Phillip Parcher Photograph Album, 1915

Title: Phillip Parcher Photograph Album, 1915

ID: P 143

Primary Creator: Parcher, Phillip

Extent: 0.01 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: This collection is arranged in one series: I. Photographs, 1915.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Phillip Parcher Photograph Album consists of duplicate prints of photographs taken by Parcher during the summer of 1915, while he was attending Oregon Agricultural College Summer Session. The images depict campus buildings and views and other local scenes. Parcher earned a degree in Industrial Arts from Oregon Agricultural College in 1919.

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

The Phillip Parcher Photograph Album consists exclusively of duplicate 8x10 inch prints of photographs made by Parcher during the summer of 1915, while he was attending Oregon Agricultural College Summer Session. The photographs depict campus buildings and views and other local scenes. Of special note are images of a monkey puzzle tree near Benton Hall, the Willamette River near Corvallis, and the Liberty Bell en route through Oregon. In 1915, the Liberty Bell was shipped on a flat rail car from Philadelphia to San Francisco for exhibition at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. En route the train made a short stop at Junction City, where the photographs in this collection were taken.

According to the description included in the album, the photographs were made with an Eastman View Camera on 5x7 glass plates. The glass negatives were no longer extant as of 1974. The prints in the album were reproduced from the original 5x7 prints, which are not part of this collection. The 8x10 prints were likely made in the early 1970s, shortly before they were received by the Oregon State University Archives.

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

More Extent Information: 19 photographs; 1 box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The album was received by the University Archives in 1974.

Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center's holdings include numerous collections with photographs from this time period depicting campus buildings and views. Harriet's Photograph Collection (P HC) and the Buildings Photographic Collection (P 016) provide extensive photographic documentation of campus. Other collections with photographs from this time period are the Pacific Photo Company Postcards (P 023), C.A. Vincent Photograph Collection (P 109), James G. Arbuthnot Photograph Collection (P 191), Harold Troxel Vedder Photograph Collection (P 190), and the Armond C. Taylor Photograph Collection (P 139).

Preferred Citation: Phillip Parcher Photograph Album (P 143), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: The cover sheet in the photograph album indicates that the photographs were made by Fred P. Parcher. No record was found to confirm enrollment for Fred Parcher at Oregon Agricultural College in the summer of 1915 or graduation in 1919. However, Phillip Parcher was enrolled in the summer of 1915 and graduated in 1919. Consequently, the collection has been renamed the Phillip Parcher Photograph Album. In 2014, the photographs and description were separated from the album, which was removed from the collection.

Parcher, Phillip

College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
Local History
Natural Resources
Oregon Agricultural College--Buildings.
Parcher, Phillip
University History
Willamette River (Or.)

Photograph albums.
Photographic prints.