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Women

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 102 Collections and/or Records:

Valentine Prichard papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1446
Abstract

Papers of the director of the People's Institute of Portland, Oregon, a non-sectarian service organization for women and children. The collection contains organizational records, subject files, a small amount of correspondence, and papers written by Valentine Prichard.

Dates: 1904-1942

Professional Woman's League records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll801
Abstract

Records and memorabilia of the Professional Woman's League from its founding in 1912 to 1994. The league was a social organization based in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1912-1994

Oral history interview with Betty Roberts

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11146
Abstract

Oral history interview with Betty Roberts conducted by Katherine Huff O'Neil from October 24, 2005, to February 27, 2007, as part of the Women Trailblazers series of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Roberts was an Oregon state representative, a state senator, a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals, and a state Supreme Court justice.

Dates: 2005 October 24-2007 February 26

Margaret Rush papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2870
Abstract

Margaret Rush was a photographer and correspondent for the Oregon Journal newspaper who covered Bonneville Dam construction for three years. Collection includes manuscript of "So I Went By Bus" by Rush and press releases about the progress of dam construction.

Dates: 1937-1939

Ann Haseltine Hill Russell photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1113
Abstract

Thirteen black and white copy prints of photographs related to Ann Haseltine Hill Russell, a marble sculptor and pioneer of Ashland, Oregon, and family members. Photographs include Russell with some of her marble work, and marble bows she sculpted; family members, including her son, James B. Russell, and a Russell family reunion; and the Russell home in Ashland.

Dates: circa 1900-1930

Richard Sanders photographic collection on Governor Barbara Roberts

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1125
Abstract

Four color and two black and white photographs of Oregon Governor Barbara Roberts.

Dates: circa 1991-2001

Oral history interview with Evelyn B. Shirk and Mary C. Hull

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9578
Abstract

Oral history interview with second cousins Evelyn B. Shirk and Mary C. Hull conducted by Charles Digregorio on April 21, 1976. Shirk and Hull speak at length about their family background, including the Beebe, Wilson, Webster, and Couch families.

Dates: 1976 April 21

Merta Marguerite Siegmund papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2527
Abstract

Collection includes holiday and birthday greeting cards; announcements for weddings, births, and graduations; school merit cards; autograph books; and miscellaneous memorabilia. Also included are two undated issues of "Picket," a handwritten newspaper published near Mehama, Oregon; and "The College Dial," December 1871, the newspaper of Willamette University, Salem, Oregon.

Dates: 1871-1921

Photographs of and letter to Effie Simmons

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 940
Abstract

Three portrait photographs of Effie Simmons (1874-1961), and a letter to Simmons from Myrtle A. Johnson (1875-1935). Simmons was a member of the Portland Woman's Club, a regional director for the League of Women Voters, and the first woman to represent Multnomah County in the Oregon Legislature.

Dates: circa 1920-1930

Karen Beck Skold dissertation papers and interviews

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1803
Abstract Research materials gathered by Karen Beck Skold, a doctoral student in sociology at the University of Oregon, for her 1981 dissertation, "Women Workers and Child Care in World War II: A Case Study of the Portland Shipyards." Collection includes reports, newspaper clippings, articles, notes, and minutes, primarily concerning day care and children's services in Portland, Oregon, and women workers in the Portland shipyards. Also included are audio recordings of interviews Skold conducted with...
Dates: 1941-1980