Archives and Records
Publications, images, administrative records, research materials, and scrapbooks dating from Willamette’s beginnings. Also available are materials relating to Freshman Glee, one of Willamette’s longest running traditions.
Archives and Records
Collection Areas
- The oral history collections in the University Archives document events, people, and topics related to the history of Willamette University.
Collections
- This collection contains multiple publications dating back to 1919.
- The Willamette University Campus Photograph collection, comprised of digitized prints, negatives, and slides, is a rich documentary resource covering nearly a century and a half of Willamette’s history.
- Contains concert programs from 1983-2020 for the Willamette University Choral Program. Programs are searchable and include tours as well as local concerts
- Willamette University commencement programs from the years 1860-1914.
- Contains photographs of Dr. Helen Pierce, professor of English at Willamette University for 35 years, and of Willamette University campus buildings.
- Planning and publicity materials, sound and visual media dating from 1914 to 1997 and 2007.
- Letters to and from Willamette students serving in the U. S. Armed forces during World War I
- This is a digitized and transcribed letter from Francis S. Hoyt to Reverend Alvin Waller.
- Contains the digitized and transcribed correspondence regarding Nelson Rounds' appointment as the President of Willamette University in 1868.
- Comprised of over one thousand digitized glass plate negatives of historical significance to Willamette University, the city of Salem and the Willamette Valley.
- Selected posters from the Willamette University Archives
- Selected scrapbooks from Willamette University Archives.
- Student handbooks from 1892 through the 1990's.
- Willamette University student yearbook for the years 1903 - 2007.
- The Willamette Collegian student newspaper issues 1875-March 2020.
- April Fools edition of the Willamette Collegian issued 1948-1950.
- Willamette University catalogs and bulletins for the years 1860 - 2007.
Permanent Link: https://digitalcollections.willamette.edu/handle/10177/7119