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A variety of books,
articles, dissertations and
theses focus on some
aspect of the University's
past history, and to a lesser
extent, on Monmouth's history
as well. Not all items
are in Western's Library or
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Campbell Hall 1871-1971: A Century
of Service. Monmouth,
1971. [Brochure written on the
occasion of the opening of Campbell
Hall's cornerstone in 1971]. WOU
Library call number: LD4344.A4.C3
Clarke, Gordon. The Streets
We Live On. Monmouth, Polk
County Historical Society, 1978.
[History of street names in Monmouth,
Independence, and Falls City]
WOU Library call number: Reference
F882.P7C52
Gentle, Thomas. Memoirs.
Palo Alto, 1993 [Gentle was an
Education Professor at ONS
from 1911-1928]. WOU Library call
number: LA2317.G35 A3 1993
Who Dares to Teach: A
Novel based in part on a Lifetime
of Teaching and Demonstration
that "Who Dares to Teach
Must Never Cease to Learn." Palo
Alto: Executive Book Service,
1982. WOU Archives
Great Events (Which Made Polk
County). [A series of publications
which originally appeared in the
Polk County Itemizer-Observer
newspaper.] WOU Library call number:
F882.P7 G72; F882.P7 G74; F882.P7
G76
Huxford, Gary. Since
1856. . .Historical Views of the
College at Monmouth. Monmouth,
1995. [Book contains 3 titles
in one binding. Book
I: OCE Story, by Ellis Stebbins;
Book II: Staying Alive-From OCE
to WOSC, by Gary Huxford;
Book III: More Personal Voices.
Huxford, an emeritus Professor,
taught in the History Department
from 1961 to 1994 .]
Monmouth 1856-1956: The Growth
of an Idea. Monmouth, 1956.
WOU Library call number: F884.M74
1956 (Reference & circulating
copies)
Oregon Normal School Buildings.
Monmouth, 1936. [Brochure summarizing
the history of campus buildings
up to 1936.] WOU Library call
number: F884.M74 O71 1936
Pioneering the Future: Western
Oregon State College. Monmouth,
1986. [Brochure summarizing
130 years of college history,
includes chronology.] WOU Library
call number: LD4344.A22 P65 1987
(Reference and circulating copies)
Pioneering the Future: Campus
Development Plan. Monmouth,
1987. WOU call number: LD4344.A22
C19 1987
Polk County Historical Society.
History of Polk County Oregon.
Monmouth, Taylor Publishing,
1987. WOU Library call number:
F882.P7 H58 1987 Reference
Portrait and Biographical Record
of the Willamette Valley.
Chicago: Chapman, 1903.
WOU Library call number: F882.W6
P8 1903 Reference
Powell, Clares, comp. Letters
Written from Polk County, Oregon
to Monmouth,Illinois, 1853-1863.
Appended with Records from
the College, 1856-1886. Monmouth,
1976. [Appendix contains transcribed
minutes of the Board of Trustees
for Monmouth University and Christian
College, as well as other records
they kept.] WOU Library call
number: F822.P7 L4 (reference
and circulating copies)
Schalock, H Del. From Commitment
to Practice: The Oregon College
of Education Elementary Teacher
Education Program. Washington:
American Association of Colleges
for Teacher Education, 1976.
Schafer, Joseph. Prince Lucien
Campbell. Eugene, University
Press, 1926. [Biography of WOU's
4th President who went on to become
President of the University
of Oregon.] WOU Library call
number: LD4362.7 1902
Smith, John E. Christian College.
Monmouth, 1953. [Covers the college's
history from 1856-1882.] WOU Library
call number: F884.B4 S5 (reference
and circulating copies)
Stebbins, Ellis. The OCE Story.
Monmouth, 1973. [History of the college
to the early 1960s written
by the former Dean of Administration
and Interim President.] WOU Library
call number: F884.M74 S81 1973
Almack, John C. "History
of Oregon Normal Schools"
Oregon Historical Quarterly
21 (March 1920) 95-168. [College
history from 1890s to 1920]
Huxford, Gary. "An Incident
at Monmouth," Journal
of Higher Education 40 (May
1969) 369-380. [Describes local
and statewide reaction to the
1961 campus visit of Gus
Hall, Secretary of the American
Communist Party]
Santee, Joseph F. "History
of Christian College." Oregon
Historical Quarterly 42 (1941)
133-150. [College history between
the 1870s and 1880s; Santee was
an Education Professor at OCE.]
Almack, John C. "History
of Oregon Normal Schools."
MA Thesis, University of Oregon,
1920.
Clyne, Roger Dean. "A Follow-up
Study of Three Selected Classes
in Teacher Education from
Oregon College of Education."
MS Thesis, Oregon College
of Education, 1969. WOU Library
call number: LB1941.C5
Cox, Joseph Alfred. "Development
of Health and Physical Education
for Men at the Oregon
Normal School: A Proposed
Set-Up." MS, Oregon State
University, 1938. [Cox served
as football coach and PE director]
Curtiss, Daniel. "Policy
Making on the Western Campus".
Senior Honors Thesis, Western
Oregon State College, 1993. WOU
Library call number: LD4344.41993.C97
Howard, John Morton. "An
Evaluation of the Elementary Teacher
Education Program at the Oregon
College of Education." PH.D.,
University of Oregon, 1961.
