Reva Buell Photograph Collection, 1902-1904

By Trevor Sandgathe and Sydney Klupar

Collection Overview

Title: Reva Buell Photograph Collection, 1902-1904

ID: P 065

Primary Creator: Buell, Reva

Extent: 0.05 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: The Reva Buell Photograph Collection is comprised of one series: Photographs, 1902-1904. The photographs are arranged in the order assigned during the collection's preliminary processing.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Reva Buell Photograph Collection consists of 14 mounted photographic prints depicting Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) scenes, buildings, and student groups. Reva Buell attended Oregon Agricultural College from 1900 to 1904, where she majored in Household Science.

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

Scope and Content Notes

The Reva Buell Photograph Collection is comprised of 14 mounted photographic prints. The images depict Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) military cadets, the track and field team, the 1903/04 basketabll team, and the makers of the 1905 class flag; several OAC buildings; a debate between students regarding the flag over the Administration Hall (now Community Hall); and a group sailing off the coast of Newport, Oregon. Many of the photographs in this collection bear the stamp of Emery Photographers, Corvallis.

Campus buildings are identified by the building name used at the time the photograph was taken. In instances where the building name has changed, the name used at the time of the finding aid's publication appears in brackets.

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

Biographical / Historical Notes

Reva Buell was born October 5, 1885 to Samuel Buell and Margaret Jane Tharp Buell. Reva's father, who was born in 1845, migrated west from Iowa on the Oregon Trail with his parents in 1847; the family settled first in California in 1852, but returned to Iowa in 1853. Samuel and his parents again journeyed west in 1858, settling in Yamhill County, Oregon in 1860, most likely near Sheridan. On May 9, 1868, Samuel married Margaret Jane Tharp, and the couple had five children together, Willard Samuel, Nora May, Joseph Henry, Ora Dell, and Reva.

Reva attended high school at Sheridan High School in Sheridan, Oregon. In 1900, she matriculated at Oregon Agricultural College, graduating in 1904 with a degree in Household Science. After graduating from OAC, she began a career as a school teacher in Salem, Oregon. On June 3, 1908, Buell married George Jefferson Case of Medina, Ohio and the couple settled in Molalla, Oregon. Reva and George had two children together, Carvel Buell Case and Carmen Case Gregory. Reva died September 28, 1971.

Author: Trevor Sandgathe and Rachel Lilley

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 1 box; 14 photographic prints

Statement on Access: This collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The Reva Buell Photograph Collection was accessioned by the Oregon State University Archives in the 1960s under the title "Mrs. George Case Photograph Collection." The collection is now housed in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.

Related Materials: The OSU Special Collections and Archives Researcher Center holdings contain numerous photograph and mansucript collections documenting the student experience at Oregon Agricultural College during the early 1900s including the Bertha Andresen Photographs (P 026), the James A. Sewell Photograph Album (P 259), and the Activities of Women Scrapbook (MSS ActivitiesWomen). Reva Buell appears in photograph P009:09 in the Women's Athletics Photograph Collection (P 009).

Preferred Citation: Reva Buell Photograph Collection (P 065), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: A preliminary container list for this collection was published in 2012. This finding aid has been updated to reflect current arrangement and description best practices. During reprocessing in 2018, 1 modern film copy negative of P065:05 was removed from the collection.

Creators

Buell, Reva
Emery, W. G.

People, Places, and Topics

Oregon Agricultural College
Oregon Agricultural College--Buildings.
Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History

Forms of Material

Cyanotypes (photographic prints).
Photographic prints.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Photographs, 1902-1904

The Reva Buell Photograph Collection is comprised of 14 mounted photographic prints depicting campus scenes and student activities on the Oregon Agricultural College campus from 1902-1904. Campus buildings are identified by the building name used at the time the photograph was taken. In instances where the building name has changed, the name used at the time of the finding aid's publication appears in brackets.

Item P065:01: Military drilling in front of Mechanical Hall [Kearney Hall], circa 1904

Image caption: "Boys drilling."

Item P065:02: Armory [Gladys Valley Gymnastics Center], circa 1904

Image caption: "Old Armory. The dances were held here."

1 cyantoype photographic print.

Item P065:03: Agriculture Hall [Furman Hall], circa 1904

Item P065:04: Composite image of OAC buildings, circa 1904

Includes: Cauthorn Hall [Fairbanks Hall], Administration Hall [Community Hall], Alpha Hall, the Armory [Gladys Valley Gymnastics Center], Chemical Laboratory [Women's Center], and Mechanical Hall [Kearney Hall].

Item P065:05: Group photo of the OAC track and field team, circa 1904

1 photographic print.

Item P065:06: Aerial view of a sailing excursion "over the bar" at Newport, Oregon, circa 1902

Item P065:07: Lucile Roberts and Una Stewart Carlson displaying the class of 1905 flag that they made together, circa 1904

Image caption: "Lucile Roberts - later Chuck Burton's mother."

Item P065:08: Group photo of the 1903-1904 OAC basketball team, 1904

Includes: Coach W. O. Trine and Assistant Coach Zophar Tharp.

Item P065:09: Group photo of the 1903-1904 OAC basketball team, 1904

Item P065:10: Group photo of OAC student military officers, circa 1904

Item P065:11: Group assembled at the location of class speeches, 1904

Image caption: "This is where the class of 1904 had their speeches on the lawn. The fight was over which class should have their flag over the Ad[ministration] Building. Harry Feyer took a rifle and shot and broke the pulley that held the flag and was expelled for one year. The pole was brought in at night and hid under one of the buildings."

Item P065:12: Group assembled at the location of class speeches, 1904

Image caption: "This is where they held their program. Merril Moores mounted a nail keg and made a speech."

Item P065:13: Group assembled at the location of class speeches, 1904

Image caption: "Another picture of the 1904-5 fight."

Item P065:14: Group assembled at the location of class speeches, 1904

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