An audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin, in which he discusses the possible upsets or changes in majorities in the U.S. House and Senate during the November 2002 midterm election and President Bush's theoretical chances in the 2004 presidential election. This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes feature his commentary on current political events, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode probably aired in mid- to late-2002.
An audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin, in which he discusses the elections of 2002, criticizing the Democrats for being too moderate and "milquetoast." He argues for the party "to return to its roots" by advocating for "the average family's right to privacy, a clean environment, good schools, affordable health care, and protection from both corporate greed at home and wreckless wars abroad." This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes feature his commentary on current political events, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode probably aired in fall 2002.
An audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin, in which he tells humorous anecdotes about teaching college students. AuCoin references the book Non Campus Mentis by Anders Henriksson, a collection of erroneous college history essays. This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes feature his commentary on current political events, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode aired on Feb. 24, 2002. The title is from a transcript.
An audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin, in which he uses the analogy of a hardware store to describe the ideal outlook of a politician. This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes feature his commentary on current political events, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode aired on Jan. 28, 2002. The title is from a transcript.
An audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin, in which he discusses the unethical corporate behavior of Enron and the need for government regulations. This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes feature his commentary on current political events, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode aired on Jan. 24, 2002. The title is from a transcript.
An audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin, in which he discusses racially-motivated shootings that took place in Chiloquin in 2001. He describes how the shootings were related to tensions between the Klamath Tribes and area farmers over water rights. He calls on white residents to oppose racism. This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes feature his commentary on current political events, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode aired on Jan. 14, 2002. The title is from a transcript.
An audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin, in which he criticizes the granting of mining claims to amateur miners on government land. He notes that streambeds in the Siskiyou Wilderness and other places in Oregon were being degraded by gold mining operations, which provided little public benefit and great environmental harm. This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes feature his commentary on current political events, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode aired on Dec. 5, 2001. The title is from a transcript.
An audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin, in which he criticizes U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's defense of military tribunals, compares Ashcroft to Joe McCarthy, and describes the dangers of ad hominem attacks in politics. This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes feature his commentary on current political events, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode aired on Dec. 12, 2001; its title is from a transcript.
An audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin, in which he criticizes former President Bill Clinton and political consultant Dick Morris for their "welfare reform" measures in the 1990s. AuCoin argues that the outcomes of those reforms had caused predictable distress for poor people during the Recession of 2001. This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes features his commentary on current political events or life updates, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode aired on Dec. 1, 2001. The title is from a transcript.
An audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin, in which he discusses the differences between hatchery and wild fish, as well as the need to protect habitats and genetically diverse wild populations. He criticizes developers and Judge Michael Hogan, who ruled in favor of treating coho salmon from hatcheries as equivalent to wild coho. This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes features his commentary on current political events, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode aired on Nov. 26, 2001. The title is from a transcript.
An audio commentary by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin on the nation's response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This recording aired on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR) on Sep. 18, 2001, one week after the attacks. AuCoin criticizes the conservative televangelists Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson's responses to the 9/11 attacks and reflects on American values. Two months after this commentary aired, AuCoin began recording regular bi-weekly political commentary episodes for JPR. The title of this episode is taken from a transcript.
The first regular episode of Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin's biweekly audio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR). The show ran after he had retired from office. Each episode features his commentary on current political events, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. In this episode, AuCoin introduces himself and the general subject matter of his show. This episode aired on Nov. 12, 2001. The title of this episode is from a transcript.
A photograph of Brighton Chapel in Marsh Hall at Pacific University in Oregon, probably taken between 1898-1903. The chapel was the largest auditorium on campus at the time, and it hosted a variety of religious and non-religious services. A Pacific University banner can be seen on the left wall; a portrait of Pacific University's first graduate, Harvey Scott, is in the center background; and a partial view of the university's library is on the right. In this image, the seating is made up of pews; in other images (perhaps taken at a later date), there are chairs instead. This image was scanned from a photograph album belonging to Mary Bailey Clarke, who was in the Class of 1903.
A photograph taken on November 24, 1899 of the Pacific University Class of 1902 at their first "Annual Banquet," with the original Boxer statue displayed on the table. The statue was a bronze Chinese incense burner in the form of a qilin. In later years, it would be the inspiration for the university's Boxer mascot. The Class of 1902 stole the statue from the university's chapel in Marsh Hall about a month before this photograph was taken. Here, the students are sitting around the table surrounded by symbols of their school spirit and of their pride in their class, including: the Boxer statue, which was then known as "The College Spirit"; a Pacific University '02 banner; a Class of 1903 banner (probably stolen from that Class); an upside-down banner (also probably stolen from the Class of 1903) that reads, "Best wishes for Victory '03, Wilcox and Day will keep the Ball a Going"; and striped canes that symbolized their rivalry with the Class of 1903. This is one of the earliest known photographs of Boxer. This image was scanned from a photograph album belonging to Mary Bailey Clarke, who was in the Class of 1903.
