Reformatories for women
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Claire Argow
Oral history interview with Claire Argow conducted by Roberta Watts from November 28 to December 2, 1977. Argow was a criminologist, attorney, and activist for improved correctional facilities, and served as executive director of the Oregon Prison Association.
Ruth L. Van Beber oral memoir
Oral memoir by Ruth L. Van Beber recorded from October 12, 1992 to May 7, 1993. Van Beber recounts her life story, including her childhood; experience in a Salvation Army Home for Wayward Girls; hitchhiking across the country during the Depression; homesteading in Oregon; running cafes; and the 1964 earthquake in Alaska.