Kerr, William Jasper, 1863-1947
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Edwin B. Aldrich correspondence
Edwin B. Aldrich (1879-1950) became a newspaper editor and publisher with the East Oregonian (in Pendleton) and was active is public affairs in Oregon all his adult life. The collection contains correspondence related to newspaper business, public affairs, political and personal concerns and includes letters exchanged with Oregon politicians and public figures.
Hector MacPherson papers
Hector MacPherson (1875-1970) was a professor at Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University), a member of the Oregon state legislature, and was co-sponser of the Zorn-MacPherson School Moving Bill of 1932. The collection (1918; 1925) contains correspondence and documents related to Kansas Agricultural College and William Jasper Kerr, and also papers related to curricular matters between Oregon Agricultural College and the University of Oregon.
Register-Guard records on higher education consolidation
The bid to consolidate higher education in Oregon began with the the Zorn-MacPherson School Moving Bill of 1932. The collection (1932-1934) contains research files, and a scrapbook of the Register Guard Eugene newspaper regarding arguments and statistics surrounding the consolidation attempt.
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- Clippings 1
- Colleges and Universities 1
- Education, Higher -- Curricula -- Oregon -- Corvallis 1
- Education, Higher -- Curricula -- Oregon -- Eugene 1
- Education, Higher -- Law and legislation -- Oregon 1
- Education, Higher -- Oregon -- History -- 20th century 1
- Newspaper editors -- Oregon -- Pendleton -- Correspondence 1
- Newspaper publishing -- Oregon -- Pendleton 1
- Oregon 1
- Oregon -- Politics and government -- 1859-1950 1
- Pendleton (Or.) -- History 1
- Politicians -- Oregon -- Correspondence 1
- Reports 1
- Schools -- Centralization -- Oregon 1
- Scrapbooks 1 + ∧ less