United Service Organizations records and scrapbooks
Scope and Contents
Collection includes minutes, 1951-1955; memoranda and news releases, 1957-1969; newspaper clippings, 1951-1974; and correspondence, 1951-1968. Correspondents include Laurence Johnson, U.S.O. Regional Executive; Mira H. Ehrman, Chairman of the Oregon State U.S.O. Committee; Morgan S. Odell of the Oregon State U.S.O. Committee; Lawrence Shaw, Chairman of the Portland U.S.O. City Committee; A.B. Tucci, Director of the Tokyo U.S.O.; and Dorothy Brickman, Associate Director of the Tokyo U.S.O. Also included are scrapbooks, 21 volumes, 1951-1976.
Dates
- Creation: 1951-1976
Creator
- United Service Organizations (U.S.) (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.
Extent
1.84 Cubic Feet (1 record carton, 1 document case and 2 flat boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection includes minutes, 1951-1955; memoranda and news releases, 1957-1969; newspaper clippings, 1951-1974; and correspondence, 1951-1968. Also included are scrapbooks, 1951-1976.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. S. Mason (Mira H.) Ehrman, September 1978.
Subject
- United Service Organizations (U.S.) -- Records and correspondence (Organization)
- Brickman, Dorothy -- Correspondence (Person)
- Ehrman, Mira H. (Mira Harris), 1892-1982 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Johnson, Laurence -- Correspondence (Person)
- Odell, Morgan S. (Morgan Samuel), 1894-1984 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Shaw, Lawrence -- Correspondence (Person)
- Tucci, A. B. -- Correspondence (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the United Service Organizations records and scrapbooks
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2012
- 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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