A family history and genealogical notes on the Leabo Family of Oregon and California, handwritten by Alonzo Reas Leabo in 1936-1938, with some later additions. The Leabo Family is descended from Jacob Leabo (1795-1880), who made his first trip to Oregon in 1847. The Leabos settled in Forest Grove, Oregon in the 1860s, where several family members attended Pacific University. In 1919, many members of the Leabo Family began moving to Monrovia, California, where they lived for much of the 20th century.
Alonzo describes the Leabo Family's genealogy as well as many personal details of their lives, including an account of their travels from the East Coast to Oregon in the 1840s-1860s; encounters with Native Americans on the Oregon Trail; the founding of and attendance at Pacific University and Tualatin Academy in Forest Grove; work at Forest Grove businesses including the Hinman, Haines and Bailey stores, the Forest Grove Hotel and the First National Bank of Forest Grove; life and family properties in Portland, McMinnville and St. Joseph, Oregon and in Monrovia, California; and his family members' personalities, interests, health, deaths, and burials.
Alonzo provides brief biographies and/or genealogical notes about many family members, including:
Great-grandparents: Francis Isaac Le Bas (b. 1754) and Sarah Jennings
Grandparents: Jacob Leabo (b. 1795) and Elizabeth Bailey
Parents: Oredon James Leabo (b. 1838) and Amanda Melvina Newton (b. 1835)
Parents-in-law: Alanson Hinman (b. 1822) and Elizabeth Jones Gerrish; and some of their Hinman and Gerrish relatives; and Alanson's second wife Sophia Margaret Bowen
Himself: Alonzo Reas Leabo (b. 1857)
Wife: Ida Hinman Leabo (b. 1854)
Siblings: Albert Henry Leabo (b. 1854), Flora Ann Brobst (b. 1855), Adella Letha Leabo (b. 1859), Ida Ladocia Leabo (b. 1861), William Leabo (b. 1863), Effie Olive Dunham (b. 1864), Kate Webber (b. 1870), Dorothy Fulmer (b. 1872), and Perry Bailey Leabo (b. 1874); and some of their spouses and children.
Children: Bertha Alice Morley (b. 1884), Roy Hinman Leabo (b. 1888), Lloyd Alonson Leabo (b. 1893)
Several grandchildren and great-grandchildren and their respective spouses are also mentioned.
A Leabo Family Tree and some other genealogical notes that were laid into the volume are included at the end.
A scan of one page of a log book created by Forest View Cemetery, Forest Grove, Oregon. The page documents burials in Lot no. 215, which was deeded to the "Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in trust for [Forest Grove] Indian Training School," on Dec. 16, 1882, according to a note on the page. Two of the children who died at the school are shown to be buried in this plot: Martha Lot (Spokane), in grave number 10; and Hugh Victor (Umatilla), grave number 4. These are the only two graves in the cemetery that appear to be associated with the Forest Grove Indian School. The "mound" burials in graves number 2-3 appear to be re-burials of Native remains that were found somewhere in the vicinity of Forest Grove. The mounds and student burials have no physical markers in the cemetery as of 2021.
This log book appears to have been created by the cemetery managers sometime in the early-to-mid 1900s, probably drawing on earlier cemetery records. It continued to be maintained through at least the 1970s. This scan was supplied to the Pacific University Archives around 2016.
A video copy of a film about Sherwood Unified High School with footage from 1936-1937. Scenes include: introductions of the contractor and other involved in building the school; surveying the site; moving the old school house; clearing land; school building construction; Dedication Day with services by the Sherwood Lodge; a performance by 'Four Well-Known Entertainers' who may be cross-dressing; 1936-37 school staff; students playing baseball; a snow storm in 1937; May Day procession with students wearing white; Sherwood Unified High School marching band; a bonfire celebration; and a football game between Sherwood and Tigard high schools. The original film was probably silent. There is no audio on this recording.
A letter to the editor of Pacific University's student newspaper, The Index, titled: "Equal Rights for Women Athletes," dated January 7, 1938. The author was Anne Wagner, a student athlete from the Class of 1940, who was a member of Pacific's Women's Athletic Association (WAA).
Wagner describes the difficult standards that an individual woman needed to meet in order to earn a letterman (or as she writes, "letter-women's") sweater. The qualifications included: passing knowledge and practical skills tests in 3 team sports, 4 individual sports, and 1 "rhythmical activity"; participation in at least 2/3 of those sports' class activities and intramural games; maintaining an average of 85% in all academic classes; and being confirmed by the WAA Board as having acceptable "sportsmanship in all university affairs, and personal appearance and good posture." Wagner complains that while men at Pacific were publicly celebrated "amidst much adulation and general applause" for their achievements in sports, women's achievements were never publicly acknowledged. "Because of the highness of the honor there are few letterwomen on the campus, but to those who have achieved it, the general recognition of the student body should be due."
While Wagner does not state this explicitly, it is likely that one reason women received no such public announcements of their achievements, was that women's sports were not considered to be varsity sports, but were instead "just" intramurals.
A copy of this article can also be found pasted into a a scrapbook created by the W.A.A. during 1937-1938.
This photograph depicts part of a formal dance/social that took place in McCormick Hall between 1930-1945. No couple was allowed to sneak off on their own; this rule was enforced by the watchful chaperones stationed in each room whose duty it was to protect the female students' virtue.
Harriet Hoover Killin was the first woman to graduate from Pacific University in 1869. The photo in this exhibit is one that was taken in 1937 when she was 88. It is believed that she is some how related to Herbert Hoover, because they both have family ties in Oregon.
Something important to note, is during graduation, classes were so small, every person was expected to give a speech. She was not allowed because she was a woman. Harriet Hoover Killin brought in a new wave to Pacific, and started the trend for all the rest of the woman after her.
The Victor Atiyeh Papers contain materials from his business, political, and personal activities, dating from 1923-2012, as well as collected materials and family papers predating the primary body of the collection. The bulk of the materials pertain to his campaigns for and his service in political office, particularly his two terms as Governor of Oregon, 1979-1987, and to the international consulting business he established after leaving office in 1987. Collection materials include appointment books, audio cassettes, awards, budgets, campaign materials, certificates, correspondence, directories, memoranda, memorabilia, notes, photographs, poll results, posters, press clippings, publications, receipts, reports, schedules, scrapbooks, speeches, and video tapes.
The Victor Atiyeh Papers contain materials from his business, political, and personal activities, dating from 1923-2012, as well as collected materials and family papers predating the primary body of the collection. The bulk of the materials pertain to his campaigns for and his service in political office, particularly his two terms as Governor of Oregon, 1979-1987, and to the international consulting business he established after leaving office in 1987. Collection materials include appointment books, audio cassettes, awards, budgets, campaign materials, certificates, correspondence, directories, memoranda, memorabilia, notes, photographs, poll results, posters, press clippings, publications, receipts, reports, schedules, scrapbooks, speeches, and video tapes.
Booklet promoting Congregationalist colleges in the Midwestern United States titled, 'Traditionally Modern.' This booklet was probably included in Pacific University's promotional materials file as an example of how other Congregationalist colleges were collaborating on recruitment materials.
Pacific University viewbook from 1937 with matching brochure titled, 'Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon: The College of Character.' Accompanied by a matching brochure.This booklet was designed to promote the school to prospective students and encourage them to apply.
