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African Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas Alexander Wood recollections

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 37
Abstract

Collection consists of typescript and manuscript correspondence and reminiscences recorded by T. A. Wood from approximately 1890-1902. Topics include his experiences as a Methodist minister, chaplain for the Union Army during the Civil War, his involvement in conflicts with Native peoples, and the integration of Black students into Portland public schools.

Dates: 1890-1902

Young Women's Christian Association Williams Avenue Center records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2384
Abstract

Records of a YWCA center located in the Albina neighborhood of northeast, Portland, Oregon, which served the African American community. Includes historical background, minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports, surveys, study workbook, and papers on relief for people displaced by the 1948 Vanport flood.

Dates: 1918-1961

Zeta Sigma Omega Fashionetta program

 Collection
Identifier: Coll810
Abstract

Program for the first Fashionetta fundraiser held by the Zeta Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a college sorority for African-American students. Zeta Sigma Omega was founded by students at Portland State College in November 1955, and held its first Fashionetta on September 13, 1956.

Dates: 1956 September 13