By Finding aid prepared by Megan Guerre and Elizabeth Nielsen.
Collection Overview
Title: Corvallis Gazette-Times Photographs, 1957-1965
Predominant Dates: 1957-1960
ID: P 066
Primary Creator: Corvallis Gazette-Times
Extent: 0.15 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: The Corvallis Gazette-Times Photographs are arranged in 2 series: I. Film Negatives, 1957-1965 and II. Photographic Prints, circa 1960 - 1965.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
Abstract
The Corvallis Gazette-Times Photographs consist of images documenting activities and events held by student groups and other organizations affiliated with Oregon State University and the City of Corvallis during the 1950s-1960s.
Scope and Content Notes
The Corvallis Gazette-Times Photographs consist of images (primarily film negatives) documenting activities and events that took place in the late 1950s to mid 1960s on and around the Oregon State College (OSC) campus. Many of the images were published in the newspaper, either in the society section or accompanying feature stories.
Many of the depicted events were held by organizations and groups affiliated with OSC or the City of Corvallis. Some organizations represented in this collection include the College of Home Economics, OSC Corvallis Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Society, OSC Cosigners Club, Masque and Dagger (a University drama club), OSC Civic Music Association, the College Folk Club, and local 4-H clubs. Members and alumnae of Delta Zeta, Alpha Xi Delta, Alpha Sigma Phi, and Euterpe are pictured as well as women participating in rush week activities. Also depicted within the collection are parties for faculty and students, reunions, recreational activities, plays, and other events.
Most of the photographs were taken by Gazette-Times photographers; however, the collection includes some submitted photographs. The film negatives are primarily 4x5 format; some 120 format and a few 35 mm negatives are also included. All of the negatives and prints are black-and-white. Original descriptive cards and negative envelopes are available with the negatives; many of these indicate the publication date for the associated photograph.
Biographical / Historical Notes
The Corvallis Gazette (1862) and consolidated with the Corvallis Times, which was formed in 1893 by the merger of the Corvallis Times— it kept the latter name.
From 1915 to 1950, Claude E. Ingalls was the voice of the Corvallis Gazette-Times. He was a publisher and editor, producer of political rhetoric, and an individual devoted to Oregon State College and the community. Upon his retirement, his son, Robert C. Ingalls, became the new publisher.
In 1969, the Gazette-Times was sold to Lee Enterprises, Inc. which remains the current owner and operator of the newspaper.
Administrative Information
More Extent Information:
195 photographs; 1 box
Statement on Access:
Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note:
The photographs were acquired by the University Archives in the 1960s.
Related Materials:
Additional Corvallis Gazette-Times photographs can be found within the J. Kenneth Munford Collection (MSS Munford). This collection also contains weekly columns pertaining to local and regional history written by Munford for the Corvallis Gazette-Times in 1979-1996. The Judith Carol Carlson Oral History Interview with Robert C. Ingalls (OH 002) was conducted in 1977 with the owner and publisher of the Corvallis Gazette-Times.
The OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center holdings include many other materials pertaining to OSU history as well as local and regional history.
Preferred Citation:
The Corvallis Gazette-Times Photographs (P 066), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Creators
People, Places, and Topics
Clubs--Oregon--Corvallis.
College and school drama, American--Oregon--Corvallis.
College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Corvallis (Or.)
Corvallis Gazette-Times
Greek letter societies--Oregon--Corvallis.
Local History
Music in universities and colleges--Oregon--Corvallis.
Oregon State College--Students.
Oregon State University--Students.
Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History
Forms of Material
Film negatives.
Photographic prints.
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Film Negatives, 1957-1965
- Series I consists of film negatives produced by the Corvallis Gazette-Times depicting events held on the Oregon State campus as well as other venues throughout the town. Some organizations represented in this series include the School of Home Economics, OSC Corvallis Symphony Orchestra, OSC Cosigners Club, Masque and Dagger (a University drama club), OSC Civic Music Association, and the College Folk Club. Members and alumnae of Delta Zeta, Alpha Xi Delta, Alpha Sigma Phi, and Euterpe are pictured as well as women participating in rush week activities. This series also includes images of the Class of 1909 50th reunion, a number of parties held and plays performed on campus, Summer Session events, a mother-daughter swim event, and other OSU recreational events, such as a game of volleyball.
