La Creole Academy records , 1892 December 13

Overview of the Collection

Creator
La Creole Academy
Title
La Creole Academy records
Dates
1892 December 13
Quantity
0.025 linear feet, (1 folder)
Collection Number
CA 1892 Dec 13
Summary
La Creole Academic Institute was built in 1846 between the towns of La Creole and Dallas, Oregon as a non-sectarian, liberal arts college; the name of the school would later change to La Creole Academy. The collection (1892) contains student essays hand-written on Academy writing stationery on physical geography, rhetoric, algebra, Latin, the solar system, and book keeping subjects. The collection also includes a journal of the minutes of the faculty of Dallas College, dating from 1904 to 1914.
Repository
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
UO Libraries--SCUA
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene OR
97403-1299
Telephone: 5413463068
spcarref@uoregon.edu
Access Restrictions

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Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Historical NoteReturn to Top

La Creole Academic Institute was built in 1846 between the towns of La Creole and Dallas, Oregon as a non-sectarian, liberal arts college; the name of the school would later change to La Creole Academy.

[Source: Eighth Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Oregon, presented to the Legislative Assembly, Regular Session, 1889. pg. 69].

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection (1892) contains short student essays hand-written on Academy writing stationery on subjects such as physical geography, rhetoric, algebra, Latin, the solar system, and book keeping. The collection also includes a journal of the minutes of the faculty of Dallas College, which was born of the 1900 merger of La Creole Academy and Lafayette Seminary. The journal dates from 1904 to 1914.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • College prose, American--Oregon--Dallas
  • College students--Oregon--Dallas--Manuscripts
  • Education, Higher--Oregon--Dallas--History--19th century
  • Frontier and pioneer life--Oregon--Dallas
  • Frontier and pioneer life--Oregon--Polk County
  • Universities and colleges--Oregon--Dallas

Geographical Names

  • Dallas (Or.)--History--19th century
  • Polk County (Or.)--History--19th century

Form or Genre Terms

  • Essays