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Willamette University Scrapbook collection, 1894-1993

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Willamette University
Title
Willamette University Scrapbook collection
Dates
1894-1993 (inclusive)
Quantity
50 linear feet, (50 oversize boxes)
Collection Number
WUA048
Summary
The Willamette University Scrapbook collections contains scrapbooks created by students, faculty and staff that document aspects of Willamette University life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Repository
Willamette University Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Mark O. Hatfield Library
900 State Street
Salem, OR
97301
Telephone: 5033706866
Fax: 5033706141
archives@willamette.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Languages
English
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Content Description

The Willamette University scrapbook collection consists of scrapbooks created by Willamette University faculty, staff and students. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, letters, awards, and souvenirs gathered to document the individual and community life at Willamette University. Included are scrapbooks created for campus residence halls, scrapbooks created by individual students and faculty members, and scrapbooks created to document publicity about the university.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Library acts as "fair use" reproduction agent.

For further information, see the section on copyright in the Regulations and Procedures of the Willamette University Archives and Special Collections.

Copyright Information: Before material from collections at Willamette University Archives and Special Collections may be quoted in print, or otherwise reproduced, in whole or in part, in any publication, permission must be obtained from (1) the owner of the physical property, and (2) the holder of the copyright. It is the particular responsibility of the researcher to obtain both sets of permission. Persons wishing to quote from materials in any collections held by University Archives and Special Collections should consult the University Archivist. Reproduction of any item must contain a complete citation to the original.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Willamette University Scrapbook collection, Archives and Special Collections, Mark O. Hatfield Library, Willamette University.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into four series: I. Faculty scrapbooks; II: Publicity scrapbooks; III: Residential scrapbooks; and IV: Student scrapbooks.

Scrapbooks retain their original form. Scrapbooks are organized in alphabetical order.

Location of Collection

Mark O. Hatfield Library

Future Additions

Additions to this collection are expected.

Related Materials

Related collections include the Ivan Corner '21 WU photographs collection; The Ralph W. Barnes papers; and The Robert C. Notson papers, which include Adelia (White) Notson's '25 scrapbook and Jane (Notson) Gregg's '54 scrapbook. Also related are the Office of Communications records which contain compilations of newspaper and magazine articles.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Series I: Faculty scrapbooks, 1913-1967

    This series contains scrapbooks created by Willamette University faculty. Scrapbooks include photographs and memorabilia.

    • Description: Professor James Ralph Dobbs scrapbook

      James Ralph Dobbs was a Willamette University piano professor. His scrapbook includes portraits given to him by teachers and composers in music, photographs of Dobbs as a child, as an adult playing piano, and of his family members. Also includes photographs and article of pianist, Alexander Raab.

      Dates: 1926-1967
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Reverend James T. Matthews scrapbook
      Matthews, James T., 1864-1942

      James T. Matthews (1893-1942) was a mathematics professor and dean at Willamette University. This scrapbook focuses on the Willamette University summer school held in Joseph, Oregon.

      Dates: 1913-1914
      Container: Box 2
  • Series II: Publicity scrapbooks, 1878-1959

    Publicity scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings featuring or mentioning Willamette University. These clippings were compiled by University staff to document the publicity of the year(s). The Office of Communications collection also contains compilations of more recent newspaper and magazine publicity.

    • Description: Willamette University scrapbook

      Scrapbook of newspaper clippings coving topics such as the Music School, May Weekend, forensics, guest speakers and student affairs.

      Dates: 1958-1959
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Willamette University publicity scrapbook

      Scrapbook of newspaper clippings compiled by the Willamette University Director of Information.

      Dates: 1945 October - 1946 March
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Willamette University publicity scrapbook

      Scrapbook of newspaper clippings compiled by the Willamette University Director of Information.

      Dates: 1946 March - November
      Container: Box 5, Item 1
    • Description: Willamette University publicity scrapbook

      Scrapbook of newspaper clippings compiled by the Willamette University Director of Information.

      Dates: 1947 October -1948 January
      Container: Box 5, Item 2
    • Description: Charles B. Moores university publicity scrapbook

      Scrapbook of newspaper clippings covering Salem and Willamette University. Charles B. Moores was a student at the Oregon Institute and Willamette University. He was also the Dean of the Board of Trustees for twenty years.

