Terwilliger Tillers scrapbook and scrapbook pages

Collection

Identifier: Coll 989

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one bound scrapbook and loose scrapbook pages documenting the history of the Terwilliger Tillers, a women's gardening club based in southern Portland, Oregon. The contents include a brief history of the club's founding, and summaries of its activities in given years; the club's constitution; yearbooks that include the constitution, member rosters, and meeting schedules; newspaper clippings; photographs; and certificates, event programs, badges, and ribbons relating to gardening shows. The bound scrapbook covers the years 1953 through 1959, while the loose scrapbook pages cover the period of 1969 through 1972, including a yearbook for 1972-1973.

Dates

1953-1972

Creator

Terwilliger Tillers (Club : Portland, Or.) (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.

Administrative History

The Terwilliger Tillers was a gardening club founded in 1953 for women in the Terwilliger Heights neighborhood of southern Portland, Oregon. It remained active into the 1970s.

Sources: Collection materials; articles in the Oregonian and Oregon Journal, 1953-1971.

Extent

0.46 Cubic Feet (1 flat box (14x18))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Bound scrapbook and loose scrapbook pages with clippings, documents, photographs, badges, and ribbons relating to the Terwilliger Tillers. The Terwilliger Tillers was a women's gardening club based in southern Portland, Oregon, that was active from the 1950s to the 1970s.