The Fred O. Wilson Collection 1940-2010

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The Fred O. Wilson Collection 1940-2010

This collection includes materials collected by FredWilson documenting his career at Lewis & Clark College as a student athlete,coach, teacher, and athletic director.

2 cubic feet; 2 boxes

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SNAC Resource ID: 6372695

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Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Or.)

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In 2000 the Lewis & Clark College Special Collections department began curating exhibits in the Aubrey R. Watzek Library. In addition to curating the exhibits, Special Collections began issuing promotional and explanatory materials including brochures, catalogs, and flyers to support the exhibits. In 2005 the Special Collection initiated a Watzek Library Poetry Reading series. To support these reading the Special Collections designed and printed poetry broadsides for each reader...

Wilson, Fred O.

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Fred O. Wilson was one of five children born to Francis Marion (“Doc”) and Runa Wilson of Warrenton, Oregon in 1925. Fred joined the military right out of high school and saw duty with the U.S. Air Force in Europe in the closing days of World War II. Following his discharge, Wilson enrolled at the University of Oregon where he played on the Duck football team. He transferred to Lewis & Clark in the spring of 1948, where he went on to forty years as student, coach, faculty member...