Miscellaneous Small Collections
Content Description
Miscellaneous small collections, many of which were either found misfiled in other collections, or were found in the filing cabinets in the Archives. See inventory.
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- 1873-2012
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Inventory
Folder 1: - "Washington County, Oregon." Special promotional supplement to Oregon Magazine. 4 copies. - Circular letter from President Robert Duvall, probably related to fundraising for the Pacific Century Campaign, accompanied by clippings. 27 Jan 1992. - Clipping titled "A classic example of a scholarship winner," from July 1991 issue of "The Challenge of the Cancer Federation" - Letter from President John Dobbs enclosing a clipping - Circular letter signed "The Faculty," probably by H. L. Bates, about a "day of prayer for colleges" (1898) [Moved to Bates Papers, MS.29] - Fundraising letter from the Dean of Women to alumni about raising funds for furniture for Herrick Hall (1907) - Program for a Fourth of July event: "National celebration at Forest Grove, Or., July 4, 1891" (1891) - Washington County Museum brochure, circa 1980s? - Linn County Historical Society map / brochure, circa 1970s? - Banks Junior High Smokesignals newsletter: "Special edition: Banks by-gone days." Reproduces a historic map of Banks and information about its historic businesses and buildings. (1976) - Anna Berliner memorial service program (1978) Folder 2: [Moved to RG.7.410] - "The Would Be" - early satirical newspaper by Pacific University students. "Circulation 60 copies." 7 issues. These issues may have belonged to A. J. Prideaux; they were found with other material that belonged to him. (1898) Folder 3: - 5 letters addressed to Henry D. Smith, Pacific University professor, regarding organized labor. They appear to have been written in response to a question about universities and organized labor. The authors of the letters are: Benjamin Wheeler (President of the University of California); the Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor; William Harper (President of the University of Chicago); John Mitchell (President of the United Mine Workers of America); and Henry C. Potter (Bishop of the Episcopal Church of America). - Ella Pringle Young's original letter that accompanied her donation of Tabitha Brown's school bell to Pacific University. Young was her granddaughter. - Letter to Mrs. Thacher, president of the Pacific University Women's Club, from Charles Woodbury (1913) - Letter to "My dear Miss [illegible]", from an illegible correspondent in London (1900) - Letter from Alphonse Louis Pinart of Paris, requesting a handwritten copy of "Etshiit thlusitskai...," a rare Lapwai Mission Press book (1898) - Draft of a unsigned letter by Henry Spalding, to "My Dear L.B. & B," who probably were members of the Spokane Tribe. The letter urges them to write a petition asking for him to be sent as a missionary to their tribe. Accompanied by one-page note in an unidentified Native American language (possibly Spokane?). Probably circa 1873. Folder 4: "Matters of discipline." File of letters and documents, many from Sidney Harper Marsh. Folder 5: "Congregational Church of Forest Grove" : miscellaneous pamphlets and documents Folder 6: - Pacific Review (Winter 1976-77, Fall 2002 and Autumn 2004). Add to ACC.2011.266 - "Pacific Today" (Winter 1986) - "Fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the General Congregational Association of Oregon ... 1898". Add to ACC. 2011. 146 - "Bulletins of Pacific University." Vol. 1: 2 (Dec 1900). Add to ACC. 2011. 151 - Theater program: "A Whitman Portrait." [circa 1940?]. Add to 17B Folder 7: - "Marsh Hall Rededication." [Program.] Add to RG.8.106 - Marsh Hall Reconstruction files. Add to RG.8.106 - Convocation program. 2011. Add to ACC.2011.127 - Commencement program. 2012. - Empty envelope addressed to President Robert Clark, 1901? - Collection of "Other schools' Commencement Programs" Folder 8: Material to be added to the Prideaux Collection including a letter from A. C. Gilbert Folder 9: Letters from H. L. Bates and President McClelland regarding graduating student Anna Sorenson, 1895-1899 Folder 10: - Pacific University postal meter slug (i.e. stamp), donated by Alice Hoskins - "The Walker-Naylor National Register Historic District, Forest Grove, Oregon." 2012. Pamphlet Folder 11: "Aloha! Celebrating a shared past..." Commemorative book issued for the Grand Opening of Pacific University's Hawaii Office, January 2013. Accessioned under ACC.2013.5.