Sidney H. Marsh Papers 1817-1943

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Sidney H. Marsh Papers 1817-1943

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv17489

This collection documents the activities of Sidney H. Marsh while at Tualatin Academy and later as President of Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon from 1853 until his death in 1879. The majority of the correspondence and documents record his efforts in obtaining monies for the college through subscriptions, the financial records for the school, writings promoting and defending education in Oregon, relationships between business partners, early founders, students, and faculty members.

5.0 cubic feet; 5 record boxes

eng,

Pacific University Archives

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6367030

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Pacific University

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67d7nsz (corporateBody)

The Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns used Pacific University's facilities for football training camps in the late 1950s to early 1960s. Most of the camps were held in conjunction with exhibition games in Portland. Anecdotal evidence from alumni suggests that the teams chose Pacific University for housing because it was located in a dry town that had limited access to urban distractions, yet was withing driving distance of games in Portland. This encouraged the players to ...

Brown, Tabitha Moffatt, 1780-1858.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6614b5x (person)

Tualatin Academy

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68x0264 (corporateBody)

Oregon's Pacific University is the oldest chartered university in the West. The Oregon Territorial Legislature granted its original charter as the Tualatin Academy on Sept. 26, 1849. The charter predates statehood by 10 years, and was the first formal act of the territorial government. Pacific founders were also instrumental in the 1843 vote at Champoeg, which resulted in the formation of the Oregon Provisional Government, the first American government on the Pacific Coa...

Marsh, Sidney H. (Sidney Harper), 1825-1879

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rk719m (person)

Sidney Harper Marsh was born on August 29, 1825 at Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia. He was the son of James Wheelock Marsh and Lucia Wheelock Marsh. He had a brother, James Wheelock Marsh, and a stepbrother, Joseph Walker Marsh from his father’s second wife, Laura Wheelock Marsh, the sister of Lucia. He lived the early part of his life in Burlington, Vermont. Mr. S. Marsh graduated from the University of Vermont in 1846, receiving a D.D. degree from the same school in 1...

Marsh, James W. (James Wheelock), 1827-1860

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gz6tcz (person)

Sidney Harper Marsh was born on August 29, 1825 at Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia. He was the son of James Wheelock Marsh and Lucia Wheelock Marsh. He had a brother, James Wheelock Marsh, and a stepbrother, Joseph Walker Marsh from his father’s second wife, Laura Wheelock Marsh, the sister of Lucia. He lived the early part of his life in Burlington, Vermont. Mr. S. Marsh graduated from the University of Vermont in 1846, receiving a D.D. degree from the same school in 1...