Women's Athletics Photograph Collection, 1899-1958

Collection Overview

Title: Women's Athletics Photograph Collection, 1899-1958

Predominant Dates: 1921-1940

ID: P 009

Extent: 0.03 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: The collection consists of one series: I. Women's Athletic Teams and Events, 1899-1958.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

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

Scope and Content Notes

The Women's Athletics Photograph Collection consists of images of teams, events, and individual athletes participating in a variety of sports and recreational activities at Oregon State, primarily during the 1920s and 1930s. The collection includes images of archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, dance, fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, horseback riding, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, and waterskiing. Of special note are images of the first women's basketball team in 1898-1899. The collection also includes several images of dance performances and pageants.

All of the images are photographic prints and have been assigned individual numbers. Many of the photographs were published in the Beaver yearbook.

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

Biographical / Historical Notes

Intramural and intercollegiate athletics as well as physical recreation activities have been offered for women at Oregon State since at least as early as the 1890s. During the early and middle decades of the 20th century, Oregon State had one of the largest women's athletics program in the northwest. Oregon State's first basketball team was the women's team, established in 1898 and preceding the first men's team by 3 years. Several women basketball players were selected to receive the college emblem in the early 1900s by the Athletic Union.

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 60 photographs; 2 boxes, including 1 oversize box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The images were acquired by the Archives from various sources primarily during the 1960s.

Related Materials: Additional photographs of women's athletes and athletic teams and events are available in Harriet's Photograph Collection (P HC). The Women's Recreation Association (WRA) Photographic Collection (P 171) consists of images of athletic events and recreational activities, primarily during the 1950s-1960s; the Oregon State University Women's Basketball and Field Hockey Scrapbooks (MSS Women BBHockey) include photographs of teams and and events during the 1960s. The Betty Lynd Thompson Papers (MSS Thompson) include extensive materials document dance instruction and performances at Oregon State; the College of Health and Human Performance Records (RG 031) include materials pertaining to physical education and recreational activities at Oregon State.

Preferred Citation: Women's Athletics Photograph Collection (P 009), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

People, Places, and Topics

Basketball for women--Oregon--Corvallis.
College sports for women--Oregon--Corvallis.
College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Dance--Study and teaching--Oregon--Corvallis.
Field hockey--Oregon--Corvallis.
Intramural sports--Oregon--Corvallis.
Modern dance.
Oregon Agricultural College--Sports.
Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
Oregon State College--Sports.
Oregon State College--Students.
Physical education for women--Oregon--Corvallis.
Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History
Women--Education (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
Women--Recreation--Oregon--Corvallis.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Women's Athletic Teams and Events, 1899-1958

Series I consists of photographs of individual athletes and teams as well as athletic events and recreational activities. The names of identified individuals are included in the description; images that were published in the Beaver yearbook are indicated as such.

