Universities and colleges -- Oregon

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Carol and Herb Drew were students at Pacific University from 1956-1960. The collection is chiefly comprised of approximately 40 black-and-white photographs depicting student life at the school during that time.

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Myron Eells, born in Oregon in 1843, was a missionary at the Skokomish Reservation in Washington, and a trustee of both Pacific University and Whitman College. This collection includes 7 letters by Eells, mostly related to Pacific University, and 3 anti-slavery pamphlets that may have belonged to him.

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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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Greta McIntyre Sheeley was a 1920 graduate of Pacific University, attending college during the World War I years. This collection includes hundreds of photographs and other memorabilia of Pacific dating from 1916-1920, with some later material.

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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.

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The Lymans were a family of early Oregon settlers who were active in missionary, educational and literary activities. The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence between member of the Lyman family and their friends between the years of 1846 to 1883.

Summary The Malheur Field Station records focuses on Malheur Field Station facility, during the time that Dr. William T. Jordan, a chemistry professor at Pacific University, was the university representative to the Malheur Field Station, 1971-1994. The Malheur Field Station was started in 1971 to be a place for naturalist education and research near Burns, Oregon. The field station is operated by a consortium of universities from Oregon, Idaho, and Washington. Pacific University administered the...

Content Description This collection consists of material from Margaret Morgan Hawkins and Samuel Glenn Morgan's time at Pacific University between the mid-1910s to early 1920s, plus additional material from the 1930s. It includes dozens of photographs, programs for plays, May Day, Wassail, and other events at Pacific, dance cards, a green freshman beanie, and other material. One item of note within this collection is a photograph album with pictures of students activities in the 1910s such as...

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McCormick Hall, a dormitory that was formerly for men only on the Pacific University campus, had a house government that dealt with social events, repairs, and other matters. This collection includes their house rules, meeting minutes and other records from the 1930s.

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Edith Hansen McGill was a 1930 graduate of Pacific University who participated in many activities on campus, including the student newspaper, the yearbook and sports. The album contains approximately 300 photographs featuring social activities, sports, trips to the beach and camping.