Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Dunbar's day books from 1923 to 1958. There are entries of varying length for virtually every day. The diary entries are usually notations of meetings attended, persons seen, and observations.
Dates
- 1923-1958
Creator
- Dunbar, Saidie Orr, 1880-1960 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Saidie Orr Dunbar (1889-1960) was a social worker. She lived in Kansas and California before moving to Oregon in 1889. She worked for many years in various capacities at the Oregon Tuberculosis Association, eventually rising to executive secretary. Dunbar organized several clubs in Oregon and went on to become state president of the Oregon Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1923-1926. She was elected President of the (National) General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) in 1938.
After her term as GFWC President, Dunbar returned to her position as executive secretary of the Oregon Tuberculosis Association. She served there until her retirement in 1951. The Oregon Federation of Women’s Clubs and the American Lung Association established The Saidie Orr Dunbar Nursing Education Fund Trust in her honor in 1956.
Extent
3 linear feet (6 containers) : 6 manuscript boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
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.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents
- Civic leaders -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diaries Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs
- Oregon Tuberculosis and Health Association
- Public health -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Public health -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Social workers -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Social workers -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Women -- Oregon -- Societies and clubs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women civic leaders -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women social workers -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women social workers -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Saidie Orr Dunbar Diaries
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Archivists' Toolkit Project Team and Austin Munsell
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
