"The Optimist" Forest Grove High School Yearbook Collection
Scope and Content Note
Six volumes of "The Optimist," the Forest Grove High School yearbook, dated 1922, 1923, 1927, 1929, 1930, and 1941. Some of the yearbooks belonged to the donor's family and others were bought at antique stores.
Dates
- Creation: 1922-1941
Creator
- Forest Grove High School (Forest Grove, Or.) (Organization)
Historical Note
Forest Grove High School was founded in 1907, where it was the sole public high school in the town through the 2000s. It was originally located on the corner of 17th and Elm Streets. The high school published yearbooks beginning at least as early as the 1920s.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Forest Grove High School, founded in 1907, has published yearbooks since at least the 1920s. This collection includes several issues of the yearbook from various sources.
Source
- Holscher, Virginia (Donor, Person)
- Holscher, David (Donor, Person)
- Title
- "The Optimist" Forest Grove High School Yearbook Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Eva Guggemos
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Pacific University Archives Repository