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Our oral history program amplifies diverse experiences of Portland City government through conversation.
The Archives & Records Management Division of the Portland City Auditor's Office operates the Portland Archives & Records Center, making City administrative and historical records accessible to the public and City employees. Archives & Records established the oral history program in 2022 with the goal to gather and preserve stories of projects, activities, movements, and people that live in Portland. Through this work, we aim to highlight Portland history that is otherwise undocumented in the City Archives.
Explore the archives oral history collection here
Keeping the Flame of Love and Creativity Alive
We are excited to announce our latest oral history project in collaboration with Street Books. From February 2024 to March 2025, the Portland City Archives and Street Books collaborated on an oral history project to collect and preserve the history of Street Books and the patrons they serve. Street Books is a mobile library that provides community, resources, and advocacy for people living outside or at the margins in Portland.
Street Books serves a community whose stories are often left out of the historical record. This project gave us an opportunity to use oral history as a tool to amplify diverse experiences and memories of life in Portland. Listen to the interviews related to this project by clicking here.