Women
Found in 111 Collections and/or Records:
Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs records
Records of the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs from the 1990s and scrapbooks of the Oswego Woman's Club.
Oregon Girls Conference records
Records and memorabilia of the Oregon Girls Conference, an interdenominational Christian gathering for high school and college-age women sponsored by the United Church Women of Oregon. Collection materials include conference planning records, programs, president's records, a record book, songbooks, and photographs. The conference, which began in 1913 and was held annually through the 1980s, was also known as the Oregon Older Girls' Conference and the Older Girls' Conference.
Oregon Press Women records
Correspondence, minutes, constitution, bylaws, membership rosters, and other records.
Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs records
Records of an Oregon organization of local garden clubs founded in 1927. Materials include meeting minutes, files on Heritage Trees in Oregon, photographs of trees, a small amount of correspondence, and ephemera.
Overlook Woman's Improvement Club records
Bethenia Owens-Adair papers
Papers of Bethenia Owens-Adair (1840-1926), including letters from Jesse Applegate, a speech by Owens-Adair in support of women's suffrage, a pro-eugenics booklet by Owens-Adair, and a letter from Owens-Adair to Fred Lockley. Owens-Adair was one of the first women working as doctors in Oregon to hold a medical degree, and was active in the temperance, women's suffrage, and eugenics movements.
Roi Partridge portrait of Eve Mowrey
Photocopy of a drawing of Eve Mowrey by the artist and printmaker Roi Partridge.
Grace Olivier Peck papers
Grace Olivier Peck photographs collection
Photographs of and relating to Grace Olivier Peck (1898-1979), who served in the Oregon House of Representatives for more than 20 years. The collection includes photographs documenting the Olivier family, Peck's life and legislative career, and her friends and associates.
Nona C. Peterson papers
Nona C. Peterson (1904-) graduated from the University of Oregon and worked for the Bonneville Power Administration, 1940-1966, beginning as a typist and later working as an engineering drafter and editorial assistant. Collection includes postcards, 1907-1984, and miscellaneous documents related to her work with BPA, 1940-1966.