Administrative Records of Albany College (Oregon) President, William Thomas Bibb

Administrative Records of Albany College (Oregon) President, William Thomas Bibb, 1929-1938

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Bibb, Thomas William, b. 1884
Title: Administrative Records of Albany College (Oregon) President, William Thomas Bibb
Dates: 1929-1938 (inclusive)
19291938
Quantity: 3 cubic feet, (2 boxes)
Collection Number: OLPa082BIB
Summary: This collection is made up of materials relating to the administration of Albany College (Oregon) during the administration of President Thomas William Bibb, who served as College President from 1929-1938.
Repository: Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives

Aubrey R. Watzek Library
615 S. Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR
97219
Telephone: 5037687758
Fax: 5037687282
archives@lclark.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Thomas William Bibb was born in 1883 in Missouri. Bibb earned a bachelor's degree at William Jewell College (Liberty, Missouri) in 1908. In 1910 he moved to Tacoma, Washington to take a job as a teacher, and in 1918 he took a job as the superintendent of schools in Grays Harbor County, Washington. In 1928 Bibb took a job at Ellensburgh Normal school (later Central Washington University) as head of the department of physical sciences and dean of men. During this time, Bibb also completed is Ph.D. in education at the University of Washington. Bibb's dissertation, "The History of Early Common School Education in Washington" was a landmark study of education in the Pacific Northwest. In 1929 Albany College hired Bibb as its president. Bibb's job was a difficult one. As a "self-help" school, Albany's students lacked funds to pay tuition, a situation which had become financial burden for the institution. Bibb was tasked with phasing out the self-help program, increasing enrollment, improving the faculty, and raising funds in the midst of the Great Depression. Although the number of students increased during the Depression, fundraising failed to meet the goals of the Board of Trustees. During Bibb's tenure at Albany, the college became a member of the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools and the Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. In 1934, the Board of Trustees and the Synod recommended that Albany College establish a satellite program in Portland on a tentative basis. This program proved to be popular and a source of revenue. As a result, the Board of Trustees made the satellite program permanent. In 1936 a commeittee of trustees issued a report recommending that the Portland program be expanded and a permanent Portland campus should be acquired. In June of 1938 the Albany campus was closed permanently and accreditation was lost. Upon receiving notice of the Board's decision, Bibb resigned and took a job as president of Missouri Valley College (Marshall, MO). Bibb died at the age of 97 in Littleton, Colorado.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Reports, correspondence, and clippings.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.

Preferred Citation

The Administrative Records of Albany College (Oregon) President, Thomas William Bibb (OLPa082BIB), Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Location of Collection

