Harvey Clark indenture
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of an "indenture" between the Clarks and the president of the Tualatin Academy and Pacific University. The document gives the university control of the Clarks' land claim in Forest Grove for "founding and maintaining a permanent Institution of Learning..."
Dates
- 1855 July 13
Creator
- Clark, Harvey, 1807-1858 (Person)
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Harvey Clark (1807-1858) was a missionary, settler, and educator who, along with his wife, Emeline and Tabitha Moffat Brown, founded the Tualatin Academy in Forest Grove, Oregon Territory. The Academy later became Pacific University.
Source: http://www.pacificu.edu/about/history/full.cfm
Extent
0.1 linear feet (1 container) : 1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Harvey Clark (1807-1858) was a missionary, settler, and educator who, along with his wife, Emeline and Tabitha Moffat Brown, founded the Tualatin Academy in Forest Grove, Oregon Territory. The collection consists of an "indenture" from the Clarks to the "President of the Tualatin Academy and Pacific University" ceding control of the Clarks' Forest Grove land claim.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Clark, Harvey, 1807-1858
- Education, Higher -- Oregon -- Forest Grove Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indentures Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Land titles -- Oregon Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Landowners -- Oregon -- Forest Grove Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Territory -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pacific University
- Pioneers -- Oregon -- Forest Grove Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tualatin Academy
- Title
- Guide to the Harvey Clark Indenture
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team and Austin Munsell
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