      Dates: 1878-1925
    • Description: Charles B. Moores university publicity scrapbook

      Scrapbook of newspaper clippings covering Salem and Willamette University. Charles B. Moores was a student at the Oregon Institute and Willamette University. He was also the Dean of the Board of Trustees for twenty years.

      Dates: 1878-1925
  • Series III: Residential life scrapbooks, 1956-1975

    This series contains scrapbooks created by students living in campus residence halls. Halls represented in these scrapbooks include Baxter, Doney, Lausanne, and York Halls. The majority of the scrapbooks include photographs, event programs, and lists of committee members.

  • Series IV: Student scrapbooks, 1894-1993

    This series contains scrapbooks created by students to document their time at Willamette University. Largely covering the early half of the twentieth century, students' scrapbooks included programs, letters, souvenirs, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Programs include dances and dinners put on by campus fraternities, sororities, and residential organizations. Letters are from loved ones on-campus and at home. Collected souvenirs include dried flowers, pencils, name-cards, and in the case of Barbara Crookham Euler, tea bags and wedding cake.

    • Description: Elsie L. Allen class of 1930

      Elsie Allen graduated in 1930 with a degree in Physical Education. She was a member of the Archery club, Honor Code Committee, the YWCA, was Lausanne Hall Vice President, and played on the women's basketball team for three years. After graduating from Willamette, she taught Physical Education in Milton Freewater.

      Dates: 1927-1931
      Container: Box 22
    • Description: Elizabeth Atkinson class of 1931

      Elizabeth Atkinson graduated in 1931 with a degree in Economics. She was a member of the Delta Phi sorority, the Y.W.C.A, the Riding club, Archery club, and a reporter for the Collegian. After graduating from Willamette, she worked for a contracting firm in San Francisco.

      Dates: 1927-1931
      Container: Box 23
    • Description: Marion Barnes class of 1920

      Marian Barnes was a member of the class of 1920. She served as secretary of her freshman class.

      Dates: 1916-1920
      Container: Box 24
    • Description: Esther R. Bauman class of 1926

      Esther Bauman graduated in 1926 with a degree in History. She was a member of the Delta Phi sorority, the Inter-Sorority Council, and the Philodosian literary society.

      Dates: 1922-1926
      Container: Box 25
    • Description: Ruth Bedford - Memory book of College Life

      Ruth Bedford graduated in 1923 with a degree in French. She was a member of the Chrestomathean society, participated in the Junior play and Freshman Glee, and was frequently the pianist at campus events. She later became a pianist in Salem.

      Dates: 1919-1923
      Container: Box 26
    • Description: Helen Borchardt class of 1927

      Helen Borchardt graduated from Willamette University in 1927 with a degree in history. She was a member of the ladies glee club. She married Marvin Trindle in 1928. She died in Salem in 1978.

      Dates: 1923-1931
      Container: Box 53, Item 1
    • Description: Grace Brainerd class of 1923

      Grace Brainerd graduated in 1923 with a degree in Mathematics. She was a member of the Delta Phi sorority, the Philodosian literary society, was Maid to the May Queen, and Associate Editor of the Wallulah.

      Dates: 1919-1922
      Container: Box 27
    • Description: Elizabeth J. Briggs class of 1919

      Elizabeth Briggs graduated in 1919 with a degree in History. She was a member of the Owyhee Club, the Adelante society, and the Lausanne Hall Club. She was also a senior scholar. She later taught mathematics and earned her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Oregon.

      Dates: 1916-1920
      Container: Box 28
    • Description: Warren William Herman Clark class of 1914

      W. W. Herman Clark graduated in 1914 with a degree in Chemistry. He was Glee Club president, a member of the Prohibition association, the Websterian literary society, the Y.M.C.A, President of the Willamette Institute of Scientific Research and manager and editor of the University Song Book. Clark studied organic chemistry at the University of Oregon, taught Chemistry at Salem High School, and joined the faculty at Willamette in 1923.

      Dates: 1910-1915
      Container: Box 29
    • Description: Warren William Herman Clark class of 1914

      W. W. Herman Clark graduated in 1914 with a degree in Chemistry. He was Glee Club president, a member of the Prohibition association, the Websterian literary society, the Y.M.C.A, President of the Willamette Institute of Scientific Research and manager and editor of the University Song Book. Clark studied organic chemistry at the University of Oregon, taught Chemistry at Salem High School, and joined the faculty at Willamette in 1923.