- Extent: 179 negatives and 2 prints
- Box-Folder 1.1
- Item P066:001-P066:002: Farewell reception honoring Wendell Van Loan; Superintendent of Corvallis Schools as he leaves staff to join OSC faculty, 1958
- Negatives S-2589 and S-2590.
- Item P066:003: Mrs. Charles Stino; former resident, now of Cairo, Egypt, 1960
- Negative S-3691.
- Item P066:004-P066:006: Delta Zeta Alumnae; honor visiting national officer, 1958
- Negatives S-2432, S-2363 and S-2364.
- Item P066:007: Alpha Xi Delta; province confab here, 1960
- Negative S-3831.
- Extent: 2 negatives
- Item P066:008: Home economics Christmas tea held to raise funds for foreign student scholarship, 1959
- Negative S-3588.
- Item P066:009: British consul and vice consul are served tea at premiere of prints of Great Britain at Memorial Union, 1958
- Negative S-2387.
- Item P066:010: OSC visitors take garden club tour, 1959
Pictured: Mrs. B.M. Guthrie, Mrs. R.W. Pohl, Mrs. Allen Brewster Scott and Mrs. Alexander Smakula.
Negative S-3405.
- Extent: 2 negatives
- Item P066:011-P066:016: OSC/Corvallis Symphony Orchestra, 1958
The negatives depict a posed group shot of the symphony as well as views of musicians and the conductor during rehearsal.
Negatives S-2876, S-2877, S-2878, S-2879, S-2880 and S-2881.
- Item P066:017: Euterpe, OSC music honorary, Christmas party, 1958
The Christmas party was planned by the Corvallis Associate members for actives and pledges.
Negative S-2912.
- Item P066:018: Alpha Sigma Phi housemother, Mrs. Hazel Matresse, 1958
- Negative S-2392.
- Item P066:019-P066:020: "OSC foreign students attend parties and firesides during the holidays.", 1960
- Negative S-3631 and S-3632.
- Extent: 3 negatives
- Item P066:021: Foreign students tea, 1957
- Negative S-2023.
- Item P066:022: Mrs. H.E. Blakely and collection of old Valentines, 1959
- Negative S-3017.
- Item P066:023: Planning fashion show at Lipmans; two Corvallis high girls model, 1960
- Negative S-3757.
- Extent: 3 negatives
- Item P066:024-P066:028: Housewives register for new TV Junior College classes, 1960
- Negatives S-3657, S-3658, S-3659, S-3660 and S-3661.
- Item P066:029: OSC Cosigners Engineering Student Wives fashion show, 1960
- Negative S-3809.
- Extent: 3 negatives
- Item P066:031-P066:035: OAC Class of 1909 Golden Jubilee Reunion, 1959
The images depict a welcome sign and visitor book as well as images of OAC alumni.
Negatives S-3244, A-3245, S-3246 and S-3247.
- Extent: 8 negatives
- Item P066:036-P066:038: OSC Christmas party at Memorial Union, 1959
- This annual party was held for the children of OSC faculty members and married students. Negatives S-3584, S-3585 and S-3586.
- Extent: 6 negatives
- Item P066:039-P066:040: OSC Christmas party held at the Memorial Union, 1958
- Negatives S-2910 and S-2911.
- Item P066:041: OSC play "Antigone", 1960
- Two Corvallis girls, Jean Wood and Judy Roth, starred in the play. Negative S-3759.
- Extent: 3 negatives
- Item P066:042: OSC play, Annie Get Your Gun first night, 1959
The images depict individuals in costume.
Negative S-3559.
