Women
Found in 113 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Evelyn E. Waldren
Oral history interview with Evelyn E. Waldren, conducted by Patricia Keith on June 5, 1980. Waldren discusses her career as a flight instructor and airport operator, and describes the flight she made from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Tijuana, Mexico, in 1941, which set the women's records for speed and distance.
Leona Weatherford papers
Collection includes correspondence, speeches, reports, and pamphlets regarding Leona Weatherford's involvement in the conservation movement and women's clubs in Oregon. Weatherford was president of the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs and chair of the Conservation of Natural Resources Department of the General Federation of Women's Clubs.
Oral history interview with Vince Whiting
Oral history interview with Vince Whiting conducted by Kim L. Andrews from July 1 to December 2, 2019. Whiting speaks about his wife, Pat Whiting, who was the first Filipina to be elected to the Oregon State Legislature.
Doreen Gandy Wiley papers
Papers of an Oregon writer and poet who grew up in the Philippines. Includes correspondence and publicity concerning Doreen Gandy Wiley's books, materials relating to the Philippines, and materials by and about poet Ruth Robertson, 1907-1910.
Ava Williams papers
Women collection
Collection assembled by the Oregon Historical Society relating to women in Oregon. Included are postcards with pro- and anti-suffrage images; correspondence; a scrapbook of the League of Women Voters; papers of various women's political groups; and newspaper clippings.
Women in Communications, Inc., Portland chapter records
The Portland chapter of Women in Communications, Inc. was chartered June 24, 1947, as the Portland Professional Chapter of Theta Sigma Phi, a society for women in journalism and communications, and later became the Portland Professional Chapter of Women in Communications, Inc. Records include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, newsletters, miscellaneous administrative records, brochures, financial documents, newsletters, budgets, and surveys.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom records
Collection includes correspondence, documents, newsletters, and clippings relating to human rights, the Jeanette Rankin Brigade, various Oregon peace action groups, disarmament, the draft and Angela Davis; by-laws, constitution, minutes, and membership lists.
Women's Overseas Service League records
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.
Nanny Wood collection
Handwritten notebooks of Nanny Wood of Portland, Oregon, including details on her gardening activities and flora of interest to her. Also included is an illustrated manuscript on Wood's life and garden, as well as a typescript history of the Skidmore Fountain by Wood's husband, the artist and lawyer Charles Erskine Scott Wood. Nanny Wood's garden is now a portion of the grounds of the Portland Garden Club.