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Women

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:

NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1106
Abstract Records of NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League) Pro-Choice Oregon, an organization that advocated for women's reproductive rights. The collection includes administrative records, correspondence, and programs and other materials relating to fundraising galas and auctions. The organization was founded in 1977 as Oregon Affiliate, National Abortion Rights Action League. It disaffiliated from the national NARAL organization in 2021, rebranding as Pro-Choice Oregon, and dissolved in...
Dates: 1977-2022

Native Daughters of Oregon records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 772
Abstract

Records include manuscript letters to the Native Daughters of Oregon Elizabeth Thurston Odell Cabin No. 8, 5 pages, 1901; a manuscript journal of Elizabeth Thurston Odell Cabin No. 8; printed ephemera; and receipts.

Dates: 1899-1901

Oral history interview with Helen Nickum

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11230
Abstract

Oral history interview with Helen Nickum, conducted by Gregory Karnes in seven sessions, from January 25 to April 7, 2011, as part of the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Nickum talks about her career as a secretary in Portland, Oregon, and in Washington, D.C.; about her involvement in a sex-discrimination class action lawsuit; and about her work as executive secretary for Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757.

Dates: 1979-1983; 2011

Northwest Women's History Project records and interviews

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 883
Abstract

Records of the Northwest Women's History Project, primarily concerning its interviews with women who worked in shipyards in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, during World War II, and audio recordings of the interviews. The Northwest Women's History Project was founded in 1978, and in the early 1980s made a presentation based on interviews with women who had been shipyard workers in World War II, titled, "Good Work, Sister!"

Dates: 1943-2021; Majority of material found within 1978-1981

Old Ladies' Home of Portland, Oregon records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2392
Abstract

Collection consists of a minute book, 1 volume, January 20, 1892-February 26, 1912, with by-laws and constitution; miscellaneous administrative records, 1892-1912, including house rules, blank applications, etc.

Dates: 1892-1912

Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll794
Abstract

Records of the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs from the 1990s and scrapbooks of the Oswego Woman's Club.

Dates: 1993-1999

Oregon Girls Conference records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1050
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1913-1986

Oregon Press Women records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2468
Abstract

Correspondence, minutes, constitution, bylaws, membership rosters, and other records.

Dates: circa 1959-1985

Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1052
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1925-1985

Overlook Woman's Improvement Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 6010
Abstract The Overlook Woman's Improvement Club was founded in 1913. It worked for the improvement of the Overlook District in Portland, Oregon, and cooperated in civic and philanthropic movements until 1964, when it was dissolved. Records include committee reports, the club's constitution and bylaws, agendas, correspondence, minutes, and resolutions. Materials also include yearbooks, directories and documentation of other women's clubs, and information relating to the club's involvement in and...
Dates: 1905-1964