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The Branford Price Millar Library is the library of Portland State University (PSU) in Portland, Oregon, United States.Built in 1968, the academic library was doubled in size in 1991 and houses over 1 million volumes.
Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans . It evolved into a four-year college over the next 20 years and was granted university status in 1969.
The cinema opened in October 1970, under the name Cine-Mini Theater in rented space formerly used by the Portland State University Bookstore. Larry Moyer, owner of Moyer Theaters and rival brother of Tom Moyer, believed that Portland was ready for an intimate, fully automated niche market movie house where the projector, house music, curtains, and house lights were automatically controlled.
The center was founded as In Other Words Women's Books and Resources in 1993 by Johanna Brenner, the Women's Studies program coordinator at Portland State University at that time, along with Kathryn Tetrick, and Catherine Sameh. The trio opened the store in response to the closure of Portland's only other feminist bookstore, A Woman's Space. [1]
Powell's Books is a in Portland, Oregon based chain of bookstores. Their flagship store, dubbed Powell's City of Books, claims to be the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world. [3] In addition to Powell's City of Books, Powell's currently operates three other Portland area stores, [4] as well as a satellite store in the town of ...
The largest university in the state is Oregon State University (OSU), with an enrollment of just over 36,000 (2023). [3] OSU has branch campuses in Portland, Bend and Newport. The largest institution of higher education in the state is Portland Community College, based in Southwest Portland. The college serves the state's largest metropolitan ...
Rose City Book Pub is a bookstore, bar, and cafe on Fremont Street in northeast Portland's Sabin neighborhood. The business hosts comedy [2] and musical acts, open mics, [3] poetry readings, [4] trivia, writing workshops, and other activities regularly. [5] [6] Rose City Book Pub has indoor and outdoor seating. [7]
The Knowledge is a mural depicting books from Portland State University's (PSU) Branford Price Millar Library, installed along Southwest Fifth Avenue between Hall and College streets on the campus. According to PSU, the book titles "reflect education and sustainability efforts" and were selected by students, faculty, and staff.