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Cassie Stump and Mary Stump Campbell family papers, 1868-1933
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Stump, Cassie
- Title
- Cassie Stump and Mary Stump Campbell family papers
- Dates
- 1868-1933 (inclusive)18681933
- Quantity
- 4 linear feet, (3 boxes (2 oversize))
- Collection Number
- MSS 4
- Summary
- Correspondence, family photographs, and family records of the Stump/Campbell family, one of Monmouth's early pioneer families.
- Repository
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Western Oregon University Archives
Hamersly Library
345 N. Monmouth Ave.
Monmouth, OR
97361
Telephone: 5038388419
Fax: 5038388399
libarchives@wou.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is available for research
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Funding for archival supplies made possible, in part, by a grant from the Polk County Cultural Coalition.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Cassie Stump was born February 8, 1855, in Monmouth, Oregon, to one of the first families to settle in the area. She was named after her mother, Catherine Elizabeth Stump. Her father, David Stump, was one of the original land donors to Monmouth University. In 1875, Cassie earned an M.S. degree from Christian College and in 1876 she received a Polk County Teacher’s Certificate. In early 1881, Cassie traveled east to attend Wellesley College in Massachusetts. Her journal describes a visit she made to the home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It is not known if she completed her studies at Wellesley. In the 1881 Christian College catalog, Cassie is listed as faculty, teaching instrumental music. She stopped teaching in 1886 when her father died so she could care for her mother.
An advocate for equal rights for women, Cassie was the founder and the first president of the Vespertine Society. When the trustees of the Christian College barred women from participating in co-ed literary societies, Cassie and her sister founded the Vespertines. In 1913, Cassie registered for the first national election in which women were given the right to vote. With the exception of the short time Cassie attended Wellesley she lived in Monmouth with her parents in the family home built by her father. The house was located on the corner where the Academic Programs and Support Center currently stands. After her mother died in 1916, Cassie added an additional floor and porches to the home and opened a rooming house for female instructors. Eventually, the home became a hub for college activities. Cassie Stump remained single until her death on January 19, 1941, shortly before her 86th birthday.
Mary Stump Campbell was the elder of the two sisters. During her college years at Monmouth Christian College she was the president of the Philisophian Literary Society in June 1872 before co-ed clubs were banned by the trustees. She graduated in June 1872 with a Master's degree. After college Mary worked as writer, business manager, and eventually publisher of the Christian Messenger, Monmouth’s first newspaper. In 1876 she traveled to the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Marrying Rev. Thomas Franklin Campbell in 1885 (his second wife,) they traveled the circuit preaching to rural areas and raising money for Monmouth Christian College and eventually settled in Eugene, where she raised their four children. When Rev. Campbell died in 1893, she returned to Monmouth to live with her mother and sister Cassie. Mary Stump Campbell died in 1955 and is buried at Fircrest cemetery with the Stump family in Monmouth.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Correspondence, family photographs, and family records of the Stump family. Personal items of Cassie Stump include sketchbooks, notebooks with travel expenses, ledgers with grades for her students, and a personal copy of The Poetic Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). Oversized scrapbook of travel from Monmouth, Oregon to the east coast by Cassie Stump in 1900. Includes programs and invitations to events at Oregon State Normal School, later Oregon Normal School. Also includes certificate of registration and ballot from the first election that allowed Oregon women to vote in 1913.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
For further information, see the Western Oregon University Archives Research Rules.
Copyright Information: Researchers are hereby cautioned that materials within archival and manuscript collections may be protected by copyright laws (Title 17, U.S. code). Researchers who plan to eventually publish their work are responsible to inquire about publication restrictions before beginning their research. Researchers wishing to quote from materials in any collections held by University Archives should consult the University Archivist. Reproduction of any item must contain a complete citation to the original.
Preferred Citation
Cassie Stump and Mary Stump Campbell family papers, MSS 4, Western Oregon University Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically and at the item-level. The collection is arranged in six series: Series I: Family Records (Cassie Stump personal records, Stump/Campbell family materials, Materials related to OSNS, ONS; Series II: Correspondence; Series III: Photographs (of Cassie Stump, Oregon, family, and friends); Series IV: Miscellaneous materials; Series V: Notebooks and ledgers; and Series VI: Travel Scrapbook.
Acquisition Information
The collection was given to Ellis Stebbins at Oregon College of Education in 1972 by Mary Ann Campbell and Mary Stump Campbell, granddaughter and second wife of Thomas Franklin Campbell. The material was later transferred to the College Archives in the early 2000s.
Processing Note
Container list created in 2008; processed by Erin Passehl in 2011.
Separated Materials
Three folders of materials related to the history of the university kept by Ellis Stebbins have been separated from this collection and added to the Ellis Stebbins Collection, MSS 14.
