Margaret Meehan Papers, 1961-1987

Primarily comprised of published writings relating to women in American history and culture that Meehan used in her teaching and research, this collection includes newspaper clippings, photocopied articles and book chapters, newsletters, and poems. In addition to profiles of prominent women in history, subjects covered in these materials include: women in science, changing gender roles, salary disparity between the sexes, the feminist movement, and women in higher education. Meehan's own writings are reflected in research notes and handouts prepared for her classes on women in U.S. history.

A small portion of the collection is made up of newspaper accounts of the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, and the memorial observances held for them (Box 4). The Kennedy related material also includes an honorary invitation to the presidential inauguration ceremony for John F. Kennedy and literature for Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign in Oregon (Box 2, folder 6).

Likewise included are two poster board displays containing mounted photographs of Margaret and her husband Thomas Meehan, as well as a newspaper clipping about Thomas.

Of special note are brochures and newsletters about abortion (Box 1, folder 15); news clippings about salary disparities at Oregon State (Box 3, folder 1); newsletters of the National Organization of Women from the mid-1980s (Box 2, folders 3 and 4); and an issue of the Corvallis Gazette-Times relating the capture of James Earl Ray, assassinator of Martin Luther King Jr. (Box 4, folder 1).