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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)
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
Western Oregon University Archives
Hamersly Library
345 N. Monmouth Ave.
Monmouth, OR
97361
Telephone: 5038388419
Fax: 5038388399
libarchives@wou.edu
Access Restrictions

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.
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Biographical Note

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.

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Content Description

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.

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Use of the Collection

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.

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Administrative Information

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

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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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

  • Personal Names

    • Stump, Mary--Archives (creator)

    Family Names

    • Campbell family (creator)

Finding aid prepared by Erin Passehl
2012

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