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Clubs and Societies

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 123 Collections and/or Records:

Oregon Geranium Society scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1643
Abstract

Collection consists of scrapbooks, 1952-1967.

Dates: 1952-1967

Oregon Imprints collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 400
Abstract

Collection of printed material from Oregon's territorial period and early statehood, including legislation, advertisements, notices, proclamations, and ephemera. George N. Belknap (1905-1996) listed most of the items in this collection in his 1968 work, "Oregon Imprints, 1845-1870," or in addendums to that work.

Dates: 1845-1981; Majority of material found within 1846-1870

Oregon Social Hygiene Society records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1541
Abstract

Records of an Oregon social service organization that was founded in 1911, at the urging of the Young Men's Christian Association, to limit the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and to combat "social vices" such as prostitution, gambling, and childhood immorality. Most files were created by Fred B. Messing, who served as executive secretary from 1929 to 1941. Includes correspondence, subject files, minutes of meetings, financial records, and educational literature.

Dates: 1895-1960; Majority of material found within 1911-1940

Oregon Society of Landscape Architects records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2590
Abstract

Collection includes articles of incorporation, minutes, stockholder lists and other administrative documents regarding the Oregon Society of Landscape Architects' activities in connection with the promotion of the profession of landscape architecture.

Dates: 1953-1962

Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1052
Abstract

Records of an Oregon organization of local garden clubs founded in 1927. Materials include meeting minutes, files on Heritage Trees in Oregon, photographs of trees, a small amount of correspondence, and ephemera.

Dates: 1925-1985

Oregon State Pharmaceutical Association records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2505
Abstract

Collection consists of correspondence, 1935-1937, regarding business matters, mostly from OSPA president Roy A. Perry; miscellaneous documents regarding the OSPA convention in Gearhart, Oregon, 1934-1935, including membership lists and a speech by Perry.

Dates: 1934-1937

Oregon Washingtonian Society records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 932
Abstract

Bound record book of the Oregon Washingtonian Society, containing constitution, minutes, and a list of members.

Dates: 1847-1857

Oregon World Organization of China Painters collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 455
Abstract

Papers and albums related to the Oregon World Organization of China Painters, compiled by longtime member and porcelain art teacher Jan Byerlee. Materials include records of the organization; Porcelain Art Month proclamations signed by President Jimmy Carter and various Oregon governors; newspaper articles and clippings; loose photographs; and albums with photographs, papers and ephemera.

Dates: 1971-2005

Overlook Woman's Improvement Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 6010
Abstract The Overlook Woman's Improvement Club was founded in 1913. It worked for the improvement of the Overlook District in Portland, Oregon, and cooperated in civic and philanthropic movements until 1964, when it was dissolved. Records include committee reports, the club's constitution and bylaws, agendas, correspondence, minutes, and resolutions. Materials also include yearbooks, directories and documentation of other women's clubs, and information relating to the club's involvement in and...
Dates: 1905-1964

Patrons of Husbandry collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 968
Abstract

Collection includes a broadside, "To Patrons of Husbandry," November 20, 1878, and letters and papers of L. M. Mitchell, 1913-1914, relating to the Murphy Grange No. 470, Murphy, Oregon, and to cooperative buying and other organizing by granges. Also included is a typescript thesis, "The Oregon Grange and Public Power, 1930-1940," by Timothy C. Clark.

Dates: 1878-1972