Folder 2

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Four incoming and four outgoing Regarding Pacific University business after McClelland had left for his next position. Includes discussion of the appointment of a new president and the Pearsons' fund.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is primarily composed of incoming correspondence that President McClelland received during his time at Pacific University. The most common topic within the letters is fundraising, followed by requests for course catalogs and inquiries about affairs at Pacific University. Enclosed in one letter, there is a set of reports by an undercover police agent who observed illegal liquor sales at a drug store in Forest Grove. There are also several manuscripts of writings by McClelland...

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One outgoing letter to Eells explaining his reasons for resigning from Pacific University; and one incoming letter asking for a photograph of Thomas McClelland, to be published in a history of Pacific University. This letter was found accompanied by a humorous photograph of a man dumping another man into a pond.

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Two letters regarding fundraising for Pacific University.

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Copy of a letter from McClelland to Lloyd regarding a donation to Pacific University.

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Regarding sending a son to Tualatin Academy.

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Regarding Pacific University business. For later letters between McClelland and Ferrin, see: Pacific University President William N. Ferrin Records (RG.3.105).

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Recommendation letter.

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Requesting a Pacific University catalog.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is primarily composed of incoming correspondence that President McClelland received during his time at Pacific University. The most common topic within the letters is fundraising, followed by requests for course catalogs and inquiries about affairs at Pacific University. Enclosed in one letter, there is a set of reports by an undercover police agent who observed illegal liquor sales at a drug store in Forest Grove. There are also several manuscripts of writings by McClelland...