- Extent: 2 negatives
- Item P066:043-P066:044: Masque and Dagger awards presented "Oscar" style, 1960
- Negatives S-3946 and S-3947.
- Extent: 6 negatives
- Item P066:045: College Playhouse presents A Roomful of Roses, 1959
Depicted in these negatives are images taken during the play, actors putting on makeup and costumes, and what appear to be rehearsals.
Negative S-3341.
- Extent: 15 negatives
- Item P066:046: OSC rush week session, 1957
- Negative S-2114.
- Item P066:047: OSC rush week open house, waiting in the rain, 1959
- Negative S-3412.
- Extent: 2 negatives
- Item P066:048-P066:049: Junior Panhellenic banquet at OSC, 1958
- Negatives S-2434 and S-2435.
- Item P066:050: OSC rushing, activity at Panhellenic office, 1959
- Negative S-3406.
- Item P066:051: OSC Music Association, coffee party series, 1960
- Negative S-3859.
- Extent: 3 negatives
- Item P066:052: OSC Music Association banquet attendees, 1960
- Negative S-3891.
- Extent: 3 negatives
- Item P066:053-P066:057: OSC Music Association kick-off dinner and drive start, 1960
The images depict musicians and their instruments as well as a flier produced by the OSC Music Association announcing membership.
Negatives S-3883, S-3884, S-3885, S-3886 and S-3887.
- Extent: 9 negatives
- Item P066:058-P066:061: Civic Music Association, opening concert of the year, "The Rivalry", 1957
Raymond Massey, Agnes Moorehead, and Martin Gabel are pictured.
Negatives S-2119, S-2120, S-2121 and S-2122.
- Item P066:062: Robert Walls, Mrs. David Davis, and W.E. Babcock of Elks Lodge looking at music pamphlets, 1959
- Negative S-3172.
- Item P066:063-P066:066: Civic Music Association dinner for new president, Mrs. Charles Neville, 1959
- Negatives S-3174, S-3175, S-3176 and S-3176A.
- Item P066:067: Civic Music Association, new officers leaving kick-off banquet, 1958
- Negative S-2546.
- Item P066:068-P066:070: Civic Music Association, annual membership drive, 1958
- Negatives S-2535, S-2536 and S-2537.
- Item P066:071-P066:074: Civic Music Association, first concert, 1959
- Negatives S-3479, S-3480, S-3481 and S-3482.
- Item P066:075-P066:077: Civic Music Association, Oberkerchin choir, 1959
- Negatives S-3483, S-3484 and S-3484A.
- Item P066:078-P066:079: Concert series opening, 1958
- Negatives S-2810 and S-2811.
- Item P066:080-P066:082: OSC summer session open house, 1958
- Negatives S-2670, S-2671 and S-2672.
- Item P066:083-P066:085: OSC summer session open house, 1959
The images depict individuals gathered in the main hall of the Memorial Union as well as other locations.
Negatives S-3284, S-3285 and S-3286.
- Extent: 6 negatives
- Item P066:086: OSC summer session, children at the college, 1959
- Negative S-3334.
- Extent: 6 negatives
- Item P066:089-P066:090: OSC summer session open house, 1960
- Negatives S-3980, S-3981, S-3982 and S-3983.
- Extent: 6 negatives
- Item P066:091: OSC summer session, party for wives of chemistry teachers attending the National Institute of Science, 1959
- Negative S-3336.
- Extent: 2 negatives
- Item P066:092-P066:095: College Folk Club, thrift shop moves, 1958
- Negatives S-2771, S-2772, S-2773 and S-2774.
- Item P066:096: College Folk Club, new committee heads, 1957
- Negative S-2006.
- Item P066:097-P066:098: College Folk Club, opening fall welcome party, 1957
- Negatives S-2147 and S-2148.
- Item P066:099: College Folk Club, preparing for February party, 1958
- Negative S-2354.
- Item P066:100: College Folk Club, Annual Spring Installation luncheon, 1958
- Negative S-2539.
