As we prepare for the new term under new conditions, the campus is less traveled. The colorful banners on the lamp posts welcome fewer visitors these days. Changes. But whether instruction is in-person or remote learning, the values and purposes of the University are these, affirmed in the opening pages of the University Bulletin and […]
Archives & Artifacts
Honor and Remembrance at UP
The bricks of the Praying Hands Memorial carry the names of UP alumni who lost their lives in war. Each year the University’s Air Force and Army ROTC cadets mark Veterans Day by posting a 24-hour honor guard at the Praying Hands/Broken Wall Memorial for these and the many alumni and alumnae who have served our country in the […]
Museum & Archives Tribute to the Olympics
In honor of the Summer Olympics, the University museum and archives blog created daily posts featuring amateur athletics on The Bluff. Posts feature a mix of sports memorabilia from the University museum; athletic photographs from the University archives; and early University Olympians. Day 1: First University Olympian Day 2: Amateur Athletics: Fencing Day 3: Amateur Athletics: Boxing Day 4: Amateur […]
UP Trivia/Bar Bets: Football
With this post on Pilot football the University museum and archives introduce UP Trivia/Bar Bets, a new series which provides quick answers to frequently asked questions which are less frequently asked than perhaps they should be, and with answers too little known about the elements, characters, events that comprise the University of Portland story. So, […]
University Museum World War I Display
All are welcome to view the second of a two-part series commemorating the beginning of World War I in 1914 with memorabilia from the collections of Steve Mayer, John Orr, and Laurie McLary, and materials from the University museum and archives. The display case is located across from the Shepard Freshman Resource Center on the […]
From Our Past: Chapel Dedicated on Oct. 5, 1986
The Chapel of Christ the Teacher was solemnly and officially dedicated on October 5, 1986. Bishop Paul E. Waldschmidt, C.S.C., former president of the University, presided at the ceremony. The funding of the chapel came principally from the investment of a gift made in the 1950s by Rev. James Fogarty, C.S.C., professor of economics at […]
New “In The Beginning” Series Entry
The University Archives and Museum have a new entry for the “In the Beginning” series on the Museum WordPress blog to mark the cornerstone dedication of West Hall on August 24, 1891. See the blog post and link for more photos and history at http://tinyurl.com/ntpydey. For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at 8038 […]
From Our Past: University Archives
The University archives were officially established by Rev. Paul Waldschmidt, C.S.C., on June 1, 1966, under the direction of Bro. David Martin, C.S.C. (pictured), the newly retired director of the Clark Memorial Library and the University’s first archivist. In the ensuing 48 years, the archives have been maintained by only four archivists: Bro. Martin served […]
New Museum Displays: Lewis & Clark Expedition, World War I
Museum coordinator Carolyn Connolly and archivist Fr. Jeff Schneibel, C.S.C., have created two new posts for the University Museum WordPress site: for April 3, 1806 and the Lewis and Clark Expedition; and for April 6, 1917 and the U.S. entry to World War I. The Lewis and Clark posts connects to the Clark memorials on […]