A portrait of a woman wearing what appears to be a wool coat and a collared shirt. This photograph was found in an album labelled "Photones", which is part of the Charles Lovell and Winnette Sears Walker Collection. Winnette was a 1906 alumna of Linfield College. Charles was an alumnus of Tualatin Academy who later became a musician and an insurance agent in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Charles L. Walker washing clothes and hanging them on a line. This photograph was mailed to "Mr. Chaz Walker," postmarked Feb 25, 1907 on the back. This photograph was found in an album labelled "Photones", which is part of the Charles Lovell and Winnette Sears Walker Collection. Winnette was a 1906 alumna of Linfield College. Charles was an alumnus of Tualatin Academy who later became a musician and an insurance agent in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Two men at the beach, possibly near Newport in Oregon. The man on the left appears to be taking a photograph. This photograph was found in an album labelled "Photones", which is part of the Charles Lovell and Winnette Sears Walker Collection. Winnette was a 1906 alumna of Linfield College. Charles was an alumnus of Tualatin Academy who later became a musician and an insurance agent in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Charles L. Walker washing clothes and hanging them on a line. This photograph was found in an album labelled "Photones", which is part of the Charles Lovell and Winnette Sears Walker Collection. Winnette was a 1906 alumna of Linfield College. Charles was an alumnus of Tualatin Academy who later became a musician and an insurance agent in Hillsboro, Oregon.
An unidentified man and a dog pose for a picture in front of a house, probably in Oregon. The man may be Samuel A. T. Walker. This photograph was found in an album labelled "Photones", which is part of the Charles and Winnette Sears Walker Collection. Winnette was a 1906 alumna of Linfield College. Charles was an alumnus of Tualatin Academy who later became a musician and an insurance agent in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Two women, a man and a dog pose for a picture in front of a fence, probably in Oregon. The woman on the right may be Winnette Sears. This photograph was found in an album labelled "Photones", which is part of the Charles and Winnette Sears Walker Collection. Winnette was a 1906 alumna of Linfield College. Charles was an alumnus of Tualatin Academy who later became a musician and an insurance agent in Hillsboro, Oregon.
An abstract of title describing the chain of ownership for a parcel of land in Forest Grove, Oregon. The earliest owners named in the abstract are Harvey and Emeline Clarke, two of the earliest Euro-American settlers of Forest Grove. The parcel described in this abstract on a block on the southwest side of downtown, at what is now 1918 A. St. The abstract compiles details from the title history of the land parcel, providing evidence about who owned the land over time. The first recorded owners were Harvey and Emeline Clarke, who had a Donation Land Claim. The Clarkes sold a portion of their claim for $1 to Tualatin Academy, probably intending it to be part of the land endowment of the school. The heirs of the Clarkes then provided a quit-claim deed to Tualatin Academy / Pacific University, which confirmed the donation. In 1873, the Pacific University President and other families connected to the University donated the block of land containing this address "to public use and benefit," apparently in order to provide land for the development of the town of Forest Grove. Following the chain of ownership statement, there is a description of the overall boundaries of the original Clarke claim. The abstract ends with a covenant pertaining to some of the Clarkes' land, which prohibited "ardent spirits" (i.e. hard liquor) and gambling on the premises. This abstract was probably created in the early 1900s, but texts excerpted within it date from 1851-1873.
An engraved portrait of the pioneer and mountain man Joseph Lafayette Meek. From about 1828-1840, Meek was a fur trapper in the Rocky Mountains. In 1840, he joined a group of pioneers who were on their way to Oregon. He established a farm north of present-day Hillsboro in the Tualatin Valley and became prominent in Oregon's territorial government. The engraving is by J. C. Buttre based on a photograph by Joseph Bucktel. It appeared as the frontispiece to a book by Mrs. Frances Fuller Victor, 'The River of the West. Life and Adventure in the Rocky Mountains and Oregon...' (Hartford, Conn: Columbian Book Company, 1870).
This collection brings together archival material on the history of 'Boxer,' Pacific University's mascot. Letters, news clippings, photographs and other items are included, illustrating its history from when the Boxer statue first arrived on campus in the 1890s through its disappearance in 1970. Efforts to find, recreate and commemorate the statue since that time are also covered.
