Group of Pacific University Students Sending Off Alice Bollinger to Alaska

Title

Group of Pacific University Students Sending Off Alice Bollinger to Alaska

Description

A photograph of a Pacific University student surrounded by her fellow students before she leaves for Alaska. The caption with the photograph identifies the student leaving as Alice Bollinger. Other students identified are Beth Potwin, Irene Bilbrey, Sadie McCoy and Greta McIntyre Sheeley. During this time period many men from Pacific University were enlisted in military service as the United States entered World War I in April, 1917. The student body was almost entirely made up of women. This picture appears in an album that was compiled by Greta McIntyre Sheeley, a 1920 Pacific University graduate.

Is Part Of

Greta McIntyre Sheeley Photograph Album (MS.28)

Subject

Pacific University
Student activities
Students--Oregon

Place

Forest Grove, Oregon, United States

Identifier

PUA_MS28_062

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Source

Pacific University Archives

Type

Still Image