Oregon Historical Society, Research
Library
Coll
452
Harkson family
Harkson and Bingman family
collection
1875-2012
6.1 cubic feet
10 document cases, 4 flat boxes, 2 card file
boxes, 2 oversize folders
Written materials and photographs
realted to the Harkson and Bingman families. Materials
are in English and
Danish.
Henry Harkson (also spelled Harksen) was born in Denmark in 1863. He
came to the United States in 1883, where he met his wife, another Danish
immigrant named Clara Johnson. The family moved to Portland in 1906, where
Henry entered the banking and real estate business. He co-founded Otto &
Harkson Realty with Louis C. Otto, and helped organize the
Scandanavian-American Bank in Portland and the Multnomah State Bank in Lents.
In 1912, Harkson was appointed the Danish Vice-Consul of Oregon, an office he
held until 1933, when his son Sherman became vice consul; Sherman held the
position until 1948. Like his father, Sherman worked in the real estate
business. Sherman Harkson's daughter Rohde married Glenn Joseph Bingman in
1946, and the two had a son and a daughter, Paul and Mary.
The collection contains the papers and photographs of the Harkson and
Bingman families, as well as other families related to them, such as the Rohde
and Henningson families. Papers include business records, postcard
correspondence, Danish-language ephemera, and materials related to the
education of Sherman Harkson, Rohda Harkson and Paul Bingman. The collection's
photographs include 2 albums, loose family photographs, photographs related to
the Portland Danish consul's office, and 775 black and white negatives, many of
which depitct properties which did business through the Harkson family's real
estate firm, Otto & Harkson Realty Company.
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The collection has been arranged in the following series:
- Series A: Papers
- Series B: Photographs
The collection is open to the public.
The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the
Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication,
and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library
prior to any use of reproductions. The Society does not necessarily hold
copyright to all the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission
for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the
copyright holders.
Harksons and Bingman family collection, Coll 452, Oregon Historical
Society Research Library.
Lib. Acc. 27623, 28757.
Processed by Sue Armitage and Jeffrey A. Hayes.
Newspaper issues relating to the John F. Kennedy presidency, 1940
issue of the Washington High School Lens, and the 1990 50th anniversary reunion
issue of the Washington High School Lens were separated into the Serials
collection. 18 posters and fliers separated into topical collections.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Harkson
family--Archives
Harkson
family--Photographs
Bingman
family--Archives
Bingman
family--Photographs
Harkson,
Henry, 1863-1934.
Harkson,
Sherman, 1863-1934.
Bingman,
Rohda Harkson, 1922-.
Bingman,
Paul, 1948-2011.
Rohde
family.
Henningson
family.
Otto & Harkson Realty
Company (Portland, Or.)
Gearhart
(Or.)--Photographs.
Oregon--Photographs.
Portland
(Or.)--Photographs.
Portland
(Or.)--Consulates--Danish--Photographs.
Diplomatic and consular
service, Danish--Oregon--Portland
Public
schools--Oregon--Portland.
Real estate
business--Oregon--Portland.
Businesses and corporations
Home and family
Oregon
Portland
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Negatives
(Photographs)
Postcards.
Printed
ephemera.
Business
records
Series A
Papers
1875-1991
Subseries 1
Danish-related materials
1/1
Loose materials from Harkson family bible
All materials in Danish.
1/2
Songbook Songs are in
Danish.
1/3
Brochure advertising tenor Povl Bjornskjold
1923 November
Brochure about Danish-born tenor Bjornskold, who lived in
Portland, Oregon.
1/4
By-Laws for Portland Lodge No. 167 of the Danish
Brotherhood
Subseries 2
Henry Harkson
1/5
Passport
1/6
Ledger
1913-1923
1/7
Newspaper clippings
Subseries 3
Sherman Harkson
1/7
Newspaper clippings
1/8
Issues of "The Cardinal," Lincoln High School
1911-1912
1/9
Lincoln High School yearbook
1912
1/10
Military papers
1919-1921
1/11
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army
1911
1/12
Stock certificates and related correpsondence
1/13
Volunteer Fire Department documents
1/14
Portland foreign consular corps roster
circa 1948
Lists Sherman Harkson as Danish consul.
1/15
Masonic and Shriner materials.
1/16
Other correspondence and ephemera
Subseries 4
Rohda Harkson Bingman
2/1
School workbook
2/2
Handwriting practice sheets
Composition books which she most likely used as a pupil at
Duniway school.
2/3
Duniway School Christmas program
1935 December
Used while Rohda Harkson was a pupil at Duniway School.
