Women
Found in 111 Collections and/or Records:
Eunice C. Brandt papers
Papers of Eunice C. Brandt (1917-2000), an Oregonian who was an artist, landscape architect, and writer. The collection includes correspondence, story manuscripts, property and business records, and designs.
Nan M. Brewster cartoons and clippings
Ink cartoons and pencil sketches by Nan M. Brewster (1903-2005) of Portland, Oregon, who wrote and illustrated a weekly column, "Faces and Places," in the Oregonian newspaper in the 1930s and 1940s. Also included are clippings of Brewster's column and articles about her.
Oral history interview with Jessie Laird Brodie
Oral history interview with Dr. Jessie Laird Brodie conducted by Roberta Watts from February 14 to March 30, 1978. Laird was the first executive director of Planned Parenthood in Oregon.
Beatrice Morrow Cannady draft speech for NAACP convention
Handwritten draft of a speech that Beatrice Morrow Cannady (1889-1974) delivered at the 1928 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) convention in Los Angeles, California. The draft is written in pencil. Cannady, a Black journalist and activist who lived in Portland, Oregon, from 1912 to 1938, edited the newspaper The Advocate, was a founding member of the Portland chapter of the NAACP, and advocated for Black Oregonians' civil rights.
Mary Jane Carr papers
Mary Jane Carr was a children's writer and editor of the children's page in the Oregonian newspaper. Papers include biographical information and correspondence, 1916-1976, concerning Carr's works, the Disney film "Westward ho the wagons," and the gift of the manuscript of "Young Mac of Fort Vancouver" to the Kerlan collection at the University of Minnesota. Also included are manuscripts, typescripts, and clippings of poems, stories, scripts, and songs.
Challenge and progress (points of progress)
Jeannette McPherson Gates was a Northwest poet, author, teacher, and historian. She earned her MBA in 1949 and was active in the NAACP, Citizens for Inter-racial Understanding, and Democratic Women of Multnomah County. Collection consists of a typescript book regarding Gates' own life and the history of the civil rights movement.
Marcella Clark statement to the president of the United States
Typescript carbon copy statement, circa 1916-1920, by Marcella Clark to the president of the United States describing abuses of justice she suffered at the hands of her estranged husband, A. E. Clark, the police department of Portland, Oregon, and the courts of Oregon, including illegal divorce and imprisonment.
Converting the West: a biography of Narcissa Whitman
Typescript biography of Narcissa Whitman.
Ola Delight Cook papers
Ola Delight Cook (1880-1958) was a railroad telegrapher, charter member of Commercial Telegraphers Union, worker for the American Federation of Labor, and an honorary trustee of Portland Central Labor Council. Collection includes correspondence, constitutions, financial reports and minutes relating to railroad unions, the AFL, the Portland Labor Temple and the YWCA, 1953-1958, Oregon political campaigns, 1948-1958, and Central Labor Council; diaries, 1914-1955; and ledger.
Carrie Cooley diaries
Diaries of a woman who lived in Newberg, Oregon. The diaries contain brief daily entries, with details on housework, shopping, friends, family, travel, and local events.