This is a portrait of Margaret 'Dolly' Hinman taken around the year 1900. Granddaughter of pioneer Alanson Hinman, Margaret graduated Pacific University in 1891, and had a pioneering spirit like her grandfather. Her college experience taught her about education and business, both of which she used during her missions trips. She was commissioned for life service in Smyrna, Turkey, during a time of crisis in the country. Over a twelve year period, 1919-1932, Turkeys government changed four times, demonstrating Hinmans courage and commitment to what she was doing. Margaret often thought about Pacific while teaching English in Smyrna and had a cartoon map of Oregon hanging over her desk.
This is a portrait of Liberta Brown, later Liberta Schoch, from the year 1899. Liberta graduated from Tualatin Academy, Pacific University's preparatory school, in 1899. She then went on to graduate from Columbia University in 1903 and then graduate school at the University of California. Liberta was the firs descendant of Tabitha Moffet Brown to receive a college degree. Liberta played a significant role in preserving the early history of Forest Grove, as she wrote many letters asking older people questions about what things were like when they were young and how it had changed.
This is a portrait of Mary Frances Farnham wearing graduation robes. Born in Maine in 1847, she graduated from Mount Holyoke college in 1868. She taught at various schools in the U.S. and South Africa until 1895 when she returned to school to study history at Radcliffe college. In 1896, Farnham became the principal of Tualatin Academy, Pacific University's preparatory school. In 1912 she was awarded a doctorate degree in English literature from Mount Holyoke college. By 1915 the preparatory school had closed and Farnham became Dean of women at Pacific University. She held the position until she retired in 1924.
This is a portrait of Leva (left) and Elda (right) Walker. They are wearing their graduation robes at Pacific University in the year 1900. Born in 1877 and 1878, they were most likely the first women from Forest Grove to earn a doctoral degree, Elda from the University of Nebraska and Leva from Cornell University. Both Doctorates were in Biology. The sisters taught together at the University of Nebraska and lived together until their deaths in 1970 and 1971.
Taken at the Intercollegiate Knights Queen's Ball on February 6th, 1959, this photograph shows (in order from left to right): Blythe Lynch (1959 I.K. Queen; Theta Nu Alpha), Ruth Long (unaffiliated), Suzanne Richards (1958 I.K. Queen; Phi Lambda Omicron), Linda Bumgarner (Delta Chi Delta), Kay Kienstra (Kappa Delta), Ann Broadbent (Phi Lambda Omicron). The Intercollegiate Knights were a national honor-service society for male university students. One of the annual service functions of the Pacific University's chapter was to host the I.K. Queen's Ball, where a Knight's Queen was elected. The selection process for the 1959 Knight's Queen began on January 29th, when two representatives from each sorority as well as two unaffiliated female students all attended a banquet put on by the Intercollegiate Knights where each I.K. voted on his favorite candidate for Queen. Whichever five women got the most votes became the I.K. Queen's Ball Court. The Knight's Queen is elected from among those five women and crowned during the Intercollegiate Knights Queens Ball by the past year's Queen.
This sketch was an interpretation of the original log cabin that was built around1847. There is a question as to which cabin this sketch is showing. There were two cabins built between the time of 1846 and 1847. One was the church, and this is where classes were taught. The other is the boarding house where Tabitha Brown looked after the orphan children. In regards to the sketch, there is no real documentation on who made it or when it was made. However, the important thing to note is that this is one of the few remaining images of the original birthplace of Pacific University.
A photograph taken of the Maurice Thompson Archery Club approximately in 1895. The archery club’s members pictured here are: Margaret Hinman, Mary MacKenzie, Anna Penfield, W.U. Marsh, Henry Liberty Bates, Arlye Marsh (behind target), Margaret Marsh, Barnes, Professor Orr-Lela Micklin, Lillian Bain, Professor Bin Kori, Manche Langley, and a Mr. Cook from left to right. The Archery Club was associated with Tualatin Academy as it worked alongside Pacific University. The Tualatin Academy was a secondary private school and it provided many clubs for Pacific University students that could participate in. It was a co-ed club with women and men that were able to participate. A major contributor to this club was Henry Liberty Bates as he was the assistant coach alongside head coach Barnes. Both are pictured within the archery club photo.
