Overlook Woman's Improvement Club records, 1905-1964.

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Overlook Woman's Improvement Club records, 1905-1964.

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Activities/Outreach series includes: Children's Floral Parade, 1931-1948; Halloween Parade, 1939-1940; newspaper clippings; a homeless women and children survey; the Overlook Boy's Club, 1929-1941; and Junior Police, 1939-1940. Administrative Records series includes: Club reports, 1913-1933; committee reports, 1922-1940; constitution and bylaws; correspondence, 1920-1947; minutes, including some roll-call and financial records, 1924-1931 and 1941-1949; Overlook Club House, including records of the water main petition, and resolutions (n.d.). Associations series includes: yearbooks and directories of other women's clubs such as the General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1930-1932; the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs, 1926-1950; and the Portland Federation of Women's Organizations, 1923-1952. Also included are four issues of the "Oregon Club Digest," v. 1 #6-9. Yearbooks series contains a comprehensive run of the Club's yearbooks from 1914-15 to 1955-56. The yearbooks list a brief Club description, past presidents, officers, committees, a Club prayer, a program of the year's meetings and a list of members.

3 cubic feet (4 document cases, 1 flat box)

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Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs

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The Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs (OFWC) was admitted to the General Federation of Women's Clubs on January 10, 1901. The mission of the OFWC is to "bring into communication and to unite the women's clubs and like organizations throughout the State for the purpose of mutual benefit, and for the promotion of their common interest in educational, industrial, artistic, and scientific culture as interpreted and implemented by established policy". All clubs are organized...

Overlook Woman's Improvement Club.

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The Overlook Woman's Improvement Club was founded on October 24, 1913 with 16 members. The Overlook District comprises a small area in N. Portland to the north and west of Overlook Park. The goals of the organization were to work for the improvement of the Overlook District and cooperate in civic and philanthropic movements throughout the state. The Club became a member of the State Federation of Women's Clubs on December 22, 1913, two months after its founding. All members were required to live...

Portland Federation of Women's Organizations.

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