A photograph that was probably taken on November 24, 1899 of the Pacific University Class of 1902 holding the original "Boxer" statue. The statue was a bronze Chinese incense burner in the form of a qilin. In later years, it would be the inspiration for the university's Boxer mascot. The Class of 1902 stole the statue from the university's chapel in Marsh Hall about a month before this photograph was taken. On Nov. 24, 1899 they hosted their first "Annual Banquet," in which they displayed the statue as a trophy. Here, the students appear to be posing in the same location where the banquet was held, showing off Boxer in their arms. The canes that they are holding were symbols of a rivalry they had with the Class of 1903. This is one of the earliest known photographs of Boxer. This image was scanned from a photograph album belonging to Mary Bailey Clarke, who was in the Class of 1903.
A photograph of the original "Boxer" statue circa 1900. The statue was the inspiration for the mascot of Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. The statue was a bronze Chinese incense burner in the form of a qilin. In this photograph, which may have been made by the Pacific University Class of 1902, Boxer is seated on a tablecloth and is wearing a ribbon around his neck. The Class of 1902 was the first group of students to possess Boxer, having stolen the statue from Marsh Hall in October 1899. This scan is from the university's 1903 yearbook, in which the photograph was reproduced.
A typewritten index for all of the names mentioned in a transcription of Alvin Thompson Smith's diaries from 1847-1853. Some especially notable names include Abigail Smith, John S. Griffin, Joseph Gale and his family, Harvey Clark, Tabitha Brown, the Walker family, Thomas Naylor, and Cushing Eells.
A transcription of a 1853 diary in which Alvin Thompson Smith writes about topics such as his daily life on the increasingly populated Tualatin Plains; his farmwork; his business ventures and religious life; his contributing efforts to the Tualatin Academy; his trips to Oregon City, Portland, Hillsboro (which he spells as "Hillsborough"), and Milwaukie; his interactions with the Walker family, Doctor Adams, William Geiger, a Mr. Peet, James Dorothy, his wife Abigail Smith (who seemingly suffered serious illness this year and who he refers to as "Mrs. Smith"), David Harper, T. G. Naylor, a Mr. Goodel, the Cushing Eells family, a Mr. Luelling, Henry Raymond, Henry Spalding, Frank Reasoner, Doctor Perry Prettyman, the family of Wiley Knighton, a Mr. Tuttles, W. O. Gibson, a Mr. Black, Eli Perkins, Henry V. Climers, Clark Pringles, a Mr. Dixon, a Mr. Emerick, a Mr. Ford, Philester Lee, Henry V. Clymer, a Dr. Wilson in Salem, a Mr. Fisher, Harvey Clark (or Clarke), Thomas Owens, a Mr. Beagle, a Mr. Tanner, a Mr. Young, and Horace Hart. In 1853, Smith attended "a meeting of the so-called first Congregational Church of Tualatin Plains."
A transcription of a 1852 diary in which Alvin Thompson Smith writes about topics such as his daily life living on the increasingly populated Tualatin Plains; his farmwork; his business ventures and religious life; his contributing efforts to the Tualatin Academy; his trips to Portland, Hillsboro (which he spells as "Hillsborough"), various saw mills, Oregon City, and Fort Vancouver; his interactions with John S. Griffin, a Mr. Mulkey, William Geiger, a Mr. Young, Henry Davis, Cushing Eells, the Naylor family, Caleb Smith, George Blish, Elam Young, a Mr. Hammond, a Mr. Doran, his wife Abigail (who he refers to as "Mrs. Smith), Darius Smith, Eli Perkins, Henry Spalding, Patrick Cain, F. W. Brown, Elkanah Walker, Matthew Hunter, J. T. Reed, a Mr. B. Hoen, a Mr. Nusbaumer, a Mr. Jolly, William Catching, a Mr. Hatch, Joseph Davis, a Mr. Tuttle, a Mr. McMillen, Robert Crouch Kinney, and a Henry C. Raymond.
