WUAPC. Personal Collections

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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.

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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.

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Materials relating to Lila V. Swafford’s academic career at Willamette University.

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The Viola Price Franklin letter collection contains letters and notes from many well-known figures of the late 19th and early 20th centuries including Susan B. Anthony, Zane Grey, Dante Rossetti, Dorothy Dix, and Louisa May Alcott.

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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.

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Papers of the Reuben P. Boise family include letters, Boise family legal documents, speeches, essays and other documents related to the Boise family. A collection of travel postcards and photographs of family and friends are also in the collection.

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’...

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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.

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The Edwin A. Sherwood “Land of the Rhine” Lantern Slides and Lecture Notes collection is comprised of lantern slides and lecture notes of Germany Sherwood used during his presentations.

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