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Willamette University

 Organization

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

Atkinson Graduate School of Management records

 Collection
Identifier: WUA040
Overview

The Atkinson Graduate School of Management records include planning documents, minutes and reports, and curriculum review and accreditation papers. These records also include general administrative documents, including those on visiting speakers, as well as photographs.

Dates: 1970-2009

Burt Brown Barker papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA004
Overview

The Burt Brown Barker papers consist of essays, receipts, and records pertaining to Barker’s time at Willamette University. The collection also includes correspondence from later years dealing with Willamette University’s school colors and other university issues.

Dates: 1890-1935

Ralph W. Barnes papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA016
Overview This collection contains materials that relate to Ralph W. Barnes’ fourteen year career as a foreign correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune. Barnes reported in Europe from 1926 to 1940, and was stationed in Benito Mussolini’s Italy, Joseph Stalin’s Russia, and Adolf Hitler’s Germany. The collection includes items related to Barnes’ career as well as his personal life. Correspondence, journals, and scrapbooks created by his wife, Esther Barnes are also included. The majority of Barnes’...
Dates: 1917-1983; Majority of material found within 1926-1940

Byars family papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA102
Overview

The Byars family papers consist of legal and financial documents, correspondence, photographs, and Willamette University memorabilia documenting the lives of several generations from approximately 1866 to 1990.

Dates: 1866-1990; Majority of material found within 1875-1923

Ivan Corner ’21 Willamette University photographs

 Collection
Identifier: WUA020
Overview

The collection contains black and white photographs of Professor James T. Matthews and Willamette University buildings Lausanne, Music, Chemistry, and Waller. The photographs of Waller Hall are before and after the fire on December 17, 1919.

Dates: 1919-1921

Ailene B. Dunbar papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA028
Overview

The Ailene B. Dunbar papers consist of black and white photographs, newspaper clippings, and event programs dating from the 1917-1918 academic year.

Dates: 1917-1918

Alfred J. French collection of Willamette University Memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: WUA051
Overview

This collection contains memorabilia of Alfred French’s time as an undergraduate at Willamette University, 1928-1932. Materials include items from the Alpha Phi Delta fraternity, Track and Field memorabilia, and items for class reunions.

Dates: 1928-1992

Virginia Furtwangler aka Ann Copeland papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA079
Overview

Virginia Furtwangler is an author, writing under the pen name Ann Copeland. Her papers comprise her manuscripts and published works, promotional material and publicity about her writing, her teaching material, and material gathered while she was Hallie Brown Ford Chair of English at Willamette University.

Dates: 1966-2014

Robert M. Gatke “Chronicles of Willamette” research collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUA008
Overview The Robert M. Gatke “Chronicles of Willamette” research collection contains the documents, records, and other historical materials that Gatke collected while researching the history of Willamette University and the Mid-Willamette Valley. Of particular note is the depth of material concerning Willamette University’s first fifty years and the impact of World War II on the University’s curriculum, student body, and daily life. There is also information on Gatke’s search for the diary of Cyrus...
Dates: 1835-1968; Majority of material found within 1919-1968

Carl Hall papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA124
Overview

The Carl Hall papers document the art and teaching careers of Carl Hall from 1940-2008. This collection includes World War II correspondence between Hall and his wife and family, as well as, sketches by Hall during his service in the Philippines and Okinawa, Japan. It also includes an extensive collection of Hall’s drafts and published manuscripts, essays, and articles concerning art and life philosophy.

Dates: 1929-2008; Majority of material found within 1940-2008