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WUAR. University Archives & Records

 Collecting Area
Identifier: WUAR
Publications, images, administrative records, research materials, and scrapbooks dating from Willamette’s beginnings. Also available are materials relating to Freshman Glee, one of Willamette’s longest running – and most beloved – traditions.

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Lestle J. Sparks Willamette Students World War II Correspondence collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUA086
Overview

The Lestle J. Sparks Willamette Student World War II Correspondence collection contains letters written between Willamette students serving in the U.S. Armed Forces and Willamette Professor Lestle Sparks during World War II.

Dates: 1943-1945

Willamette University Office of Communications records

 Collection
Identifier: WUA089
Overview

The Willamette University Office of Communications records contain the University's printed promotional material, as well as administrative materials from the Office of Communications.

Dates: 1964-2020

Willamette University Office of the Registrar records

 Collection
Identifier: WUA094
Overview

The Willamette University Registrar records include correspondence between prospective students and parents with the registrar of Willamette University. The majority of letters in this collection are requests and responses for information about the University.

Dates: 1928-1931

Willamette University Business records

 Collection
Identifier: WUA098
Overview

The Willamette University Business records contain documents pertaining to the financial operations and real estate of the university since 1855, including correspondence, receipts, ledgers, reports, financial statements, deeds, and mortgages.

Dates: 1855-1962

Willamette University Sustainability Institute records

 Collection
Identifier: WUA099
Overview

The Sustainability Institute records contain photographs and posters produced by the Center for Sustainable Communities, Zena Farm, and Willamette University as well as digital records compiled as transition documentation between directors.

Dates: 2006-2016

Willamette University Memorabilia collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUA101
Overview

The Willamette University Memorabilia collection includes a variety of items collected over the course of the university's history, including lettermen sweaters and jackets, sports uniforms, artifacts from buildings, glassware, freshman beanies, the first Blitz mascot costume, and a variety of other objects.

Dates: 1867 - 2016

Robert Putnam Willamette University Theatre collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUA110
Overview

Robert Putnam was an Assistant Professor in the Drama Department at Willamette University from 1953-1974. The collection contains programs, photographs, and other materials related to the productions he was involved with during his career and after his retirement.

Dates: 1947-2005

Willamette University Campus Photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUA9999
Overview

The Willamette University Campus Photograph collection contains photographic images of the University's buildings, landscape, events, and surroundings.

Dates: 1800-2015

Willamette University Library records

 Collection
Identifier: WUA129
Overview

The Library records document the activities of the Willamette University Library and the Friends of the Library.

Dates: 1938-2019

Willamette University Facilities Management records

 Collection
Identifier: WUA130
Overview

The Facilities Management records contain information about the physical plant of Willamette University.

Dates: circa 1915-2016