College Archives, GXIX

Processing Note

Processed prior to 1990.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Albany College Presidential Records,Thomas W. Bibb, GXIX, Box 1 of 2, 1929-1938Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
File
G.XIX.a.1	Report to the Albany Board of Trustees	March 8, 1929
G.XIX.a.2	Albany College Statistical Report	March 12, 1931
G.XIX.a.3	Institutional data	October 6, 1932
G.XIX.a.4	Report of Synod's Special Committee on Albany College Final report and correspondence.	1937
G.XIX.a.5	Working papers of the Synod's Special Committee on Albany College Preliminary reports and statistical data.	1937
G.XIX.a.6	Working Papers of the Board of Christian Education Albany College historical and statistical data	1938
G.XIX.a.7	Albany College Operational Plan	1938
G.XIX.c.1	Reports to the Dept. of Education	1929-1938
G.XIX.c.2	Financial Campaign Correspondence	1928-1929
G.XIX.c.3	Financial Campaign Bochures & Flyers	1928-1929
G.XIX.c.4	Financial Campaign correspondence	1929-1930
G.XIX.c.5	Financial Campaign donor lists	1929-1930
G.XIX.c.6	Financial Campaign Correspondence	1930-1931
G.XIX.c.7	Financial Campaign donor lists	1930-1931
G.XIX.c.8	Financial Campaign field reports	1930-1931
G.XIX.c.9	Financial Campaign Correspondence	1931-1932
G.XIX.c.10	Financial Campaign pledge lists	1931-1932
G.XIX.c.11	Financial Campaign Solicitation Reports	1931-1932
G.XIX.c.12	Financial Campaign clippings	1931-1932
G.XIX.c.13	Financial Campaign pledge lists	1932-1933
G.XIX.c.14	Financial Campaign correspondence	Fall 1933
G.XIX.c.15	Financial Campaign pledge lists	Fall 1933
G.XIX.c.16	Financial Campaign correspondence	Spring 1935
G.XIX.c.17	Financial Campaign prospect lists	Spring 1935
G.XIX.c.18	Financial Campaign planning documents	Spring 1935
G.XIX.c.19	Financial Campaign brochures and flyers	Spring 1935
G.XIX.c.20	Financial Campaign Reports	Spring 1935
G.XIX.c.21	Financial Campaign Correspondence	Spring 1936
G.XIX.c.22	Financial Campaign Clippings	Spring 1936
G.XIX.c.23	Financial Campaign Theatrical Performance Script	Spring 1936
G.XIX.c.24	Financial Campaign Board of Trustees Giving	1937
G.XIX.c.25	Financial Campaign Contributors from outside of Albany	1937
G.XIX.c.26	Financial Campaign Invitations/Instructions/Solicitions	1937
G.XIX.c.27	Financial Campaign Breakfast Meeting	May 25, 1937
G.XIX.c.28	Financial Campaign Reports	June 4, 1937
G.XIX.c.29	Financial Campaign Reports	June 5, 1937
G.XIX.c.30	Financial Campaign Reports	June 12, 1937
G.XIX.c.31	Financial Campaign Reports	June 25, 1937
G.XIX.c.32	Financial Campaign Reports	June 30, 1937
G.XIX.c.33	Financial Campaign Reports	July 8, 1937
G.XIX.c.34	Financial Campaign Letters seeking the cooperation of pastors	1937
G.XIX.c.35	Financial Campaign Letters to Trustees	1937
G.XIX.c.36	Financial Campaign C.W. Platt Letters	1937
G.XIX.c.37	Financial Campaign: List of files maintained by Portland Unit	1937
G.XIX.c.38	Financial Campaign: List of Prospective Workers and Central Committee in Portland	1937
G.XIX.c.39	Financial Campaign, Oregon Synod Statistics	1937
G.XIX.c.40	Secondary Presbyterian Churches included in 1937 campaign	1937
