Oregon State University Centennial Commission Photograph Collection, 1968

Title: Oregon State University Centennial Commission Photograph Collection, 1968

ID: P 077

Primary Creator: Oregon State University. Centennial Commission

Extent: 0.0 . More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Oregon State University Centennial Commission Photograph Collection consists of reproduced images, many of them mounted, that were used in a display created as part of the celebration of the centennial of Oregon State University in 1968.

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

The collection includes several negatives. Nitrate negatives of images held in this collection have been stored in a remote location. Multiple images from the original collection appear to have been removed or are missing.

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

The OSU centennial was celebrated throughout the 1968-1969 school year in a number of ways. In the fall, several parades and a campus open house were held as were multiple concerts, a film series and the Centennial Charter Day Convocation, delivered by Fred Harvey Harrington on October 27, 1968. Centennial Day was also marked by the presentation of fifteen Centennial Awards, given to persons who had made "outstanding contributions to the university and to society" during the previous 100 years. Recipients of these awards were Frank L. Ballard, Wayne V. Burt, Vernon H. Cheldelin, Ava Milam Clark, Francois A. Gilfillan, George W. Gleeson, E. R. Jackman, William Jasper Kerr, E. B. Lemon, Clifford E. Maser, Walter F. McCulloch, Herman Oliver, Frederick E. Price, Margaret Comstock Snell and A. L. Strand.

Six additional centennial lectures were delivered in the winter, featuring speakers Linus Pauling, Barnaby C. Keeney, Charles Frankel, Philip Abelson, Edward David Jr. and Daniel G. Aldrich Jr.

In the spring, at the 1968-1969 school year commencement, sixteen OSU Alumni Centennial Awards were bestowed to E. B. Aldrich, Mercedes A. Bates, Renton K. Brodie, Irene B. Carl, Ralph O. Coleman, Amory T. "Slats" Gill, James D. McKay, Gladys G. Miller, Ursal C. Narver, Charles T. Parker, Dan W. Poling, H. F. Ramsey, Zelta F. Rodenwold, James K. Weatherford and Charles W. Fox.

In addition a publication titled The Making of a University, 1868-1968, written by James W. Groshong, was commissioned as part of the centennial celebration.

Notes included with the collection indicate that a centennial display - possibly the display for which these materials were compiled - was mounted at the Corvallis Public Library from October 21-29, 1968.

More Extent Information: 8 folders containing 55 photographs

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Related Materials:

The publication The Making of a University, 1868-1968, written by James W. Groshong, was commissioned as part of the OSU centennial celebration.

Materials documenting the OSU centennial celebration can also be found in the Library Records (RG 009), the Oregon State University Folk Club Records (MSS FolkClub), the Alumni Association Records (RG 035) and the Fred M. Shideler Papers (MSS Shideler).

Preferred Citation: Oregon State University Centennial Commission Photograph Collection (P 077), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: This collection is not fully processed and a complete finding aid is not available at this time.

Other URL: A preliminary container list was created for this collection on or before Novemer 30, 2015.

Oregon State University. Centennial Commission

Oregon State University. Centennial Commission
University History