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This interview picks up from Waldo Ball Oral History Interview (1 of 3), where Ball is describing Horner’s family. Isabelle Horner was at one point Ball’s history teacher and here Ball accounts his relationship with her. Mainly, Ball reflects on…

Waldo Ball is remembered by many Corvallis residents as a kind and practical man with a passion for medicine. For many families, he was their only primary physician and would often do house calls. After sixty-three years of practice, Ball retired…

The fourth and final interview in this series with E.B. Lemon starts with the main duties he was charged with as Dean of Administration at Oregon Agricultural College. Likening the position to a vice-president, Lemon saw that his primary duty was to…

The third installment from E.B. Lemon’s interview series gives us insight on the landscape of Oregon Agricultural College during World War I. The first noticeable change to him was that enrollment numbers were down because so many male students…

In his second interview, Lemon talks about what classes he enjoyed taking at Oregon Agricultural College. He explains that at the time he was attending, the school had to be able to pace itself in education as many students came from rural…

A well-respected member of the Oregon State University history, E.B. Lemon spent most of his life dedicated to the students of OSU. An active member in both the school administration and the Corvallis community, he supported many difficult decisions,…