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The Fred Hill World War II Photograph Collection
This is a collection of WWII era negatives. Most of the collection occurs between 1943 and 1945. However, there are some earlier images ranging back to about 1940, and a few newer photos of the 17th Recon Squadron photo section reunions and the 5th Air Force Memorial Wall. A large number of these images were taken by Fred Hill himself.
Fred served in the Western United States, New Guinea, The Philippines, and on Ie Shima, an island off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. Most of the images depict life, and military life in the South Pacific.
Images and captions authored by George Venn, which were used in Fred Hill's book Darkroom Soldier, have been identified. [more]
Fred Hill Historical Photographs
This collection is comprised of copies of all kinds of historical images that were gathered by Fred Hill from a multitude of sources.
The majority of the images depict interests and history related to Oregon. However, there are also some photos from other geographic areas included as well. The image dates range from the late 1800s to well into the 1900s. Various topics include: logging and sawmills, railroads, schools, automobiles, towns, counties, and events.
EOU Historical Photos
Various photographs from the history of Eastern Oregon University. These begin with its first identity as Eastern Oregon Normal School from 1929-1939. Next came Eastern Oregon College of Education from 1939-1956. In 1956, "of Education" was dropped by the state, and it was simply Eastern Oregon College from then until 1973 when it became Eastern Oregon State College. It finally became Eastern Oregon University in 1997. However, currently the collection runs up until about 1995.
There are also some local area and Union County photographs, as well as more generalized Oregon state photographs from as early as the late 1800s or early 1900s.
Other collections
Ecological Collection of Northeast Oregon
Donated by Dr. Charles G. Johnson Jr., these collections include papers, photographic prints, and slides that chronicle the long history of land management and scientific studies conducted on the three national forests of Northeast Oregon (Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests).
EOU Alumni Bibliography
Listing of books by EOU alumni, compiled from 2003 to 2005 by Leslie Mitts and edited by George Venn.
La Grande Observer Index
Index to articles appearing in the La Grande Observer newspaper from 1995 to 2008.
Oral History of the Grande Ronde
This collection of over 180 voices from the Grande Ronde Valley reflects life in rural Oregon through the World Wars, during the Great Depression, to the present.
