The AuCoin family sits in an unfurnished apartment in Washington D.C. In typed notes about the image, Representative Les AuCoin writes: "My family's first night in our condo apartment in Washington D.C. We got into our apartment before the movers arrived. The first two nights were a bit lonely, but we came to love our home on NW Connecticut Avenue in the Cleveland Park neighborhood. A friend of Sue's mother recommended the condo to us because it was in the city and offered a quicker trip to and from the capital. It was one of the best homes we had." A note on the back reads, "Photo - Brian Lockett". This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
Representative Les AuCoin and Senator Carl Leven receive the 1988 Herbert Scoville Jr. Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Arms Control from the Union of Concerned Scientists. In typed notes about the image, Les AuCoin writes: "The Herbert Scoville Award, Jr. from the Union of Concerned Scientists. In the 1980s, Senator Carl Leven of Michigan, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and I won this prestigious award from the union for our efforts to promote arms control." This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
Representative Les AuCoin is sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives by House Speaker Carl Albert. Photograph by A. Dev O'Neill, the official photographer for the U.S. House of Representatives 1956-1978. In typed notes about the image, AuCoin writes: "Taking my first oath of office as a U.S. Congressman. January 1975." This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
Representative Les AuCoin looks over paperwork while on a flight between Washington D.C. and Portland. In typed notes about the image, AuCoin writes: "Working in the friendly skies. With the breadth of the entire country between Washington D.C. and my congressional district, the long flight home from Oregon was a time I used to do follow-up work as well as prepare for the week ahead. I ended up being one of United Airlines' Million Miler Fliers." The photo was probably taken in the 1980s. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
Representative Les AuCoin shakes hands with Anwar el-Sadat, President of Egypt. Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill stands behind them. In typed notes about the image, AuCoin writes: "In the late 1970s, after winning the Nobel prize (with Israel's Menachem Begin), Anwar el-Sadat addressed a joint session of Congress. Afterward, I met him at a reception on the hill. The most charismatic world leader I ever encountered. Years later, in the House Democratic Cloakroom, I watched his assassination in Egypt on CNN. For the longest time there wasn't a sound from the group of legislators gathered there." Based on these notes, this photo was probably taken between 1978 and 1979. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
Representative Les AuCoin sits and laughs at a banquet in his name. In typed notes about the image, AuCoin writes: "Celebratory banquet in my honor. Toward the end of my career, there were dinners staged to celebrate my work and tell funny stories at my expense. This is one of those in Portland. This is a rare shot showing unbridled joy." Based on these notes, the photo was taken in the early 1990s. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
Dr. Eldon Hout testifies at a meeting of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, part of the House Committee on Appropriations. In typed notes about the image, Representative Les AuCoin writes: "Dr. Eldon Hout, at the microphone, was one of my political science professors when I studied at Pacific. That's me across the table at the far end. At this time, Eldon was with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration." A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads "Interior Subcommittee, Eldon Hout from Oregon D.L.C.D." The photo was probably taken in the 1980s. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
Representative Les AuCoin and his wife and Sue walk through the Les AuCoin Plaza, located in Washington Park in Portland, Oregon. In typed notes about the image, Les AuCoin writes: "Sue and I at the plaza dedicated in my name by the metropolitan transit agency. In Congress, I led the effort to create the west side transit in west of Portland." Based on the location, this photo was likely taken between 1998 and 2008. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
Representatives Les AuCoin and Tim Wirth testify before the Education Subcommittee in support of of increased federal funding for education. In typed notes about the image, Les AuCoin writes: "In the 1970s, then-congressman Tim Wirth and I testified in support of a deeper federal commitment to education. The venue: the Education Subcommittee of the House Labor and Education Committee. Tim went on to win a Senate seat in Colorado and was appointed by President Clinton to a high-ranking post in the State Department. Later he was president and CEO of Ted Turner's United Nations Foundation." A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads "Testifies with Cong. Wirth on education res.". A small label reads "Please credit National Education Association Carolyn Salisbury." Based on these notes, this photo was likely taken between 1970 and 1979. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
