This collection is made up of various genres and recorded mediums capturing academic life in and involving Linfield College in Oregon and abroad. The total series count is seven: 1885-1939, 1940-1969, 1970-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-2012; Portraits, Trustees, and Campus Buildings; and Professional Photographers. Series 1 through 5, arranged by decade, narrates student life through photographs, glass lantern slides, and negatives. Series 6 is organized to complement the very broad span of years its portrait, landscape, and architectural photographs represent. Series 7 is dedicated to several dozen boxes of photographs, clip art, slides, and negatives, as produced by professional Oregon photographers and the Office of Institutional Advancement.