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Memorial Union Photographs, 1924-2004View associated digital content.

The Memorial Union Photographs consist of images of students who served as Memorial Union presidents, recreational sports activities, a tribute to OSU Basketball coach Ralph Miller, images of the Ceramics 80 Conference, and photographs documenting events organized by the Memorial Union Program Council.

Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.

ID: P 198
Extent: 6.0 cubic feet
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Scope and Content Notes
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Statement on Description:

This collection is not fully processed and a complete finding aid is not available at this time.

We acknowledge that materials in SCARC collections and the language that describes them may be harmful. We are actively working to address our descriptive practices; for more information please see our SCARC Anti-Racist Actions Statement online.

The archivist-prepared description of this collection uses the phrase “Civil War” to refer to the long-standing athletic rivalry between Oregon State University and the University of Oregon. A history of this athletic rivalry, and use of the phrase “Civil War” to describe it, is available online in The Origins of the "Civil War" Football Game blog post.

In June 2020, Oregon State University President Edward J. Ray announced that the term  “Civil War” will no longer be used by either university because it “represents a connection to a war fought to perpetuate slavery.”

We acknowledge the racism represented by the use of this phrase and the harm it may cause our users. In order to provide historical context and to enable standardized searching and access across our collections, we have retained the use of this phrase in the collection description.

[Date of acknowledgement: November 2021]

Preferred Citation: Memorial Union Photographs (P 198), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
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