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Manuscripts & Archival Collections Altrusa Club of Portland scrapbook, 1966-1988, Mss 2835
Argow, Claire and Oregon Prison Association, Acc 24148 (unprocessed collection)
Associations and Institutions collection, 1860-2008. Mss 1511*
Beaty, Lillie papers, 1913-1943. Mss 1860
Bolland, Nettie Rankin papers, 1907-1952. Mss 2584
Cease, Jane papers, 1981-1987. Mss 1846
Civic Improvement Association of Carlton, Oregon records, 1911-1967. Mss 1754
Clark, Donald E. papers, 1963-1982, Mss 1373
Fear, Lucia S. papers, 1882-1900. Mss 1550
Fox, Nellie papers, 1940-1987. Mss 2768
Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest, Mss 2988 Marie Equi papers, 1918-1983. Mss 2988-13
Gray, Grace Howard recollections, 1938. Mss 2094
Green, Beryl Albert scrapbooks, 1916-1956. Mss 2828
Green, Edith papers, 1955-1975, Mss 1424*
Hand, Beulah J. collection, circa 1957-1985. Acc. 27213 (unprocessed)
Honeyman, Nan Wood papers, 1935-1962, Mss 193.
Kelly, Edward Emmett family papers, 1898-1974. Mss 1434
Labor collection, 1872-1988 (bulk 1930-1955). Mss 1505*
Lee, Dorothy McCullough collection, circa 1972-1987, Mss 2772.
McCall, Dorothy Lawson papers, 1963-1970, Mss 1393.
McCall, Tom papers, 1944-1982. Mss 625, 625-1, 625-2.
Marple, Lorna collection on the Democratic Party of Oregon, circa 1950-1991. Mss 6042
National Association of Pro America records, 1935-1937. Mss 44
Neuberger, Richard and Maurine papers, 1954-1966. Mss 791
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Oregon League of Democratic Women records, circa 1936-1952. Mss 1007
Oregon Social Hygiene Society records, 1898-1960. Mss 1541
Oregon Women for Agriculture records, 1969-1990. Mss 2908
Overlook Women’s Improvement Club records, 1913-1956. Mss 6010
Paulus, Norma, Acc 25389 (unprocessed collection)
Peck, Grace Oliver papers, 1914-1977. Mss 2503
Phillips, Alene papers, 1878-1899, 1929-1965. Mss 1831
Politics collection, 1848-2011. Mss 1513*
Portland Woman’s Club records, 1895-1995, Mss 1084 (partially processed)
Portland Women’s Union, 1887-1980, Mss 1443
Portland Women’s Research Club records, 1916-1967. Mss 1642
Pro American National Organization of Republican Women record book, 1935-1937. Mss 44
Renfroe, Ruth papers, 1926-1984. Mss 1862
Republican State Central Committee records, 1945-1983. Mss 1845
Ruuttila, Julia papers, 1878-2004 (bulk 1935-1970). Mss 250*
Mildred Schwab, Acc 24295 (unprocessed collection)
Weatherford, Leona M. papers, 1949-1968. Mss 2674
Wick, Grace papers, 1888-1962 (bulk 1928-1951). Mss 49*
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union records, 1926-1978. Mss 2535
Women collection, circa 1899-1950. Mss 1534
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Portland branch records, circa 1965-1977. Mss 2044
Young, Jean papers, Mss 1863
Photographs Photo File 461-C: Green, Edith
Photo File 797: Neuberger (A-Z)
Photo File 853: PEB-PEM (Grace Peck)
Acc 25918 Laska, Candace (4 photos relating to Edith Green) (unprocessed)
Guitierrez, Max photographs, 1980-1990. Org. Lot 506
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Kolisch, Marion Wood collection, circa 1972-2008. Org. Lot 1048*
McCall, Tom photographs collection, circa 1965-1968. Org. Lot 353*
Neuberger, Maurine and Richard L. photographs collection, 1893-circa 1997 (bulk: 1950-1966). Org. Lot 1007*
Peck, Grace Oliver photographs collection, circa 1890-1977, Org. Lot 105*
Portland Reporter photographs collection, 1960-1964. Org. Lot 62*
Valley Migrant League photographs collection, Org. Lot 74*
Young, Jean K. photographic collection on the Republican Lincoln Day Dinners, circa 1940-1959, Org. Lot 642
Sound Recordings A recording of a meeting of the Portland Branch of the NAACP [sound recording]. SR 0686 [between 1955 and 1957], 10 page transcript, OHSRL.
