Correspondence, 1859-1922

The Willamette University Business records consist of correspondence, receipts, ledgers, reports, deeds, and mortgages related to the University and its operations.

Among the correspondence of this collection are requests for donations, and letters of remittance that help document the University's financial difficulties throughout the early decades and at the turn of the 20th century. Additional topics of interest include annual reports, faculty appointments, and admission inquiry. Reports and correspondence include materials from James T. Matthews (1864-1942), John W. Reynolds (1875-1942), as well as Presidents Willis Chatman Hawley (1864-1941) and John Hamline Coleman (1847-1914).