Box 1

A. F. Flegel was an attorney in Portland who handled the disposition of the Strawberrydale property on behalf of Willamette University.

Includes additional correspondence regarding the Strawberrydale property.

Includes correspondence with F. K. Heider regarding the sale of land in Sheridan, Oregon to Franklin Yocom and regarding the sale of Witch Hazel Farm.

Includes correspondence with C. B. Lafollett regarding his rental of a store in Sheridan, Oregon and additional correspondence regarding the sale of the attached land. One letter makes a brief reference to a bank robbery in Sheridan.

Includes correspondence with Fred A. Nelson regarding land in Glencove, Washington that Willamette University owned by lost due to delinquent taxes. Also contains correspondence regarding the possible purchase of Willamette's storefront property in Sheridan, Oregon by D. C. Noyes and a letter to M. L. Noble regarding sale of the Witch Hazel Farm.

Contains John Parsons' correspondence with only a single letter addressed to John Reynolds. Topics include the Witch Hazel Farm lease and Willamette University ledgers.

Includes a letter about a Multnomah County land sale that was to include Willamette University's Strawberrydale property, a letter regarding a deed to be signed by Franklin Yocom, and correspondence regarding a list of property records and amounts (endowment fund papers) as securities to be sold toward the debt.

Contains a letter refusing the offer of a perpetual scholarship from Franklin Yocom toward the purchase of land from Willamette University and correspondence regarding the sale of securities (endowment fund papers).

Includes some correspondence for interim secretary Loran A. Kerr who served during the latter half of 1904. Topics covered across files in this subseries include apportionments for Willamette University pledged by the Oregon Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the process of collecting on them, requests for catalogs, and donations to the library.

Includes a letter to L. F. Belknap (and other trustees) regarding a scheduled Board of Trustees meeting and correspondence regarding refurnishing the Ladies' Boarding Hall (Lausanne Hall). It is reported that it was painted white with a green roof during refurnishing. The refurnishing of the hall was funded through the efforts of Mrs. R. A. Booth and Mrs. W. H. Odell.