The AuCoin family poses with House Speaker Carl Albert at the U.S. House swearing-in day. Photograph by A. Dev O'Neill, the official photographer for the U.S. House of Representatives 1956-1978. In typed notes about the image, Les AuCoin writes: "My family on swearing-in day at the U.S. Capitol, 1975. Sue and I were only 15 years out Redmond Union High School when I took the congressional oath for the first time at the U.S. Capitol. We enrolled Stacy and Kelly at John Eaton Grade School in northwest Washington's Cleveland Park neighborhood. Kelly, a second grader, was almost as tall as Speaker Carl Albert." This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
Representative Les AuCoin poses with the current and former university presidents and with members of his staff who are alumni of Pacific University. In typed notes about the image, AuCoin writes: "Pacific University reunion in my congressional office. From the left, alumnus Bob Crane, my administrative assistant, Dr. Miller A. F. Richie, former president of the university who hired me as public information director at the school, myself, Dr. Robert Duvall, university president at the time, and Dan James, alumnus and later a member of my staff, and still later a member of Pacific's board of trustees." Based on the people present, the photo was probably taken between 1987 and 1989. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
A group portrait of mostly Tlingit boys from Alaska who were enrolled at the Forest Grove Indian School in 1881 or 2. The photograph was taken by an employee of the I.G. Davidson Studio of Portland, outdoors on the school campus. The Davidson studio took several other group portraits of students on the same day. Copies of the photographs were sold as albumen print cabinet cards to the public, with a portion of the proceeds going to the school coffers. This arrangement was made as an agreement between the studio and the school's first superintendent, Captain M.C. Wilkinson. The caption reads: "Davidson Photo. No. 37. Indian Training School, Forest Grove, Oregon. Group of Alaska Boys. Capt. M. C. WIlkinson, U.S.A., in charge."
The boys wear their everyday school clothes and caps from the school's military-style uniforms. Most of them have tucked small tokens into their button holes: oak leaves and wildflowers. Students in this image probably include those listed in the school roster as having come from Alaska by 1881: William Lear, George Brown, Frank Shattuck, Samuel Goldstein, Walter Burwell, Arthur Jackson, Harry Kadeshan, Charles Lott, Philip Jones, George Blake, and William Lewis. Of these, William Lear and Frank Shattuck appear to have actually been Samish and Coast Salish from northern Washington; the others were Tlingit of Chilkat, Sitka and Stikine. Based on another confirmed photograph, the second boy from the left in the bottom row is probably Walter Burwell. A swing can be seen hanging from the trees in the background, possibly identifying the location as the school's play area, which was just west of the campus.
Minutes of the meetings of trustees from the Forest Grove and Cornelius Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The meetings were held in 1883 and concern the construction of a new church building for the Methodists of Forest Grove, Oregon. This document is part of a record book compiled between 1854-1884 by several different Methodist circuits in Oregon, centered on the Forest Grove and Hillsboro areas. The record book was found in a building on the southwest corner of Main Street and Pacific Avenue in Forest Grove in 2021.
A financial account of the Oswego Circuit of the Methodist Episocopal Church in Oregon in 1854-1855. This document is part of a record book compiled between 1854-1884 by several different Methodist circuits in Oregon, centered on the Forest Grove and Hillsboro areas. The record book was found in a building on the southwest corner of Main Street and Pacific Avenue in Forest Grove in 2021.
Three lists of baptisms and deaths recorded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in Oregon, probably compiled in the mid-1850s: 1. "Baptized on West Tualatin Plains Circuit," 1857-1860; 2. "Baptized on Oswego Circuit," 1845 and 1854-1855; 3. "Deaths of Members on Oswego Circuit," 1855. This document is part of a record book compiled between 1854-1884 by several different Methodist circuits in Oregon, centered on the Forest Grove and Hillsboro areas. The record book was found in a building on the southwest corner of Main Street and Pacific Avenue in Forest Grove in 2021.
Minutes of conference meetings of the Methodist Episcopal Church's Forest Grove Circuit in western Washington County, Oregon. The minutes cover quarterly meetings held between 1883-1884 in Forest Grove and Cornelius. Several reports are included pertaining to the completion of a new Methodist church building in Forest Grove. This document is part of a record book compiled between 1854-1884 by several different Methodist circuits in Oregon, centered on the Forest Grove and Hillsboro areas. The record book was found in a building on the southwest corner of Main Street and Pacific Avenue in Forest Grove in 2021.
