OHYMSS1443.xml Guide to the Portland Women's Union records 1887-1970 Portland Women's Union records Oregon Historical Society Research Library 2012
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2021-04-23. Finding aid is written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Oregon Historical Society Research Library
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Portland Women's Union records Portland Women's Union Mss 1443 4 cubic feet 3 record cartons and 2 document cases 1887-1970 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. English .

Collection is open for research.

Acquired 1972-1986, Lib. Acc. 12410, 17629, and 17779.

The Portland Women's Union was founded in 1887 and operated in the Martha Washington Hotel to provide respectable housing for single working women.

Includes material previously designated Mss 1443-1.

Portland Women's Union records, Mss 1443, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Additional records, relating to the 120th anniversary of the organization, are designated Coll 573 in the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Collection includes articles of incorporation, 1887; constitution and by-laws, 1887, 1932 and 1954; annual reports, 1888-1928 and 1953-1970; president's annual reports, 1892-1924; minutes, 7 volumes, 1891-1953; committee reports, 1887-1955; Martha Washington Hotel brochures and building reports, 1893-1926; union financial reports, 1889-1949; receipt books, 3 volumes, 1915-1927; Women's Exchange reports; notes on the history of the Portland Women's Union; and scrapbooks, 2 volumes, 1904-1965.

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 Portland Women's Union Martha Washington Hotel (Portland, Or.) Charities--Oregon--Portland Women--Services for--Oregon--Portland Women Portland administrative records financial records printed ephemera reports scrapbooks