Oral history interview with Metta Beeman
Scope and Contents
This oral history interview with Metta Beeman was conducted by Trudy Allen on February 29, 1992. In this interview, Beeman discusses her family background and early life in Ashland, Oregon. She talks about studying law at Willamette University and Northwestern College of Law. She talks about working for the Veterans Administration and some of the cases she handled. She discusses some of the sexism she faced in law school and in the workplace; other women attorneys; and the women’s associations she has been involved with, including the Queen’s Bench. She then discusses going into private practice, dealing in probate law, with her husband, Harry Baughman, and talks about serving on the State Employment Board.
Dates
- 1992 February 29
Creator
- Beeman, Metta (Metta Delia Baughman), 1898-1995 (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Joint copyright held by the Oregon Historical Society and the U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Biographical note
Metta Delia Baughman Beeman, nee Walker, was born in Ashland, Oregon, in 1898. She enrolled at Willamette University in 1917 and studied law there for nearly three years. She and her sister then moved to Portland, Oregon, to earn money, and she continued her studies at the Northwestern College of Law. She passed the bar and the civil service exam soon after she graduated and worked at the Veterans Administration. She and Harry Baughman were married in 1941; they later had one child. Harry Baughman died in 1964. She married Ogden Frank Beeman in 1971. She served on the State Employment Board from 1959 to 1971. When she retired from the V.A., she went into private law practice in Portland. She died in 1995.
Extent
.1 Cubic Feet (1 audiocassette (1 hr., 46 sec.) + transcript (22 pages))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Oral history interview with Metta Beeman conducted by Trudy Allen on February 29, 1992, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Beeman was an attorney in Salem, Oregon.
Existence and Location of Copies
General
Forms part of the United States District Court Oral History Project.
Creator
- Beeman, Metta (Metta Delia Baughman), 1898-1995 (Interviewee, Person)
- Allen, Trudy (Interviewer, Person)
- Title
- Guide to oral history interview with Metta Beeman
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Stroman
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Sponsor
- This project is supported in whole or part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the State Library of Oregon.
Repository Details
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