The nameless mud-pit at the corner of Portsmouth and Willamette is an active construction site, where hope and planning declare a new residence hall will emerge in time for the next school year. Sure, faith is important at a Catholic university, but consider an equally ambitious building project from 50 years ago. Will history repeat? […]
University Archives
UP Trivia/Bar Bets: Hanging Up the Pads
UP Trivia/Bar Bets is a new series which provides ready-references from the University archives and museum to frequently asked questions about the elements, characters, and events that make up the University of Portland story. What do inquiring minds want to know? Ask us! In our first entry we wrote about football on the Bluff. We […]
25th Anniversary of the Broken Wall Memorial
The UP campus observes Wednesday, November 11 with the annual Air Force and Army ROTC Veterans Day vigil at the Broken Wall Memorial. This past summer, physical plant workers refreshed and recovered the site with a new design in landscaping which provides greater visibility for the beloved campus monument. This Veterans’ Day also marks the […]
New Museum Displays
The University museum invites faculty, staff, and students to view two new displays, according to Carolyn Connolly: Academics in the Early Years of the University: This display has selections from the archives and museum relating to academics, including class notes, course listings, class and exam schedules, and photographs. See this display on the first floor […]
A Campus Sanctuary
Campus chapels provide a place for private prayer and reflection, a space apart from the busy-ness of college life, integrated into the weave and pattern of campus life. For the latest update from the University archives and museum blog, see a brief post and photographs about the Chapel of Christ the Teacher, dedicated on October […]
New Museum Display: Holy Cross Founder, Holy Cross at UP
All are invited to view a new Blessed Basil Moreau display from the University museum and archives. The visual presentation of photographs, books, and other materials focuses on the founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross and Holy Cross at University of Portland. The display is located in the Buckley Center first floor display case […]
2nd Century: Second Wave
This month marks the fifteenth anniversary of the first wave of students to occupy Haggerty & Tyson Halls, the second wave of new dorms as the University campus expanded across Portsmouth Avenue. The University Archives and Museum provide this post on the museum blog: http://tinyurl.com/qaypx8b. For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu […]
Pilots Choose Their Own Course
Each year Orientation weekend provides new students with prospectus and overview of campus and academic life to help new Pilots craft their niche and chart their own course here on the Bluff. Of course, not all begin from the same starting line. While academic excellence plays a big part in admissions decisions, character has always […]
Is The Broken Wall Memorial Broken?
A new structure seems to have emerged near Christie and Howard Hall, but this is just another phase in the history of the University’s Praying Hands/Broken Wall Memorial. The University archives and museum offer a brief description and photo slide show of the memorial’s past, even while the new landscaping surrounding the Broken Wall is […]
In Memoriam: Martha Wachsmuth, 1921-2015
Former archivist assistant and longtime University employee Martha Wachsmuth passed away on the morning of May 4 at 94 years of age. The University archives and museum mourn her passing while remembering Martha for her faithful service to the University for 41 years. Martha retired in September 2012 at the age of 91. A post […]