By Finding aid prepared by Megan Guerre.
Title: Student Activities Photograph Collection, 1910-1968
Predominant Dates: 1930-1960
ID: P 045
Extent: 0.05 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: The Student Activities Photographs have been arranged in one series: I. Student Activities Photographs, 1910-1968.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
The Student Activities Photograph Collection is an artificial collection of photographs documenting student activities at Oregon State University. The bulk of the collection consists of group photographs of student organizations, including the Blue Key Honor Society and Mortar Board Honor Society. Images of members and officers of the Dad's Club are also part of the collection.
Dan Poling, Dean of Men from 1947 to 1972, is pictured with members of the Blue Key Honor Society and the Dad's Club.
The collection includes images made by Howell's Studio and Hise Studio in Corvallis; all the items in the collection are b/w photographic prints.
The Oregon State Chapter of the Blue Key Honor Society was established in 1934 to recognize male students with a strong academic background and who demonstrated "superior leadership and unselfish commitment to others". Women became eligible for membership in 1977; prior to that time, Mortar Board was the comparable organization at Oregon State for women students.
The Mortar Board Honor Society was established at Oregon State College in 1933 as a senior honor society for women, recognizing scholarship, leadership, and service. The Oregon State (Cap and Gown) Chapter has won seven Chapter of Excellence Awards from the national organization. In 1975, Mortar Board began accepting men and by 1978 the Oregon State chapter had three male members.
The Oregon State University Dad's Club was founded in October of 1933 during a time of financial difficulty and insufficient enrollment at Oregon State College. With an aim toward recruitment, the Dad's Club organized events (at times in association with the Mothers Club) as well as awarded scholarships in order to increase prospective student interest in attending Oregon State. The Club was active into the 1980s.
More Extent Information: 35 photographs; 1 box
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: The photographs were acquired by the University Archives in the 1960s and 1970s; the source of the photographs is not known.
Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center's holdings include the records of a number of student groups and honor societies affiliated with the University including the Mortar Board Scrapbooks (MSS MortarBoard) and the Blue Key Fraternity Records (MSS BlueKey). Additional materials pertaining to Blue Key and Mortar Board are available in the Dean of Men Records (RG 134), Dean of Women's Office Records (RG 057), and the Student Affairs Records (RG 102). Photographs of student organizations and activities are available in many other collections held by the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.
Preferred Citation: Student Activities Photograph Collection (P 045), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Blue Key (Fraternity). Oregon State University Chapter
Clubs--Oregon--Corvallis.
College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Hise Studio
Howell's Studio
Mortar Board (Society). Oregon State University Chapter
Oregon State College--Societies, etc.
Oregon State College--Students.
Oregon State University--Societies, etc.
Oregon State University--Students.
Poling, Dan Williams
Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History
Women--Education (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
Photographic prints.