      Dates: 1910-1915
      Container: Box 30
    • Description: Millard Doughton class of 1920

      Millard Doughton graduated in 1920 with a degree in Mathematics. He was a member of the Chrestophilian Literary Society and the Sigma Tau fraternity. Sybil McClure and Millard Doughton married circa 1921.

      Dates: 1917-1919
      Container: Box 31, Item 1
    • Description: Millard Doughton class of 1920

      Millard Doughton graduated in 1920 with a degree in Mathematics. He was a member of the Chrestophilian Literary Society and the Sigma Tau fraternity. Sybil McClure and Millard Doughton married circa 1921.

      Dates: 1917-1919
      Container: Box 31, Item 2
    • Description: Barbara Crookham Euler scrapbook

      Barbara Crookham Euler, class of 1938, was a member of the Wallulah, the Collegian, and Delta Phi sorority. In 1936, Euler edited the university's student handbook, commonly referred to as the 'Rook Bible.' She later became a teacher and served in the air Women's Army Corps during World War II.

      Dates: 1934-1938
      Container: Box 32
    • Description: Josephine Heald (Jo Simpson) scrapbook

      Josephine A. Heald, class of 1959, served as student-body vice president, Collegian campus editor and was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority. She married Robert Simpson on the day of her graduation from Willamette University in 1959 and was best known as Jo Simpson. Simpson spent much of her life volunteering for parent and student organizations as well as for Republican political campaigns. These commitments culminated in her successful run for the State House of Representatives during the 1979-1980 legislative session.

      This scrapbook is part of the Josephine "Jo" Simpson papers.

      Dates: 1955-1959
    • Description: Margaret Howerton class of 1936

      Margaret Howerton, class of 1936, was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha sorority. Included in her scrapbook are programs from events and souvenirs from the students' push to bring dancing back to the Willamette campus.

      Dates: 1933-1936
      Container: Box 33
    • Description: Harry Earl McEwen class of 1922

      Harry Earl McEwen graduated in 1922 with degrees in Philosophy, History and English. He was a member for the Epicurean Club, the Chrestophilian Literary society, and was part of the Junior Play.

      Dates: 1919-1923
      Container: Box 34
    • Description: Sybil McClure class of 1921

      Sybil McClure, class of 1921, majored in French and Spanish. She was a member of the Chrestomathean literary society and the Lausanne Hall Club. McClure and Millard Doughton married circa 1921.

      Dates: 1918-1920
      Container: Box 35
    • Description: Esther Parounagian (Barnes) class of 1923

      Esther Parounagian graduated in 1923 with a degree in Biology. She was a member of the Philodosian literary society, the Y.W.C.A, the Beta Chi sorority, and was the May Queen. She married Ralph Barnes in 1924. Ralph was a foreign correspondent from 1926 to 1940.

      Dates: 1919-1937
      Container: Box 36
    • Description: Eva Parrett class of 1920

      Eva Parrett graduated in 1920 with a degree in English and History. She was a member of the Philodosian Literary Society, the Lausanne Hall Club, and the Beta Chi sorority. She was also the Editor of the Collegian.

      Dates: 1917-1920
      Container: Box 37
    • Description: Edna Price scrapbook

      Edna Price was an 1896 graduate of Willamette University. Her fiancé, Corporal Harry (Hal) Glen Hibbard, a student of the Willamette School of Oratory, died of typhoid fever in Manila on December 9, 1898, while serving with the Second Oregon Volunteer Infantry in the Spanish-American War. He was granted a posthumous degree in 1899. After graduating, Price did secretarial work until her marriage in 1903 to Reverend Samuel H. Jones, an Irish Presbyterian minister. They lived in Jacksonville and Salem, Oregon, as well as Nevada and Texas. The couple had three children, two of whom died in childhood. Their son, Malcolm, attended Willamette from 1932 to 1938 and received both A.B. and L.L.B. degrees. Price's grandson, Malcolm Jones, Jr., likewise attended Willamette in the late 1950's. Price passed away at the age of 92 on May 3, 1970.

      The Edna Price scrapbook consists of photographs, university memorabilia, and newspaper clippings dating from 1896 to 1899. The majority of the clippings document the Spanish-American War and more specifically Second Oregon Volunteer Infantry regiment. A clipping from 1959 shows Price's son and grandson visiting Willamette's campus for Parents' Weekend. Also included is a letter from a fellow classmate to Price, dated 1931, inquiring as to the whereabouts of other class alumni and suggesting a reunion. The scrapbook is arranged chronologically.

