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Through a collaboration with the Oregon State Library and with support from the Schwemm Family Foundation, a portion of our historic collections is now online as part of the Northwest Digital Heritage platform. Our online collections include photos, documents, objects, and audio recordings - and we're adding more all
Search for the answer in our archives! Resources include over 70 years of the Gresham Outlook (our local newspaper) as well as thousands of historic documents and photos covering over 150 years of our community's heritage.
Contact us to book a research room appointment.
Containing over 3,000 objects, the Museum Collection spans Gresham's history and contains innumerable stories that our curators share via rotating exhibits.
Whether you own a historic property or just want to learn more about our built environment, you're in luck! There are multiple ways you can search for a house or property online. The documents below include a guide to finding and using these resources.
If you can't find the information you're looking for in the documents below, we suggest contacting the Multnomah County Tax Assessor's office for a property card. Property owners may also hire a title company to research a property's chain of ownership back to the first land claim.
Witter Residence on South Roberts, constructed in 1906
Guide to Researching Homes in Gresham (pdf)
DownloadCity of Gresham Updated Inventory of Historic and Cultural Landmarks part 1 (2016) (pdf)
DownloadCity of Gresham Updated Inventory of Historic and Cultural Landmarks part 2 (2016) (pdf)
DownloadHistoric Resources Inventory Report - Introduction (1987) (pdf)
DownloadHistoric Resources Inventory Report - Index, Maps, Evaluation Criteria (1987) (pdf)
DownloadHistoric Resources Inventory Report - Ambleside through Cleveland (ordered by street name) (pdf)
DownloadHistoric Resources Inventory Report - Division through Kelly (ordered by street name) 1987 (pdf)
DownloadHistoric Resources Inventory Report - Liberty through Main (ordered by street name) 1987 (pdf)
DownloadHistoric Resources Inventory Report - Mignonette through Palmquist (ordered by street name) 1987 (pdf)
DownloadA project of University of Oregon libraries, this searchable database contains almost 2,400,000 pages from Oregon newspapers dated 1846 - 2023 - including Gresham newspapers the Outlook and Beaver State Herald.
Access the full span of the Oregonian and Oregon Journal with your library card, including articles, obituaries, and the funny pages.
This free online resource compiles the digital collections of many archives, libraries, and museums in our region including the Oregon Historical Society and the Oregon State Library. Our online collections are also housed here!
The records of the General Land Office within the Bureau of Land Management include land patents (including Donation Land Act records), survey plats, land status records, tract books, and a land catalog, all digitally available for free.
A searchable database of historic, color-coded fire insurance maps published by the Sanborn Map Company housed in the Library of Congress. Fire insurance maps are distinctive because of the sophisticated set of symbols that allows complex information to be conveyed clearly.
Do you have belongings, papers, or family photos you're interested in donating to the Gresham Historical Society? We'd like to hear about them!
GHS offers an array of rotating exhibits on themes in local history, changing every year to feature different subjects. Explore this year's exhibits with a kid-friendly museum scavenger hunt!
Donate to the restoration fund for the two iconic polar bear signs from the Polar King Restaurant. Help us reach $10,000 by December 31!
GHS volunteers and staff are working hard to find great local history stories and share them with you. Check out their research on our YouTube channel and learn about upcoming lectures at the museum.
Learn what's going on behind the scenes at the museum on the GHS blog. Volunteers and staff compile their research and stories from the archives with historic photos.
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