Includes documents digitized from the Pacific University Archives related to the history of Pacific University, Tualatin Academy and surrounding communities in the 1800s.
Panoramic photograph of the Pacific University campus, showing the principal buildings as they stood in 1887 before Marsh Hall was built. From left to right, the large buildings are: Old College Hall (which is now in a different location); Academy Hall (burned in 1910); Herrick Hall (the first girls' dormitory, burned in 1906). Students or faculty stand in the field between the buildings, and David Hill appears in the background. This photograph was taken by a travelling photographer from the I.G. Davidson Studio, based in Portland.
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.
