Women collection
Scope and Contents
Collection of materials assembled by the Oregon Historical Society relating to women in Oregon, circa 1899-1950. Included in the collection are postcards with pro- and anti-suffrage images; correspondence and diary of Sylvia Thompson; correspondence of M.H. Wilcoxon; a scrapbook of the League of Women Voters; papers of various women's political groups (including anti-suffrage groups); and newspaper clippings regarding women's rights, legal status and prominent women.
Dates
- circa 1899-1950
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 Cubic Feet (2 legal document cases and 1 oversize flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection assembled by the Oregon Historical Society relating to women in Oregon. Included are postcards with pro- and anti-suffrage images; correspondence; a scrapbook of the League of Women Voters; papers of various women's political groups; and newspaper clippings.
Existence and Location of Copies
- Civil Rights
- League of Women Voters of Oregon
- Oregon
- Suffrage -- Oregon
- Women
- Women -- Oregon
- Women -- Political activity -- Oregon
- Women -- Suffrage -- Oregon
- Women in public life -- Oregon
- Women political activists -- Oregon
- Women politicians -- Oregon
- Women's rights -- Oregon
- clippings (information artifacts)
- correspondence
- diaries
- printed ephemera
- scrapbooks
- Title
- Guide to the women collection
- 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
1200 SW Park Ave.
Portland OR 97205 United States
5033065204
5033065240
libreference@ohs.org