Pacific University0.5 cubic feet 1 boxThe Allied Translator and Interpreter Section was a joint Australian-United States intelligence agency that issued confidential reports on Japanese operations during World War II. This collection consists of 11 reports from the agency, mostly pertaining to Japanese military psychology, that once belonged to Colonel Karl Feguson Baldwin.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Pacific University1.0 folder 1 folderThe Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a Mormon denomination that has traditionally practiced polygamy. Its leader, Warren Jeffs, was sentenced to prison in 2011 on sex charges. This collection consists of religious prophecies by Warren Jeffs, which the church mailed gratis to the Pacific University Library.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Pacific University0.25 cubic feet 1 boxThe Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns used Pacific University's facilities for football training camps in the late 1950s to early 1960s. This collection includes records related to their visits, as well as correspondence between Pacific University and other professional football teams.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Pacific University0.25 cubic feet 1 folder and 1 oversize framed itemThe collection consists of 50 currency notes issued by the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Pacific University80.0 cubic feet 50 boxes, 24 oversized volumes, 1 flag, 1 shovel, and oversized framed objectsVictor George Atiyeh (1923-) served as Oregon’s 32nd governor from 1979-1987. The collection contains audiovisual materials, awards, correspondence, memorabilia, photographs, press clippings, reports, scrapbooks, speeches, and other materials relating to both his professional and personal life, particularly regarding his time in public office as State Representative, State Senator, and Governor, as well as his post-gubernatorial international consulting business.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Pacific University0.25 cubic feet 1 small flat boxJosephine Clare Harriman was a student in the Conservatory of Music at Pacific University in Oregon from about 1902-1903. The collection consists of three small photograph albums featuring her friends and interests.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Pacific University1.0 folder 1 folderThe photograph album contains pictures of Irving Story, who at the time was probably a student at New Hampshire and Cornell Universities, posing in outdoor scenes.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Pacific University1.0 folderMarcus Whitman was a missionary in the Oregon Territory who was killed by Cayuse Indians in 1847. These letters, sent to his friend Alanson Hinman, shed light on conditions at the mission in the weeks before his death.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Pacific University0.25 cubic feet 1 boxGertrude Boyd Crane was a professor of religion and philosophy at Pacific University from 1938-1962. This collection contains newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence and similar materials pertaining to her career.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Pacific University0.5 cubic feet 1 boxJames Rood Robertson served as principal of Tualatin Academy from 1890-1893, and then as professor of history at Pacific University from 1893-1906. The collection includes incoming correspondence related to the business of the Congregational Church in Forest Grove, Oregon, particularly character references pertaining to candidates for the position of pastor.Contact InformationFinding Aid
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