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James Knox Sears Papers
James Knox Sears worked as a farmer in Polk County, Oregon from the 1860s-1929. His diaries contains short entries for each day of 1909, 1912, and 1913, with notes about his work and visits to friends and family. Personal correspondence, mortgages, contracts and other financial documents realated to Sears are also included in this collection.
Laduska Walker Sears Diary
Laduska Jane Walker Sears lived from 1857-1903 in Polk County, Oregon. Her diary and recipe book contains a short entry for nearly every day from January-August 1876, when she was about 19 years old, as well as recipes.
John Seus Papers
John Seus was a Pacific University graduate and a United States attorney for the court of appeals. The collection includes his letters home to his parents during World War II, manuscript drafts of legal writings, property titles and records, family photographs, and miscellaneous personal documents.
Esther Silverman Scrapbook
Collection consists of one scrapbook created by Esther Silverman during her senior year (1908) at Pacific University.
LeRoy and Reatha Smith Papers
LeRoy and Reatha Smith were Pacific University graduates who were active in the field of education in Oregon and California. The collection includes correspondence, diaries, notes, educational records, photographs and other material.
Sidney Smith Oregon Trail Diary
Sidney Smith was among the first Americans to successfully make the overland journey to Oregon on what would become the Oregon Trail. He wrote this diary while travelling with the Peoria Party from Illinois to the Dalles in 1839.
Social Degree Temple Minutes
Minutes of the Social Degree Temple of Forest Grove, Oregon and also the Washington County Woollen Factory Company.
Henry Harmon Spalding Notebook
Henry H. Spalding was a Presbyterian missionary who arrived in the Oregon Territory in 1836. This notebook, which he compiled during the 1850s-1860s, contains writings relating to his daily life as a missionary, farmer and Indian agent.
Henry Harmon Spalding Record Book
Henry H. Spalding was a missionary in the Pacific Northwest who is best known for his work with the Nez Perce from the 1830s-1870s. This record book consists of two parts: the records of the Preble Wigwam of the Order of the Star Spangled Banner, 1855, for which he served as president; and notes from his missionary trip to the Spokane Indians in 1873.
Maud Inez Sparks framed portrait
A small tin-type portrait of Maud Inez Sparks (1882-1948). Sparks was the daughter of Levi Sparks, who built Pacific University's McCormick Hall. The portrait is framed in a small wood frame. Around the portrait is a gold mat that contains etchings of bald eagles holding flags, as well as drums and cannons. Sparks jewelry has been embellished.