Newswise — FOREST GROVE, Ore. — A contingent of Oregon dignitaries honored one of their own at Pacific University (Ore.) on Oct. 3, as the institution’s library opened the personal collection of papers and artifacts donated by former Oregon governor Victor Atiyeh.
Atiyeh selected the university to preserve his personal collection, which includes items from his long legislative career representing Washington County in Salem, his eight-year term as governor (1979-87) and his post-gubernatorial years as an advocate for the state's economic interests and the Oregon Republican Party.
The exhibition is curated by university archivist Eva Guggemos and illustrates Atiyeh’s career and Oregon politics in the 1980s. His personal collection of political buttons, campaign advertisements and gifts from Oregon’s trading partners are on display.
Other objects range from an order declaring martial law in two counties during the Rajneesh crisis (never signed), as well as Jelly Belly candies and cigarettes from visits with President Reagan.
The library's archives will permanently house the acquisition, some of which has been digitized for viewing online (pacificu.edu/atiyeh).
The exhibition will be open to the public through Dec. 15 during normal library hours.
A longtime member of Pacific's Board of Trustees who is now a trustee ehis service to both the institution and fellow Oregonians.
For more information on the exhibition, please contact Pacific University Archives at [email protected].
News Coverage: The Oregonian Forest Grove News-Times
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