Pacific University

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The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs pertaining to Mary Drain Albro, founder of the Pioneer Rose Association, and the Old Memorial Rose Dedication at Pacific University.

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The Ancient Order of United Mustache Growers was a club formed by members of the Alpha Zeta fraternity at Pacific University. This collection includes the order's Constitution, a newspaper clipping and a photograph of its mustachioed members.

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A.T. (Alvin Thompson) Smith was an early Oregon pioneer who participated in the formation of the government of the Oregon Territory, and who also helped to found Pacific University. This collection contains transcripts of his diary, written from 1840 to 1853.

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The College Association of the Lower Willamette Valley was an organization that brought together faculty members from several small private colleges near Portland, Oregon. The collection includes its constitution and minutes from its meetings.

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Ernestine Brown was Pacific University graduate of the class of 1923. She is a descendent of Tabitha Moffett Brown, one of the founders of Pacific University. The scrapbook was created while Ernestine attended Pacific University from 1917-1922.

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Collection consists of a scrapbook and audio cassette tape pertaining to Dr. Cecilie Froelich who served as chair of Pacific University's Department of Mathematics.

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Pacific University created postcards depicting buildings on campus to gain the attention of prospective students in the early 1900s. This collection contains three of these postcards that belonged to the Jackson family of Gaston, Oregon. Two of the postcards contain handwritten messages that were sent to Mrs. Susie Hatfield Jackson of Silver Bell, Arizona.

Summary This collection documents the activities of Sidney H. Marsh while at Tualatin Academy and later as President of Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon from 1853 until his death in 1879. The majority of the correspondence and documents record his efforts in obtaining monies for the college through subscriptions, the financial records for the school, writings promoting and defending education in Oregon, relationships between business partners, early founders, students, and faculty...

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Collection consists of correspondence and notes about Agero Nosei, a 1876 graduate of Pacific University.

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Old College Hall, built in 1850 on the campus of Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, is one of the oldest collegiate buildings in the western United States. This collection includes records pertaining to its construction and renovation.