Library Association (Portland, Or.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
The library board and the conscientious objector: a study in war hysteria
Collection
Identifier: Mss2434
Abstract
Photocopy typescript draft of a master of arts thesis, 59 pages, May 1968, regarding the case of Miss M. Louise Hunt, a conscientious objector and employee of the Portland Library Association, and the public hysteria that resulted in her dismissal during World War I.
Dates:
1968
Milton Smith Wirt papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 851
Abstract
Papers of a lawyer and civic leader of Portland, Oregon. Includes extensive correspondence relating to land claims, real estate controversies, and tax delinquencies, as well as correspondence and financial documents relating to the Library Association of Portland, the Multnomah Law Library, the Portland Free Kindergarten Association, the Oregon Historical Society, and other organizations and business concerns. Also includes ephemera and personal financial documents.
Dates:
1861-1923; Majority of material found within 1890-1920