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Boxer, Pacific's Mascot

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Title

Boxer, Pacific's Mascot

Description

This collection brings together archival material on the history of "Boxer," Pacific University's mascot. Letters, news clippings, photographs and other items are included, illustrating its history from when the Boxer statue first arrived on campus in the 1890s through its disappearance in 1970. Efforts to find, recreate and commemorate the statue since that time are also covered.

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Richard Thompson's mother and a friend with Boxer

1957
Richard Thompson's car, used as a getaway vehicle for Boxer

1962
Richard Thompson with Boxer on the hood of a car

1962
Richard Thompson holding Boxer

1962
Boxer Toss film

1968
'Trophy Stirs Classes' story on class rivalries and Portland Police actions related to stealing the Boxer statue

1924-1925
Copy of a note from Rick Read concerning an article dating Boxer's arrival at Pacific in 1898

1997
'Boxer References' list and graph attempting to pin down when Boxer arrived at Pacific University

1996
'Boxer File Inventory' handwritten list of articles about Boxer

1990-1999
Handwritten summary of an Index article concerning Boxer's whereabouts

1950-1999
'Boxer: The College Spirit' overview of Boxer with a drawing of Boxer

1990-1999
Handwritten list of articles about Pacific University mascots

1990-1999
'Have you seen this dog?' flier draft searching for Boxer with a short history attached

1990-1999
Handwritten history of Boxer's whereabouts from 1896 to 1961

1980-1990
List with ideas of how to find Boxer and, if found, what to do with him

1976
Note responding to Boxer images request

1980-1989
Excerpt from a letter offering a Chinese tray to Pacific University from the Halls, who were in China around the Boxer Rebellion

1981-1982
Excerpt from 'A History of Tualatin Academy and Pacific University' with mention of Joseph Elkanah Walker

1904
'Narrative on research about Boxer's arrival...' story of the research into Boxer's first days at Pacific University

1996
Pacific University alumni survey filled out by Joseph Elkanah Walker while living in China

1920-1929
'Whatever Happened to Boxer?' draft for Pacific Today of Boxer's history and disappearance

1993
'Oregonian Newspaper Index' search result for Boxer mascot on the University of Oregon website

2006-2007
Note stating that an anonymous individual left a tip saying where the original Boxer was kept

2001
Handwritten highlights of Boxer toss and Pacific University mascot history

2000-2010