Related Materials
Other material related to Cassie Stump can be found in the University Archives files. The University of Oregon Special Collections has another manuscript collection related to Mary Stump Campbell, http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/guides/women/journal.html
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
I: Family Records, 1876-1932Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Cassie Stump personal records |
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Christian College diploma with ribbon (Bachelor of Science) for Cassie Stump |
1875 | ||
Chautauqua diploma for Miss Cassie B. Stump |
August 17, 1887 | ||
Will of Cassie B. Stump |
October 8, 1931 | ||
Will of Cassie B. Stump |
October 8, 1931 | ||
Polk County Teacher's Certificate for Miss Catherine Stump |
1876 | ||
Sketchbook by Cassie Stump
Mostly pencil designs, sketches, and drawings.
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Cassie Stump voting registration and ballot |
1913; 1916 | ||
1 | oversize | Mary Stump Campbell personal records |
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Christian College diploma (Bachelor of Science) for Mary Stump |
June 14, 1871 | ||
Chautauqua diploma for Mrs. Mary Stump Campbell |
August 17, 1887 | ||
Christian College diploma in Latin for Mary A. Stump |
June 12, 1871 | ||
Christian College diploma in Latin for Mary A. Stump |
June 16, 1871 | ||
1 | 2 | Stump/Campbell family materials |
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Obituary handbills for Mrs. Catherine E. Stump |
February 21, 1916 | ||
Remembrance card: Catherine E. Stump |
February 21, 1916 | ||
Obituary handbill for Herschel Stump |
December 24, 1902 | ||
Picture card "Reward of Merit": 'presented to Miss Mary A. Stump N.B. 5th in Spelling |
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Music recital program by David B. Campbell |
February 14, 1912 | ||
Obituary notice cards for David Stump |
February 21, 1886 | ||
Music program: Bechstein Music Hall, Berlin: A Piano Evening with David Campbell |
April 2, 1914 | ||
1 | 3 | Materials related to Oregon State Normal School, Oregon Normal School |
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OSNS Commencement program |
1895 | ||
Invitation to Oregon State Normal School commencement |
1905 | ||
ONS Commencement invitation |
1932 | ||
Copy of text of the University accepting a portrait of P.L. Campbell painted by Sydney Bell |
June 28, 1928 |
II: CorrespondenceReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 4 | Letter from David and Lora, postmarked Newport (Nye Creek), addressed to Miss Cassie Stump |
August 9, 1903 |
Handwritten account of visit Cassie Stump and other made to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
1881 | ||
Box | Folder | ||
1 | 4 | A lock of baby Solomon Stump's hair, sent to Cassie Stump in Wellesley, Massachusetts, from Monmouth, Oregon |
March 5, 1881 |
1 | 4 | Letter from Cassie B. Stump to "Dear Friends" |
June 17, 1888 |
1 | 4 | Postcard to Mrs. C.E. Stump, Monmouth, Oregon, from Jason Lawrence, Ericson, Nebraska |
March 10, 1895 |
1 | 4 | Note from Wellesley College to Miss Catharine B. Stump inviting all alumnae to inauguration of President Miss Caroline Hazard |
1899 |
1 | 4 | Postcard to Mrs. C.E. Stump, Monmouth, Oregon, from William Higgins, Ono, Nebraska |
March 12, 1898 |
1 | 4 | Letter of thanks from Wheeler County Clerk |
March 20, 1895 |
1 | 4 | "Wheeler County State Relief Commission" Application form |
circa 1895 |
1 | 4 | Postcard from David Campbell to Cassie Stump |
April 16, 1902 |
1 | 4 | U.S. Department of Agriculture Notice of Acceptance (1933 Wheat Adjustment Program) |
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1 | 4 | Bundle of items in mailer sent to Cassie Stump in 1916
"Recollections of Joseph Chamberlin", 1908; The Chamberlin Family Record, 1816-1912 (including Waller family); memorial poem handbill for Mrs. S.D. Crockett, Easter 1907
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1 | 4 | Letter from B.F. Stump of Cleveland, Ohio, to J.B. Stump in Monmouth
Concerns possible Stump reunion, genealogy of sender's ancestors.
