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Buildings Photographic Collection, 1880-2002

Collection Overview

Title: Buildings Photographic Collection, 1880-2002

Predominant Dates: 1910-1970

ID: P 016

Primary Creator: Oregon State University

Extent: 2.1 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: All of the images have been assigned individual item numbers (P016:1-1356).

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Building Photographs collection documents Oregon State University buildings, grounds, and facilities as well as a limited number of other notable buildings in Corvallis. The collection also includes approximately 20 line drawings of buildings located on other Oregon University System campuses.

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

Scope and Content Notes

This collection contains photographs of Oregon State University buildings, grounds, and facilities as well as a limited number of images of other notable buildings in Corvallis. The collection also includes approximately 20 line drawings of buildings located on other Oregon University System campuses.

The collection includes a wide variety of formats, but the bulk of the collection consists of black and white prints, many of which are 5x7 or smaller. Among the formats are 28 glass negatives (including one 11x14 image); 10 lantern slides; and 2 autochromes. There are also line drawings, zinc etchings, postcards, and cyanotypes. In addition to the autochromes, other color images include 35-mm negatives and prints; slides; and 4x5 positive transparencies. There are very few original negatives in the collection. The collection includes prints for only 2 of the glass negatives. The collection also contains approximately 80 nitrate negatives, most with corresponding black and white prints. The nitrate negatives are stored separately.

An addition to the collection, accession 2011:029, consists of five photographic prints that document the groundbreaking ceremony in July 1990 for the construction of the Agriculture and Life Sciences Buliding. Among those featured in these images include Senator Hatfield, OSU faculty member George Keller, and OSU President John Byrne. Also depicted is a time capsule that was buried at the site.

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

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: approximately 1230 prints, 130 negatives, and 80 nitrate negatives.

Related Materials:

Other images of the Oregon State University campus, buildings, and grounds are available in Harriet's Photograph Collection (P HC), the News and Communications Services Photograph Collection (P 057), Gwil Evans Photographic Collection (P 082), and the Office of Budgets and Planning Photographs (P 200).

See Also: OSU Under Construction: 1894-1971

Preferred Citation: Buildings Photographic Collection (P 016), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Other URL: A preliminary finding aid was created for this collection on or before April 20, 2016.

Creators

Oregon State University

People, Places, and Topics

College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
Corvallis (Or.)
Corvallis College--Buildings.
Local History
Oregon Agricultural College--Buildings.
Oregon State Agricultural College--Buildings.
Oregon State College--Buildings.
Oregon State University
Oregon State University--Buildings
University History

Forms of Material

Autochromes (photographs).
Color transparencies.
Cyanotypes (photographic prints).
Drawings (visual works).
Film negatives.
Glass plate negatives.
Lantern slides.
Nitrate negatives.
Panoramic photographs.
Photographic postcards.
Photographic prints.
Slides (photographs).


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