ORU_B087.xml Guide to the Umpqua Academy Association Records 1874-1930 Umpqua Academy Association records Tanya Parlet. Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2013
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Umpqua Academy Association records Umpqua Academy (Wilbur, Or.). Association B 087 0.025 linear feet 1 container 1 folder 1874-1930 Umpqua Academy Association was composed of former students and graduates of the Umpqua Academy, a Methodist school located in Wilbur, Oregon. The collection (1874-1930) contains Association correspondence and programs, a photograph of the school bell, gathered historical papers including legal documents, and sketches of the school and grounds. English . 1 (shares an RSB)

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Umpqua Academy was a public school located in Wilbur, Oregon, organized under the auspices of the Methodist Church, in 1857. It's founder was James H. Wilbur and the town in which the school was located in was named after him (it was formerly known as Bunton's Gap.)

Wilbur built the first incarnation of the school in 1854 - a log building - on his own land claim in Bunton's Gap; he later deeded his land to the trustees of the Academy, and a new two-story school was built.

[Source: Booth, R. A. "History of Umpqua Academy." Oregon Historical Quarterly. Vol. XIX. March 1918; December 1918. WEB. http://www.archive.org/]

Association records include correspondence, programs of reunions and Home Comings, clippings regarding class reunions, and a photograph of the school bell.

The collection also contains gathered historical papers including a legal Indenture of land deeded to the school by J. Arant, a sketch of the school building, and a sketch of the land James H. Wilbur deeded to the trustees of the school.

Guide to the Umpqua Academy Association Records

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