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Lewis and Clark College Amicans collection, 1940-1977
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Or.)
- Title
- Lewis and Clark College Amicans collection
- Dates
- 1940-1977 (inclusive)19401977
- Quantity
- 1 box
- Collection Number
- OLPb199AMI
- Summary
- This collection contains meeting minutes, photographs, and various ephemera related to the Amicans, a Junior Women's Honorary Society at Lewis and Clark College.
- Repository
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Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives
Aubrey R. Watzek Library
615 S. Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR
97219
Telephone: 5037687758
Fax: 5037687282
archives@lclark.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection includes three binders of meeting minutes, invoices, and correspondence relating to the Amicans, as well as photographs, a news article, "installation" notes, three of the Amicans society's constitutions, an Amicans pincushion, and Lewis and Clark College homecoming pins.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Amicans were a Junior Women's Honorary Society dedicated to performing acts of service at Lewis and Clark College. The society's name stood "for friendliness," originating in the French noun "amie," or friend, and the French verb "aimer," or to love. From the 1940s to the mid-1970s the Amicans undertook many service projects, including ushering at commencement, welcoming people at freshman orientation, ushering at chapel, organizing used book exchanges, giving campus tours, organizing high school senior preview days, and garnering new members. In 1976, The Amicans merged with several other service chapters on campus to create a larger, coed groups consisting of members from each of the four grade levels.
This collection was donated by Alice Hartness-Reichle in memory of Dr. Helen Hartness, Amican Advisor, (Lewis and Clark College 1949 - 1979).
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | item | ||
| 1 | 1 | The Amicans - Secretary and Treasurer Minutes | 1969-1976 |
| 1 | 2 | The Amicans - Secretary Minutes and Notes | 1940-1965 |
| 1 | 3 | The Amicans - "President's Book" - notes, correspondence, meeting minutes | 1967-1972 |
| 1 | 4 | The Amicans - Lewis & Clark College Homecoming Pins | 1957-1966 |
| 1 | 5 | The Amicans - Pin Cushion | Circa 1940 - 1970 |
| Folder | |||
| 1 | 1 | The Amicans - Photographs
This folder contains three series of graphic materials. The first contains pictures of four Amicans officers. The second contains pictures of college officials instituting a service chapter at Lewis and Clark College. The third contains negatives.
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1977 |
| 1 | 2 | The Amicans - Article - The Journal of L&C College - Vol. LIX, No. 1 | 1977 |
| 1 | 3 | The Amicans - "Installation" Notes | Circa 1940 - 1970 |
| 1 | 4 | The Amicans - Constitution | Circa 1940 - 1970 |
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Geographical Names
- Oregon
Special Collections and Archives
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