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Clubs and Societies

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 123 Collections and/or Records:

James M. Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 575
Abstract

Materials relating to James M. Brown (1844-1922), who emigrated to Silverton, Oregon, as a child in 1846, and to other members of Brown's family, particularly his son Percy L. Brown (1876-1934). Papers include correspondence, financial records, and ephemera, and much of the material deals with Percy L. Brown's educational, business, and social activities.

Dates: 1851-1925

Oral history interview with Margaret M. Cabell

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9390
Abstract

Oral history interview with Margaret M. Cabell conducted by Marian W. Kolisch on March 4, 1976. Cabell discusses her involvement with the Portland Garden Club, the Pittock Mansion, and the Portland Japanese Garden.

Dates: 1976 March 4

Oral history interview with Emily N. Cameron

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9399
Abstract

Oral history interview with Emily N. Cameron conducted by Charles Digregorio on August 6, 1976. Cameron discusses life in the Portland Heights neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1976 August 6

Catholic Order of Foresters St. Boniface Court No. 1400 record book

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1042
Abstract

Handwritten record book for the Catholic Order of Foresters St. Boniface Court No. 1400, a fraternal aid organization based in Sublimity, Oregon. The record book contains handwritten meeting minutes, officer nominations and elections, financial information, and resolutions of condolence for recently deceased members or relatives of members. St. Boniface Court No. 1400 was one of ten chapters of the Catholic Order of Foresters in Oregon in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1909-1914

The compass

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 790
Abstract

Manuscript periodical, "The Compass," Vol. 1, No. 1, by Bill Roe for the members of the South Portland Debating Society, containing an essay on the subject of death.

Dates: 1873 November 6

Jesse A. Currey papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2803
Abstract Jesse Albert Currey (1873-1927) was sales manager for the Portland district of Trussed Concrete Steel Co. He also wrote a column about gardening and founded the International Rose Test Garden in Portland, Oregon. Collection includes scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings relating to the Portland Rose Society, Rose Test Garden, and the Portland Rose Festival, as well as clippings of Currey's "In My Garden" column and others relating to his business and volunteer activities. Also included...
Dates: 1909-1952

Czech Society of Oregon records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll818
Abstract

Records, dating from 1916 to 2019, of the Czech Society of Oregon and preceding or related organizations such as the Czech National Alliance, Telocvincny Jednota Sokol, the Czech Ladies Society, and National Czechoslovak Conference of America. The Czech Society was based in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1916-2019

De Monbrun panoramic photograph of Independent Order of Odd Fellows gathering

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 612
Abstract

Panoramic group portrait of an Independent Order of Odd Fellows gathering at an unidentified Oregon location.

Dates: circa 1900-1919

Degree of Pocahontas, Wahkiakum Council No. 40 records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1644
Abstract

The Degree of Pocahontas is the ladies auxiliary of the Improved Order of Red Men, a fraternal organization founded in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1834. Collection includes correspondence, 1934-1953; membership forms, invoices, and reports, 1937-1952; Roll of Chiefs book for Improved Order of Red Men Tribe No. 65., 1918.

Dates: 1918-1953

Downtown Welcome Wagon Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1757
Abstract

Unprocessed collection of miscellaneous records of the Downtown Welcome Wagon Club.

Dates: circa 1900-1989