Guide to the Diary of Dr. Mary Thompson
1877-1878

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Table of Contents
  Overview of the Collection
   
  Biographical Note
   
  Content Description
   
Use of the Collection
   
Administrative Information
   
Detailed Description of the Collection

  Subjects

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Thompson (Thomson), Mary Anna Cooke
Title: The Diary of Dr. Mary Thompson
Dates: 1877-1878 ( inclusive )
Quantity: 1 volume bound 7 x 8 inches
Location of Collection: Special Collections
Collection Number: OLPb003THO
Summary: The diary of Dr. Mary Thompson on her way to the 1877 Washington Convention of the Women's Suffrage Association.
Repository: Lewis & Clark College
Special Collections and Archives

Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
Aubrey R. Watzek Library
0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR 97219
archives@lclark.edu
503-768-7254
Languages: English 

Biographical Note

Dr. Mary Thompson (1825-1919) was the first female physician in Portland, Oregon. Born in New York City, she studied medicine privately with two doctors in LaSalle, Illinois and was the first woman to practice medicine in Iowa and Illinois as well. She took a leading part in the campaign for women's suffrage and other human rights issues.

Content Description

The diary of Dr. Mary Thompson on her way to the 1877 Washington Convention of the Women's Suffrage Association.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :  

This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.

Restrictions on Use :  

Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.

Preferred Citation :  

The Diary of Dr. Mary Thompson, OLPb003THO, Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

Bound volume

Acquisition Information :  

Acquired from Charles Seluzicki Fine and Rare Books, Portland, Oregon

Processing Note :  

Processed in and digitized in Septmber 2005.

Bibliography :  
    For more information about Mary Thompson see:
  • Larsell, O. The Doctor in Oregon. Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1947.

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Volume
Volume 1 of 1 OrPLb003THO: The Diary of Dr. Mary Thompson
1 volume, 139 pp. : Binding torn;7 x 8 inches
Bound volume
This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
 1877-1878

Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

  • Personal Names :
  • Thompson, Dr. Mary--Archives
  • Corporate Names :
  • Women's Suffrage Association
  • Geographical Names :
  • Portland (Or.)
  • Subject Terms :
  • Women’s rights--United States--History
  • Women--Suffrage--History
  • Subject Terms :
  • Oregon
  • Form or Genre Terms :
  • Diary
  • Occupations :
  • Medicine

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