Harold Troxel Vedder Photograph Collection, 1913-1916
The Harold Troxel Vedder Photograph Collection consists of images assembled by Vedder during his student years at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC). The photographs depict campus views and buildings; athletic teams and events, especially football; military training; and student activities. Vedder attended OAC in 1913-1915 as a student of mechanic arts.
Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.
ID: P 190
Extent: 0.02 cubic feet
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Statement on Description: The photographs in Series I were originally affixed to a scrapbook and were removed from the scrapbook by Archives' staff in 1990 soon after the materials were received.
Preferred Citation: Harold Troxel Vedder Photograph Collection (P 190), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note:
The photographs were donated to the Archives by Vedder's daughter, Valera Weir, in 1990.
Container List
- Series 1: Photographs from Scrapbook, 1913-1914 Add to Shelf
- Series I consists of photographs that were removed from a scrapbook assembled by Vedder. Most of the images are photographic postcards. The images depict Oregon Agricultural College campus views and buildings; athletics teams and events, especially football games; cadets; and student events.
- Item P190:01: Waldo Hall Add to Shelf
- Item P190:02: Campus scene of Benton Hall Add to Shelf
- Includes trees to northeast of Benton Hall and roadway leading to Benton Hall.
- Item P190:03: Lady of the Fountain on Lower Campus Add to Shelf
- Item P190:04: Cadets in parade on 2nd Street in Corvallis Add to Shelf
- Memorial Day (?).
- Item P190:05: Walkway on lower campus Add to Shelf
- Benton Hall tower visible in background.
- Item P190:06: Waldo Hall and Jefferson Street Add to Shelf
- Item P190:07: Benton Hall Add to Shelf
- Item P190:08: rmory and Gymnasium, 1914 Add to Shelf
- View to south of Gymnasium (Valley Gymnastics Center) with Armory (McAlexander Fieldhouse) in background.
- Item P190:09: Armory (McAlexander Fieldhouse) Add to Shelf
- Soon after construction completed.
- Item P190:10: OAC Cadets Passing in Review on Lower Campus Add to Shelf
- Item P190:11: Interior of OAC Armory Add to Shelf
- McAlexander Fieldhouse.
- Item P190:12: Dairy Building Add to Shelf
- Gilkey Hall
- Item P190:13: Mines Building, 1914 Add to Shelf
- Batcheller Hall.
- Item P190:14: Mines Building, 1914 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:15: Gymnasium Add to Shelf
- Valley Gymnastics Center
- Item P190:16: Cauthorn Hall Add to Shelf
- Fairbanks Hall
- Item P190:17: Marys River dam Add to Shelf
- Item P190:18: Marys River [?] Add to Shelf
- Item P190:19: May Day celebration Add to Shelf
- Item P190:20: OAC Rooters at Oregon Electric Depot, October 21, 1914 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:21: Cadet band in parade Add to Shelf
- In downtown Corvallis (?).
- Item P190:22: Basketball team, 1914 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:23: Varsity Baseball Team, 1914 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:24: First prize winner at OAC vs UO football game rally, November 7, 1913 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:25: Prize winner at OAC vs UO football game rally, November 7, 1913 Add to Shelf
- With a We Have Oregon's sign and a goat in a wagon.
- Item P190:26: OAC Rooters at football game Add to Shelf
- Item P190:27: OAC Rooters at football game, November 8, 1913 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:28: OAC vs UO football game, November 8, 1913 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:29: U. of I. vs OAC at Corvallis Add to Shelf
- Football game with standing water on field; probably University of Idaho.
- Item P190:30: OAC Football squad, 1914 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:31: OAC Rooters at OAC vs UW football game, October 31, 1914 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:32: OAC Coeds at OAC vs UW football game, October 31, 1914 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:33: OAC Serpentine at OAC vs UW football game, October 31, 1914 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:34: Students on guard at the Lady of the Fountain, 1914 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:35: Students on guard at the Lady of the Fountain, 1914 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:36: Students on guard at the Lady of the Fountain, 1914 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:37: UO vs OAC football game at OAC, November 21, 1914 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:38: "We'll get Oregon's [Goat]" sign Add to Shelf
- Item P190:39: UO vs OAC football game at OAC Add to Shelf
- Item P190:40: UO vs OAC football game at OAC Add to Shelf
- Item P190:41: UO Rooters at OAC, November 21, 1914 Add to Shelf
- University of Oregon fans at football game.
- Item P190:42: UO vs OAC football game at OAC Add to Shelf
- Item P190:43: UO vs OAC football game at OAC Add to Shelf
- Item P190:44: Freshman Sophomore Bag Rush, 1914 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:45: Lady of the Fountain statue Add to Shelf
- Close-up of fountain with students.
- Item P190:46: Burning of the Green Caps Add to Shelf
- Rook caps burned in fire.
- Item P190:47: Insurectos Add to Shelf
- Gathering of students.
- Item P190:48: No drill Add to Shelf
- Gathering of students.
- Item P190:49: Apperson Hall Add to Shelf
- Kearney Hall.
- Item P190:50: Apperson Hall and other engineering buildings Add to Shelf
- View from the southwest.
- Item P190:51: View of lower campus Add to Shelf
- Series 2: Loose Photographs, 1915-1916 Add to Shelf
- Series II consists of photographs that had been removed from an album or scrapbook before they were received by the Archives. Most of the images are snapshot photographs; the series includes one photographic postcard. The series includes images of Oregon Agricultural College campus buildings; flooding in Corvallis in 1916; a winter 1915 snowfall in Corvallis; and several images of cadets. A photograph of Harold Vedder is also included.
- Item P190:52: Unidentified building Add to Shelf
- Item P190:53: Unidentified building Add to Shelf
- Perhaps a lumber mill (?).
- Item P190:54: Cadets at the depot Add to Shelf
- Item P190:55: Cadets at the depot Add to Shelf
- Item P190:56: Campus drive to Benton Hall Add to Shelf
- Item P190:57: Lower campus with Benton Hall and Apperson Hall in background Add to Shelf
- Item P190:58: Mines Building Add to Shelf
- Batcheller Hall
- Item P190:59: The Lady of the Fountain on Lower Campus Add to Shelf
- Item P190:60: Encampment of Cadets Add to Shelf
- Item P190:61: Flooding in Corvallis, 1916 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:62: Cadets next to tent at camp Add to Shelf
- Item P190:63: Three men lying next to tree Add to Shelf
- Item P190:64: Cadets in horse-drawn wagons Add to Shelf
- Item P190:65: Snow in Corvallis, Winter 1915 Add to Shelf
- Includes sleds.
- Item P190:66: Close-up of cadet from back Add to Shelf
- Item P190:67: Soldiers marching down unidentified street Add to Shelf
- Item P190:68: Parade of cadets in unidentified town Add to Shelf
- Ringrose Garage included in image.
- Item P190:69: Dormitory room decorated with pennants and photos Add to Shelf
- Item P190:70: Harold Vedder in Corvallis, 1916 Add to Shelf
- Item P190:71: Unidentified man Add to Shelf
- Item P190:72: Cadets in parade on Second Street in Corvallis on Memorial Day Add to Shelf