By Karl McCreary
Title: Joshua Robert Akers Photograph Collection, 1915-1917
ID: P 244
Primary Creator: Akers, Joshua Robert
Extent: 0.07 cubic feet. More info below.
Date Acquired: 00/00/2002
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
The Joshua Robert Akers Photograph Collection consists of eleven photographic prints collected by alumnus Akers that depict group shots of Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) students, all of which feature Akers. Akers graduated from OAC in 1917 with a BS in agriculture.
Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital
The Joshua Robert Akers Photograph Collection consists of eleven photographic prints collected by alumnus Akers that depict group shots of Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) students, all of which feature Akers. The groups portrayed in the images are identified as the OAC Cadet Band and the Arcadia Club. Among the photographs is a panoramic print of the OAC Band at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California.
Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.
More Extent Information: 11 photographs; 2 oversize boxes
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: These photographs were donated in two transfers to the former University Archives in 2002 by Murray Akers, Joshua Robert Akers' son
Related Materials: Other images of Oregon Agricultural College students during the 1910s can be found in collections such as: the Armond C. Taylor Photograph Collection (P 139); the Fred Henshaw Photograph Album (P 305); the Willetta Moore Photograph Album (P 269); and the J. Llewellyn Spriggs Photograph Album (P 285). Images of the OAC Cadet Band can also be found in the OSU Band Photographs (P 104). Other views of students in the Arcadia Club are available in the Harriet's Photograph Collection (P HC).
Preferred Citation: Joshua Robert Akers Photograph Collection (P 244), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Processing Information: The panoramic photograph of the Cadet Band was originally described as a part of Harriet's Photograph Collection and was later transferred to this collection when more images were received from the donor.
Finding Aid Revision History: This finding aid replaces information about the collection that was placed online in 2012.
Akers, Joshua Robert
Akers, Joshua Robert
College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Oregon Agricultural College--Alumni and alumnae.
Oregon Agricultural College--Bands.
Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
University History
Photographic prints.
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