Item P009:01: Captain Alta Mentzer, circa 1920: Basketball player.; Extent: 2 prints
Item P009:03: Junior hockey team, circa 1920: Extent: 2 prints
Item P009:04: Tennis action, circa 1920: Extent: 2 prints
Item P009:05: Softball scene, circa 1920
Item P009:07: Women's basketball team, 1899: Standing L-R: Inez Fuller, Coach Will Beach, Bessie Smith, Lona [Lana?] Smith. Sitting L-R: Leta Owensby, Fanny Getty
Item P009:08: College basketball team, 1899: L-R: Bessie G. Smith, Letita Ownsbey, Elizabeth Hoover, Coach Will Beach, Minnie Smith, Inez Fuller (by banner in-front). Published in the June 1900 Souvenir Edition of the Barometer, which is available online.; Extent: 2 prints
Item P009:09: Women athletes, circa 1904: Kneeling: Alice Wicklund, Eva Stoats (Mrs. FC Ritner), Edith Prince, Alice Jones, Maud Roberts (Mrs. HC Brodie), Margaret May Martin, Verna Kerker, Mary Elgin. Sitting: Ruth Lilly (Mrs. EH Pratt), Winnie Logan (Mrs. ER Woods), Maggie Maud Hays, Reta Price, Edna Buster (Mrs. JS Wheeler), Myrtle Harrington, Elizabeth "Bess" Yates, Mabel Stovall, Louise Gilbert. In Front: Reva Buell, Hazel Raber (Mrs. JC Ewing),Luella "Mary" VanCleve (Mrs. FL Stephens). Standing: Bess Danneman, Mary Danneman, Loene Montgomery, Laura Persinger, Alice Edwards, Lucile Roberts, Pearl Persinger, Candice Wicklund, Essie Adams, Jessie Wilson, Margaret McCormick, Gretta Harringtion, Una Stewart (Mrs. JW Carlson), Frances Gellatly, Madeline Nichols.; Extent: 2 prints
Item P009:10: Women's gymnastic team in a gymnastic formation, circa 1930s: Extent: 2 prints
Item P009:11: Winning junior basketball team, 1929: Pearl Horning, Alma Taylor, Mabel Harding, Eleanor Tonsing, Ruth Rydell, Martha Jane Pocklington, Audra Liska, Elda Aasen, Florence Kaufman.
Item P009:12: Women in May Day pageant doing dance depiction of the history of Oregon, 1921: Published in the 1921 Beaver yearbook, page 310.
Item P009:13: Women fencing in gym class, 1938: Published in the 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 216.
Item P009:14: Three women pinning one to the ground in fencing class, 1938: Published in the 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 216.
Item P009:15: Three women playing basketball in gym class, 1938: Published in the 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 214.
Item P009:16: Two women playing badminton in gym class, 1938: Published in the 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 215.
Item P009:17: The physical education club on the steps of the Women's Building, 1940: Published in the 1940 Beaver yearbook, page 149.
Item P009:18: Badminton in the Women's Building, played by two women, 1940: Published in the 1940 Beaver yearbook, page 147.
Item P009:19: Members of the Archery Club sitting around a target outside the Women's Building, 1940-1941: Published in the 1940 Beaver yearbook, page 148.
Item P009:20: Women playing volleyball in the Women's Building, 1938: Published in the 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 215.
Item P009:21: Women in modern dance class, 1938: Published in the 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 215.
Item P009:22: Women playing baseball in field behind Women's Building, 1938: Published in the 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 216.
Item P009:23: Women swimming in pool, probably playing some kind of water polo, 1938: Published in the 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 218.
Item P009:24: Women playing basketball in Women's Building, 1940: Published in the 1940 Beaver yearbook, page 146.
Item P009:25: Women playing volleyball in gym class, in the Women's Building, 1940: Published in the 1940 Beaver yearbook, page 146.
Item P009:26: Captain and member of the junior basketball team, 1921
Item P009:27: Junior volleyball champions, 1929: Includes Frances Reid, Captain, Commerce; Helen Wirkkala, Commerce; Marie Baumback, Home Economics; June Hudson, Commerce; Gennette Miner, Home Economics; and Lan Chen Kung, Home Economics. Published in 1929 Beaver yearbook, page 245.
Item P009:28: Women's swimming group, 1941: Includes Audrey Louise Johnson.
Item P009:29: Sharon Spencer, Homecoming Queen for 1958-1959, waterskiing at the Cypress Gardens in Florida, 1958: Extent: 2 prints
Item P009:30: Double badminton championship for Sackett B, 1951: Marjorie English and Virginia Moses.
Item P009:31: Orchesis members in a dance formation, 1951: Pat Kelley and Phyllis Horseman.
Item P009:32: Track, a girl jumping over the high jump, circa 1925: Extent: 2 prints
Item P009:33: Track, woman preparing to throw discus jump, circa 1925
Item P009:34: Baseball team playing in field behind Women's Building; Weatherford Hall in background, 1940: Published in 1940 Beaver yearbook, page 148.
Item P009:35: Volleyball game in the Women's gym, 1938: Published in 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 215.
Item P009:36: Track; four women running the hurdles in front of the stadium, circa 1925
Item P009:37: Track; a woman jumping the high jump, circa 1925
Item P009:38: Woman jumping the broad jump on track behind bleachers, circa 1925
Item P009:39: Junior basketball team, 1921: Published in the 1921 Beaver yearbook, page 305.
Item P009:40: Physical education dance group outside on the lawn, circa 1930
Item P009:41: Dance pageant on the lawn, 1923: Published in the 1923 Beaver yearbook, page 319.; Extent: 3 prints and 2 oversize prints
Item P009:42: Mother's Day pageant, women dancing on the lawn, 1925
Item P009:43: Mother's Day pageant, women dancing on the lawn, 1925: Extent: 3 prints
Item P009:44: Women's field hockey
Item P009:45: Two women in dance or formal dresses, circa 1925
Item P009:46: Four women with horses, circa 1930: Equestrian team (?).
Item P009:47: Four women with horses, circa 1930: Equestrian team (?).