Portland Women's Research Club records

Collection

Identifier: Mss1642

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection includes minutes of the Executive Board, 5 volumes, 1916-1936 and 1939-1950; minutes of program and business meetings, 7 volumes, 1916-1944 and 1950-1956; membership records, 3 volumes, 1916-1944; financial records, 8 volumes, 1928-1942 and 1944-1951; scrapbooks, 1953-1966; membership booklets, with constitution and by-laws, 1920-1966; history of the club, "A Backward Glance - Fifty Years," 1966.

Dates

Creation: 1916-1966

Creator

Portland Women's Research Club (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Administrative history

The Portland Women's Research Club was an organization devoted to "study of national, state and municipal government, economics, current topics and parliamentary law." It donated land and money to the Children's Farm Home in Corvallis, the Pilot Education Program for the School for Mentally and Physically Handicapped Children in Portland, the Oregon Historical Society and the University of Oregon.

Extent

2 Cubic Feet (2 Paige cartons)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Portland Women's Research Club was an organization devoted to "study of national, state and municipal government, economics, current topics and parliamentary law." Records include minutes of the Executive Board, minutes of program and business meetings, membership records, financial records, scrapbooks, membership booklets, and a history of the club.