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Women's Overseas Service League records, 1922-1991
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Women's Overseas Service League. Portland branch
- Title
- Women's Overseas Service League records
- Dates
- 1922-1991 (inclusive)19221991
- Quantity
- 1.45 cubic feet, (1 document case and 2 oversize flat boxes)
- Collection Number
- Mss 2950
- Summary
- The Women's Overseas Service League was a national organization founded in 1921; the Portland chapter was formed in 1923. Collection includes scrapbooks; membership lists; newspaper clippings; officer lists; certificates; organizational histories; programs; minutes; correspondence; obituaries; and financial records.
- Repository
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Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Women's Overseas Service League was a national women's organization founded in 1921 to "keep alive the spirit that prompted overseas service; to maintain the ties of comradeship born of that service and to assist and further any patriotic work; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state, and nation; to work for the welfare of the armed services; to assist, in any way in our power, the men and women who served and were wounded or incapacitated in the service of their country; to foster and promote friendship and understanding between the United States and all other Nations of the World." The Portland chapter was formed in 1923.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Collection includes scrapbooks, 7 volumes; membership lists; newspaper clippings; officer lists; certificates; organizational histories; programs; minutes; correspondence; obituaries; and financial records.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Women's Overseas Service League records, Mss 2950, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Restrictions on Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Military hospitals
- Women--Oregon--Portland--Societies and clubs
- World War, 1914-1918--Civilian relief
- World War, 1914-1918--Participation, Female
- World War, 1914-1918--War work
- World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female
- World War, 1939-1945--War work
Corporate Names
- Women's Overseas Service League. Portland branch--Records and correspondence
Form or Genre Terms
- administrative records
- clippings (information artifacts)
- correspondence
- printed ephemera
- scrapbooks
