Oral history interview with Jean M. Beatty

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Identifier: SR 9570

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Oral history interview with Jean M. Beatty

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Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Jean M. Beatty was conducted by Charles Digregorio in Portland, Oregon, on July 1, 1976, as part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library’s oral history program. Henry C. C. Stevens was also present and occasionally contributed to the interview.

In this interview, Beatty discusses the life and career of her father, Albert A. Morrison, an Episcopalian minister. She shares her memories of traveling to Oregon by train in 1899, and talks about her early life in the Nob Hill neighborhood of Portland. She discusses her father’s work as pastor at Trinity Episcopal Church in Portland, describes a conflict he had with another member of the clergy, and talks about his social life. She also discusses his support for women’s suffrage. She then briefly talks about the life of her mother, Caroline Conover Morrison. She talks about her own education, about her marriage to John C. Beatty, and about her involvement with the Junior League of Portland. She also speaks about the league’s founder, Gretchen H. Corbett.

Dates

Creation: 1976 July 1

Creator

Beatty, Jean M. (Jean Morrison), 1892-1990 (Interviewee, Person)
Digregorio, Charles (Interviewer, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and the estate of Jean M. Beatty. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/

Biographical note

Jean Morrison Beatty, nee Jean Morrison, was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1892. When she was six years old, she moved with her family to Portland, Oregon. In 1918, she and John Cabeen Beatty were married; they later had two children. She died in 1990.

Sources: Vital records in Ancestry.com; information provided by Beatty in her interview.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 audiocassette (1 hr., 1 min., 31 sec.))

Language of Materials

English

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Abstract

Oral history interview with Jean M. Beatty conducted by Charles Digregorio on July 1, 1976. Beatty discusses the life and career of her father, Albert A. Morrison, a minister at Trinity Episcopal Church in Portland, Oregon.