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Griffis
Griffis, George P.
George P. Griffis Portfolio and
Scrapbook
1942-1979
1947-1979
0.25 cubic foot
1 oversize box
The George P. Griffis Portfolio and
Scrapbook were assembled by Griffis to document his career with
The Oregonian newspaper and the Pacific
National Advertising Agency in Portland, Oregon, during the 1940s-1960s.
Griffis attended Oregon State College from 1926 to 1929 and was national
advertising manager for the Barometer
campus newspaper.
Materials in English.
Biographical Note:
George P. Griffis attended Oregon State College from 1926 to 1929 and
studied engineering and business. During his student years, he was
national advertising manager for the
Barometer campus newspaper; he continued
this work as promotion manager for The
Oregonian newspaper in Portland, Oregon, from 1929 until 1951. In
1951, Griffis left the The Oregonian to
work for the Pacific National Advertising Agency where he worked until
1963, when he formed his own advertising firm.
The George P. Griffis Publishing Internship at the Oregon State
University Press was established in 2010.
The George P. Griffis Portfolio and Scrapbook were assembled by Griffis
to document his career with
The Oregonian newspaper and the Pacific
National Advertising Agency in Portland, Oregon. The portfolio was
assembled in 1979 as part of an assignment on prior learning experience
for the Marylhurst Education Center at Marylhurst University in Portland.
The portfolio includes narrative essays by Griffis in which he describes
his educational background and work experience with detailed examples of
the the skills he gained and lessons he learned. It also includes
newspaper clippings, articles, and correspondence and documents his
military service during World War II and training in radio
communications.
The scrapbook contains a series of newspaper articles published in an
Oregonian series promoting Oregon cities in
1947-1948 that were arranged and written by Griffis in his role as
promotion manager for The Oregonian. The
scrapbook includes clippings of the articles, published responses, and
poster-size reproductions of the full page spreads for each city as they
were featured in Sunday issues of the newspaper. The scrapbook also
includes advertisements promoting these cities that were developed by the
The Oregonian and published nationally. The
featured Oregon cities were Albany, Astoria, Baker, Coos Bay and North
Bend, Corvallis, Eugene, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, La Grande, Medford,
Pendleton, Roseburg, Salem, and The Dalles. Kelso and Longview,
Washington, were also featured in one issue.
Collection is open for research.
George P. Griffis Portfolio and Scrapbook, Oregon State University
Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
The materials were donated to the Archives in 2010 by Griffis'
daughter, Joan E. Griffis.
The Archives includes several collections documenting the work of
alumni journalists and newspaper writers and publishers, including the
Frank H.
Bartholomew Collection,
Hope
Chamberlin Newspaper Columns, the
Judith
Carol Carlson Oral History Interview with Robert C. Ingalls (OH
02), and the
Fred M.
Shideler Papers.
Marylhurst
University.
Advertising,
Newspaper--Oregon.
Cities and
towns--Oregon.
Portland (Or.)--Newspapers.
Scrapbooks.
Advertising and
Marketing
City and Town Life
Colleges and
Universities
Journalism
Oregon
Astoria
Corvallis
Eugene
Portland
Salem
Scrapbooks