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Studio picture of a mature woman in a black dress and seated in a wooden chair. On the back is written in ink "Mrs. John Ashton, Ottawa, 1916, 'my landlady'" In a different ink "Bessie Shurtz's (Baker)"

Photo of Ottawa University student body on the steps of Tauy Jones Hall. This picture was donated by Mrs. Max Ward who says her uncle, Arthur Clement Carpenter, is in the picture. He is in the first row of standing people fifth from the left end…

A group photograph taken on the steps of Tauy Jones Hall at Ottawa University. On the back, written in pencil, is "S. S. Hagerman." Written in ink "(class of 95)" and "probably his school as a boy." Hageman did graduate from the prep school at OU in…

Tauy Jones and his wife Jane bought three lots in Ottawa in 1870. This warranty deed is for lots #25,27, and 29 in Block 113 in the City of Ottawa. The deed is in a wooden frame. On the back of the frame is written "Deed with signatures of "Tauy"…

Maude (Merriman) Collette wrote to Ottawa University offering the original deed to a lot in Mission Cemetery which her father, George B. Merriman, had bought. His infant daughter Mary Merriman is buried there. Collette felt the deed belonged with OU…

This quit-claim deed transfers lot P in Block no. 3 from the Mission Cemetery to George B. Merriman for five dollars ($5). Attached to the front of the original quit-claim deed is a Certificate of Offical Character from 1920. The Franklin County…

Indian agent B. A. James wrote this resolution of the Ottawa tribe's full council. They stated that they could not find any of their tribe who were guilty of involvement in the difficulties between the pro-slavery and the abolitionists in Kansas.…

The Sac & Fox agent B. A. James wrote this letter to testify to the upright character of John T. (Tauy) Jones. He gave some background information on Jones as well as the relationship he had with him. He gave two possible reasons for Jones' home…

John Mark Lambertson, OU graduate, appears before the Faculty Symposium and gives a history of Ottawa University. This video is around eleven minutes long.

This 1882 resolution of the Ottawa University Board of Trustees acknowledged the generous gift of a gold watch and chain from Jane K. Jones. She donated her watch and chain to help pay for the rebuilding of what is now known as Tauy Jones Hall which…