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Records and memorabilia of the Oregon Girls Conference, an interdenominational Christian gathering for high school and college-age women sponsored by the United Church Women of Oregon. Collection materials include conference planning records, programs, president's records, a record book, songbooks, and photographs. The conference, which began in 1913 and was held annually through the 1980s, was also known as the Oregon Older Girls' Conference and the Older Girls' Conference.

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Records of the Oregon Multicultural Education Association, including bylaws, conference records, and a membership directory. The association was founded in 1984 by Ronald G. Petrie and Dapo Sobomehin, with the goal of promoting multicultural education in Oregon.

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This collection, created by the Oregon Historical Society, contains ephemera relating to the wine and spirits industry in Oregon. Included are clippings, brochures, newsletters, newspapers, magazines, wine labels, business cards, posters, programs, bulletins, and monographs, relating to wines, their production and marketing, relevant issues, and affiliated industries. Most of the materials date from 1972-2002.

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Catalogs and programs for an annual livestock exhibition that took place in Portland, Oregon, beginning around 1910.

Abstract Records and correspondence primarily relating to the Park Block Revels, but also to the South Park Blocks Association, both of Portland, Oregon. The Park Block Revels was an annual winter festival that ran from 1973 to 1992 and was sponsored by a number of institutions on or near the South Park Blocks in Portland. The South Park Blocks Association was an organization of institutions in the South Park Blocks area that, in the late 1980s, sought to improve the condition of the area through...

Abstract Records of the Portland Americanization Council of Portland, Oregon. The council was formed in 1921 with the purpose of integrating recent immigrants to the United States into American society through afternoon and evening classes that taught the English language and U.S. civics. Each February 22 from 1922 until 1996, the organization hosted a reception for recently naturalized citizens. Records include minutes, correspondence, and programs for naturalization receptions. The collection also...

Abstract Records of the Portland Civic Theatre Guild, a volunteer fundraising organization in Portland, Oregon. The collection's contents include administrative records, programs, bylaws, directories, information about the Leslie G. Fulton endowment and the guild's fellowship awards, and clippings. The Portland Civic Theatre Guild was founded in 1958, and dissolved in 2023. The records in this collection reflect the period in the 1990s when the Portland Civic Theatre closed and the guild shifted its...

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Records of Portland International Women's Day, including programs, flyers, photographs, proclamations, articles of incorporation, and other materials. Portland International Women's Day was an annual event held each March beginning in 1976; the organizing committee dissolved in 2022.

Abstract The collection consists of printed material, correspondence, and administrative, financial, and legal records created and collected by the Stella Maris House, a Portland, Oregon-based social justice group, during the course of its work. The collection demonstrates the local evolution of issues key to the history of the United States during the 1960s. Over a third of the collection is dedicated to Oregon's migrant labor rights movement; it also features materials documenting the area's civil...

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Materials relating to theaters in Portland, Oregon, collected by Susan Stelljes, including programs and posters. The bulk of the collection's materials concern the Portland Civic Theatre Guild, a volunteer fundraising group to which Stelljes belonged. The Portland Civic Theatre Guild was founded in 1958 to support the Portland Civic Theatre; it later awarded fellowships for theater artists' professional development. The guild dissolved in 2023.