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Title: Camp Adair, Oregon, Maps and Aerial Photographs, 1942-1973
Predominant Dates: 1942-1944
ID: MAPS Adair
Primary Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Extent: 0.75 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: This collection is arranged in one series: I. Camp Adair Maps and Aerial Photographs, 1942-1973.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
The Camp Adair, Oregon, Maps and Aerial Photographs collection includes topographic maps, orthophotographs, and other maps and images documenting Camp Adair, which was located north of Corvallis, Oregon. Most of the materials in the collection were prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Camp Adair was a U.S. Army training facility during World War II.
The Albany orthographs (Folder-item 1.1), the undated Camp Adair Area topographic map (Folder-item 1.4), and the bird's-eye view photograph from the Corvallis Gazette Times (Folder-item 1.5) have been digitized and are available upon request.
Access to the orthophotographs in Box 02 is restricted due their susceptibility to damage as a result of handling.
The Camp Adair, Oregon, Maps and Aerial Photographs collection includes topographic maps, orthophotographs, and other maps and images documenting Camp Adair, which was located north of Corvallis, Oregon. Most of the materials in the collection were prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the bulk are from the war years of 1942-1944. The maps offer details on buildings in the cantonment area; artillery ranges; training courses; roads, ditches and culverts; and general land features.
The Albany orthographs (Folder-item 1.1), the undated Camp Adair Area topographic map (Folder-item 1.4), and the bird's-eye view photograph from the Corvallis Gazette Times (Folder-item 1.5) have been digitized and are available upon request.
Access to the orthophotographs in Box 02 is restricted due their susceptibility to damage as a result of handling.
More Extent Information: 9 items; 1 map folder and 1 roll storage container
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: These materials were transferred from the Oregon State University Libraries' maps collection to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2014.
Related Materials: Maps of Camp Adair from the post-war period are available in the Facilities Services Records (RG 193). Other materials pertaining to Camp Adair are part of the Dan Poling Papers (MSS Poling), Roland Eugene Dimick Papers (MSS Dimick), Robert G. Rosenstiel Papers (MSS Rosenstiel), John H. Gallagher, Sr., Collection (MSS Gallagher), and the George Alderson Photographs (P 248). Photographs of the community at Camp Adair are available in the Douglas and Mabel McKay Papers (MSS McKay).
Preferred Citation: Camp Adair, Oregon, Maps and Aerial Photographs (MAPS Adair), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Benton County (Or.)--Maps.
Camp Adair (Or.)--Aerial photographs.
Camp Adair (Or.)--Maps.
Linn County (Or.)--Maps.
Local History
Military training camps--Oregon.
Natural Resources
Polk County (Or.)--Maps.
World War, 1939-1945--Oregon.
Aerial photographs.
Blueline prints.
Maps (documents)
Show Camp Adair and the area to the west; scale 1:20,000. Prepared by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Two copies of the Albany sheet and one copy of the Albany and Corvallis sheets taped together.
The Albany sheets have been digitized and are available upon request.
Scale 1:62,500 scale; includes topographic contour lines as well as Camp Adair boundaries, cantonment area, and roads.
This map has been digitized and is available upon request.
Oblique aerial photograph published in Corvallis Gazette-Times, April 23, 1973.
This item has been digitized and is available upon request.
Fourteen orthophotographs have been pieced together to form an aerial image of Camp Adair and the surrounding area, extending from north Corvallis to north of Independence and from the Willamette River to the foothills of the Coast Range. This area includes portions of Benton, Polk, and Linn Counties. The following sheets are included: Albany nos. 1, 2, and 4; Corvallis nos. 2, 3, 5, and 6; Dallas nos. 5, 6, 8, and 9; and Salem nos. 4, 7, and 8. Scale 1:20,000. The images were made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Access to this item is restricted due its susceptibility to damage as a result of handling.
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