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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:

Forsythe family papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA106
Overview

The Forsythe family papers (1846-2009) contain correspondence, documents, literature, photographs, and ephemera. They represent the collected efforts of Irene Hanson (née Forsythe), Emmett and Bessie Forsythe, and Margaret Grace Forsythe to document their family history.

Dates: 1846-2009

Helen Pearce papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA107
Overview

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.

Dates: 1894-1958

Ken Jacobson Photographs of Willamette University Football Team at Pearl Harbor

 Collection — Box CD/DVD 2
Identifier: WUA096
Overview

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.

Dates: 1941-2012; Majority of material found within 1941 November - December

Stella Douglas papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA111
Overview The Stella Douglas papers document the personal life and career of artist Stella Douglas from 1927 to 1993. This collection includes substantial documentation of Douglas’s involvement in the Moral Re-Armament Movement as well as personal writings and materials related to her work in community activism including the anti-war movement, black rights activism, psychedelia, and the neo-feminist movement. This collection also includes correspondence between Douglas and artist Helen Blumenstiel as...
Dates: 1912-2014; Majority of material found within 1927-1993

Helen Johnson Keyser collection of WPA Children's Books

 Collection
Identifier: WUA112
Overview

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

Dates: circa 1935-2015

Cummins World War II Allied Forces Propaganda collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUA093
Overview

The Cummins World War II Allied Forces Propaganda collection consists of World War II propaganda pamphlets, flyers, and magazines dating from 1940 to 1944.

Dates: 1940-1944

Barry Duell Tokyo International University collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUA115
Overview

The materials in this collection focus on the various iterations of the Japanese Studies Program between Willamette University and Tokyo International University, and also includes publications by Barry Duell.

Dates: 1975-2015

David E. Blaine Diary

 Collection
Identifier: WUA116
Overview

This collection consists of a digital reproduction of a circuit rider diary kept in 1862 by the Reverend David E. Blaine and supporting information provided by Laura Arksey (2015).

Dates: 1862, 2015

Chemawa Indian School research collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUA128
Overview

The Chemawa Indian School research collection consists of original and photocopied records about the Chemawa Indian School, primarily compiled by SuAnn M. Reddick in the course of researching the history of the school. The collection also includes a large body of original photographs of Chemawa students and materials from the Chemawa Alumni Association.

Dates: 1879-2018

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