G.XIX.c.41	Central Committee Prospect List	1937
G.XIX.c.42	Prospect Lists from various sources	1937
G.XIX.c.43	Lists of prospective fundraising workers	1937
G.XIX.c.44	Original list of Prospective fundraising workers, division leaders, and captains	1937
G.XIX.c.45	Women Workers list	1937
G.XIX.c.46	Mrs. Ralph (Bernice) Mort/All Presbyterial matters	1937
G.XIX.c.47	Portland Division Luncheon of Men, Portland Hotel	June 7, 1937
G.XIX.c.48	Kickoff Dinner, 1230 Main, College Building	June 21, 1937
G.XIX.c.49	Central Committee Breakfast, Campbell Court Hotel	June 2, 1937
G.XIX.c.50	Invitation letter, Central Committee	1937
G.XIX.c.51	Central Committee Organization at Old Heathman French Room	June 12, 1937
G.XIX.c.52	Division Organiztion, Men and Women Workers	1937
G.XIX.c.53	Receipts on cash paid on pledges	1937
G.XIX.c.54	Platt letters to Board of Trustees on subscription	1937
G.XIX.c.55	List of people with pledge cards	1937
G.XIX.c.56	General Solicitation correspondence, A	1937
G.XIX.c.57	General Solicitation correspondence, B	1937
G.XIX.c.58	General Solicitation correspondence, C	1937
G.XIX.c.59	General Solicitation correspondence, D	1937
G.XIX.c.60	General Solicitation correspondence, E	1937
G.XIX.c.61	General Solicitation correspondence, F	1937
G.XIX.c.62	General Solicitation correspondence, G	1937
G.XIX.c.63	General Solicitation correspondence, H	1937
G.XIX.c.64	General Solicitation correspondence, K	1937
G.XIX.c.65	General Solicitation correspondence, M	1937
G.XIX.c.66	General Solicitation correspondence, N	1937
G.XIX.c.67	General Solicitation correspondence, P	1937
G.XIX.c.68	General Solicitation correspondence, Q	1937
G.XIX.c.69	General Solicitation correspondence, R	1937
G.XIX.c.70	General Solicitation correspondence, S	1937
G.XIX.c.71	General Solicitation correspondence, T	1937
G.XIX.c.72	General Solicitation correspondence, V	1937
G.XIX.c.73	General Solicitation correspondence, W	1937
G.XIX.c.74	Lists of Presbyterian Church Contributions	1927-1937
G.XIX.c.75	Miscellaneous correspondence and unpaid pledges	1936-1937
G.XIX.c.76	Misc. correspondence, pledges	1936-1937
G.XIX.c.77	Lists of Pledges	March 1932-November 1934
G.XIX.c.78	Lists of pledges	December 1936
G.XIX.c.79	Financial Campaign Solicitation in the Eastern U.S.	Spring 1938
G.XIX.d.1.1	Accreditation Correspondence	1930-1938
G.XIX.d.1.2	Associated Colleges Financing Association Correspondence	1931-1932
G.XIX.d.1.3	Basham, R. A. (Fanancial Campaign Agent) Correspondence	1931-1933
G.XIX.d.1.4	Board of Christian Education Correspondence	1936
G.XIX.d.1.5	Coffin, E.T. (Financial Campaign Agent) Correspondence	1930-1938
G.XIX.d.1.6	Dunster, D. F. (Financial Campaign) Correspondence	1929-1932
G.XIX.d.1.7	Endowment Fund Bank Transactions Correspondence	1927-1938
G.XIX.d.1.8	Endowment Fund, Hauser Securities Co. Correspondence	1931-1932
G.XIX.d.1.9	Endowment Fund, Rood Estate Correspondence	1936-1938
G.XIX.d.1.10	Endowment Fund, Misc. Gifts/Estates Correspondence	1936
G.XIX.d.1.11	Endowment Fund, Reports Correspondence	1919-1936
G.XIX.d.1.12	Endowment Fund, Trustees Correspondence Correspondence	1934-1938

