Jessie Ruth Darling Photograph Collection, 1916-1942

Title: Jessie Ruth Darling Photograph Collection, 1916-1942

Predominant Dates: 1916-1917

ID: P 157

Primary Creator: Darling, Jessie Ruth

Extent: 0.01 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Jessie Ruth Darling Photograph Collection consists of photographic postcards assembled by Darling, primarily during her student years at Oregon Agricultural College. Darling attended Oregon Agricultural College in the mid-1910s as a music student and completed her study in 1917.

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

The Jessie Ruth Darling Photograph Collection consists of 11 images of the Oregon Agricultural College campus, Corvallis views, and Oregon scenes. Most of the images (10) are photographic postcards. One of the images is a color picture postcard. All of the images are individually numbered (P157:01 thru P157:11). The collection includes copy prints of two of the images.

The campus images depict Benton Hall in snow; snow on lower campus; and a view of lower campus. Several of the Corvallis scenes depict the February 1916 flood, including the damaged Oregon Electric Railroad near the Willamette River and the depot surrounded by floodwater. Other Corvallis views include the Van Buren Street bridge and a 1923 street scene that includes the Julian Hotel and Majestic Theater.

The Oregon scenes include a 1942 image of Mt. Hood in winter from Government Camp and a color picture postcard, Surf Bathing, Newport, Oregon that depicts children wading on the surf.

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

More Extent Information: 13 photographs; 1 box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The photographs were received by the Archives in the 1960s or 1970s.

Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center holdings include many images of campus scenes and Corvallis views, especially in Harriet's Photograph Collection (P HC) and the Buildings Photographic Collection (P 016). Many images of campus and Corvallis scenes are available online in Oregon Digital.

Preferred Citation: Jessie Ruth Darling Photograph Collection (P 157), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Darling, Jessie Ruth

Corvallis (Or.)
Darling, Jessie Ruth
Floods--Oregon--Corvallis.
Local History
Oregon Agricultural College--Buildings.
University History
Willamette River (Or.)

Photographic postcards.
Picture postcards.