Pacific University Historic Photographs

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  Headstone, Reverend Elkanah Walker

  [headstone reads] Reverend Elkanah Walker, born at Yarmouth ME Aug. 2, 1805, died at Forest Grove, Oregon Nov. 21, 1822. He helped establish the Tualatin Academy in Forest Grove
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  Headstone, Sidney Harper Marsh

  [headstone reads] Sydney Harper Marsh born at Hampden Sidney College, Virginia, Aug. 29, 1825 died at Forest Grove, Oregon February 2, 1879. He was the first president of Pacific University. Gravestone resides in Forest View Cemetery in Forest Grove, Oregon.
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  Headstones in Salem Pioneer Cemetery

  [headstones left to right] Virgil Kellogg Pringle, born July 4, 1804, died March 24, 1887; Pherne Tabitha Brown Pringle, born March 22, 1805, died May 23, 1891; Tabitha Moffatt Brown, born May 1, 1790, died May 4, 1858. Pherne was Tabitha's daughter. Tabitha Moffatt Brown was named The Mother of Oregon by the 1987 Oregon legislature. She founded a orphanage in Forest Grove, Oregon that later became Tualatin Academy and Pacific University.
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  Pacific University football team and grandstand

  View of the football field with grandstand and Marsh Hall in the background.
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  Three young women play tennis

  Three unidentified female students paused in the middle of a tennis game.
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  Library reading room

  Students in Carnegie Hall when it housed Pacific University's library.
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  Circulation desk

  Side view of circulation desk in Carnegie Hall when it housed Pacific University's collection
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  Carnegie Hall in the snow

  Carnegie Hall when it was Pacific University's library.
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  Library stacks

  Shelves of books, possibly in Carnegie Hall when it held Pacific University's library collection.
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  Library checkout counter

  View of check out desk in Carnegie Hall when it housed the Pacific University.
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  People and books

  Possible library employees in Carnegie Hall when it housed the Pacific University's library.
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  College students studying

  Pacific University students studying in Marsh Hall.
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  Original location of Old College Hall

  Side view of Old College Hall in its original location in the foreground and Academy Hall in the background.
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  Library checkout desk

  Check out counter in Carnegie Library at Pacific University.
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  Students in Library

  Pacific University students in Carnegie Library at Pacific University, potentially a publicity photograph.
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  Front view of Carnegie Library

  Students on the steps in front of Carnegie Library at Pacific University.
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  Student in library

  Pacific University student Ruth Gabbert and Bob Hund, possibly a library worker. Possibly from a series of publicity photos involving the library in the mid 1940's.
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  Front view of Carnegie Library

  Carnegie Hall when it was Pacific University's Library.
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  Marsh Library, 1906

  An isle of books at Pacific University's library when it was housed in Marsh Hall in 1906
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  Inside Carnegie Library

  Pacific University students studying in Carnegie Hall when it housed the library.
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  Students in Carnegie Hall Library

  Pacific University students studying in Carnegie Hall Library.
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  Students Studying in the Library

  Pacific University students studying in the Carnegie Hall Library.
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  Students in the Library

  Probably a publicity shot for the Pacific University catalogue. Students in the Carnegie Hall Library.
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  Inside the Library

  Probably a publicity shot for Pacific University's catalogue, taken inside the library.