Includes documents digitized from the Pacific University Archives related to the history of Pacific University, Tualatin Academy and surrounding communities in the 1800s.
Letter from Joseph Marsh sent to President McClelland of Pacific University giving a detailed report regarding everything occurring at Pacific University in his absence. President McClelland has not yet moved to Pacific University to take on his duties as president, so Joseph Marsh gives him a detailed overview. This letter contains information about professors and the troubles of the academy.
Letter from Thomas McClelland accepting the offer of becoming the President of Pacific University. President McClelland discusses in letter that he had communication with a professor at Pacific University about the opportunity arising. Finishes the letter talking about personal events happening in his life at the time he was writing this letter.
This is the final letter exchanged between Portland detective and President McClelland of Pacific University. Final letter contains information previously stated in earlier reports, with an emphasis on money being spent by the buyers. Alcohol was illegally being sold in a Forest Grove drug store by a clerk for under a dollar.
Letter addressed to President McClelland of Pacific University regarding the specifics of who was seen purchasing and consuming alcohol in Forest Grove drug store. Agent describes the connections he is making with the residents of Forest Grove. Proceeds to set up meeting with President McClelland to go over information found during investigation, ending the liquor investigation.
A detailed letter was requested by President McClelland of Pacific University providing a more detailed report regarding specifics of who and how much alcohol was being purchased in Forest Grove drug store. Focuses mainly on residents who were at drug store purchasing alcohol in hopes to be used as witnesses at a case hearing. Agent notes that drug store clerk states he is breaking Oregon state law by serving alcohol, while also notifying the buyers they were breaking the law by consuming and purchasing alcohol in Forest Grove.
Letter addressed to President McClelland of Pacific University with early findings of liquor investigation. Confirmed there was alcohol being sold in Forest Grove with detailed locations and descriptions of who was purchasing and consuming alcohol. Focused mainly on the clerk who was selling alcohol from a drugstore located in Forest Grove.
Letter addressed to President McClelland of Pacific University informing him that liquor is being sold in Forest Grove. There was no alcohol to be sold in Forest Grove, leading to this Portland detective to be hired by President McClelland. Agent record his findings, while also verbally notifying President McClelland of his findings.
The 1884 diary of Samuel A. T. Walker (also known as "Saturday Sam" Walker), a resident of Forest Grove, Oregon. He was a shoemaker by trade with a significant side business as a fiddler at dances. At the time he was writing this diary, he was the shoemaking instructor at the Forest Grove Indian School. The diary has brief summaries of his daily activities, often just 1-3 sentences long. It provides insight into the everyday work done by Native students at the school. The diary is written into a blank booklet that was given away as a promotional freebie by Alanson 'Lant' Hinman Jr., who was selling insurance at the time.
Transcript of the journal kept by Virgil Kellog Pringle while traveling on the Oregon Trail in 1846. Virgil was married to Pherne Brown Pringle, the daughter of Tabitha Moffatt Brown, the 'Mother of Oregon.'
Miscellaneous notes and inventories from the John Smith Griffin and Henry Spalding collections on file at the Oregon Historical Society and Pacific University.
Letter sent to John Smith Griffin from Henry Spalding regarding the publication of articles on the Whitman Massacre in Griffin's newspaper, The Oregon American.
An affidavit from F.S. Wilcox recounting the events leading up to the Whitman Massacre, which was published in John Smith Griffin's newspaper, The Oregon American, probably at the behest of Henry Spalding.
Invitation from David Lenox on behalf of the Baptist Church of Tualatin Plains inviting the area's churches to meet. This invitation was published in John Smith Griffin's newspaper, The Oregon American, in May 1848.
An affidavit from John Kimsey recounting events leading up to the Whitman Massacre, which was published in John Smith Griffin's newspaper, The Oregon American, probably at the behest of Henry Spalding.
Handwritten account of William H. Gray's overland journey to Oregon in 1836, as part of the Whitman-Spalding Party. Griffin published this account as a series of articles in his newspaper, The Oregon American, as well as Evangelical Unionist.