2/4
Education and graduation cards and ephemera
2/5
Issue of "The Arrow of Delta Phi"
1942 May
Box 12
Scrapbook
Subseries 5
Paul Bingman
2/6
Essay on Portland's history
2/7
Birthday card
2/8
Railroad-related ephemera
2/9
Catlin-Gabel fundraising letter and notebook
1969
Subseries 6
Other personal papers and ephemera
2/10
Invitation, programs, etc. for Ronald Reagan's
presidential inauguration
1981 January
2/11
Postcard correspondence
15/1
Portland Public High School summer courses brochure
1944
15/2
Loose scrapbook page with newspaper articles about
Rohda and Sherman Harkson
15/4
Invitation to and program for Ronald Reagan's
presidential inauguration (oversize)
1981 January
15/5
Certificates, awards, etc.
Includes documents in
Danish.
Oversize 1
Map of Eastmoreland; oversize certificates
15/6
Scarlet fever quarantine sign
Box 11
Postcard album
Subseries 7
Business papers
2/12
Otto & Harkson Realty Company documents
15/3
Otto & Harkson Realty Company - Gearhart Park
plot maps
2/13
Otto & Harkson Realty Company - Michael Conrardy
materials
1902-1956
Materials gathered for an inquiry into the inheritance tax
status of American properties owned by residents of Luxembourg. Includes a
letter from the Luxembourg Embassy, an identification card for Conrardy, and
Conrardy's 1902 naturalization papers.
3/1
Otto & Harkson Realty Company - stock certificate
book
3/2
The Harkraft Corporation - stock certificate book
3/3
Arctic Cold Storage Company - stock certificate book
Series B
Photographs
circa 1875-2012
Subseries 1
Prints
4/1
Henry and Sherman Harkson; Danish Consulate
4/2
Sherman Harkson
4/3
Rohda Harkson - 8th Grade Class portrait Duniway
School
circa 1936
4/4
Rohda Harkson Bingman - Duniway School reunion
1976
4/5
Family photographs (1)
4/6
Family photographs (2)
4/7
Family photographs (3)
4/8
Family photographs (4)
4/9
Family photographs (5)
4/10
Family photographs (6)
5/1
Family photographs (7)
5/2
Family photographs (8)
5/3
Gearhart, Oregon
Includes photographs of the Harkson residence in Gearhart.
5/4
H Bar H Ranch (1)
5/5
H Bar H Ranch (2)
5/6
H Bar H Ranch (3)
5/7
Unidentified ranch
Ranch possibly belonged to the Harkson family.
5/8
Elkhorn region, circa 1942
5/9
Arctic Cold Storage Company
5/10
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition miniatures
5/11
Downtown Portland
circa 1937
5/12
SE Madison Apartment building
Presumably a property owned by either Henry or Sherman
Harkson's realty company.
5/13
Other Portland photographs
5/14
Musical performance at unidentified bar
5/15
Unidentified ship
5/16
Train trip album pages
2 album pages from undated trip.
5/17
Postcard photographs
15/7
Oversize photographs (1)
15/8
Oversize photographs (2)
Oversize 2
Oversize photographs (3)
Box 16
Group photographs
Items restricted for preservation reasons.
Subseries 2
Negatives
Largely derived from negative packets. Arranged in order of
assigned negative number. Some, but not all, negatives have corresponding
prints in the collection. In some cases, original packet is included alongside
rehoused negatives.
Many of the negatives appear to be of properties which did
business through Sherman Harkson's realty company in the late 1940s and early
1950s; oftentimes the original packet would list several locations, and it is
often unclear which image is of which location.
Access to negatives is restricted.
6/1
"Winter - Wilsonville farm"
Contains negatives 1-6.
6/2
Rohda Harkson and friends in Eugene, Oregon
1944 April
Contains negatives 7-21.
6/3
"Harkson farm pictures and 4th and Taylor"
1953
Contains negatives 22-27.
6/4
Wilsonville farm
circa 1945
Contains negatives 28-41.
6/5
"Hark's farm"
1937 May 3
Contains negatives 42-47.
Farm is probably the same as one called "Wilsonville farm."
6/6
"Hark's farm"
circa 1940
Contains negatives 48-58.
6/7
6th Avenue and Jefferson, Portland, Oregon
1939 March
Contains negatives 59-65.
6/8
"High warer films of Wilsonville farm"
circa 1942
Contains negatives 66-71.
6/9
Elkhorn
circa 1942
Contains negatives 72-79.
Prints for some of these negatives in folder 5/8.
6/10
Hunting party at Pendleton
1935
Contains negatives 80-85.
6/11
Moore Court
1936 June
Contains negatives 86-88.
6/12
Astoria fishing trip
1948
Contains negatives 89-106.
6/13
"First pictures of Mary - Also Paul"
circa 1953
Contains negatives 107-116.
Names refer to Rohda Harkson Bingman's children, Mary and
Paul.
6/14
Paul Bingman
circa 1950
Contains negatives 117-124.
