Box 1

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Includes correspondence regarding Witch Hazel Farm in Reedville, Oregon, which was mortgaged to Peter S. Anderson, and J. W. Copeland who was renting part of the property from Peter S. Anderson/Willamette University. Other correspondence references additional parcels of land owned by Willamette.

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Includes a letter referencing interest on the mortgage against the Woman's College being due, a letter from H. K. Hines, loans on the endowment funds to cover taxes due, letters from Agent F. P. Tower, and a letter regarding taxes due on land in Pierce County of the Washington Territory.

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Includes letters regarding taxes due on property in Pierce County of the Washington Territory, insurance for University Hall (Waller Hall), and the trustees for Willamette University elected at the Puget Sound Methodist Episocopalian Church Conference.

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Includes letters from Agent F. P. Tower in New York collecting money for the endowment; an offer to purchase land in Pierce County of the Washington Territory from Willamtte; and a proposal that a Methodist seminary be built on the land in Walla Walla, Washington that was bequeathed to Willamette University by James H. Wilbur.

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Includes letters regarding loans from Willamette University funds and Charles B. Moores.

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Also includes letters addressed to President George Whitaker and John Parsons. One letter in this folder is a request for Willamette University to declare Extensions along two sides of the campus as dedicated to public use. One of the 1895 letters addressed to Parsons relates to the lease of the James Wilbur property in Walla Walla, Washington.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Willamette University Business records consist of correspondence, receipts, ledgers, reports, deeds, and mortgages related to the University and its operations.Among the correspondence of this collection are requests for donations, and letters of remittance that help document the University's financial difficulties throughout the early decades and at the turn of the 20th century. Additional topics of interest include annual reports, faculty appointments, and admission...

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Includes correspondence regarding the purchase of Witch Hazel Farm by Peter S. Anderson and the selling of Willamette University property in Sheridan, Oregon to George W. Bibee.

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Includes correspondence with J. W. Copeland regarding crops sold toward rent, a note regarding a pledge by the Chemawa Band of $50 toward the Willamette University debt, a letter requesting payment of back salary owed, and a letter to Bishop Earl Cranston regarding his resignation from the Board of Trustees.

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Includes correspondence related to Willamette selling land in Sheridan, Oregon through real estate agent Willam H. Dinsmoore. One letter includes an offer from Franlkin Yocom to trade a perpetual scholarship for the land.