A group of Pacific University students at an indoor gathering in 1967. One student in the background appears to be wearing a large, fake white beard. This may have been taken at a Christmas holiday event.
A group of Pacific University students skiing at Mount Hood in 1966. They are on a beginner's slope with a tow rope on the right. Based on other related images, this may have been taken during a Haumana O Hawai'i (Hawaiian Student Club) outing.
Two Pacific University students (or possibly staff members) stand in a building on the Pacific University campus in the fall of 1965. They may be in the lobby of Walter Hall, which was a dormitory.
A group from Pacific University at the Honolulu airport, about to travel home from Hawaii to Oregon in May 1959. The original slide is slightly blurry. Based on an article that appeared in the Pacific University Index (May 18, 1959, p. 2), this group was likely attending a speech tournament on Oahu. "Bedecked with leis and smiling happily were the four representatives to the University of Hawaii Invitational speech tourney who returned to campus this morning at 5 a.m. carrying six trophies." They may have been recruiting Hawaiian students for Pacific University during the same trip.
Group members named in the article included the students: Larry DePolo (Class of 1962; the man without glasses, right); Deanne Dayton (Class of 1961, the woman wearing a lei); and Steve Hanson (Class of 1962; the man with glasses, left). The fourth student in the group, John Randlett (Class of 1962), does not appear to be in the photograph; he may have been holding the camera. The students were accompanied by Professor Fred Scheller (the man with glasses, right). These names match a handwritten caption on the original slide, which appears to have come from the offices of Fred Scheller. It reads: "Leaving Hawaii - the [K---?], Deanne, Larry, Steve."
Hanson, Dayton, DePolo and Scheller are wearing leis that were likely given to them by friends on Oahu. Hanson and Dayton are carrying Northwest Airlines bags. The women who are not wearing leis were probably seeing off the group as they left the island. The article noted above states: "They also visited the parents of several Hawaiian students attending Pacific and Sam Luna, Pacific graduate and husband of Madean Luna, Pacific senior, drove the students and Mr. Scheller to the airport and saw them off when they left this morning." The women in the photograph may be from the Luna family.
This photograph relates to the earliest efforts of Pacific University to recruit students from Hawaii. Hawaii became a state about three months after this photograph was taken in 1959. Fred Scheller was one of the founders of Pacific's Hawaiian Student Club, Na Haumana O Hawai'i, which was organized that fall with twenty members who were from the state of Hawaii. A group that appears to have included the same people are in another photograph from 1959, which has been identified as the first group from Pacific University to recruit students from Hawai'i (see PUApic_010595). Given the expense and difficulty of traveling to Hawaii in 1959, the "speech" trip and the "recruitment" trip may have been the same event. Students from Hawaii would eventually make up a significant percentage of Pacific's student body.
Women students in the "Queen's Court" in Pacific University's annual May Day celebration walk in a procession through campus in 1951. They are wearing pastel chiffon dresses and are carrying flowers and greenery, which was a part of the May Day tradition. Audience members, including what appears to be a professional photographer with a large camera, watch from the side. The trees in the background appear to be a part of the university's "Birch Walk," which was a line of trees planted in memory of students who died in service during World War II.
Pacific University student Jon Rudi (Class of 1957) just after having been "tubbed" in Herrick Hall, a girls dormitory on campus, in January, 1956. According to the photographer, student Dorothy Dobyns Generaux (Class of 1959), several boys including Don had just "flashed" (i.e. briefly shown) the original Boxer statue. The girls who lived in Herrick Hall playfully punished them by forcing them into a bathtub full of water while fully clothed. This is one of a set of three photographs from the same event; see PUA_MSFILE_169_005 and PUA_MSFILE_169_007.
A Pacific University woman student "tubbing" student Don Dupuy in Herrick Hall, a girls dormitory on campus, in January, 1956. The girl was apparently a resident of Herrick Hall. According to the photographer, student Dorothy Dobyns Generaux (Class of 1959), several boys including Don had just "flashed" (i.e. briefly shown) the original Boxer statue. The girls who lived in Herrick Hall playfully punished them by forcing them into a bathtub full of water while fully clothed. This is one of a set of three photographs from the same event; see PUA_MSFILE_169_005 and PUA_MSFILE_169_007.
Pacific University students laughing after the "tubbing" of several boys in Herrick Hall, a girls dormitory on campus, in January, 1956. The two boys were Don Dupuy and Gary Williams (Class of 1957) according to a note on the back of the photograph. The girls were apparently residents of Herrick Hall. According to the photographer, student Dorothy Dobyns Generaux (Class of 1959), the boys had just "flashed" (i.e. briefly shown) the original Boxer statue. The girls who lived in Herrick Hall playfully punished them by forcing them into a bathtub full of water while fully clothed. This is one of a set of three photographs from the same event; see PUA_MSFILE_169_006 and PUA_MSFILE_169_007.
Dorothy ("Dottie") Dobyns Generaux, of the Pacific University Class of 1959, posing with "Boxer" in a field by a Chevrolet sedan. This is one of a set of photographs taken in 1957 by a member of Pacific University's Phi Beta Tau fraternity. Members of the fraternity had won the statue and offered to take Dorothy to see it one Sunday, just as she was leaving church. She agreed, and they drove with her to a field near Gales Creek, where she posed with Boxer.|Boxer is a bronze statue in the form of a qilin, which was the inspiration for Pacific University's mascot. There was a tradition of students stealing, hiding and fighting over the original Boxer statue from the early 1900s through the 1960s.
