Women
Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest
Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:
Elsie Corbit Woods diary
Collection
Identifier: Coll 125
Abstract
Diary of a woman from southern Illinois who came to Oregon to join her husband, William Patrick Woods, in 1937. Brief entries include details of everyday life, housework, cooking, work at the telephone company in Illinois, family, friends, travel, and the author's emotional life.
Dates:
1934-1938
Jean Young papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss1863
Abstract
Jean Young (1904-1992) served on the the King City, Oregon, city council and as mayor of King City. She also was vice-chairwoman of the Multnomah County Republican Party Central Committee and was a delegate to eight Republic national conventions. She was appointed to the Oregon State Wage and Hour Commission in 1947. Collection includes miscellaneous papers relating to Young's career in politics and the Republican Party in Oregon; legislation; correspondence; 1960 Oregon Census; papers...
Dates:
1941-1976
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