Collection is open for research..
Gift of Tom and Helen Henderson, June 1990 (Lib. Acc. 20148).
Margaret Rush was a photographer and correspondent for the Oregon Journal newspaper who covered Bonneville Dam construction for three years. She was the only woman in the county covering a government construction project at the time. She also wrote about bus travel and the history of bus systems.
Margaret Rush papers, Mss 2870, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Photographs were separated from Margaret Rush's papers and designated Org. Lot 685, the Margaret Rush photograph collection, at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library. The photograph collection is unprocessed.
The collection (1937-1939) primarily consists of a manuscript and chapter fragments of "So I Went By Bus," written by Margaret Rush about early Portland, family life, and her trip to New York in 1939. The manuscript includes descriptions of bus travel and the history of bus systems. Other material in the collection includes press releases, dated 1937, of progress on the Bonneville Dam by Captain Colby M. Myers, executive officer, Corps of Engineers, and a photocopy of a 1938 Oregon Journal article relating to Rush's activities.
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