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Photos courtesy of the Yamhill County Historical Society, the Willamina Museum, and former McMinnville City Manager Joe Dancer. Additional photos: "Baptist Annals of Oregon: 1844 to 1900" Vol. 1, C. 1905, by Rev. C.H. Mattoon

This is a copy of a special pamphlet of McMinnville Historic Resources conducted under the auspices of the State Historic Preservation Office and the City of McMinnville Planning Department. Janice Rutherford served as project director. This pamphet includes 25 medium and super large pictures of local buildings. First you'll see small pictures. Click on a small picture will show you that page - click again and you'll finally see the super large closeup of the page.
This pamphlet was researched and credited to a vast group of local people who gathered this information - a credit page is included. It appears to have been created in 1980.

This album has a scan of the speeches given at the laying of the cornerstone at Linfield (McMinnville) College's Pioneer Hall on May 31, 1882. Two speeches were given the day of the laying of the cornerstone, the first one was a profoundly stirring and startlingly prophetic speech of its time, given by Joseph N. Dolph who was elected that fall to the United States Senate. The other shorter speech also re-printed here follows and was given by W.C. Johnson.

At the time there was nothing at all at the campus since this marked a campus move. The new building was the sole building there when it went up and housed the entire college in the Greek Cross structure.

The campus had been downtown at the current site of the First Baptist Church and this new building with this cornerstone was being erected on the land that had belonged to 1843 Oregon Trail pioneer Samuel Cozine (the Cozine House). Later on when other buildings were built on the campus this building was renamed "Pioneer Hall." It still stands today and from its tower the sound of bells still ring out on the hour over McMinnville.

More information about J.N. Dolph

This album features the advertising section of the Lincoln (McMinnville) High yearbook for 1943-44. See what businesses were in Mac and advertised in the yearbook that year. The graphics in this album are presented as small thumbnails. Clicking on the small picture with the flag to the left will bring up this album. Then clicking on each small picture will enlarge them. To see the largest picture available here click on the enlarged picture one more time.

This album features the advertising section of the Mac High yearbook for 1976-77. See what businesses were in Mac and advertised in the yearbook that year. The pictures in this album are presented as small thumbnails. Clicking on the small picture will enlarge them.

These photos, are from the 1977-78 McMinnville High School yearbook. These pictures are displayed in three sizes. Click on the picture to the left to see the first size. Click on the first size picture to see the largest.

This 16 page publication tells the story of the first 100 years of the First National Bank of McMinnville. It contains historical information about McMinnville. It was published on Dec. 3, 1983.

This is a scan copy of the pamphlet given out at the funeral service for Dayton football coach Dewey Sullivan. The service was held at the McMinnville Community Center on Nov. 13, 2006. To view this pamphet click on the picture to the left. This will take you to a page where you'll see two photos - a small version of both sides of the paper. You can click on each one to enlarge. Click again on the enlarged picture to see the largest scan available here.