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Women

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 102 Collections and/or Records:

Virginia Merges Kletzer papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2681
Abstract Papers of Virginia Kletzer include correspondence, minutes, reports, surveys, publications, and other documents related to various organizations engaged in health and social services, and involved with children and youth. A substantial quantity of the material relates to the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. The collection also includes a small number of personal papers, including correspondence and ephemera. Kletzer (1887-1982) worked as a secretary and librarian at the Portland...
Dates: circa 1903-1975

Laura Jenkins Landers and Susie Jenkins Stokes papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll867
Abstract

Papers relating to Laura Jenkins Landers (1908-2009) and Susie Jenkins Stokes (1915-2003) and their families. The sisters were born in Sicily Island, Louisiana, and were among the Black workers who moved to the Portland, Oregon, area in the 1940s. They worked in the shipyards during World War II, and as domestic workers after the war.

Dates: circa 1930-1992

Cleta Brooks Lee papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 226
Abstract

Unprocessed papers of an Oregon writer known for her autobiography "Sing above the pain: Cleta's story." Includes daily diaries spanning the years 1933 to 2007; correspondence with friends and family; notes; drafts of writings; clippings; and personal memorabilia.

Dates: circa 1933-2007

Dorothy McCullough Lee collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2772
Abstract

Dorothy McCullough Lee was a lawyer, a state legislator, and the first woman mayor of Portland, Oregon. Collection includes biographical sketches; photocopy of Lee's last will and testament, 1972; inventory of Lee's papers at the Schlesinger Library of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute; and ephemera.

Dates: circa 1972-1987

Lone Pine Farm photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 199
Abstract

Album containing primarily engravings and photographs clipped from newspapers and other publications, and a small number of photographic prints. The clippings are of notable people, most of them women, particularly wives of United States politicians and presidents, and royalty and nobility of various nations. The photographs, most on pages labeled "Lone Pine Farm," depict a house and grounds, as well as unidentified people.

Dates: circa 1900

Lord & Schryver Conservancy collection on landscapes at Gaiety Hollow and Deepwood Estate

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 300
Abstract The collection consists of two reports and supporting materials, produced in 2012, that relate to landscape design and rehabilitation at Gaiety Hollow and the Deepwood Estate in Salem, Oregon. Both sites are associated with Salem landscape architects Elizabeth Lord (1887-1976) and Edith Schryver (1901-1984). The reports are titled "Gaiety Hollow Cultural Landscape Report" and Historic Deepwood Estate: Preservation Project." Lord and Schryver founded the first landscape architecture firm in...
Dates: 2012

Materials relating to the exhibit "Matri/Archs: pioneering women architects of Oregon"

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 290
Abstract Materials compiled by the Women in Architecture Committee of the Portland, Oregon, chapter of the American Institute of Architects for a 1992 exhibit titled "Matri/Archs: Pioneering Women Architects of Oregon." The exhibit documented the lives and careers of thirteen architects. Materials in the collection include introductory text for the exhibit, biographical and career information about the featured architects, transcripts of oral history interviews, and copies of two university theses on...
Dates: 1975-2012

Dorothy Lawson McCall papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1393
Abstract

The papers of Oregon author Dorothy Lawson McCall (1888-1982) include typescript drafts for the books "Khaki Pants and a Tall Silk Hat" and "Prineville" and newspaper clippings about her bid for governor of Oregon.

Dates: 1963-1970

Mae Sutherland McCann collection of Lida M. O'Bryon family photographs and memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: Coll878
Abstract

Photographs, newspaper clippings, election cards, and biographical and genealogical information relating to Lida M. O'Bryon (1876-1966) and her family, gathered by Mae Sutherland McCann (1886-1983). Lida M. O'Bryon was one of the first women lawyers to practice in Portland, Oregon, and served as a deputy district attorney. McCann was a friend of O'Bryon's.

Dates: circa 1870-1970

Margaret McLeod papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2960
Abstract The Margaret McLeod papers consist of correspondence, brochures, photographs, certificates, reports, newspaper clippings, and ephemera created and collected by McLeod during her service with the American National Red Cross. During World War II, McLeod worked in the European Theater with the group's Club Service, a program that provided soldiers with food, recreation, and entertainment. McLeod's collection provides a vivid portrait of life for Club Service workers, documenting not only the...
Dates: 1942-1946