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WUAPC. Personal Collections

 Collecting Area
Identifier: WUAPC
Manuscript collections, diaries, and the correspondence with a focus on individuals involved in regional missionary work, settling Salem, and developing Willamette University.

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

James H. Wilbur papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA030
Overview

The James H. Wilbur papers consist of his travel journal, correspondence, and legal and accounting papers dating from 1846 to 1887. The bulk of the material is from the 1880s and pertains to his career as Indian Agent for the Yakama Reservation at Fort Simcoe in the Washington Territory.

Dates: 1846-1887; Majority of material found within 1880-1887

Willamette University and Salem, Oregon postcard collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUA032
Overview

Postcards from the Michael J. Carrick postcard collection and the Jim and Connie Ames postcard collection.

Dates: 1900-1990

Willamette University Student Life Glass Plate Negatives

 Collection — Box WUA
Identifier: WUA083
Overview

This collection of glass plate negatives features the Willamette University campus and student life in the early 1920s. They were probably taken by Vernor Martin Sackett, who graduated from Willamette University in 1922.

Dates: circa 1920

William H. and Chloe Clarke Willson papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA013
Overview

The William H. and Chloe Clarke Willson papers consist of Chloe Clarke Willson's journal and a transcription, land purchase records, letters, documents, and a photograph. There is information regarding the Willamette University and Willson family land dispute among the letters.

Dates: 1839-1897

Paul Wynne Journal collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUA074
Overview

The Paul Wynne Journal collection contains master and composite video tapes of Paul Wynne's Journal a video diary concerning Wynne's struggle with AIDS originally broadcast by KGO-TV, San Francisco. Also included are letters to Wynne, personal memorabilia, and professional work produced during his time as a newscaster. The journal has been digitized and can be viewed on the Willamette University Archives website.

Dates: 1943-1997