6/15
"Paul at beach"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 125-133.
6/16
Rohda Harkson serving U.S. Naval Hospitals in San
Diego and Philadelphia
circa 1945
Contains negatives 134-174.
6/17
Solvang, California
1952
Contains negatives 175-184.
6/18
Solvang, California
circa 1952
Contains negatives 185-202.
7/1
Gearhart, Oregon
1951
Contains negatives 203-208.
Includes images of Paul Bingman.
7/2
Wilsonville farm - cabin and gate
circa 1945
Contains negatives 209-219.
7/3
Christmas
circa 1950
Contains negatives 220-224.
7/4
"House pictures for office"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 225-230.
7/5
Photos of Paul Bingman for Christmas cards
circa 1952
Contains negatives 231-236.
7/6
"Paul and Rohda's party"
1951 December
Contains negatives 237-253.
7/7
"Campbell place at Zig Zag"
circa 1943
Contains negatives 254-257.
7/8
"Clatskine Farm"
circa 1945
Contains negatives 258-262.
Farm may have belonged to an O. R, Jorgensen.
7/9
"Smoke house Gearhart"
1948
Contains negatives 263-268.
7/10
"Bob's house at Gearhart"
circa 1953
Contains negatives 269-291.
7/11
Galloway Dairy
circa 1950
Contains negatives 292-297.
7/12
"Bob Ashworth basement"
circa 1952
Contains negatives 298-308.
Includes exterior images of a house, presumably Ashworth's,
and an image of a boy. Negative 304 is of a boy playing a trumpet, most likely
Paul Bingman, which was in original packet.
7/13
Beamish farm
circa 1950
Contains negatives 309-314.
7/14
"New Year's Eve Cover House"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 315-319.
7/15
"Chas Bauer House"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 320-322.
7/16
"Sohrweid McMinnville"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 323-328.
7/17
H Bar H Dude Ranch, Wren, Oregon
circa 1945
Contains negatives 329-359.
Images were shot at multiple times, on different-sized film.
7/18
Unidentified house
Contains negatives 360-361.
Images were found in a packe that also contained images
relating the the H Bar H Ranch.
7/19
"John Arlen house / House 4210 SE 63 Ave. / Moore
Court"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 362-367.
8/1
"Paul Flash Pic at Tenino / Fargo Store"
circa 1949
Contains negatives 368-372.
8/2
"Weinriess House / Cooper Farm / 200 Acres out of
Newberg"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 373-378.
8/3
"Farm Pictures / Wortman, Deer Island / Schoonover /
Longview"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 379-384.
8/4
"Farm van Bauel, Scapoose / Lester Allen, Rainier"
circa 1954
Contains negatives 385-389.
8/5
"Lauele Estate Bldgs. / White House Court"
1954 August
Contains negatives 390-395.
8/6
"Wren Farm and Amity"
circa 1945
Contains negatives 396-403.
Images of the H Bar H Ranch.
8/7
"Stallion Dude Ranch / Hark's Farm / Cabins at Dude
Ranch"
circa 1945
Contains negatives 404-417.
8/8
"Archie House / Koeppen / Jones (Vancouver) / Hauvan
(Reedville) / Simonson on 174 Ave."
circa 1950
Contains negatives 418-423.
8/9
"Houses and Walnut Orchard Guild"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 424-429.
8/10
"Sickler Farm at Newberg / Niell Ranch near
Wilsonville"
circa 1954
Contains negatives 430-435.
8/11
"Waldron Farm Houses / Boneth-Eckton / Copilla - 4
Plex"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 436-441.
8/12
"Solandro on Sauvies Is. / Wagner Dairy near Canby /
House on SW 1st Ave. (Don)"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 442-447.
8/13
"House Weinreiss / Amoto / Sue Newton / Mrs. Block"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 448-453.
8/14
"Farm at Coltan / 4323 NE Ainsworth / 2291 SE 35th
Place / Log Cabin near Scapoose"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 454-458.
8/15
"Big Farn near Dilley / Rancho on 99 Ave / Duplex 21
& Market / Small House in Sellwood"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 459-464.
8/16
"Columbia River Front / Sauvies Is. / Casey, Nelson
& Hoehlen House / Deer Island" circa 1950
circa 1950
Contains negatives 465-471.
8/17
"Farms - Beck / Crook / Wilson"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 472-477.
8/18
"Bauer's End / Newberg (Rex) Farm / Jerrett See /
1849 King St. / Seattle 44 Wash"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 478-482.
8/19
"Casey & Groeger Farms"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 483-488.
8/20
"Farm Pictures - Morgan / Senko / Stovener /
Goldbeck"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 488A-495.
9/1
"House and Farm 8/20/53 / Gearhart - Joe Arnold (West
Union)"
1953-08
Contains negatives 496-501.
