This collection includes over 2,000 images dating back to the founding of the college as Albany Collegiate Institute in 1867, and continuing into the modern era as Lewis & Clark College in 1940. The collection also includes faculty portraits and campus scenes from 1940 to present.
The Varsity Basketball team strategizing with coach. From the 1949 Voyageur, titled "Chalk Talk."
1949
"Our Boys in the Service" is a section in the Albany College Bulletin, December 1918.
1918-12
"The Big Game of the Year" cartoon detailing the struggles of the students, from the 1927 Orange Peal.
1927
Pamplin Fundraiser for Watzek to raise $1 million ("The Chairman's Challenge"), from the 1992 Yiem Kimtah.
1992
An article about the Student Self-Help Program offered by Albany College, in the Albany College Bulletin (September 1923).
1923-09
ca. 1926
ca. 1918
ca. 1940
ca. 1940
ca. 1940
This image was taken shortly after the completion of the main part of the Fir Acres estate, but before the service quadrangle was added and the carriage circle completed. The photograph also shows early development to the west of the estate.
ca. 1925
This aerial view of Fir Acres was taken before Lewis & Clark College moved to the property in 1942. Identified features of the estate are as follows: 1) Manor house; 2) reflecting pool; 3) carriage circle; 4) swimming pool; 5) pool house; 6) tennis courts; 7) rose gardens; 8) unidentified; 9 & 10) greenhouses; 11 & 12) stables and service buildings; 13) dolphin fountain
ca. 1940
Photograph from Morgan Odell's 1941-1948 Scrapbook. Odell was the first college president at the Fir Acres campus, and this scrapbook documents the purchase and early development of the campus. This photo is captioned: "Fir Acres - The Lloyd Frank Estate. 63 Acres in Southwest Portland - Hagman Brookman, Arch. Developed in 1922 at cost of $1,200,000. The Manor House - upper right, major Greenhouses - upper center, Swimming Pool - upper left, Garages, Cut Flower Refrigeration, Equipment Shed and Greenhouses - lower center. A Possible College Campus."
c. 1930