Are you spring cleaning your office? The University Archives aims to retain materials that relate to the University’s story. So as you clean and recycle, help us preserve and remember too. Materials of historical value describe the purpose, activities, history, values, and character of the University, department, or school; student and faculty milestones and achievements; unusual or outstanding […]
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Museum Blog Post: Baseball-Fever Every Spring
In the school-room, spring-fever is that longing and dream we have stuck inside, looking out with the stirring to escape. Recess, games, sport are our excuse to run out onto the grass and burn and shine in the glow of spring-time. Baseball has belonged to spring on the Bluff, and across the United States, since […]
UP Museum: A Canopy of Blossoms
A canopy of beautiful pink blossoms heralds the arrival of spring on our campus. For some background about these flowering trees and selfie-magnets, the University Archives and Museum share some photos and write about these flowering cherry trees in their most recent post for the Museum blog. Follow this link. For more information, contact Carolyn […]
Clark Library: UP Student Newspapers Digital Archive
The Clark Library is pleased to announce the launch of an online UP Student Newspapers Collection. In October 2019, the library received an Oregon Heritage Grant to digitize and preserve UP’s student newspapers: The Columbiad and The Beacon. It took a year and a half to digitize the print newspapers which are housed in the University Archives. Now, eleven decades (1902-2016) consisting of […]
TWIRP Dance (= The Woman is Requested to Pay)
Under the category of CAMPUS LIFE, the 1957 Log has page after page with photos documenting the Welcome Dance, Engineers’ Barn Dance, Twirp Dance, Biologists’ Ball, Musicians’ Ball, Sweethearts’ Ball, Homecoming Dance, and Military Ball. For decades, the campus calendar could be measured against this rhythm of formal and theme dances complementing the daily focus on […]
UP Social Distancing, 1970-ish Style
What’s old is new again? Six feet = social distancing. Dispersal of crowds. All of which rings a bell. We searched both memory and the University Archives for moments and policies of social distancing in UP’s past. Here is a notable public spaces pronouncement, 1970s style. Follow this link to see more. For more information, […]
A Most Noble Order Indeed
Hello, Sherlock Holmes fans! It’s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s birthday today. Did you know the Portland & Vancouver Sherlock Holmes Society originated at UP under the direction of Dr. James Covert (“The Grande Olde Honker”)? Here’s the scoop! Follow the link for more. For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu.
2020 Retiring Faculty: Congratulations!
Congratulations to our retiring faculty! The University Archives and Museum have a new blog post recognizing these nine members of the University faculty for their many years of service. Visit this site for a slideshow of the honored retirees and see how they’ve changed over the years. For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, […]
Extraordinary Measures: 1948 Graduation
With the unusual circumstances surrounding the 2020 Commencement exercises, the staff of the University Archives and Museum looked through archive files for other commencement interruptions. We found one, in 1948. Visit this site for the full story. For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu.
Blanchet Gold Medal Award: Another Museum Treasure!
Recently the Student Affairs Division announced winners of the 2019-20 Student Leadership Awards. Congratulations to all of the honored recipients! Did you know the University Museum has one of the University’s oldest student awards (over 100 years old!) in its collection? Click here for photos and a description of the Blanchet Gold Medal award.