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Women -- Oregon -- Portland -- Societies and clubs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Tuesday Afternoon Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2711
Abstract

The Tuesday Afternoon Club was a gardening club in Portland, Oregon. It was dissolved in 1963. Collection includes constitution; pamphlets; membership lists; papers regarding club activities; papers regarding the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs, the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and the Portland Federation of Women's Organizations; a guest book; and minute books.

Dates: circa 1900-1962

Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A. Ladies Auxiliary records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1823
Abstract

Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A. Ladies Auxiliary to the Portland Barracks was organized in 1955 and offered a variety of social and charitable services to World War I veterans and to its members. Records date from 1925 to 1987 and include newsletters, correspondence; membership rosters and certificates, minutes, scrapbooks, and a guest book.

Dates: 1925-1987

Women's Overseas Service League records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2950
Abstract

The Women's Overseas Service League was a national organization founded in 1921; the Portland chapter was formed in 1923. Collection includes scrapbooks; membership lists; newspaper clippings; officer lists; certificates; organizational histories; programs; minutes; correspondence; obituaries; and financial records.

Dates: 1922-1991

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