Papers of the director of the People's Institute of Portland, Oregon, a non-sectarian service organization for women and children, founded in 1904. Records of the People's Institute in the collection include correspondence, the organization's constitution, articles of incorporation, annual reports, meeting minutes, and subject files. Other papers in the collection include correspondence, autobiographical notes, speeches, and writings of Valentine Prichard, among them a piece titled "Origin and development of the Portland Free Dispensary."