Lauretta M. Cloran was the wife of Timothy Cloran, professor of Romance Languages, University of Oregon. The collection contains thirty-nine diaries (1911-1954) and they include information such as social engagements, menus, entertainments, weather, and occasional local news.

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Guide to the Lauretta M. Cloran Diaries

Saidie Orr Dunbar (1889-1960) was a social worker and active member of numerous health and welfare organizations. The collection consists of Dunbar’s daily diaries.

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Guide to the Saidie Orr Dunbar Diaries

Sheba Hargreaves (1882-1960) was an elementary teacher and author. The collection consists of manuscripts of books and feature articles, correspondence, and pamphlets.

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Guide to the Sheba May Hargreaves Papers

Grace E. Hall (?-1939) was a journalist, author, and poet. Collection consists of manuscripts of her books, articles, speeches, vignettes, poetry, clippings, and miscellaneous items.

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Guide to the Grace E. Hall Papers

Mary Jane Waldo (1915-1967) was an author who wrote romances and confessions of 1945, feature stories for the Portland Oregonian, and was an instructor of creative writing at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Collection consists of manuscripts of stories and poems, a collection of published pieces, professional and personal correspondence, speeches, copyright papers, and a photograph.

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Guide to the Mary Jane Waldo Papers

The University of Oregon Women’s Faculty Club began in the 1920s (or earlier). Collection is comprised of secretary’s ledgers, annual reports, constitutions, minutes, membership and account ledger, publications, correspondence, scrapbooks, and Newcomer’s Club material including event and activity notebooks, and President’s notebook.

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Guide to the Women’s Faculty Club Records

Ruth Macleod  was an author who wrote romance and true confession stories. The collection contains correspondence, manuscript material, research files, tearsheets, and Authors Guild bulletins.

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Guide to Ruth MacLeod Papers

During this fall term, students in Professor Marsha Weisiger’s HIST 466 course, The American West, were assigned to read original diaries documenting journeys to the Pacific Northwest in the nineteenth century, housed in Special Collections and University Archives.

Special Collections and University Archives is the repository for over 100 overland trail journals and several sea journeys to the Pacific Northwest, many of which are original documents. Professor Weisiger’s students are to read three journals and compare their differences and similarities among the three experiences, with particular focus on issues such as class, race, gender, and ethnicity.

The diaries documenting journeys to the Pacific Northwest (the Oregon Trail is the predominate route represented among the diaries) are described in the Special Collections and University Archives’ subject guides here.

To the left is the first page of Abigail Scott Duniway’s diary written in 1852 to document her family’s migration over the Oregon Trail (Abigail Scott Duniway Papers, Coll. 232B). The finding aid to the Duniway Papers can be found here and the fully digitized diary can be found here.

Linda Long
Manuscripts Librarian

Given the Oregon Suffrage Centennial and today’s election, here’s a wonderful summation by Doug Linder (2001) :  The Trial of Susan B. Anthony for Illegal Voting

“Susan B. Anthony is not on trial; the United States is on trial.”–Matilda Joslyn Gage

Don’t forget, if you want to explore primary sources on Oregon women and politics, we have Abigail Scott Duniway papers among others, and through an LSTA grant from the Oregon State Library, we recently posted finding aids to the  Gretchen Kafoury papers and the Nancie Fadeley papers. Through the end of this year, we’ll be completing description of materials related to the Oregon Women’s Political Caucus, and NOW. Stay tuned!

November 5, is the centennial of Oregon women’s suffrage. There are several events, many organized by Century of Action with the assistance of SCUA curator Linda Long.

“What’s Suffrage Got to Do with It” Live Town Hall Debate*
*With special guest speaker Rep. Nancie Fadeley
Monday, November 5 at 6 PM
Presented by Lane County Historical Society
At UO Baker Downtown Center (325 10th Ave., Eugene, OR)
Free event. For more information: Heather Kliever, 541-682-4242

Monday, Nov. 5 at 9 PM
Premiere of  the documentary “The Suffragists”
OPB-TV

Here’s Your Guide to Celebrating the Oregon Women Suffrage Centennial

In the words of Abigail Scott Duniway, “Yours for Liberty”