Archery was seen as a feminist sport because it was not seen as a very active sport and was not physically difficult. Archery was perceived as elegant and graceful based on how the women held the bow and arrow. Pacific University has had archery for many years since it began in late 1890's, but it also has evolved into a sport at Pacific University instead of just in a club. The Women's Athletic Association during 1940 counted archery as a sport to earn points in the fall season. There was a transition period between when archery became a sport, but it was not long lasting. Archery has not been much of a popular competitive sport in college activities for quite some time. It is not as big of competition in college athletics, but it still was one of the major and earliest activities that women were able to participate in. It had a major impact on women's sports because of the openness for women to participate in a sport such as archery.
The photograph of the Women's Hockey Club is of several women that participated in athletics at Pacific University. There is lack of information about the individual women because the picture did not include a list of their names. Based off of other sources about when women were part of field hockey would be approximately between 1918-1925. There are field hockey team pictures throughout 'The Heart of Oak' yearbooks during the years of 1922 and 1923. There is even articles in 1920 that mentions of women's hockey teams throughout the Index newspaper. Women throughout each of the pictures have the same type of uniform. All the women are wearing some sort of white shirt with a black sash tied around their neck in the same way. The uniform throughout the different years have very many similarities, so based on that contextual evidence this picture seems to possibly have been taken between 1918-1925.
Field hockey was apart of a larger schedule for women's athletics. Field hockey was part of a list of sports that women could play based on the implementations of the Women's Athletic Association of Pacific University. These sports including field hockey provided opportunities for women to earn points in order to earn an official white sweater. An official white sweater signifies a lettermens jacket to show women what they have accomplished in sports. Field hockey was played during the fall season and outside out on a field when the weather permitted. The field hockey group did not play competitively against other teams. The early implementations of women's sports at Pacific University included competitions between their classes. There was a variation of teams with the classes. In 1922 it was Senior-Sophomore girls versus the Junior-Freshman class. While in 1923, the teams were composed of Senior-Freshman girls and the other team was the Junior-Sophomore team. Based on the variations of the teams it might have changed every year to make the competition different and interesting. It was one of the oldest sports in the United States and also a very popular game as well. Many girls participated in these events and many of them came back to play this sport. Some articles within the Pacific University Index Newspaper mentioned the popularity and amount of girls that improved and came back to play field hockey during the 1920's. It shows the amount of support these women got from the Women's Athletic Association based on the push for women's athletics to be able to earn points for their participation.
1928 May Day Queen Florence Bennett (seated), and her ladies-in-waiting Dorothy Wood, Lillian Thouvenel, Florence Riffle, Shellie Slyter, Alice Montgomery, and Jacqueline Honeyworth, pictured in Herrick Hall. The subjects of this photograph exemplify the importance placed on the May Day court, all having been heavily involved in both academic and extracurricular activities.
This is a photograph taken most likely in the first few months of 1966 of four women: (left to right) Zelda Wissman, Judith Engdahl, Carolyn Brown, and Virginia Stretcher. They are in a dorm room in Walter Hall at Pacific University looking at vinyl records which include The Kingsmen's 'Louie Louie', The Beatles' 'A Hard Day's Night', and The Rolling Stones' 'Satisfaction'.
Mary Eliece (Zelda) Wissman graduated from Pacific University in 1969 with a B.A. in English. She was from Belvedere, California, and later married, changing her last name to Weeks and relocated to Indianapolis, Indiana. During the time of this photograph, she was a freshman living in Walter Hall.
