Women

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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,...

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The Boxerettes were a women's honorary service group made up of Pacific University students. This collection includes both records and objects from the group such as their constitution, meeting minutes, treasury logs, photographs and original letterman sweater.

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The Pacific University Guild was an organization of women supporters of Pacific University that was active from the 1930s-1970s. This collection contains it records, including correspondence, dues records, financial reports, meeting minutes, newsletters and membership lists from throughout the time the club was active.

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Kappa Delta, later known as Alpha Kappa Delta, has been a sorority at Pacific University since 1904. This collection includes three ledger books with meeting minutes and attendance lists involving the sorority from the years of 1947-1965, and a scrapbook that their members created in the late 1960s.