Johnson, Bonnie J. "An Examination
of Preferred Institutional
Goals of Oregon State and
Western Oregon State College as perceived
by their Educational Faculties."
MS Thesis, Oregon State University,
1984.
Jones, Helen Butler. "Contributions
of Certain Leaders in the Development
of Oregon Normal School,
1850-1930." MS Thesis, University
of Oregon, 1947. WOU Microfilm
Thesis #94; also available in
paper, WOU Library call
number: LD4344.A4 J6
McMahon, John. "An
Organizational Analysis of Structural
Characteristics During the Merger
of Two Higher Educational Organizations
[OSU/WOSC]." MS Thesis, Oregon
State University, 1985.
Miller, Deborah, "Customer
Satisfaction with Registration,
Fee Payment and Financial Aid
Services at Western Oregon State
College." MHR Research Paper,
George Fox University, 1995.
Remley, Renee M. "The
Role of the Werner College
Center at Western Oregon State
College." WOU Library
call number: LD4344.4 1993 R38
Roper, John B. "Developing
and Implementing a Procedures
and Policies Manual for PE/Athletic
Department Stores Clerk."
MHR Thesis, George Fox University,
1990.
Santee, Joseph. "A History
and Status of Public Elementary
School Teacher Training in Oregon."
PH.D., University of Washington,
1939.
Thiele, Martina. "A
Study of the Normal School in
Oregon." BA Thesis,
University of Oregon, 1914.
Thompson, Janice P. "Administrative
Reform in Education, Concept
and Practice: The Landers Controversy,
1931." MA Thesis, University
of Oregon, 1980. [Examines the
presidency of Joseph landers,
ONS President from 1921-1932.]
Tripp, Carol J. "Development
of a Classified Employees
Training Program at Western
Oregon State College Library."
MHR Thesis, George Fox University,
1991.
Wall, Lucille. "The Growth
and Development of Practice Teaching
Facilities at the Oregon
Normal School." MS Thesis,
Oregon State University, 1938.
Woods, Helen. "The
Student Teaching Experience: A Qualitative
Examination." PH.D., Oregon
State University, 1991.
Yates, Douglas P. "Older
and Younger Students, Full-time
and Part Time: A Comparison
of their Perceptions of the Campus
Environment at Oregon College
of Education." MS thesis,
Oregon State University, 1979.
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Norm
and Grove Student Yearbooks |
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LAMRON
and Western Star Student
Newspapers |
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College Catalogs,
1870s - to date |
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Monmouth
Herald newspaper |
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Polk County
Itemizer-Observer newspaper |
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Oregonian
newspaper |
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Information about selected
and frequently asked questions
is available on Reserve at
the Library Circulation Desk.
The materials contain clippings
from the student newspaper,
Polk County and Salem papers,
as well as other sources arranged
by year or decade. These materials
are Library Use Only and cannot
be checked out of the building.
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- (Reserve call number: 88-28
pc)
- Newspaper articles from 1933
to date, provide historical
explanation of why Monmouth
was Oregon's only dry town and
chronicle the numerous
attempts to change the
policy through the initiative
process. Also contains a copy
of Monmouth's first ordinance
prohibiting the sale of alcohol.
- (Reserve call number: 88-40
pc)
- Newspaper stories document
Monmouth's water supply crisis
of 1993.
- (Reserve call number: 88-43
pc) ,
- Newspaper stories trace the
evolution of the lighting of
the campus sequoia tree since 1967.
- (Reserve call number: LD
4344.A27 C56; additional
copy in circulation collection)
- A compilation of newspaper
articles and editorials about
attempts to close the University.
- (Reserve call number: 88-36
pc)
- Attempts to close Monmouth
Avenue, the main thoroughfare
through campus, are described.
- (Reserve call number: 88-45
pc)
- Information about the public
sculptures near the buildings
Heritage Hall, the former Library, Natural
Sciences, Rice Auditorium, and
the Iberian Venus in the New
Grove.
Founders' Day is January 18. On
this day in 1856, 11 founders
signed a charter established Monmouth
University, the first name of
Western Oregon University. The
first official Founders' Day was
celebrated in January 1995.
Eleven individuals signed the
charter creating Monmouth University
on January 18, 1856 and are officially
recognized as the founders of
Western Oregon University. A
plaque honoring them and other
early pioneer families who were
instrumental in establishing the
University hangs in the lobby
of Campbell Hall.
The founders:
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-Reuben Boise
-Hezekiah Burford
-Ira F.M. Butler
-Thomas Hutchinson
-David R. Lewis
-Thomas H. Lucas
-William Mason
-John E. Murphy
-Samuel Simmons
-John B. Smith
-Squire S. Whitman |
| Monmouth University |
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1856 - 1865 |
| Christian
University |
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1865
- 1882 |
| Oregon State Normal School (OSNS) |
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1882 - 1909 |
| Closed |
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1910 |
| Oregon
Normal School (ONS) |
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1911
- 1939 |
| Oregon
College of Education
(OCE) |
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1939
- 1981 |
| Western
Oregon State College (WOSC) |
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1981
- 1997 |
| Western
Oregon University (WOU) |
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1997
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Photographs of the
Presidents can be seen in
the President's Gallery,
on the 2nd floor of the
Administration Building.
Some images are included
with the brief
biographies. |
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