9/2
"New Year's Eve (the Ellisons) and Paul & Joe"
circa 1952
Contains negatives 502-510.
9/3
"Dairy Ranch at coast / Paul Bingman"
circa 1949
Contains negatives 511-521.
9/4
"Farm at Scio / Barn at Goble"
circa 1953
Contains negatives 522-527.
9/5
"Farm, Hedlind, White at Seaside"
circa 1953
Contains negatives 528-533.
9/6
Fred and Sherman Harkson
circa 1950
Contains negatives 534-537.
9/7
"Dairy at Turner 188 H near Salem"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 538-543.
9/8
Family pictures
circa 1953
Contains negatives 544-554.
Original packet labeled "Flashlight at House."
9/9
"Lewellan Farm, La Center / White Duplex, Seaside"
1954 August
Contains negatives 555-560.
9/10
"Farm Films - 'Childs' / Annakos / Molalla"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 561-566.
9/11
"Bostrom 40 Acre Farm / Scott Fortner 20 Acres /
Anieker House on Harold Ave. / Filling Station Attendent [sic] by Shell
Station"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 567-572
9/12
"Pictures at Rohda's House with Mrs. Garretson"
circa 1952
Contains negatives 573-584.
9/13
"10 Acres Orchard / Mrs. Margaret Brown, Scapoose /
Card Farm off Foster Road / Rekdohl on Hume Court"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 585-590.
9/14
"Robitsch / Paul's Train"
circa 1954
Contains negatives 591-597.
9/15
Zosel family
circa 1950
Contains negatives 598-603.
9/16
"Durst on Drift Creek"
circa 1937
Contains negatives 604-609.
9/17
Bob Henningson residence, Gearhart
circa 1950
Contains negatives 610-612.
9/18
"Paul, Mary & Matthew / Paul & Cannon /
Paul's Birthday / Christmas Cards"
circa 1954
Contains negatives 613-632.
9/19
"Dude Ranch"
1942 October
Contains negatives 633-638.
Images are presumably of H Bar H Ranch.
9/20
"New Cat at Wilsonville Farm (Also Machine Shed)"
1948 March
Contains negatives 639-647.
"Cat" in title refers to Caterpillar tractor.
9/21
"Picture of Office / Dayton & Dallas Farms / Mrs.
Johnson House off Barbur Blvd"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 648-653.
9/22
"Seaside Court and Paul"
circa 1951
Contains negatives 654-659.
9/23
"Ocean Lake and 3107 S.E. Capitol"
circa 1937
Contains negatives 660-667.
9/24
"Farm Pictures - Harmon / Brown / Goble and 7939 S.W.
11th"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 668-673.
10/1
"Mike / Geo Peterson / Aok Grove Group"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 674-679.
10/2
"Gearhart and one of Rohda's birthday parties"
1932 February
Contains negatives 680-685.
10/3
Gearhart, Oregon
circa 1951
Contains negatives 686-705.
10/4
"Farm Pictures / Gearhart Houses"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 706-717.
10/5
"Mike Farms 61 Acres Deer Island Orchards Farm"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 718-721.
10/6
"Mrs. Spuiney, Beaverton / Weihe, 162 Ave / Mrs.
Baker, Wilsonville / H. M. Nixon, Sherwood"
1956 March
Contains negatives 722-727.
10/7
"Rogers Jewell / Netting on Willamette / Puget Island
/ Bonny Farm"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 728-733.
10/8
"Bill Kochs, 8 Acres / Mrs. Ogan / Pusaten 8 Folex"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 734-739.
10/9
"Fauver Dairy / DeBuhr - 40 Acres / J. H. Carter, 10
Acres near Richfield Wn"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 740-745.
10/10
"Mrs. Winninghaul (Clackamas) / W. F. Henningson Farm
/ Jo Jergen Farm, Canby / Mrs. Brighouse (Sherwood)"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 746-751.
10/11
"Mrs. Block House / Pincin House / Barreth &
Twelt / Rodak Farm / Busey [Farm]"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 752-757.
10/12
"Geo Peterson House / England 50 A S of Hillsboro /
132 Acres near Redland"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 758-761.
10/13
"Inside House at Beach / La Velle's House / Doctor's
Clinic / Inside Bauer's House"
circa 1950
Contains negatives 762-771.
10/14
Individual Negatives
circa 1933
1937 August
circa 1942
Contains negatives 772-774.
Negatives are as follows:
- 772: Henry Harkson and four others, circa 1933
- 773: "McDonaugh at Farm," August 1937
- 774: Rohda Harkson and Jean Hoover in Eugene, Oregon,
circa 1942
Subseries 3
Albums
Box 13
Album
circa 1910-1935
Box 14
Loose album pages
1918-1948 (bulk 1942-1948)