Archives West Finding Aid

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.