News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
The University Museum holds vintage spirit or student life memorabilia in the collection and for public display. Wally Pilot items, or the mystery mascot precursor, SPU (Spirit of Portland U) are among the most popular throw-backs. As a new academic year begins, the museum and archives feature this University Pennant from the late 1940s.
For photos and a brief history follow this link.
For more information, contact the University Museum at museum@up.edu.
The Clark Library has launched a new online exhibit titled “The Digital Museum: Sharing UP’s History.” It presents a selection of items from the University Museum that tell the story of our campus, and the people and activities that have made this a special place. The featured artifacts represent academics, student life, and Catholic history on The Bluff. Take a virtual break and drop by the exhibit at library.up.edu/digitalmuseum. We are grateful to the Covert family for their support in bringing the University Museum online.
From early years—when Archbishop Alexander Christie would come to campus to celebrate his Name Day, i.e., later becoming Founder’s Day—UP has been privileged to share the life and wonders of its campus with friends and families. For a brief retrospective of the recent Junior & Senior Family Weekend, plus news of a picnic under the pines in 1934, follow this link to read a post from the University Archives and Museum.
For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu or x8038.
Dundon-Berchtold Hall will be dedicated this week, but a new addition to the family needn’t obscure the birthdays of earlier arrivals and campus siblings. Swindells Hall is also celebrating its birthday this month, dedicated twenty years ago on September 23; and the Bell Tower was dedicated on September 18 ten years ago. To mark the Bell Tower dedication anniversary, the University Museum and Archives provide this post.
For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at x8038 or piatz@up.edu.
April 18, 2019 marks the 50 year anniversary of the University’s Great Fire of ’69, according to museum coordinator Carolyn Connolly. Education Hall, located near the present-day Mago Hunt Center caught fire in the early morning hours and was a total loss, causing the drama, music, and education departments to lose their physical homes on campus along with decades worth of instruments, costumes, the University’s auditorium, and personal and professional documents and items.
To see more about the Great Fire, go to the University museum blog at this link.
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 military. Perhaps the highest distinction earned by any individual in the University alumni family is the Medal of Honor given to David R. Kingsley, Columbia Prep (1933-1936).
The University Museum and Archives mark Veterans Day with this new entry on our blog. As a complement to the blog entry, there is also a veterans display in the display case on the first floor of Buckley Center near the studies abroad office.
Contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, piatz@up.edu, or x8038, for more information.
The Dundon-Berchtold academic building groundbreaking occurs on Thursday, September 21. The previous Howard Hall post on the museum and archives blog mentions the time capsule that was recovered while breaking Howard Hall apart. The blog’s newest post reveals the contents found in the time capsule, now housed at the Clark Library. Contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu or x8038 for more information.
The University Archives and Museum have produced a new blog entry, according to Carolyn Connolly, museum curator. With the recent deconstruction of Howard Hall, it’s time for taking a look at the 90 year history of the building, sampling historical photos found in the Clark Library Digital Collections. Also visit the The Clark Library Gallery to see these photos and a display of the time capsule recovered from the Howard Hall cornerstone. Contact Connolly at piatz@up.edu or 8038 for more information.
As we welcome the Class of 2021 and new faculty to the UP campus, here is a brief review of campus and academic life from fifty years ago at the beginning of the 1967 school year. For text and images on the museum blog, follow this link.
To complement the blog post, the museum also has a photograph and memorabilia display of past school days in the Buckley Center first floor display case, across from the Studies Abroad office.
Contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at x8038 or piatz@up.edu for more information.
The University museum will be open for special hours on Friday, June 23, from 1 – 4 p.m., and Saturday, June 24, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., during the 2017 Alumni Reunion. All University employees, alumni, and friends are welcome to visit the museum in the basement of Shipstad Hall, room 014. The museum contains photographs and memorabilia illustrating the University of Portland’s historical, religious, social, and educational history. In addition to the regular collection there are special exhibits and displays in the museum, Shipstad Hall, and the first floor of Buckley Center.