Judith Ann Engdahl graduated from Pacific University in 1968 with a B.A. in Sociology. She originated from Edina, Minnesota. When she married in August, 1968, she changed her last name to Bishop and relocated to Portland, Oregon. Engdahl has since donated money back to Pacific University, During the time of this photograph, she was a sophomore living in Walter Hall.
Carolyn Marian Brown graduated from Pacific University in 1968 with a B.A. in Speech. She was from Orinda, California. She changed her last name to Moore when she married and then moved to Chico, California to become a teacher. During the time of this photograph, she was sophomore living in Walter Hall.
Virginia Ann Stretcher was a student into her senior year at Pacific University, but there were records found stating that she graduated from the university. She was a history major, originating from Bakersfield, California. There are a few other photographs of her from the same time period in the Pacific University archives. During the time of this photograph, she was a sophomore living in Walter Hall.
When looking at this photograph in comparison to others near its location in the Pacific University archives, this photo is one of many staged photos for publicity.
Walter Hall was built in 1958 and named after Judith Scott Walter, the daughter of the first graduate from Pacific University. Walter had allotted the largest single grant to Pacific University that the school had received thus far in her will and upon her death, it was put towards building a new all-female residence hall. The hall was opened up to students in September, 1958, and is still standing today. It is three-stories tall and has a basement used for laundry and storage. It has double and single-bedrooms and currently houses about 250 students.
This is a photograph of the first Herrick Hall burning on Sunday, March 11, 1906. An unidentified man watches the building burn in the center of the photograph. Herrick Hall was the all-female residence hall on campus that all women were required to live in unless they had special accommodations to live in a house in the surrounding area in Forest Grove. The fire started at 11:oo am while everyone was attending church and was discovered by Professor F. T. Chapman. It was later discovered that sparks from the chimney fell on the roof and an east wind started the flames. Because the fire started at the top of the building, much of the contents of the building was able to be saved, though the building was not. It took three hours for the entire building to burn down. The fire could have easily spread to other buildings on and off-campus if it weren't for the efforts of the citizens, students, and fire department.
Herrick Hall was built in 1883 and was originally named Ladies Hall for its residents. In 1887, it was renamed Herrick Hall after the University's second president who raised money for the building.
By May, 1906, a $10,000 donation from the Carnegie Foundation and women's fundraising had raised enough money so that building plans were already in affect for a second Herrick Hall. The second Herrick Hall stood as an all-female residence hall until 1958 and burned down in 1973.
This photograph might have come out of a L. J. Corl photo album.
This is a photograph of the parlor in the second Herrick Hall. This was a gathering place on the first floor of the building for women while living in this residence hall. Women were required to live in this building while attending Pacific University if they did not already own a home off campus.
The original all-female dormitory was first built in 1883 and was called Ladies Hall. During the second university president Reverend John Russell Herrick's tenure, he spent much of his four years as president away from the university, but in that time, he was able to accomplish many things including raising $16,000 to build Ladies Hall. The first year the building was put to use was in 1884. It was renamed after President Herrick in 1887. The first Herrick Hall completely burned down on Sunday, March 11, 1906, from chimney sparks on the roof. A combination of women's fundraising and the Carnegie Foundation donation of $10,000 allowed the second Herrick Hall to be built in 1907. Until 1958, it was still an all-female residence hall. Herrick Hall burned down a second time in 1973.
Graduated in 1965 in Psychology. member of phi lambda omicron sorority, the Pan-Hellenic Council, Pacific University Singers, the Student Anti-Discrimination League, and the Varsity Rally Squad.
Paulette would go on to study and practice law in New York City and would return to Pacific during the 1983 Homecoming-Inauguration Convocation and received an Honorary Degree at Pacific with her twin Paul Owens. She may have been the first black woman to graduate Pacific's undergraduate program.
