Harriet Moore Photograph Collection, 1890-1962

Title: Harriet Moore Photograph Collection, 1890-1962

Predominant Dates: 1910-1924

ID: P 150

Primary Creator: Moore, Harriet L. Forest

Extent: 0.1 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: This collection is arranged in one series: I. Photographs, 1890-1962.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Harriet Moore Photograph Collection consists of images assembled by Moore documenting Oregon State students, faculty, and campus scenes. Harriet Moore was Oregon State University's first archivist, a position she held from 1961 to 1966, and an avid local historian.

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

The Harriet Moore Photograph Collection consists of images assembled by Moore documenting Oregon State students, faculty, and campus scenes. The collection includes images of sorority and fraternity members and events; football games and players; women's physical education instructors; and campus buildings and scenes. Of special note are two photographs of the motion picture filming of a pageant on campus in the mid 1910s; flooding on lower campus; and an interior view of the Gymnasium (now Valley Gymnastics Center) showing a balcony. A studio portrait of the 1909 CPS (perhaps Corvallis Public School) basketball team is part of the collection.

Several of the photographs were given to Moore by colleagues and friends including Lena B. Tartar, Peggy Walker Allworth, and Beulah Gilkey.

Photographers include Ball Studio and Howells Studio.

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

Harriet Moore was Oregon State University's first archivist, a position she held from 1961 to 1966, and an avid local historian. One of the largest photograph collections held by the Special Collections & Archives Research Center is named Harriet's Collection in her honor.

Harriet Forest Moore trained as a physical therapist at Reed College and worked as a physical therapist in the U.S. Army Reconstruction Aid Program before enrolling at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in 1920. She completed B.S. (1922) and M.S. (1924) degrees in vocational education at OAC. In 1955, Moore became a Library Assistant in the Oregon State College Library. Her attention to detail and experience with local history research led to her appointment as Archivist in 1961. After her retirement in 1966, she worked part-time on special projects in the Archives until 1970. Moore received awards from the Oregon Historical Society and the Benton County History Society and Museum for her work to promote local history. Harriet Moore died in 1992.

More Extent Information: 66 photographs; 2 boxes, including 1 oversize box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The photographs were donated to the University Archives by Moore in several accessions in the 1970s-1980s.

Related Materials:

The Special Collections and Archives Research Center holds numerous collections depicting Oregon State University students and faculty and the Oregon State campus. The Football Photograph Collection (P 004) includes hundreds of photographs of football players and games. Harriet's Photograph Collection (P HC), named in honor of Harriet Moore, is an extensive collection of photographs documenting the full range of Oregon State University people and activities. Additional information about Harriet Moore is available in the OSU Memorabilia Collection (MSS MC) file "MC - Moore, Harriet.

Several oral history interviews of Harriet Moore were conducted in the 1980s through 1991 and are available in these collections: Oral History Interviews, Personal Histories, and Sound Recordings Collection on Agriculture, Forestry, and Oregon History (OH 005); Horner Museum Oral History Collection (OH 010); Oral Histories of the Oregon State University Microbiology Department (OH 024); and the Royal G. Jackson Papers (MSS JacksonR).

Preferred Citation: Harriet Moore Photograph Collection (P 150), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information:

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]

Moore, Harriet L. Forest
Ball Studio
Howell's Studio

College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Football--Oregon--Corvallis.
Football players--Oregon--Corvallis.
Greek letter societies--Oregon--Corvallis.
Local History
Moore, Harriet L. Forest
Oregon Agricultural College--Football.
Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
Physical education for women--Oregon--Corvallis.
Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History
Women--Education (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.

Film negatives.
Photographic prints.