      Dates: 1896-1899, 1931, 1959
      Container: Box 38
    • Description: Winifred St. Claire Rogers scrapbook

      Winifred St. Claire Rogers graduated in 1923. She was a member of the Beta Chi sorority as well as the Philodosian society.

      The Winifred St. Claire Rogers scrapbook consists primarily of photographs taken during Rogers' time on campus. Also included are university memorabilia, and greeting cards.

      Dates: 1919-1923, 1949
      Container: Box 50
    • Description: Gertrude Reeves (Smith) class of 1913

      Gertrude Reeves graduated in 1913. She was a member of the Philodosian society and the YWCA.

      Dates: 1910-1913
      Container: Box 39
    • Description: Peggy Rockwood "Willamette Views" scrapbook

      Scrapbook contains photographs of campus buildings and student events. Events include and Adelante society meeting, holiday receptions, and athletics events.

      Dates: 1912-1913
      Container: Box 40
    • Description: Noma Flo Terril

      Noma was a member of the Delta Phi sorority. She left Willamette University after her sophomore year in 1925.

      Dates: 1923-1924
      Container: Box 41
    • Description: Willis D. Vinson class of 1924

      Willis Vinson graduated in 1924 with degrees in History and Education. He was a member of the Sigma Tau fraternity and the Chrestophilian literary society. He played football, basketball and was a track and field athlete. He was also on the Collegian and Wallulah staff.

      Dates: 1919-1924
      Container: Box 42
    • Description: Souvenir Views of Mount Hood and the Willamette University Party

      This scrapbook contains photographs of a group of students and faculty who climbed Mount Hood in August 1894.

      Dates: 1894 August
      Container: Box 43
    • Description: Scrapbook

      Includes copies of newspaper clippings covering Willamette athletics.

      Dates: 1910-1919
      Container: Box 10, Item 1
    • Description: Campus photograph scrapbook

      Includes photographs of student events, homecoming bonfire, and campus buildings.

      Dates: 1919-1923
      Container: Box 44
    • Description: Campus photograph scrapbook

      Includes photographs of athletic events, Senior Class Day, student and faculty photographs, graduation, and the May Day celebration.

      Dates: 1909, 1916-1923
      Container: Box 45, Item 1
    • Description: Campus photograph scrapbook

      Includes photographs of athletic events, fraternity and sorority events, glee, and the 1993 Basketball championship team.

      Dates: circa 1910 - circa 1950, 1993
      Container: Box 45, Item 2
    • Description: Photograph scrapbook

      Scrapbook of student photographs including May Day, Junior Carnival, athletic events, and the graduating class photographs.

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box 46
    • Description: Photograph scrapbook

      Scrapbook of photographs documenting student life and activities. Also includes photographs of the 1923 50th class reunion.

      Dates: 1919-1923, 1973
      Container: Box 49
    • Description: A News Glimpse into WU sporting events, general campus news, and alumni affairs scrapbook
      Dates: 1950-1951
      Container: Box 47
    • Description: Campus photograph scrapbook

      Includes photographs of Honey Bears, campus buildings, and theater. Photographs taken by Burr Baughmann.

      Dates: 1960
      Container: Box 48
    • Description: Student scrapbook

      Scrapbook of photographs documenting student events and parties.

      Dates: circa 1984
      Container: Box 10, Item 2

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Subject Terms

  • Student activities
  • Students

Personal Names

  • Allen, Elsie L.
  • Atkinson, Elizabeth
  • Barnes, Marion
  • Bauman, Esther R.
  • Brainerd, Grace
  • Briggs, Elizabeth J.
  • Clark, Warren William Herman
  • Dobbs, James Ralph
  • Doughton, Millard
  • Euler, Barbara Crookham
  • Howerton, Margaret
  • Matthews, James T., 1864-1942
  • McClure, Sybil
  • McEwen, Harry Earl
  • Moores, Charles B.
  • Parounagian, Esther
  • Parrett, Eva
  • Price, Edna
  • Rogers, Winifred St. Claire
  • Simpson, Jo (Josephine Heald), 1937-2011
  • Smith, Gertrude Reeves
  • Terril, Noma Flo
  • Vinson, Willis D.

Geographical Names

  • Salem (Or.)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Scrapbooks
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