This is the portrait of the graduating class of 1878 at Pacific University. The majority of students graduating are female and they are arranged in the portrait as follows.First Row; Mary A. (Creswell) Eagan later Simard, Elvira H. Fearnside, Laura M. (Haxter) Wholley: Second Row; DeWitt Clinton LaTourette, Milton W. Smith, Samuel R. Stott, Horace Sumner Lyman: Third Row; Mary F. (Lyman) McCoy, Ellen (Scott) Latourette - Mrs. D.C., Mary Stacey Eaton.
This is a photograph of a young woman named Jean Stephenson studying in her dorm room in Herrick Hall at Pacific University in February, 1947. Jean is from Metzger, Oregon, and was a sophomore at the time of this photo. Jean graduated from Pacific University in 1949 as valedictorian with a Bachelor of Arts in History. She later became a teacher, living first in southern Oregon and later moving to northern Oregon where she lived for the rest of her life until April 3, 2016.
Herrick Hall was three stories tall with bathrooms on each floor with single and double-bedrooms lining the halls. Every dorm room in Herrick Hall was supplied with a sink, a heater, and furniture such as a bed, mattress, and a desk for each student. All women who did not have already have a home in Forest Grove were required to live in Herrick Hall.
The original all-female dormitory was first built in 1883 and was called Ladies Hall. During the second university president Reverend John Russell Herrick's tenure, he spent much of his four years as president away from the university, but in that time, he was able to accomplish many things including raising $16,000 to build Ladies Hall. The first year the building was put to use was in 1884. It was renamed after President Herrick in 1887. The first Herrick Hall completely burned down on Sunday, March 11, 1906, from chimney sparks on the roof. A combination of women's fundraising and the Carnegie Foundation donation of $10,000 allowed the second Herrick Hall to be built in 1907. Until 1958, it was still an all-female residence hall. Herrick Hall burned down a second time in 1973.
Mary Richardson Walker was born April 1st, 1811. She grew up in Massachusetts as the oldest of eleven. In 1837, she meets Elkanah Walker. After only knowing each for 48 hours, they became engaged and were married a year later. Both being strong of faith and having a dream of being a missionary, they jumped at the chances to travel to Oregon Country as missionaries. They left on March 7th, 1838 with three other couples. They reached the Whitman Mission in August 29th, 1838. The Richardson’s then proceed to make a new mission called Tshimakain. The lived there for ten years. Shortly after the Whitman Massacre in 1847, then the Walker family decided to move to Oregon. Before long, the family became an eminent part of the Forest Grove community. The important thing to note about the Walker family was they were the ones who donated the land and a building in which Pacific University is established on. Elkanah also served on the board of trustees. Now the importance of Mary Richardson Walker cannot be easily overlooked. Not much is known of her true accomplishments, partly due to her gender. She wrote a diary of her entire journey through life. This journal is used today as an honest representation of life on the trail and once reaching Oregon. She is a true woman of the Oregon trail
A photograph taken of the Varsity Rally Squad at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. This photo was located at the Heart of Oak '65 yearbook of Pacific University. This yearbook was created by Pacific students and faculty. The Varsity Rally Squad members included: Laurie Katagiri, Treasure Sullivan, Sheila Manus, Nancy Lovely, Ginny Ferber, and Paulette Owens. These student athletes were very involved with not only sports, but also extra curricular activities such as clubs.
These women participated in the athletic program when they supported the men's basketball and football games during competitions. There was not just a varsity group, but a junior varsity rally squad as well. This recognizes the fact that women's sports were now becoming more active and more women were becoming involved with athletics. This shows the progress of girls trying out to be part of the rally squad. There were two teams to potentially make.
The rally squad during 1965 are equivalent to what a cheerleader is. They support, rally, and cheer on Pacific University. These women had practices like every other sport did, and performed. The rally squad was not always at Pacific University for athletics unlike sports like basketball, tennis, and volleyball. It slowly grew into an activity that women wanted to try out for and be a part of. This photo is significant because it shows the support in women's athletics and including various forms of athletics to include at the collegiate level such as the rally squad.
