opu_ms8.xml Guide to the Mary Drain Albro Collection 1942-2010 Albro (Mary Drain) Collection Finding aid prepared by Linda Morton-Keithley Sponsored by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission Pacific University Archives
http://www.pacificu.edu/library/services/archives/ 2043 College Way Forest Grove, OR, 97116 503-352-1405 archives@pacificu.edu
2011 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-08-31 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Mary Drain Albro Collection MS.8 Pacific University, Archives
http://www.pacificu.edu/library/services/archives/ 2043 College Way Forest Grove, OR, 97116 503-352-1405 archives@pacificu.edu
Collection materials are in English. 0.75 cubic feet 3 boxes 1942-2010 The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs pertaining to Mary Drain Albro, founder of the Pioneer Rose Association, and the Old Memorial Rose Dedication at Pacific University.

[item identification], Mary Drain Albro Collection, Pacific University Archives, Forest Grove, Oregon.

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Collection is open for research.

 Biographical Note

Mary Drain Albro (1876-1962) was a founding member of the Pioneer Rose Association, established in 1936 to locate and preserve the roses brought to Oregon by the pioneers. In 1942 the Association dedicated a Pioneer Rose Garden on the campus of Pacific University, in memory of Tabitha Brown.

Albro was born and raised in Drain, Oregon, and attended nursing school in San Francisco. After a 40 year career as a nurse, she became involved with a variety of historical organizations, including Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers and the Pioneer Rose Association.

No accruals are expected.

The collection consists of correspondence; typescripts of several publications by Mary Drain Albro, including The Pioneer Rose Trail and Eternal Light: A Legend of the First White Mother of Old Oregon, Marcissa [sic] Prentiss Whitman and The Pioneer Rose Trail; biographical information; programs for the Old Memorial Rose Dedication at Pacific University; newspaper clippings pertaining to the Pioneer Rose Association of Oregon; photographs; and other materials related to roses and rose growing. In addition, there is a photocopy of the booklet, Wagon Trails Lead to Roses in December: A Pioneer History of Drain, Oregon by Jen Carlson.

Gift of Mary Drain Albro, 1949, with undated accretions

 Albro, Mary Drain, 1876-1962 Pacific University Pioneer Rose Association Universities and colleges--Oregon Colleges and universities Oregon Photographs Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence