Oral history interview with Jean M. Beatty [Sound Recording 02]
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- 1976-07-01
Tape 1, Side 2. This oral history interview with Jean M. Beatty was conducted by Charles Digregorio in Portland, Oregon, on July 1, 1976, as part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library's oral history program. Henry C. C. Stevens was also present and occasionally contributed to the interview.
In this interview, Beatty discusses the life and career of her father, Albert A. Morrison, an Episcopalian minister. She shares her memories of traveling to Oregon by train in 1899, and talks about her early life in the Nob Hill neighborhood of Portland. She discusses her father's work as pastor at Trinity Episcopal Church in Portland, describes a conflict he had with another member of the clergy, and talks about his social life. She also discusses his support for women's suffrage. She then briefly talks about the life of her mother, Caroline Conover Morrison. She talks about her own education, about her marriage to John C. Beatty, and about her involvement with the Junior League of Portland. She also speaks about the league's founder, Gretchen H. Corbett.
Beatty, Jean M. (Jean Morrison), 1892-1990