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postmarked March 28, 1904 |
1 | 4 | Postcard from Arthur to "Uncle" David Stump |
April 1884 |
1 | 4 | Letter addressed to "Kind hearted Mary" from Catherine Chamberlin |
March 11, 1868 |
1 | 4 | University of Oregon News Bulletin |
September 23, 1916 |
1 | 4 | Letter to J.L. Murphy from David Stump |
December 14, 1878 |
1 | 4 | Handwritten promissory note for $28.75 borrowed by J.C. Campbell from Cassie Stump |
April 8, 1875 |
1 | 4 | Loan repayment notice of $50.00 borrowed by Mary S. Campbell from Polk County Bank |
April 20, 1898 |
1 | 4 | Loan note showing Mary S. Campbell borrowed $20.00 for thirty days from the Polk County Bank |
January 27, 1898 |
1 | 4 | Monmouth Post office box receipt |
1896 |
1 | 4 | Payments made by Miss Applegate |
1897 |
1 | 4 | List of Assessable Property of Catherine B. Stump for 1918; from Polk County Assessors Office to Mary S. Campbell |
III: PhotographsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 5 | Cassie Stump |
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Tintype of two women seated, Cassie Stump on left |
undated | ||
Copper framed tintype of three women, Cassie Stump in middle |
undated | ||
Framed tintype of Cassie Stump and Ada Carliss taken in Boston |
February 7, 1881 | ||
Card print of young Cassie Stump |
undated | ||
Framed tintype of Cassie Stump standing in formal white dress |
July 6, 1875 | ||
Framed tintype of Cassie Stump sitting with book with braided hair attached with blue ribbon, no date |
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1 | 5 | Oregon |
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Photograph of 5 children taken at Nye Creek beach by Mrs. Tutosh |
August 1899 | ||
Photograph of 5 children taken at Nye Creek beach by Mrs. Tutosh |
August 1899 | ||
Man in striped clothes in wagon, "When I went to the Pen - Salem, Oregon - Alice A. Applegate" |
1893 | ||
1 | 5 | Family |
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Photograph of two young boys, David B. Campbell and Ramsey Spillman |
September 26, 1891 | ||
1 | 5 | Friends |
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Gray framed photograph of Helen Huber 3 years of age and her Grandma Boyd |
undated | ||
White framed photograph of Helen Huber 3 years of age and her Grandma Boyd |
undated | ||
Photograph of Alice A. Applegate, Eda F. Applegate, and Mrs. E.E. Phipps |
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Photograph of Linnie Murphy |
June 1898 | ||
Beige envelope with tintype of two women and one girl, envelope stamped J.W. Applegate |
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Miriam Lenore Belt, age 1. Spokane, Washington |
April 6, 1895 | ||
George Chamberlain Weller, 9 months |
undated | ||
Grace Irene Schott, 3 years old. Condon, Oregon |
1906 | ||
Archibald Henson on porch, age 7 months |
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Leah and Archibald Henson, with umbrella and ball. Weiser, Idaho |
undated | ||
Leah and Archibald Henson, holding balls. Weiser, Idaho |
undated | ||
Two photographs of four unidentified men |
undated | ||
Two photographs of four unidentified women |
undated |
IV: Miscellaneous materialsReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 6
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 6 | Handwritten account of early Oregon missionary history, especially Jason Lee and Waller Family |
date unknown |
1 | 6 | Handwritten card with the "recipe" for a cure for smallpox and scarlet fever |
date unknown |
1 | 6 | Pamphlet: "Why We should establish and maintain an Eastern Oregon Normal School" |
November 2, 1926 |
V: Notebooks and ledgers, 1867-1918Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 7 | Book owned by Casie Stump: The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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1867 |
1 | 7 | Memorandum book: grade book and accounts ledger
Owner Cassie Stump
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1885-1886 |
1 | 7 | Grade/accounts ledger notebook
Parts deal with Monmouth, owner unknown
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1881-1910? |
1 | 7 | Miniature calendar booklet in German for the year 1910
Includes handwritten notes for 1918, owner unknown
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1 | 7 | Pocket notebook
Class notes, supply and other notes; survey notes by David Stump
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circa 1858 |
1 | 7 | Notebook of travel expenses for Cassie Stump |
August 1880-July 1881 |
VI: Scrapbook, 1900Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
2 | 1 | Loose correspondence from scrapbook |
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2 | 2 | Loose artwork from scrapbook |
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Scrapbook of trip taken by Cassie Stump and Loretta Smith from Independence, Oregon to the East Coast
Scrapbook spans the trip dates of June 19-August 25, 1900. Scrapbook created by Cassie Stump, contains a few photographs, many pictures removed from magazines of places they traveled, pressed plants, some correspondence and postcards attached to pages in the scrapbook. Short diary entries for each date of trip recounted towards back of scrapbook. Loose drawings and correspondence removed to folders as indicated. Stops included Wellesley College commencement, Toronto, Boston, New York, Rhode Island, Philadelphia, and Vancouver. Materials in the scrapbook range from clippings and pictures from 1885-1900.
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1900 |
VII: TextilesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description |
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Box | |
3 | Beige cotton ankle-length dress with lace thought to have been worn by Cassie Stump. |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Oregon Normal School
- Oregon State Normal School
Personal Names
- Stump, Cassie--Archives
Family Names
- Stump family
Geographical Names
- Monmouth (Or.)
- Newport (Or.)
- Willamette Valley (Or.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Letters (correspondence)
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
- Sketchbooks and albums
Occupations
- Teacher
Titles within the Collection
- The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867)
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Stump, Mary--Archives (creator)
Family Names
- Campbell family (creator)