Members of a recruitment team in a photo taken during Pacific University's first recruitment trip to Hawaii. This trip took place in the year following the formation of the Hawaiian Club (November 1959) which was formed by nineteen Hawaiian students. Along with the recruitment trip, this year saw the first visit of a Pacific University president (M.A.F. Ritchie). Previously, Ritchie's presidential inauguration was attended by Hawaii's first state Governor, and his trip to Hawaii was seen partly as a response to that visit. These events served to solidify an official relationship between Pacific University and Hawaii that would contribute to the growing presence of students attending Pacific from Hawaii.
This is an oil painting of one of the founders of Pacific University, Tabitha Moffatt Brown. This portrait was made between 1900-1949 and is the only known existing painting of her. It was painted from the only known existing photograph of her. The portrait was painted by Brown’s great great granddaughter Lilian P. Bain. Brown made a vast contribution to Pacific. Her original vision was to turn it into a house for poor children. Students, whose parents could afford it, were to pay 1 dollar. Brown also decided to work the entire first year without pay. Her jobs included teaching, managing, and housekeeping. Brown is the only woman founder of Pacific University and is an important figure in Pacific University history.
This news article written by Sara Wood offers a brief description of the main nonwhite ethnic groups present at Pacific in 1971. Wood mainly offers perspectives on group activities of the Hawaiians, especially the annual Lu'au which Pacific University is known for, and also discusses the topic of greater representation for the black student population. Also mentioned are Chicanos, and one Jewish student. On the topic of black students at Pacific, it references the opinions of two black students and shares a final thought of hope wishing for the emergence of 'an essence of Brotherhood' from sharing in these cultural events. Written in the backdrop of increased visibility and size of ethnic groups at Pacific that raised tensions especially about their ability to organize into campus groups.
This is an oil painting of one of the founders of Pacific University, Tabitha Moffatt Brown. This portrait was made between 1900-1949 and is the only known existing painting of her. It was painted from the only known existing photograph of her. The portrait was painted by Brown’s great great granddaughter Lilian P. Bain. Brown made a vast contribution to Pacific. Her original vision was to turn it into a house for poor children. Students, whose parents could afford it, were to pay 1 dollar. Brown also decided to work the entire first year without pay. Her jobs included teaching, managing, and housekeeping. Brown is the only woman founder of Pacific University and is an important figure in Pacific University history.
Members of a recruitment team in a photo taken during Pacific University's first recruitment trip to Hawaii. This trip took place in the year following the formation of the Hawaiian Club (November 1959) which was formed by nineteen Hawaiian students. Along with the recruitment trip, this year saw the first visit of a Pacific University president (M.A.F. Ritchie). Previously, Ritchie's presidential inauguration was attended by Hawaii's first state Governor, and his trip to Hawaii was seen partly as a response to that visit. These events served to solidify an official relationship between Pacific University and Hawaii that would contribute to the growing presence of students attending Pacific from Hawaii.
This is a course catalog of Pacific University courses for 1867. The courses have separate course objectives for male and female students at Pacific University, with small differences, such as the four year college curriculum for males and three years for females. Other differences include the difference in varsity of philosophers and sciences taught to the male and female students. The female students are taught about about Cicero and Virgil as specific philosophers courses, were as the men look at Herodotus, Theodotus, but not Cicero or Virgil. Women only study basic chemistry and biology, whereas males study these as well as zoology, geology and higher levels of science.
This resource is a descriptor of university classes from the 19th century with courses for the sciences schedule, the 'classical' schedule and women courses. The science and classic schedules are for male students, whereas as the females have their own ciricullum for studying education. The classic courses consist of four years of courses with an early focus upon the humanities and courses later on focusing on the general sciences. The scientific section was only three years, but they received education more sciences than the persons studying in the classical courses. The ladies courses is a hybrid of both the classical agenda and the scientific agenda, with the exception that they study Cicero and Virgil whereas as the male students don't touch on these figures. Only the sciences and the women section study Caesar for a class.
