La Creole Academic Institute was incorporated by the legislature on January 28, 1856, as a university. Collection includes act to establish LaCreole by the Oregon legislature, 1856; wills of John H. Robb and Albert Tebbetts, bequeathing property to La Creole, 1861 and 1863; quitclaim deeds, 1914; correspondence, notices, documents of dissolution, 1958; and memorabilia.

Collection includes correspondence concerning the compilation of a history of the University of Oregon; correspondence and newspaper clippings about Crook County and Prineville, Oregon; and typescript articles on the First Baptist Church, Portland, and La Creole Academic Institute.