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Armond C. Taylor Photograph Collection, 1916

By Finding aid prepared by Ryan Atwood and Elizabeth Nielsen.

Collection Overview

Title: Armond C. Taylor Photograph Collection, 1916

ID: P 139

Primary Creator: Taylor, Armond C.

Extent: 0.01 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: This collection is arranged in one series: 1. Photographs, 1916.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Armond C. Taylor Photograph Collection consists of photographic postcards of various buildings at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) buildings and campus views assembled by Taylor. Armond C. Taylor attended Oregon Agricultural College in 1913-1917 and earned a degree in forestry in 1917.

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

Scope and Content Notes

The Armond C. Taylor Photograph Collection consists of photographic postcards of Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) buildings and campus views assembled by Taylor during his student years at OAC. The collection includes several images of military cadets marching on lower campus. Of special note is a campus view looking west depicting Waldo Hall and the road and sidewalk that are now Jefferson Avenue. All of the postcards were published by the Patton Postcard Company.

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

Biographical / Historical Notes

Armond C. Taylor attended Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in 1913-1917. He graduated from OAC in 1917 with a degree in Forestry. Taylor was born on September 6, 1894 in Jackson County, Oregon, and died in November 1980 at the age of 86.

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 21 photographic postcards; 1 box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The photographs were received by the University Archives in the 1960s.

Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center's holdings include numerous collections with photographic postcards from this time period depicting campus buildings and views as well as many other photographs of campus buildings. Harriet's Photograph Collection (P HC) and the Buildings Photographic Collection (P 016) provide extensive photographic documentation of campus. Other collections with photographic postcards from this time period are the Pacific Photo Company Postcards (P 023), C.A. Vincent Photograph Collection (P 109), James G. Arbuthnot Photograph Collection (P 191), and the Harold Troxel Vedder Photograph Collection (P 190).

Preferred Citation: Armond C. Taylor Photograph Collection (P 139), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Creators

Taylor, Armond C.
Patton Post Card Co. (Salem, Or.)

People, Places, and Topics

College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Military education--Oregon--Corvallis.
Oregon Agricultural College--Buildings.
Taylor, Armond C.
University History

Forms of Material

Photographic postcards.


Box and Folder Listing