Untold Stories: The Hidden History of the University of Oregon
A project by UO Libraries Special Collections & Archives & the Digital Scholarship CenterUntold Stories: The Hidden History of the University of Oregon, a digital scholarship initiative telling the historical stories of underserved and underrepresented communities on the UO campus. Sponsored by the University of Oregon Libraries and collaboratively built through the UO Libraries Digital Scholarship Center. Read more About Us
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The National Japanese American Student Relocation Council
The entry of the United States into World War II after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, had serious impacts on approximately 110,000 Nisei (American citizens of Japanese descent) living in Oregon and throughout the West Coast. After…
Wiley Griffon
Wiley Griffon (1867–1913) was the first African American employee at the University of Oregon. In the late 1890s he worked as a janitor at the men’s dormitory, Friendly Hall. Although, he was niether the first nor the only African American in Eugene,…
Maxine Maxwell
Maxine was raised in Salem, Oregon and was a member of a resilient family that was highly respected and well known. Her father, Charles Maxwell, was a successful businessman who operated the restaurant “Fat Boy Barbecue” and a shoeshine shop in the…
Deady Hall
Deady Hall was named after Matthew Deady, a prominent judge and politician in Oregon. For many years, this was the only building on campus and only received its name long after it was completed. However, the completion of this first building has a…
Bobby Robinson and Charles Williams
In the fall of 1926, the same year that Oregon finally repealed its exclusion law that forbade blacks from entering or owning property in Oregon, 19-year-old Bobby Robinson and 22-year-old Charles Williams, two young high school football stars from…
The Pioneer Statue
Artist: Alexander Phimister Proctor Date: 1918, installed 1919This sculpture, located across from Johnson Hall, in between Friendly and Fenton Hall, was dedicated with great ceremony in May 1919. The sculptor, Alexander Phimister Proctor (1862-1950),…