- Item P066:101: College Folk Club, Annual Installation luncheon, decorations story, 1958
- Negative S-2544.
- Item P066:102-P066:103: College Folk Club, Installation luncheon, 1958
- Negatives S-2562 and S-2563.
- Item P066:104-P066:106: College Folk Club, Welcome dessert, 1958
- Negatives S-2813, S-2814 and S-2815.
- Item P066:107: College Folk Club, old fashioned party line, 1960
- Negative S-3671.
- Item P066:108-P066:109: College Folk Club, opening dessert party, 1959
- Negatives S-3477 and S-2478.
- Item P066:110: College Folk Club, reservation committee for first big dessert, 1959
- Negative S-3465.
- Extent: 2 negatives
- Item P066:111-P066:112: College Folk Club spring luncheon and installation, Mrs. Hal Schudel, new president, 1959
- Negatives S-3166 and S-3167.
- Item P066:113: College Folk Club, Leonora Kerr scholarship tea honors four, 1960
- Negative S-3927.
- Extent: 2 negatives
- Item P066:114: College Folk Club, mailing invitations for spring luncheon, circa 1959
- Negative S-3121.
- Item P066:115: College Folk Club, fashion show is planned for spring luncheon, 1959
- Negative S-3157.
- Item P066:116: College Folk Club, passports to spring luncheon and fashion show, 1960
- Negative S-3843.
- Extent: 2 negatives
- Item P066:117: College Folk Club, spring installation luncheon and fashion show, 1960
- Negatives S-3888 and S-3889.
- Extent: 4 negatives
- Item P066:124: Mother-daughter swim, 1965
- Extent: print and 2 negatives
- Item P066:125: OSC recreation, summer program, 1965
- The images depict a volleyball game and a woman and two men preparing a camp dinner.
- Extent: print and negative
- Series 2: Photographic Prints, circa 1960 - 1965
- Series II consists of photographic prints produced by the Corvallis Gazette-Times depicting individuals at events on the OSU campus and throughout Corvallis. Many of these were held by or involved an organization, such as the Symphony Society or Civic Music Association. Several images of 4-H foods and clothing clubs are also included. The series also depicts individuals arriving at an OSC-Oregon broadcast party.
- Extent: 14 prints
- Box-Folder 1.2
- Item P066:118: Symphony Society at the Arts Center, 1965
- Philip Robley and three other individuals are pictured.
- Item P066:119: "Tranquilizers", 1965
- The image depicts four women investigating the contents of a box.
- Item P066:120: Mrs. Walter Schmidt, Pam Eggers, Patty Schmidt, and Jennifer Veek of the Foods Club, 1965
- Champion foods judging club, "Pots and Pins Forever", under the leadership of Mrs. Walter Schmidt were presented the food judging trophy sponsored by Meier & Schmidt Jewelers, May 1965.
- Item P066:121-P066:122: Clothing club, Mrs. Lyle Ellis, Judy Milbrath, Karen Nordyke, Lynn Johnson, 1965
- The champion clothing judges in the 1965 4-H Spring Fair were from Mrs. Lyle Ellis' clothing club, "The Messkiteers", May 1965.
- Item P066:123: Caryl Sciuchetti, 1965
- Item P066:126: Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Schudel posing with another couple, 1965
- Item P066:127: Music Association, 1965
- Pictured: Mrs. Richard High-Smith, Mrs. Marvin Dubbe, and one other.
- Item P066:128: Music Association, elected officers, 1965
- Pictured: Mr. Lawrence and one other.
- Item P066:129-P066:130: Women receiving scholarships, 1965
- Item P066:131: "Club reports", 1965
- The image depicts three women reviewing the Bloomington Herald.
- Item P066:132: Frances Marshall and Phil Terry, late arrivals at the OSC-Oregon broadcast party, circa 1960
- Item P066:133: Mrs. Esther Guerbe posing with a man and woman, 1965
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