Minutes of conference meetings of the Methodist Episcopal Church's Forest Grove Circuit in western Washington County, Oregon. The minutes cover quarterly meetings held between 1882-1883 in Forest Grove and Cornelius. Reports by pastor W. J. Cosper are included pertaining to the construction of a new church in Forest Grove and other topics. This document is part of a record book compiled between 1854-1884 by several different Methodist circuits in Oregon, centered on the Forest Grove and Hillsboro areas. The record book was found in a building on the southwest corner of Main Street and Pacific Avenue in Forest Grove in 2021.
Minutes of conference meetings of the Methodist Episcopal Church's Forest Grove Circuit in western Washington County, Oregon. The minutes cover quarterly meetings held between 1881-1882 in Forest Grove and Cornelius. Reports by pastor William Robert are included in which he advocates for building a new Methodist church in Forest Grove. This document is part of a record book compiled between 1854-1884 by several different Methodist circuits in Oregon, centered on the Forest Grove and Hillsboro areas. The record book was found in a building on the southwest corner of Main Street and Pacific Avenue in Forest Grove in 2021.
Minutes of conference meetings of the Methodist Episcopal Church's Forest Grove Circuit in western Washington County, Oregon. The minutes cover quarterly meetings held between 1880-1881 in Forest Grove and Cornelius. Reports by pastor William Robert are included in which he discusses plans to relocate and possibly rebuild the Methodist church in Forest Grove. This document is part of a record book compiled between 1854-1884 by several different Methodist circuits in Oregon, centered on the Forest Grove and Hillsboro areas. The record book was found in a building on the southwest corner of Main Street and Pacific Avenue in Forest Grove in 2021.
Minutes of conference meetings of the Methodist Episcopal Church's Forest Grove Circuit in western Washington County, Oregon. The minutes cover quarterly meetings held between 1879-1880 in Forest Grove and Cornelius. A report by pastor William Robert with comments on Sunday School classes and other topics is also included. This document is part of a record book compiled between 1854-1884 by several different Methodist circuits in Oregon, centered on the Forest Grove and Hillsboro areas. The record book was found in a building on the southwest corner of Main Street and Pacific Avenue in Forest Grove in 2021.
Minutes of conference meetings of the Methodist Episcopal Church's Forest Grove Circuit in western Washington County, Oregon. The minutes cover quarterly meetings held between 1877-1879 in Forest Grove, Cornelius and Gaston. A special report is also included on a dispute concerning the hiring of Minister Vandersol by the Methodist and Congregational chuches of Forest Grove, in opposition to the wishes of the rest of the Methodist circuit members. This document is part of a record book compiled between 1854-1884 by several different Methodist circuits in Oregon, centered on the Forest Grove and Hillsboro areas. The record book was found in a building on the southwest corner of Main Street and Pacific Avenue in Forest Grove in 2021.
Minutes of conference meetings of the Methodist Episcopal Church's Forest Grove Circuit in western Washington County, Oregon. The minutes cover quarterly meetings held between 1876-1877 in Forest Grove, Cornelius and Gaston. This document is part of a record book compiled between 1854-1884 by several different Methodist circuits in Oregon, centered on the Forest Grove and Hillsboro areas. The record book was found in a building on the southwest corner of Main Street and Pacific Avenue in Forest Grove in 2021.
Minutes of conference meetings of the Methodist Episcopal Church's Forest Grove Circuit in western Washington County, Oregon. The document includes a description of the formation of the Forest Grove circuit, which would include communities west of Hillsboro: Cornelius, Forest Grove, Gaston and Patton Valley, and Dairy Creek. The minutes cover quarterly meetings held between 1875-1876 in Hillsboro, Forest Grove and Cornelius. This document is part of a record book compiled between 1854-1884 by several different Methodist circuits in Oregon, centered on the Forest Grove and Hillsboro areas. The record book was found in a building on the southwest corner of Main Street and Pacific Avenue in Forest Grove in 2021.
Minutes of conference meetings of the Methodist Episcopal Church's Hillsboro Circuit within Washington County, Oregon. The minutes cover quarterly meetings held between 1874-1875 in Hillsboro, Forest Grove and Cornelius. This document is part of a record book compiled between 1854-1884 by several different Methodist circuits in Oregon, centered on the Forest Grove and Hillsboro areas. The record book was found in a building on the southwest corner of Main Street and Pacific Avenue in Forest Grove in 2021.
