Erma Virgina Heacock Helm and Everett M. Heacock Collection

Collection — Box: MS-09-15-Box.1

Identifier: MS-08-03

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection, donated by a father and daughter who were closely associated with the college, comprises personal correspondence, photographs, clippings and brochures pertaining to George Fox College and its predecessor, Pacific College, Newberg, Oregon. Some documents relate to Newberg public schools, but most--in the form of graduation programs, dedication statements, brochures, photographs, Newberg Graphic clippings, The Crescent (student newspaper) clippings--are about Pacific College events and the building of Heacock Commons. The collection also includes a Pacific College fabric neckerchief with the hand-printed letter "P" in one corner, a copy of Mr. Heacock's dedication of Heacock Commons address, a 1974 letter from Levi Pennington to the Helms, and the printed obituary of Virginia Heacock Helm.

Collection of documents, memorabilia, photos, ephemera of both Erma Heacock Helm and her father, Everett M. Helm, both alumni of Pacific College, with letter from Coral Helm Hughes, daughter and granddaughter, describing Erma's life. Heacock Commons was named after Everett and they were major donors to the college.

Dates

Creation: 1897 - 1992
Creation: Majority of material found within 1965 - 1992

Creator

Heacock, Everett (Person)
Helm, Virginia Heacock (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collections available for research

Conditions Governing Use

George Fox University owns the copyright to some, but not all, of the materials housed in its archives. Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of George Fox University is retained by George Fox University and requires its permission for publication. Copyright status for other collection materials varies. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Biographical / Historical

Everett H. Heacock spent two years as a student at Friends Pacific Academy (1902-03) and at Pacific College (1903-04), now George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon. His daughter, Erma Virginia Heacock Helm, was a student at Pacific University and the parent of an alumna. The long-time family association with the college and the Friends Church inspired Mr. Heacock's endowment for the construction of a new college dining room--the Heacock Commons--in 1965. Virginia Helm was active in her church and community, particularly in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). She was a life-long member of Reedwood Friends Church, Portland. After retirement Mrs. Helm and her husband, Eldon, served as overseas missionaries in Guatemala, Kenya, Botswana, Dominican Republic, and Haiti. Mrs. Helm saved her own and her father's collection of memorabilia to contribute to this collection which was donated by her daughter.