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Clubs and Societies

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 122 Collections and/or Records:

James G. Blaine Society collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2005
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, membership lists, publicity and ephemera regarding the James G. Blaine Society; studies, reports and newspaper clippings regarding the Oregon tourist industry. The aim of the society was to discourage the overpopulation of Oregon.

Dates: 1970-1974

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 592
Abstract

Small collection consisting of photographs and captions relating to the Portland Alumni Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. The photographs were used on a display board about the fraternity that was part of a 1988 exhibit at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon. The collection also includes a photograph of the original display board.

Dates: 1948-1978

Virginia Merges Kletzer papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2681
Abstract Papers of Virginia Kletzer include correspondence, minutes, reports, surveys, publications, and other documents related to various organizations engaged in health and social services, and involved with children and youth. A substantial quantity of the material relates to the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. The collection also includes a small number of personal papers, including correspondence and ephemera. Kletzer (1887-1982) worked as a secretary and librarian at the Portland...
Dates: circa 1903-1975

Lang Syne Society records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2160
Abstract Records of the Lang Syne Society include minutes, 1914-1988; correspondence, 1962-1974; membership applications, circa 1930-1979; menus, 1919-1968; financial records, 1953-1988; history, 1975 and 1984; constitution and by-laws, 1916-1988; membership records, correspondence and necrology, 1949-1983; press releases, 1970-1978; and miscellaneous ephemera. The society was an organization of businessmen dedicated to friendship and to "perpetuate the memory and history of those who helped build...
Dates: 1914-1988

Les Femmes photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 593
Abstract Small collection of photographs depicting activities of Les Femmes, a Portland, Oregon, organization focused on the social and educational development of Black youth. The photographs include officers and members of the organization, youth participating in community service and activity programs, and portraits of young women and men in formalwear. The photographs were originally assembled on an information panel about Les Femmes, and the collection includes a photograph of the original...
Dates: circa 1956-1989

Lewelling Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2303
Abstract

The Lewelling Club of Corvallis, Oregon, was an informal organization for horticulture students and faculty at the Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University). Collection includes minutes of meetings; typescript constitution and bylaws; and a typescript financial statement. Also included is an extract about the club, with a list of members, from the 1910 edition of "The Orange," the college yearbook.

Dates: 1909-1913

The Links, Inc. photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 594
Abstract

Small collection consisting of photographs, most in color, that were used on an informational panel about the Portland chapter of The Links, Inc., a women's service organization devoted to the African American community. The photographs depict members and activities of the group. The collection also includes a photograph of the original panel.

Dates: circa 1959-1989

Oral history interview with Rhoda R. Madden

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9398
Abstract

Oral history interview with Ruth R. Madden conducted by Charles Digregorio on November 9, 1976. Madden describes her social life and recreational activities in early 20th-century Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1976 November 9

Master Brewers Association of America photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 954
Abstract

Seven black and white photographs depicting conventions of the Master Brewers Association of America (also identified as the United State Master Brewers Association) and an unidentified man brewing beer.

Dates: circa 1945

Merchants' Protective Association account books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 928
Abstract

Bound account books of the Merchants' Protective Association, Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1891-1918