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John E. Dever Photographic Slides, 1960-1962View associated digital content.

The John E. Dever Photographic Slides consist of color slides taken by Dever during his student years at Oregon State University in the 1960s. The images depict campus views and events as well as local landmarks and regional events.  Dever attended Oregon State University as a graduate student in botany and completed his M.S. degree in 1962.

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

ID: P 237
Extent: 0.01 cubic feet
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Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Statement on Description:

We acknowledge that materials in SCARC collections and the language that describes them may be harmful. We are actively working to address our descriptive practices; for more information please see our SCARC Anti-Racist Actions Statement online.

The archivist-prepared description of this collection uses the phrase “Civil War” to refer to the long-standing athletic rivalry between Oregon State University and the University of Oregon. A history of this athletic rivalry, and use of the phrase “Civil War” to describe it, is available online in The Origins of the "Civil War" Football Game blog post.

In June 2020, Oregon State University President Edward J. Ray announced that the term  “Civil War” will no longer be used by either university because it “represents a connection to a war fought to perpetuate slavery.”

We acknowledge the racism represented by the use of this phrase and the harm it may cause our users. In order to provide historical context and to enable standardized searching and access across our collections, we have retained the use of this phrase in the collection description.

[Date of acknowledgement: November 2021]

Preferred Citation: John E. Dever Photographic Slides (P 237), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note: These slides were donated to the University Archives in 2000 by Dever's son, John E. Dever III.
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