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Women

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 108 Collections and/or Records:

Diary of a woman in Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 259
Abstract

Diary of a woman who lived at 330 5th Street (probably NW 5th Ave.) in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1897

Portland Women's Research Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1642
Abstract

The Portland Women's Research Club was an organization devoted to "study of national, state and municipal government, economics, current topics and parliamentary law." Records include minutes of the Executive Board, minutes of program and business meetings, membership records, financial records, scrapbooks, membership booklets, and a history of the club.

Dates: 1916-1966

Portland Women's Union photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 814
Abstract

Collection consists of 42 color negatives of members of the Portland Women's Union; of the Martha Washington Hotel and the Alexandra Court Hotel in Portland, Oregon; and of the 100th anniversary tea. The Portland Women's Union was founded in 1887 and operated in the Martha Washington Hotel to provide safe housing for single working women.

Dates: 1986

Portland Women's Union records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1443
Abstract

Collection includes articles of incorporation, constitution and by-laws, reports, minutes, and other materials regarding the Portland's Women's Union. The organization was founded in 1887 and operated in the Martha Washington Hotel to provide respectable housing for single working women.

Dates: 1887-1970

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