John Garman Oral History Interview (3 of 3)

Interviewee: John Garman
Interviewer: Jennifer Lee
Interview Date: October 11, 1979
Location: Weniger Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Duration: 1:32:53
 

In his third and final interview, Garman begins with detailing what “watchers” were with a bit of prompting from Jennifer Lee. They were volunteers during World War II that observed the sky and had a direct line to military command in case of an event. This later introduces the subject of what Garman taught to some of the military cadets at Oregon State College. Examples include aerial photography and basic physics, which was taught in order to give perspective on concepts like trajectory. During WWII, Garman was tasked with taking photography for the military but never housed any of the negatives.

Later in the interview Garman describes the setup that the photo service had at Oregon State. It included twenty-two rooms and was quite expansive. For Garman, photography was both a passion and a duty. He touches on how he kept up with changes in photography which was largely experimentation and research.

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Title

John Garman Oral History Interview (3 of 3)

Description

In his third and final interview, Garman begins with detailing what “watchers” were with a bit of prompting from Jennifer Lee. They were volunteers during World War II that observed the sky and had a direct line to military command in case of an event. This later introduces the subject of what Garman taught to some of the military cadets at Oregon State College. Examples include aerial photography and basic physics, which was taught in order to give perspective on concepts like trajectory. During WWII, Garman was tasked with taking photography for the military but never housed any of the negatives.

Later in the interview Garman describes the setup that the photo service had at Oregon State. It included twenty-two rooms and was quite expansive. For Garman, photography was both a passion and a duty. He touches on how he kept up with changes in photography which was largely experimentation and research.

Creator

John Garman

Source

Horner Museum Oral History Collection

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

October 11, 1979

Contributor

Jennifer Lee

Format

digitized audiocassette

Language

English

Type

oral history

Identifier

OH10-garman-john-19791011

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Jennifer Lee

Interviewee

John Garman

Location

Weniger Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Original Format

digitized audiocassette

Duration

1:32:53

OHMS Object

Interview Format

audio