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Women

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Tabitha Brown Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-113
Summary

Tabitha Brown was an Oregon pioneer and a founder of Pacific University. This collection includes several original letters by Tabitha and Clark Brown, copies of her account of travels on the Oregon Trail (known as the "Brimfield Heroine" letter), written documentation of Brown family memories, and other material related to the Brown Family.

Dates: 1797-2004

Kathrin Cawein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-37
Summary

Kathrin Cawein was a visual artist who lived most of her life in Pleasantville, New York. This collection includes examples of her artwork, personal correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs and other material illustrating her career and personal life.

Dates: 1915-1993

Josephine Harriman Forrest Photograph Albums

 Collection
Identifier: MS-39
Summary

Josephine Clare Harriman was a student in the Conservatory of Music at Pacific University in Oregon from about 1902-1903. The collection consists of three small photograph albums featuring her friends and interests.

Dates: circa 1900

Collection on Cecilie Froelich

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-12
Summary

Collection consists of a scrapbook and audio cassette tape pertaining to Dr. Cecilie Froelich who served as chair of Pacific University's Department of Mathematics.

Dates: 1908-1983

Herrick Hall (Pacific University) House Government Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-7-120
Summary

Herrick Hall was Pacific University's women's dormitory from the late 1800s through the mid-1950s. This collection includes records of the hall's Government, which represented many of the women students on campus, from 1914-1933.

Dates: 1914-1933

Mary Frances Farnham Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-84
Summary

Mary Frances Farnham was an important member of the Pacific University faculty, who taught English Literature and served as the Dean of Women in the early twentieth century. This collection contains correspondence, papers and letters relating to her death in 1942, and personal receipts.

Dates: 1895-1943

Mary Frances Farnham letter and news clipping

 Accession
Identifier: ACC-2023-11
Dates: 1906-1924

Mary Whitmore Feminist Activism Collection

 Accession
Identifier: ACC-2023-31
Dates: 1977-2020

Mary Whitmore Feminist Activism Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-155
Content Description A collection assembled by feminist activist Mary Whitmore through her work on women's rights between 1977-2020. The earliest material relates to her fight for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the 1970s-1980s; the latest material relates to her participation in the Women's Marches of January 21, 2017 and to the celebration of the centennial of women's suffrage in 2020. The collection includes photographs, programs, political literature, political buttons, feminist t-shirts and memorabilia,...
Dates: 1977-2020

Mary Whitmore Feminist Activism Collection Addition

 Accession
Identifier: ACC-2023-32
Dates: 1977-2020