Ackerman, Dorothy, oral history interview 2002 May 10-21. SR 1933
Edith Green for Congress, SR 8000.716A, Meyer Sound Recordings
Edwards, Nellie Fox, oral history interviews, 1986-2008. SR 1602
Fadeley, Nancie Peacocke, oral history interview, 1981 April 2. SR 9522
Feeney, Richard, interviewee. Oral history interviews with Richard "Dick" Feeney [sound recording], 1997 Feb. 28-1999 Dec. 19, SR 2422
Freeman, Olga Alfreda Samuelson, oral history interview, 1981 September 17. SR 9042
Frye, Helen Jackson. Oral history interview with Helen Jackson Frye, 1981 March 19. SR 1249 Frye, Helen Jackson, Oral history interviews 2002 Jan. 9-May 20. SR 1264
Green, Edith, interviewee. Women's equality issues: an interview with former U.S. Congresswoman Edith Green, 1978 Dec. 18, SR 9036
Hand, Beulah J. Oral history interview with Beulah J. Hand, 1981 September 1. SF 9043
How the legislature works for you (Representatives Kay Meriweather, Maurine B. Neuberger, Jean L. Lewis, and Katherine Musa) [sound recording] 1955 Feb. 1, SR 9219.
Jacobsen, Patricia, oral history interview, 1978 June 28. SR 9068
Johnson, Elizabeth Avery, oral history interview, 1986 June 25-1993 April 31. SR 1115
Katz, Vera, oral history interviews, 1982 Apr. 28-May 19. SR 9044
Kremen, Hattie Bratzel, oral history interviews, 1995 Apr. 22-June 10. SR 1248
Lewis, Jean Lagerquist, oral history interview, 1981 March 5. SR 9064
McCoy, Gladys Sims, oral history interviews, 1981 Feb.20-June 22. SR 9045
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McCready, Connie, oral history interviews, 1981 April 1- June 18. SR 9046
Neuberger, Maurine Brown, interviewee. Women's equality issues: an interview with former U.S. Senator Maurine Neuberger, 1978 Dec. 15, SR 9037
Neuberger, Maurine Brown, oral history interview, 1978 September 8. SR 9523
Oh, What a Night. Panel: Melody Rose, Gretchen Kafoury, Vera Katz, Norma Paulus, and Betty Roberts, 2004 March 18. SR 2534.
Oregon Black History Project interviews [1976]
Paulus, Norma, oral history interview, 1982 January 14. SR 9065
Rinke, Kenneth, oral history interview with Kenneth Rinke [sound recording], 1995 Aug. 10-11. SR 1179
Roberts, Betty R., oral history interview, 1980 October – November 14. SR 9066
Ruuttila, Julia, oral history interview, 1977 December 21-28. SR 9519.
Springer, Vera, Oral history interviews, 1990 August 9-September 20. SR 1105. Part of Oregon Legislature series.
Sifuentes, Elida, oral history interviews, 1999 March 3-15. SR 2456
Women's equality issues [sound recording]: an interview with former U.S. Congresswoman Edith Green/ 1978 Dec. 18. SR 9036
Women's equality issues [sound recording] : an interview with former U.S. Senator Maurine Neuberger 1978 Dec. 15. SR 9037
Yih, Mae Dunn, oral history interview, 1977 April 28. SR 9516
Serials Green, Edith. Your Congresswoman Reports (1954?-1971?) and The Green Letter (1962-1974). OHS Serials Collection
Bulletin, National League of Women Voters, Oregon Branch, 1927-
The League Alert. League of Women Voters of Portland, Oregon, 1943-1981.
News bulletin / League of Women Voters of Oregon, -1966.
Oregon bulletin / League of Women Voters of Oregon, 1966-1976.
The New Northwest (Portland, Or.), 1871-1887, edited by Abigail Scott Duniway.
Oregon Historical Quarterly (available in print, on JSTOR, and historycooperative.org)
Oregon voter: magazine of citizenship – for busy men and women.
The Pacific Empire (Portland, Or. ) 1895-1898, edited by Abigail Scott Duniway.
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The Woman's Journal (Boston, Mass.), 1870-1912 [scattered issues from 1912 held]; continued as Woman's Journal and Suffrage News (Boston, Mass.), 1912-1916 [scattered issues from 1912-1914 held].
The woman's tribune, (Beatrice, Neb., Washington, D.C., and Portland, Or.), 1883 – 1909, Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association.
Women’s Press, (Eugene, Or.), 1970-1987, Microfilm Collection.
The Changing Woman, (Portland, Or.), 1971-1975, Microfilm Collection.
Vertical Files Biography – Equi, Marie
Biography – Green, (Rep.) Edith
Biography - Johnson, Elizabeth
Biography – Krause, Harriet
Biography – Neuberger, Maurine
Pacific Northwest - Politics and government
Biography - Roberts, Betty
Biography - Ruuttila, Julia
Oregon – Legislature
Portland – Charities – Portland Women’s Union
Women of Achievement
Books & Monographs Getting Ours: A Handbook on Women’s Legal Rights in Oregon. Portland: Community Law Project, 1978
Lansing, Jewel Beck. Campaigning for Office: A Woman Runs, 1991.
Ripper, Nellie. “. . . In a Small Puddle,” 1987.
A Sense of Grace : celebrating the life of the Honorable Grace Olivier Peck on the anniversary of her birthday, Oregon State House Chambers, January 15, 1981 / prepared under the supervision of Thomas Vaughan, 1981
Bibliography prepared by Shawna Gandy, Archivist
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