Portland City Archives & Records Management invites you to join our celebration of American Archives Month, Building Bridges: A City Archives Open House, on October 12th, 2024, from 2:00 - 5:00 pm. Enjoy activities such as trivia games and demonstrations of our online archives database, Efiles. Step into our oral history booth to record your story of life in Portland – like a StoryCorps for our city! Bring a photograph or document to digitize at a family archive scanning station.

Featured speakers from the Albina Music Trust will discuss their community archives dedicated to the restoration of a Black community’s historic musical culture that amplifies the legacy of Albina’s musician community. Catch Albina Music Trust at 3:30 pm and join a behind-the-scenes tour of the City Archives at either 3:00 pm or 4:15 pm. We are also excited to welcome Vanport Mosaic, Oregon Queer History Collective, and Don’t Shoot PDX as community partners!