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.
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 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 
The University Archives and Museum have produced a new 
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 
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.
Thirty years ago a group of alumni and University volunteers created UP’s float entry for the 79th Rose Festival Parade. For some interesting facts about float construction and a photo gallery of the process, visit the Museum and Archives blog for our 
The staff of the University Archives and Museum expresses sympathy on the passing of Brian Doyle with a memorial post on the Museum Blog. We invite you to read our post recalling Brian’s own telling of the writer’s life at 
The University remembers Fr. Charles David Sherrer, C.S.C., for his years of service to the University community as priest, English professor, and administrator. A memorial post from the University Archives and Museum about Fr. Sherrer’s work at the University and a gallery of photos can be found at