Dorothy ("Dottie") Generaux, of the Pacific University Class of 1959, posing with "Boxer" in front of the door to a rustic shack, with ferns in the foreground. This is one of a set of photographs taken in 1957 by a member of Pacific University's Phi Beta Tau fraternity. Members of the fraternity had won the statue and offered to take Dorothy to see it one Sunday, just as she was leaving church. She agreed, and they drove with her to a field near Gales Creek, where she posed with Boxer.
Dorothy ("Dottie") Dobyns Generaux, of the Pacific University Class of 1959, kissing "Boxer". A Chevrolet sedan appears in the background. This is one of a set of photographs taken in 1957 by a member of Pacific University's Phi Beta Tau fraternity. Members of the fraternity had won the statue and offered to take Dorothy to see it one Sunday, just as she was leaving church. She agreed, and they drove with her to a field near Gales Creek, where she posed with Boxer.
Dorothy ("Dottie") Dobyns Generaux, of the Pacific University Class of 1959, posing with "Boxer" in a field by a Chevrolet sedan. This is one of a set of photographs taken in 1957 by a member of Pacific University's Phi Beta Tau fraternity. Members of the fraternity had won the statue and offered to take Dorothy to see it one Sunday, just as she was leaving church. She agreed, and they drove with her to a field near Gales Creek, where she posed with Boxer.
Butch Berquist, Ed Phillips, Jim MacMillan and Scott Harwood oral history interview on the Tualatin Valley Harmony Masters (TVHM) and Forest Grove’s barbershop history, recorded July 21, 2025 at the Friends of Historic Forest Grove Old Train Station Museum in Forest Grove, Oregon. Elle Griego, the interviewer, was a History and French undergraduate student at Pacific University from 2022-2026.
Tim Schauermann oral history interview on the Gay Nineties and Barbershop Ballad Contest, recorded June 26, 2025 at the Friends of Historic Forest Grove Old Train Station Museum in Forest Grove, Oregon. Elle Griego, the interviewer, was a History and French undergraduate student at Pacific University from 2022-2026.
Rosanna Steiner oral history interview on the Gay Nineties and Barbershop Ballad Contest, recorded June 12, 2025 at the Friends of Historic Forest Grove Old Train Station Museum in Forest Grove, Oregon. Elle Griego, the interviewer, was a History and French undergraduate student at Pacific University from 2022-2026.
Myra Beeler, Laura Frye, Jerry Frye, Jane Romig, and Peggy Alexander oral history interview on the Gay Nineties and Barbershop Ballad Contest, recorded July 11, 2025 at the United Church of Christ in Forest Grove, Oregon. Elle Griego, the interviewer, was a History and French undergraduate student at Pacific University from 2022-2026.
Mary Jo Morelli oral history interview on Forest Grove and Friends of Historic Forest Grove history, recorded August 4, 2025 at the Friends of Historic Forest Grove Old Train Station Museum in Forest Grove, Oregon. Elle Griego, the interviewer, was a History and French undergraduate student at Pacific University from 2022-2026.
Mary Easton oral history interview on the Gay Nineties and Barbershop Ballad Contest, recorded July 2, 2025 at the Friends of Historic Forest Grove Old Train Station Museum in Forest Grove, Oregon. Elle Griego, the interviewer, was a History and French undergraduate student at Pacific University from 2022-2026.
Don Skinner oral history interview on the Gay Nineties and Barbershop Ballad Contest, recorded June 19, 2025 at the Friends of Historic Forest Grove Old Train Station Museum in Forest Grove, Oregon. Born in 1948, Skinner grew up in Forest Grove and served in the Vietnam war as a Photographic Laboratory Specialist in the Army before working for and retiring from Tektronix. He and his wife Cheryl are responsible for putting together the Old Train Station Museum as it is today. Elle Griego, the interviewer, was a History and French undergraduate student at Pacific University from 2022-2026.
David and Mary Jo Morelli oral history interview on Forest Grove and Friends of Historic Forest Grove history, recorded July 31, 2025 at their Forest Grove residence. Elle Griego, the interviewer, was a History and French undergraduate student at Pacific University from 2022-2026.
Carol Drew oral history interview on the Gay Nineties and Barbershop Ballad Contest, recorded June 20, 2025 at her residence in Forest Grove, Oregon. Born in 1939, Drew has lived in Forest Grove since the 1950s. A prominent member of the local community, she graduated from Pacific University in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. Elle Griego, the interviewer, was a History and French undergraduate student at Pacific University from 2022-2026.
A slide image of a papaya blossom dated 1962. This slide was found with other images associated with Pacific University's annual Lu'au. It may have been taken at the Lu'au, or it may have been projected onto a screen during the performances.
Students performing a Chinese dragon dance at Pacific University's 1963 Lu'au, which was held in the gym of Forest Grove High School. This was one of the earliest Lu'aus hosted by Pacific University.
A Pacific University student performing as a warrior at Pacific University's annual Lu'au in 1964. This event, one of the earliest of Pacific's annual Luaus, took place in the Forest Grove High School gym.
