Western Oregon University1 linear footThe Butler Family Papers is a collection of 70 original letters written by some of the pioneers who settled in Polk County, Oregon, and founded Monmouth University in 1856 (now Western Oregon University).Contact InformationFinding Aid
Western Oregon University2 linear feetThe Burch Family Papers is a collection of 65 original letters of mostly handwritten correspondence to Benjamin Franklin Burch of Rickreall, Polk County, Oregon. Included with the correspondence are handwritten legal and financial records and documents.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Western Oregon University15 linear feet 30 boxesThis collection includes materials related to the Theater, Dance, and Music programs at Western Oregon University from 1954-2011.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Western Oregon University18 linear feet 3 filing cabinet drawersAdministrative and personal research papers of Ellis Stebbins, who served Oregon State Normal School and Oregon College of Education from 11928-1968. Includes correspondence, subject files, and original documents related to college departments and administration, history of the college, and drafts of manuscripts leading up to his 1973 publication The OCE Story .Contact InformationFinding Aid
Western Oregon University4 linear feet 4 boxesPhotographs, newspaper clippings, house records, and research files related to Howell House, a boarding house used at previous iterations of Western Oregon University located in Monmouth, Oregon.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Western Oregon University40 linear feet 50 boxesDemocratic governor of Oregon, 1974-1978. Papers include gubernatorial personal papers including office correspondence, administrative and subject files, staff files, campaign materials, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, video and sound recordings and photographs.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Western Oregon University1 linear foot, including 1 scrapbook 2 boxesYearbooks and scrapbook of student life at Oregon Normal School.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Western Oregon University1 linear foot 2 boxesThis collection includes 14 different titles (newsletters) from Japanese American relocation centers located in the United States from 1942-1943.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Western Oregon University1.5 linear feet 5 boxesPhotographs, postcards, research notes, publications, personal materials, and educational glass slides belonging to Professor L.A. Robinson while working at Oregon State Normal School in Monmouth, Oregon.Contact InformationFinding Aid
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