A newspaper article regarding a protest against the Vietnam War which took place in Forest Grove, Oregon on October 15, 1969. The photograph shows part of the estimated crowd of 250 protesters, which according to the article, included Pacific University faculty, students and local residents. The march occured in downtown Forest Grove. They were protesting "the United States involvement in Vietnam, and urging a rapid withdrawal of United States troops," following a silent vigil on campus. This was one of many Peace Moratorium marches that had been coordinated to occur on the same day across college campuses in the United States. The coordinators asked Pacific University to close classes for the day, although they appear not to have done so.
A clipping of a Forest Grove News-Times newspaper article titled "AuCoin urges investment in 'human resources'" by Craig Sonoda. The article, which was published on February 26, 1986, features a photo of US Congressman Les AuCoin and Joe Storey at a reception after receiving the first Tom McCall "visiting fellow" award from the Pacific University Political Science Department. The article also describes AuCoin's opinions on the Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law and the need to prepare for what was described by Sonoda as "the new high-technology industrial revolution."
A brief news article from the Forest Grove 'News-Times' describes a visit by an alumnus of the Forest Grove Indian Training School, Albert Minthorn, to Samuel A. Walker, who was a former teacher at the school. Minthorn is described as a 'wealthy farmer living on the Umatilla reservation.'
This article found in the Forest Grove New Times reveals a local store as the hiding place of the Boxer. The Eastwood store was known as the Gamma Sigma store, therefore once the Gamma Sigma gained possession of the Boxer they knew to hide it there. The owner did not like having the Boxer hidden in his store in the fear that word would get out and result in his store being searched. The article goes on to talk about the store owner's life.
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.
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.
An article from the Forest Grove News-Times with images from a "Boxer Toss" that had just occurred at Pacific University in June 1964. A Boxer Toss was a fight between students for possession of "Boxer," a bronze statue that would later become the university's official mascot. The article describes the history of the Boxer tradition at Pacific University as well as the events of the Toss.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
''Boxer' Returns to Old Pacific' newspaper article on a Boxer appearance in 1911, after several years of being absent from public view. The article includes information about the first time that Boxer was stolen from Marsh Hall and its whereabouts since that time. A copy of a photograph of Boxer is attached.
'Change to Silent Films Considered by Star Theatre' newspaper article noting that an 'International News Reel' would be shown with footage of a recent Boxer Toss. An accompanying clipping includes a photograph and short account of the Boxer Toss.
