WUAPC. Personal Collections

This collection contains digitized photographs donated by Ken Jacobson that were taken during the Willamette University football team's 1941 trip to Hawaii. Scanned documents relating to the event are also included.

The collection includes two children's books created by Helen Johnson Keyser and information about her life.

The Charles E. Larsen Chemawa Indian School collection is a compilation of Chemawa Indian School and Northwest Native American history dating from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century.

The Chester Francis Luther papers include correspondence between Luther and Senator Mark O. Hatfield, reports from the Office of the College of Liberal Arts Dean, photographs, and letters to the Board of Trustees about the resignation of Roger J. Fritz.

The Walter R. May letter collection contains letters written in response to a request from May for ideas for his commencement speech at Willamette University in June 1929.

The Robert C. Notson papers consist of the personal and professional papers of Notson, journalist, editor and publisher of The Oregonian from 1925 to 1975 and long-time Willamette University Board of Trustee member. The collection also contains the scrapbooks of Notson’s life as well as scrapbooks belonging to his wife, Adelia (White) Notson, and daughter, Jane (Notson) Gregg, documenting their respective experiences while students at Willamette University.

The Oregon Methodist Episcopal Church Administrative records contain documents created by various members of the Oregon Methodist Episcopal Church that deal with subjects such as church membership, discipline of pastors, purchasing and selling church property, and election of church delegates.

The Robert and Otto Paulus papers collection is comprised of over one thousand glass plate negatives of historical significance to Willamette University, the city of Salem, and the Willamette Valley.

The papers of Helen Pearce include photographs of Willamette University's campus and other subjects, her dissertation, and documents relating to her life and time attending and teaching at Willamette.

The Morton Peck papers contain photographs of Peck's travels, illustrations of fungi and slime molds, as well as ephemera collected by Peck during his lifetime.