A transcription of a 1851 diary in which Alvin Thompson Smith writes about topics such as his daily life on the increasingly populated Tualatin Plains; his farmwork; his business ventures and religious life; his contributing efforts to the Tualatin Academy; his trips to Portland, Oregon City, Hillsboro (which he spells "Hillsborough"), Lafayette, and various courts; his interactions with the Naylor family, William Geiger, the family of Harvey L. Clark (or Clarke), Tabitha Brown, his wife Abigail (who he refers to as "Mrs. Smith"), the Customs House Officer in Astoria, a Mr. Buxton, F.W. Brown, Omri Parsons, a Mr. Campbell, a Mr. Jenckins, a Mr. Tucker, a Luther White, Joseph Gale, a Mr. Waller, Elkanah Walkers, P. H. Hatch, David B. Williams, Samuel Brown, Cushing Eells, a Mr. Wimple, Darius Smith, David Lenox, Wesley Mulkey, and William Yates.
A transcription of a 1850 diary in which Alvin Thompson Smith writes about topics such as his daily life on the increasingly populated Tualatin Plains; his farmwork; his business ventures and religious life; his trips to Portland, Willamette Falls, Milwaukee, and Oregon City "to see the Indians hung that were condemned for the murder of Doc Whitman;" his buying of land in Hillsboro (he spells it "Hillsborough"); his taking care of the Gale children; his work at the mill; his contributing efforts to the Tualatin Academy; the death of U.S. President Zachary Taylor; the Oregon Donation Land Bill; his interactions with his wife Abigail Smith (often referred to as "Mrs. Smith"), John Fletts, a Mr. Gibson, Charles Stewart, William Geiger, David Harper, Jacob Reeds, Joseph Davis, a Mr. Butts, a Mr. Knighton, a Benjamin Catchings, the Naylor family, a Mr. Parsons, Henry and Eliza Spalding, a Mr. Holbrook, a Mr. Buxton, the Pomeroy family, a Mr. Wilks, Isaiah Mills, a Mr. Beagle, Alanson Hinman, a Mr. Mulkey, John Smith Griffin, and a W. W. Chapman.
A transcription of a 1849 diary in which Alvin Thompson Smith writes about topics such as his daily life on the increasingly populated Tualatin Plains; his several contributing efforts to the establishment of the orphanage that would become Tualatin Academy and later Pacific University; his farmwork chores; his religious life; his trips to Fort Vancouver, Willamette Falls, and Portland; his business ventures; and his interactions with Henry Spalding, a Mr. Newbanks, a Mr. Wilcox, Andrew Harper, Joseph Gale, Mahlon Brock, Alanson Hinman, Orcus Brown, a Mr. Copenhaver, a Mr. Buxton, a Mr. Duane; Harvey Clark (or Clarke), Cushing Eells, Clark Pringle, a Mr. Coffinbury, and a B. Q. Tuckers. In March of this year, Smith describes how the boarding house (perhaps referring to the orphanage) held 16 children, including those from the Butts, Stoke, Stephens, Joes, and Terwilliger families.
A transcription of a 1848 diary in which Alvin Thompson Smith writes about topics such as his daily life on the increasingly populated Tualatin Plains; "an expedition against the Cayuse Indians for murdering Doc Whitman" (referring to the infamous Whitman Massacre of 1847); his farm chores and woodwork projects (including bringing logs for what would become Tualatin Academy); his religious life; his business ventures; his trips to East Plains, Tualatin Lodge, the "Falls," Vancouver, Willamette Falls, Yamhill, "Logies," and Portland; his interactions with W. M. Stokes, a Mr. Newbanks, Thomas Naylor, Eliza and Henry Spalding, Harvey Clark (or Clarke), William Geiger, Joseph Gale, Eli Harper, John Terwilliger, a Mr. Patton, a Mr. Dixon, a Mr. Snowden, Benjamin Catchings, Calvin B. Green, Joseph Gale, a Mr. Wilks, Charles Conklin, and Alvin C. Brown.
A transcription of a 1847 diary in which Alvin Thompson Smith writes about topics such as his daily life living as a settler on the increasingly populated Tualatin Plains; his daily farm chores; his work at the mill; his religious life; his business ventures; his trips to the East Plains, North Plains, Vancouver, Yamhill, Willamette Falls, David Hills, and Portland; and his interactions with Harvey L. Clark (or Clarke), Alvin Brown, P. H. Hatch, Joseph Gale, a Mr. New Banks, a Mr. Pomeroy, a Mr. Owensby (and Smith's taking in of his nieces), a Mr. Harrison, Frederich Waymire, John Harrison, Joseph and Samuel Davis, William Geiger, Peter B. Littlejohn, Jacob Grusenvelt, David Harper, the "Tualatin Indians," David Harper, a Mr. Chapels, a Mr. Tuckers, Eli Harper, a Mr. Shuey, Thomas Naylor, a Mr. Wilks, Ellen and Catherine Owens. Smith notably writes about the infamous Whitman Massacre involving his friend Dr. Marcus Whitman.
