A group of students performing at the "Art Zing" event in Washburne Hall (or University Center) at Pacific University in 1982. An instructor wearing an Art Zing t-shirt is directing the students, while two Art Zing banners hang overhead. Art Zing was an annual event celebrating the arts that took place at Pacific for several years in the early 1980s, and possibly earlier.
An interior view of Gamma Sigma Hall on the top floor of Marsh Hall on the Pacific University campus sometime between 1895-1910s. This was a meeting room for Gamma Sigma, a independent Greek Letter Society (or fraternity) whose members were students, alumni and faculty of Pacific University. The society was founded in 1863 and is believed to be the oldest Greek Letter society west of the Mississippi River. In its early years, most of the fraternity's activities centered on literary and academic events such as readings and debates. By 1900, although it still held debates, it was more focused on social activities such as banquets, parties and other events hosted together with campus sororities.
A photo of commencement showing Dr. Charles Armstrong, Mr. Preston, Dr. Otis Smith. Either Dr. William Turner or Rev. Roy Beecher Damron is receiving an honorary degree.
Portrait of unidentified members of the "Ivy Club" in 1891. The instruments and ivy decorations suggest connections to music performance and academics. This may have been a student/faculty musical group on the Pacific University campus, or possibly a community group that included non-university members. There are four women and two men; all are wearing fine clothes with corsages, perhaps indicating that they were dressed for a performance. This group was somewhat unusual for its time, as most social clubs in the area at this time were segregated by sex.
A blackboard from a classroom in Old College Hall. Notes from a geometry or physics class are written out. Some of the words are legible but most are unclear.