Albany College Presidential Records, Thomas W. Bibb, GXIX, Box 2 of 2, 1929-1938Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
File
G.XIX.d.1.13	Endowment Fund (Hill Bequest, 1922) Correspondence	1915-1938
G.XIX.d.1.14	Honorary Degrees Correspondence	1936-1938
G.XIX.d.1.15	Markle Foundation Correspondence	1931-1935
G.XIX.d.1.16	McGarrah, Albert F. (Financial Campaign) Correspondence	1930-1931
G.XIX.d.1.17	Mitchell, Sidney Z. Correspondence	1931-1937
G.XIX.d.1.18	Miscellaneous Correspondence	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.1.19	Portland Campus (prospects for SW facility) Correspondence	1936
G.XIX.d.1.20	Student Employment/Housing, Dean of the College Correspondence	1931
G.XIX.d.1.21	Students and Dancing on campus Correspondence and campus survey	1932-1935
G.XIX.d.1.22	Teacher placement Correspondence	1936-1938
G.XIX.d.1.23	White, Manson (College Architect) Correspondence	1929-1930
G.XIX.d.1.24	Women's Dormitory, Albany campus Correspondence	1930-1935
G.XIX.d.1.25	YMCA Correspondence	1931-1935
G.XIX.d.2.1	Bagstad, Anna E. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.2	Baker, Raymond E. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.3	Balcom, Lloyd Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.4	Banton, Mary E. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.5	Barnett, Elmer H. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.6	Bear, Thelma Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.7	Bishop, Oma Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.8	Breen, Quirinus Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.9	Butler, L. G. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.10	Burns, Eugene Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.11	Cable, Edna R. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.12	Campbell, Maude O. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.13	Case, Robert O. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.14	Case, Ruth G. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.15	Case, Victoria Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.16	Chandler, Edward E. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.17	Clarke, Margaret Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.18	Cohen, Blanche Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.19	Cole, David M. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.20	Cook, Herman Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.21	Courtney, Lily Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.22	Creitz, Helen Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.23	Duncan, Bernice Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.24	Eakin, Wallace C. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.25	Ekstrand, Doris Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.26	Faber, Donald E. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.27	Filker, Alexander G. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.28	Fitzgibbon, Evelyn Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.29	Fockler, E. R. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.30	Fraser, Stella G. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.31	Freeman, Mrs. Daniel Corlett Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.32	Freeman, Daniel Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.33	Furnas, Esther H. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.34	Furnas, John D. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.35	Graham, Alice C. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.36	Groening, A. A. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.37	Hays, Alexander Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.38	Haman, John W. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.39	Hart, H. B. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.40	Hempstead, Walter E., Jr. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.41	Holbrook, Kay Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.42	Holmes, G. G. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.43	Hoon, Bessie Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.44	Hopkins, Winifred Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.45	Hopper, P. C. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.46	Howard, James F. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.47	Ivanakeva, Radka Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.48	Jackson, Olga M. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.49	Johnson, Florence R. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.50	Karpenstein, Elizabeth Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.51	Keeler, C.A. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.52	Keeler, Lydia Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.53	Kendall, Lois Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.54	Lappenbusch, Charles F. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.55	Lee, Wallace Howe Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.56	Leyman, Mrs. William H. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.57	Mack, Joseph H. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.58	Mattern, Grace Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.59	McAfee, Lucius O. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.60	McAuley, Julia Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.61	McLeod, Isabelle C. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.62	Mekelburg, Alan J. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.63	Miller, Arthur G. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.64	Miller, Mrs. Justin A. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.65	Miller, Justin A. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.66	Morrison, Mrs. P. R. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.67	Morton, Bernice Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.68	Mundle, Thomas F. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.69	Norris, W. H. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.70	Powell, Ida Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.71	Prather, Marie Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.72	Prillaman, L. B. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.73	Purveary, V. J. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.74	Ramsey, Margaret Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.75	Redfield, Charlotte Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.76	Redenius, John R. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.77	Robie, Frank Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.78	Robinson, G. O. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.79	Rupert, Clyde J. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.80	Say, Harold B. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.81	Shaw, Walter F. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.82	Shearer, William N. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.83	Slocum, Clarence C. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.84	Stebbings, Lee W. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.85	Stocker, M. M. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.86	Thielsen, Nancy Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.87	Thompson, Barbara A. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.88	Todd, S. S. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.89	Vogan, Mr. J. W. Eugacia Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.90	Williamson, Mrs. Elizabeth N. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.91	Witt, Mildred G. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.d.2.92	Wyman, C. A. Correspondence with Faculty and Staff	1929-1938
G.XIX.e.1	Report of the Committee on College President to Board of Trustees recommending the appointment of Thomas Bibb	undated
G.XIX.e.2	Bibb Retirement Dinner at Whitworth College Program & Correspondence	1958-1959
G.XIX.e.3	Thomas Bibb biographical clippings	1932-1938
G.XIX.e.4	Letter from Thomas W. Bibb Jr. announcing Bibb's death	March 1982
G.XIX.f.1	"The Present Problem of Christian Education: An Address to Synod of Oregon" Albany College Bulletin v. 6, no. 3	June 1934
G.XIX.g.1	Memoranda by Bibb	1929-1938
G.XIX.g.2	Suggestions regarding a Chapel for Albany College (brochure)	ca. 1930
G.XIX.g.3	Letters from Bibb to Martha Montague entitled, "Notes of Albany College, 1929-38"	1965

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Personal Names

Bibb, Thomas William, b. 1884--Archives

Corporate Names

Albany College (Albany, Or.)

Geographical Names

Albany (Or.)

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