Box 3

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Francis Hoyt was the first president of Willamette University from 1853 to 1860. The letters are regarding his travel arrangements from Cincinnati to Salem in order to give the commencement address of 1911.

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Correspondence related to the organization of an inter-collegiate athletic league.

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McDaniel served as the president of the Board of Trustees. Noteworthy topics in the correspondence are the Orphan Scholarship Fund and the endowment campaign.

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Frederic S. Mendenhall was the Dean of the College of Music from 1909 to 1914. Correspondence includes notice of election as Dean and subsequent letter of acceptance, descriptions of the College of Music, including equipment, students and classes, and a brief biography of Mendenhall.

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Folder includes a petition to “The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching,” minutes from Board of Trustees meetings, and a supplement to the original articles of incorporation of Willamette University.

Scope and Contents Folder includes a copy of the original charter given to Willamette University by the House of Representatives and the Counsel of the State of Oregon on January 12, 1853, minutes of a September, 1856 meeting on revising the Willamette University Constitution, report of an audit conducted in 1906, information about the proposed construction of Kimball School of Theology, annual reports from President Homan to the Board of Trustees and the Oregon Conference, the financial statement of the...