James Kenneth Fleshman Photograph Album, 1927

Title: James Kenneth Fleshman Photograph Album, 1927

ID: P 250

Primary Creator: Fleshman, James Kenneth (1907-2001)

Extent: 0.03 cubic feet. More info below.

Date Acquired: 00/00/2003

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The James Kenneth Fleshman Photograph Album consists of images of the Oregon Agricultural College campus taken by Fleshman, likely for an Introduction to Photography class in the fall of 1927.  James Kenneth Fleshman attended Oregon Agricultural College in the mid-1920s and graduated in 1928 with a B.S. degree in chemical engineering.

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

This James Kenneth Fleshman Photograph Album consists of photographs of the Oregon Agricultural College campus that were likely taken by Fleshman for an Introduction to Photography class that he completed in the fall of 1927.  The images depict exterior and interior views of several campus buildings, the bandstand in the Library quadrangle, students in military formation on the lower campus, the homecoming bonfire, a Beaver welcome sign hung over an road entry to campus, and the Beaver mascot being rolled out for a football game on a wagon.  The album includes exterior views of Benton Hall (now Community Hall), Education Hall (now Furman Hall), Kidder Hall, and Graf Hall. The interior building views are of engineering laboratories.

Duplicate prints of several of the exterior views are included in the album.  The album also includes a few cyanotypes.

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

James Kenneth Fleshman attended Oregon Agricultural College during four academic years -- from 1924/1925 thru 1927/1928 and graduated in June 1928 with a B.S. in chemical engineering.  During his fourth year at OAC, Fleshman took an Introduction to Photography course (Physics 361) taught by John Garman.

Fleshman was born in LaGrande, Oregon on January 4, 1907.  After graduation from OAC, he married Francis H. Day in 1929, who earned a degree in home economics from Oregon Agricultural College.  Fleshman lived in Whittier, California and worked in production management at Uniroyal's tire division in Los Angeles beginning in the mid-1940s.  He moved to Eugene, Oregon, in 1997, where he died on May 5, 2001.

More Extent Information: 49 photographs; 1 box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: This photograph album was donated to the former University Archives in 2003 by James Kenneth Fleshman's son, Ken Fleshman, of Green Valley, Arizona.

Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center's holdings include photographs taken and assembled by John Garman who taught the photography course Fleshman completed in the fall of 1927; the John Garman Photographic Collection (P 095) includes images Garman used for instruction.  Numerous collections of images of campus buildings and scenes as well as photograph albums assembled by students are also available.  Of special note are these two collections that includes photographs from the mid-1920s: Besse Brown Lawrence Photographs (P 258) and Frederick V. Betts Scrapbook (MSS Betts).

Preferred Citation: James Kenneth Fleshman Photograph Album (P 250), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Finding Aid Revision History: This finding aid replaces information about the collection that was placed online in 2012.

Fleshman, James Kenneth (1907-2001)

College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Engineering--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
Oregon Agricultural College--Buildings.
Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
Photography--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History

Cyanotypes (photographic prints).
Photograph albums.
Photographic prints.