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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:

Walter R. May letter collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUA011
Overview

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.

Dates: 1929

Reuben P. Boise family papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA012
Overview

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.

Dates: 1805-1937

Ralph W. Barnes papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA016
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’...
Dates: 1917-1983; Majority of material found within 1926-1940

Ivan Corner ’21 Willamette University photographs

 Collection
Identifier: WUA020
Overview

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.

Dates: 1919-1921

Edwin A. Sherwood “Land of the Rhine” Lantern Slides and Lecture Notes collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUA021
Overview

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.

Dates: 1895-1906

Ailene B. Dunbar papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA028
Overview

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

Dates: 1917-1918

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

John D. Beach papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA026
Overview

The John D. Beach papers consist of letters written by Beach, a Union soldier, to his mother during his time in service with the Illinois 55th Regiment, Company G, covering the years 1861 through 1865.

Dates: 1861-1865

Waltz family papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA034
Overview

The collection contains correspondence, music books, Glee memorabilia, photographs, and other items connected with Willamette University and the Waltz family.

Dates: 1882-1942