donald R.: Historic Photos of Portland

(2006)

979.549 N425h
Priester, Mary: Interstate MAX Public Art Guide

(2004)

709.7954 P949i
Wortman, Sharon Wood: The Portland Bridge Book

(2006)

624.2 W879p 2006

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History

Blankenship, Judy: Intersections: TriMet Interstate MAX Light Rail Community History Project: Stories from Interstate Avenue

(2003)

979.549 B642i 2003
City of Portland, Bureau of Planning: History of Portland's African American Community (1805-to the Present)

(1993)

979.5004 H673
Dietsche, Robert: Jumptown : The Golden Years of Portland Jazz, 1942-1957

(2005)

781.6509 D566j
Kitagiri, George: Nihonmachi: Portland's Japantown Remembered

(2002)

979.549 K62n 2002
Langer, Elinor: A Hundred Little Hitlers: The Death of a Black Man, the Trial of a White Racist, and the Rise of the Neo-Nazi Movement in America

(2003)

305.8 L276h 2003
Lansing, Jewel Beck: Portland : People, Politics, and Power, 1851-2001

(2005)

979.549 L295p 2005
Love, Matt: The Far Out Story of Vortex I : Part Two of the Beaver State Trilogy

(2004)

979.5 L897f 2004
Munk, Michael: The Portland Red Guide : Sites & Stories of Our Radical Past

(2007)

979.549 M966p 2007
Olsen, Polina: The Immigrants' Children : Jewish and Italian Memories of Old South Portland

(2006)

979.549 O52i 2006
Ritz, Richard E.: Central Library: Portland's Crown Jewel

(2000)

027.4795 R615c 2000
Snyder, Eugene E.: Early Portland : Stump-town Triumphant, Rival Townsites on the Willamette, 1831-1854

(1984)

979.51 S67e
Snyder, Eugene E.: Portland Names and Neighborhoods: Their Historic Origins

1979)

917.9549 S675p
Stanford, Phil: Portland Confidential: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Rose City

(2004)

364.1092 S785p 2004
Thompson, Richard: Portland's Streetcars

(2006)

388.46 T475p 2006
Wong, Marie Rose: Sweet Cakes, Long Journey: The Chinatowns of Portland, Oregon

(2004)

979.549 W872s 2004

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Guidebooks and maps

—: Eat.Shop.Portland.

(various editions)

917.9549 W452e
—: Portland Greenmap : A Guide to Places and Resources that Make Portland Sustainable

(2002)

MAP 912.79549 P8515 2002
Boehmer, Gabriel H.: City of Readers: The Book Lover's Guide to Portland

(2006)

917.9549 B671c 2006
Foster, Laura O.: Portland Hill Walks: Twenty Explorations in Parks and Neighborhoods

(2005)

917.9549 F755p 2005
Geon, Bryan: Newcomer's Handbook for Moving to and Living in Portland : Including Vancouver, Gresham, Hillsboro, Beaverton, and Wilsonville

(2007)

917.9549 G345n 2007
Gerard, Paul: 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles, Portland

(2007)

917.9549 G354s 2007
Granton, Shawn O.: Zinester's Guide to Portland

(2007)

ZINE 917.9549 ZINESTERS
Houck, Michael C.: Wild in the City: A Guide to Portland's Natural Areas

(2000)

917.9549 W668 2000
Houle, Marcy Cottrell: One City's Wilderness: Portland's Forest Park

(1996)

917.9549 H838o
Metropolitan Service District (Or.): Bike There! : 2007 Bicycle Map for the Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

(2007)

MAP 796.65 M594b 2007
Palahniuk, Chuck.: Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon

(2003)

917.9549 P153f 2003

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Stories set in Portland

—: Reading Portland: The City in Prose

(2006)

810.8 R287 2006
Cain, Chelsea: Heartsick

(2007)

Fiction
Dunn, Katherine: Geek Love

(1989)

Fiction DUNN
French, Wendy: sMothering

(2003)

Fiction
Gies, Martha: Up All Night

(2004)

331.2574 G455u 2004
Henry, April: Circles of Confusion

(1999)

M
LeGuin, Ursula K.: Blue Moon Over Thurman Street

(1993)

811.5 L521bm
Margolin, Phillip: The Undertaker's Widow

(1998)

Fiction
Waiwaiole, Lono: Wiley's Lament

(2003)

Fiction
Zellnik, Miriam: Murder at the Portland Variety : A Libby Seale Mystery

(2005)

M

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Magazines and newspapers

—: Business Journal of Portland

(monthly)

Periodical
—: Portland Mercury

(weekly)

Periodical
—: Portland Monthly

(monthly)

Periodical
—: Portland Tribune

(biweekly)

Periodical
—: Street Roots

(monthly)

Periodical
—: Willamette Week

(weekly)

Periodical

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Music

—: PDX Pop Now!

(2006)

CD Popular PDX
Decemberists: The Crane Wife

(2006)

CD Popular DECEMBERISTS
DeLay, Paul: Ocean Of Tears

(1996)

CD Blues PAUL
Kingsmen: Louie Louie: The Very Best of the Kingsmen

(1999)

On Order
Lifesavas: Gutterfly

(2007)

CD Rap LIFESAVAS
Phelps, Kelly Joe: Shine Eyed Mister Zen

(1999)

CD Blues PHELPS
Pink Martini: Sympathique

(1997)

CD Popular PINK
Portland Youth Philharmonic: Fountain of Youth

(1998)

CD- 785.2 P852f
Smith, Elliott: Either/or

(1996)

CD Popular SMITH
Wipers: Wipers Box Set

(2001)

CD Popular WIPERS

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Films

—: Birddog

(199)

DVD Drama Birddog
—: Drugstore Cowboy

(1989)

DVD Drama DRUGSTORE
—: Good Work, Sister! Women Shipyard Workers of World War II: An Oral History

(2006, c1982)

DVD 331.48 GOOD
—: The Three Rabbis: Three Men, Half a Century, One Community

(2005)

DVD 296.092 THREE
—: X-Ray Visions: A Look at Inside Portland's Legendary X-Ray Cafe: A Documentary

(2005)

DVD 647.95 XRAY

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For Kids

Cleary, Beverly: A Girl from Yamhill : A Memoir

(1988)

j B-C623g
Cleary, Beverly: Henry Huggins series and Ramona Quimby series

call numbers vary

Click here to learn more about Beverly Cleary's neighborhood.
Karbo, Karen: Minerva Clark mystery series

Y
Nix, Nelle: Out and About with Kids, Portland: The Ultimate Family Guide for Fun and Learning

(2006)

917.9549 N736o 2006