The Roy Philippi Scrapbook is neatly arranged and in good condition, containing over one hundred photographic prints and two newspaper clippings. The photographs are annotated, and document student life at Oregon Agricultural College in the 1910s. Many of the photographs are of Philippi’s friends, and they appear often throughout the volume. Philippi’s sister Leora (1896-1985), who attended OAC at the same time as her brother, also appears in numerous images. Photographs of the original Trysting Tree, the 1915 “Champion Dairy Maid,” and freshman rookesses, as well as students posing in front of the “Lady of the Fountain” statue, likewise appear in the scrapbook.
In addition to student activities, the Roy Philippi scrapbook also features numerous images of animals, including cattle, draft horses, a hog, and sheep. Supplementing these photographs are two animal husbandry-related newspaper clippings, one titled, “Teaching a Calf to Drink.” Also included are photographs of Governor James Withycombe riding his horse through campus in May 1915. Many of the Withycombe images are attributed to a “H. H. Trip.” Rounding out the scrapbook are photographs of the Marys River dam, an early photograph of Monroe Street, and images of the Drill Field by campus, as well as several OAC buildings.
During her time at Oregon State College, Beth Miller Philippi collected many small keepsakes, which she arranged into a scrapbook of her own. Material types found in the Beth Miller Philippi Scrapbook include photographs, wedding invitations, newspaper clippings, greeting cards, flower cards, sorority banquet invitations, programs, report cards, and more. Items of particular interest include a Kappa Kappa Gamma initiation key from 1939; football news clippings (including one about the 1942 Rose Bowl game, and another about a WWII attack on Fort Stevens, Oregon); Associated Student Body cards from all four of Miller's years at OSC; her high school and college graduation announcements; a program from commencement; and a full-size photograph of the 1942 members of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
Miller was well-known around campus for her fashion sense, and she collected many news clippings that document this interest. Also included with her scrapbook is an individual clothing plan that she completed as an assignment for a Clothing Selection class in Fall 1939. The plan includes an inventory of the clothing pieces in Miller’s closet, their cost, and sketches of several of the items.
