A Pacific University student, identified on the original slide as "Brian Mastomota," at an ice skating rink. A note on the original slide spells his last name as "Matomoto" then crosses it out and respells it "Mastomota;" it is possible that his name was the more common spelling, "Matsumoto." This appears to have been taken during an outing of Haumana O Hawai'i (Hawaiian Students Club) in December 1971. It was most likely taken at the Beaverton Ice Center.
A Pacific University student, identified on the original slide as Iris Kuneshiro (Class of 1975), at an ice skating rink. Several others are visible skating around her. This appears to have been taken during an outing of Haumana O Hawai'i (Hawaiian Students Club) in December 1971. It was most likely taken at the Beaverton Ice Center.
A Pacific University student, identified on the original slide as Shirley Valdez, at an ice skating rink. This appears to have been taken during an outing of Haumana O Hawai'i (Hawaiian Students Club) in December 1971. It was most likely taken at the Beaverton Ice Center.
Pacific University student Gwen Kaauwai (Class of 1975) with another student at an ice skating rink. This appears to have been taken during an outing of Haumana O Hawai'i (Hawaiian Students Club) in December 1971. It was most likely taken at the Beaverton Ice Center.
A speech by U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin given before the Rotary Club of Beaverton on January 15, 1986. In his speech, Congressman AuCoin expressed his hopes for a nuclear arms control treaty admist the Cold War. He also discussed the Star Wars program (the Strategic Defense Initiative of 1984), Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the federal budget, and the Gramm-Rudman Acts. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).
An address by U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin titled "A Tale of Two Cities," given at the Beaverton First Citizen Award Dinner on May 16, 1986. In his address, Congressman AuCoin recalled when he first arrived in Washington County to attend Pacific University and his experiences with the city of Beaverton, Oregon. He compared the city of Beaverton as it was when he first arrived in the early 1960s to the Beaverton of the 1980s. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).
This document describes two peace quilts created in Oregon as gifts for the Soviet Union. The Vose Quilt, created by students of Vose Elementary School in Beaverton, Oregon, was one of two matching quilts created for U.S. President Regan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. The Oregon Peace Quilt, created by the Forest Grove Stitchery Group, was created to "demonstrate to the women of the Soviet Union, especially, that the women of the U.S.A. stood for friendship and peace". See also PUA_MS147_116, PUA_MS147_125, PUA_MS147_126 for images of the quilts. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. It originally appeared in an AuCoin family scrapbook documenting U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright's visit to Spain, the Soviet Union, and the Federal Republic of Germany in April 1987. The congressional delegation included Representative Les AuCoin and his wife Sue. Other members of congress on the trip included Tony Coelho, Dick Cheney, Jim Howard, Les Aspin, John Paul Hammerschmidt, Jim Scheuer, Lawrence Coughlin, Ralph Regula, Carrol Hubbard, Tom Downey, Norm Dicks, Wes Watkins, Mickey Leland, Steny Hoyer, Esteban Torres, and Sherwood Boehlert. The AuCoin family loaned the scrapbook to Pacific University Archives in 2022 for digitization, and the scrapbook remains with the AuCoin family.
Hand-drawn flyer advertising "An Evening for Les AuCoin Spaghetti Dinner, featuring homemade pies, cakes, and bread, Continuous Entertainment" at the Beaverton Methodist Church on Sunday October 11th, 1970. Representative Les AuCoin often held spaghetti dinners during his campaigns for office, and this one was for his first campaign for state representative in Oregon. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives and can be found in Box 11, Folder 26.
Members of Pacific University's Alpha Zeta fraternity with President Nixon, who is holding the school's mascot, Boxer. The students met Nixon during his 1968 presidential campaign near a hotel in Beaverton or Tualatin, Oregon. Three versions of the image are attached. The newspaper version of the image with a printed caption appeared in an article by Phil Way on Boxer's disappearance titled, '1974 ... Saga of missing Boxer continues.'
According to a statement by student Bill Rayon (Pacific University Class of 1968), the people pictured include: Thomas Love (Class of 1968), Prof. Eldon Hout (Prof. of Political Science), Rick Hill (Class of 1970), Bill Rayon (Class of 1968), President Nixon, Jim Fitzgerald (Class of 1968) and Richard Barkley (Class of 1968).
Black and white image of a two-story brick building on a street corner with a number of cars parked along the curb and other vehicles in the street. The building has arched lower windows and an arched entrance on the corner. The signs on the building advertises 'Miller's Quality Foods, phone 3661.' The next sign advertises 'Dean's Drugs' and 'Dean's Rexall Drugs.' A delivery truck in front of the building belongs to 'Reedville Truck Service.' To the left of the image, down t he street, signs advertise 'Rogers Bakery,' the 'Tip Top Coffee Shop' and 'Beaverton Hardware,' and 'Pegg's Mortuary.' A man on a ladder adjusts an awning over one store front, and several cars including a 'woody' wagon, a sedan whose body is constructed of wood with wood framing. The street is paved, and a manhole cover can be seen in the center of the intersection. A city bus approaches in the distance, passing a school bus heading the other way. The signpost on the street corner indicates this is the intersection of Oregon Highways 217 and 208, and arrows point the direction to four local cities: Tigard, Progress, Laurel, and Hazeldale.
Photograph of two men and a woman holding a flag for the Beaverton Barracks No. 1760 group of the United States Veterans of World War I organization. They stand in the Oddfellows meeting room in Beaverton.
Black and white image of a group of boys, possibly high school aged. They wear traditional striped, short-sleeved baseball uniforms with 'Beaverton' lettered across the front of the their shirts. A man in slacks and a dress shirt stands to one side. The group appears to be posing on the edge of an athletic field. This image was part of the Herbert McMullen bequest. McMullen was a local photographer who also collected other images of daily life in the area.
