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Harry C. Patton Collection of Oregon State College Memorabilia, 1914-1971

By Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen.

Collection Overview

Title: Harry C. Patton Collection of Oregon State College Memorabilia, 1914-1971

Predominant Dates: 1914-1941

ID: MSS Patton

Primary Creator: Patton, Harry C.

Extent: 0.75 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Harry C. Patton Collection of Oregon State College Memorabilia consists of items assembled by Patton and his family and includes yearbooks, dance cards, pennants, patches, and other memorabilia. Harry C. Patton graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1917 with a BS in logging engineering.

Scope and Content Notes

The Harry C. Patton Collection of Oregon State College Memorabilia consists of items assembled by Patton and his daughter, Shirley Elizabeth Patton, and son-in-law, Jacob Wimer Bigham, Jr. The collection includes yearbooks, dance cards, pennants, patches, and other memorabilia. The 1915 and 1916 Orange and 1918 Beaver yearbooks are part of the collection and document Patton's student years at Oregon Agricultural College. An Oregon Agricultural College pennant from the 1910s is also included.

Dance cards, patches, a cap, and earmuffs acquired and assembled by Shirley and Jacob during their student years at Oregon State College in the late 1930s through early 1940s are included. A felt patch with the inscription Helonskis, Corvallis, Ore. and a profile of Marys Peak was created by the Helonskis Ski Club, which operated a ski tow and ski hut on Marys Peak. Oregon State (O) patches are also part of the collection.

A pennant commemorating the 1957 Rose Bowl football game has Rose Bowl game buttons and a 1961 homecoming button affixed to it. A 1971 brochure about Peavy Hall is also included.

Biographical / Historical Notes

Harry Clifford Patton, from Macleay, Oregon, attended Oregon Agricultural College in the mid-1910s and graduated in 1917 with a BS in logging engineering. Patton's daughter, Shirley Elizabeth Patton, enrolled at Oregon State College in 1938 and completed a BS in Secretarial Science in 1943. Harry C. Patton's son-in-law, Jacob Wimer Bigham, Jr. also attended Oregon State College. Bigham, from Oregon City, attended OSC from 1938 to 1941, studying engineering. He did not earn a degree from Oregon State.

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 3 boxes, including 1 oversize box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The materials were donated to the Archives in 2010 by Patton's grandaughter, Trudy Patton-Bigham Lieb.

Related Materials: Materials pertaining to the Class of 1917, including a class record book, are available in the OSU Memorabilia Collection (MSS MC). Information about Oregon State's participation in the 1957 Rose Bowl is available in the Sports Media Guides (PUB 054) and the Ted Mesang Collection (MSS Mesang).

Preferred Citation: Harry C. Patton Collection of Oregon State College Memorabilia (MSS Patton), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Creators

Patton, Harry C.

People, Places, and Topics

College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
Oregon State College--Students.
Patton, Harry C.
Rose Bowl (Football game) (1957 : Pasadena, Calif.)
University History

Forms of Material

Dance cards.
Ephemera (general object genre)


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