Mae Sutherland McCann collection of Lida M. O'Bryon family photographs and memorabilia
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials relating to Portland, Oregon, lawyer Lida M. O'Bryon and her family. Materials were either collected or created by O'Bryon's friend Mae Sutherland McCann. Contents include: Biographical information about Lida O'Bryon and her relatives, likely written by McCann; genealogical information about the O'Bryon family; newspaper clippings about O'Bryon; a notice for the funeral of O'Bryon's sister Mary Jane Sibley; cards for elections that O'Bryon ran in; and photographs of O'Bryon and her family, including tintypes and cartes de visite that appear to have been removed from an album.
Dates
- circa 1870-1970
Creator
- McCann, Mae Sutherland, 1886-1983 (Compiler, Person)
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.
Biographical Note
Mae Sutherland McCann (1886-1983) was a friend of Lida M. O'Bryon.
Biographical Note
Lida M. O'Bryon was born in 1876 in Elmira, New York. She attended Syracuse University in New York and the Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. She was admitted to the Oregon Bar in 1904, making her one of the first women lawyers to practice in Oregon. She then established a practice with her brother George O'Bryon in Portland, Oregon. In 1918, she was appointed deputy district attorney for Multnomah County, a post she held until 1931, when she returned to private practice. O'Bryon ran for political and judicial office on several occasions, including for district judge in 1914 and for state representative in 1942. O'Bryon died in 1966 in Salem, Oregon.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (3 folders in shared box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photographs, newspaper clippings, election cards, and biographical and genealogical information relating to Lida M. O'Bryon (1876-1966) and her family, gathered by Mae Sutherland McCann (1886-1983). Lida M. O'Bryon was one of the first women lawyers to practice in Portland, Oregon, and served as a deputy district attorney. McCann was a friend of O'Bryon's.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Martha K. McCann, January 2021 (RL2021-004).
Creator
- McCann, Mae Sutherland, 1886-1983 (Compiler, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Mae Sutherland McCann collection of Lida M. O'Bryon family photographs and memorabilia
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jeffrey A. Hayes
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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Portland OR 97205 United States
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