Orange Owl, 1920-1928
The Orange Owl was a college humor magazine published by the Orange Owl Chapter of the Hammer and Coffin National Honorary Society at Oregon Agricultural College during the 1920s. The magazine included humorous and satirical pieces as well as cartoons and pen sketches created by students.
Items from this collection have been digitized and are available online.
ID: PUB 010-13c
Extent: 0.35 cubic feet
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation: Orange Owl (PUB 010-13c), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note:
Issues of the Orange Owl were received by the Library as they were published in the 1920s; copies held in the Special Collections Vault Collection were transferred to the University Archives in 2010 and combined with paper and microfilmed copies to form one collection which is now held in the Special Collections & Archives Research Center.
Container List
- Series 1: Orange Owl, 1920-1928 Add to Shelf
- All issues but one are available in paper and on microfilm; one issue (volume 2, no. 3 for May 1921) is only available on microfilm. The titles for individual issues are given below. Issues with more than one paper copy in the collection are indicated below by the number of copies. A link to the online version of each issue is provided.
- Box-Folder 1.1: Junior Week-End (volume 1, no. 1), May 1920 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.2: Come Back Number (volume 2, no. 1), November 1920 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.3: Rainy Day Number (volume 2, no. 2), March 1921 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.4: Orange Owl (volume 3, no. 1), October 1921 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.5: Christmas Number (volume 3, no. 2), December 1921 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.6: Orange Owl (volume 3, no. 3), February 1922 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.7: Hard Times Number (volume 3, no. 4), March 1922 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.8: Love Number (volume 3, no. 5), April 1922 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.9: Junior Weekend (volume 3, no. 6), May 1922 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.10: "Something New" Number (volume 4, no. 1), October 1922 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.11: Old Grad Number (volume 4, no. 2), November 1922 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.12: Coed Number (volume 4, no. 3), January 1923 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.13: Movie Number (volume 4, no. 4), April 1923 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.14: Preppers Number (volume 4, no. 5), May 1923 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.15: R.O.T.C. Number (volume 4, no. 6), June 1923 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.16: Comeback Number (volume 5, no. 1), October 1923 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.17: "Big Game" Number (volume 5, no. 2), November 1923 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.18: Empty Sock Number (volume 5, no. 3), December 1923 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.19: Moron Number (volume 5, no. 4), February 1924 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.20: Unlucky Number (volume 5, no. 5), April 1924 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.21: Marine Sports Number (volume 5, no. 6), June 1924 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.22: The Orange Owl (volume 6, no. 1), October 1924 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.23: Home Again - Win Again Number (volume 6, no. 2), November 1924 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.24: Memorial Union Number (volume 6, no. 3), January 1925 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.25: Spring Fever Number (volume 6, no. 4), March 1925 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.26: Spring Style Number (volume 6, no. 5), May 1925 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.27: Registration Number (volume 7, no. 1), September 1925 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.28: Alumni Number (volume 7, no. 2), October 1925 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.29: Holiday Number (volume 7, no. 3), December 1925 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.30: Odd Number (volume 7, no. 4), February 1926 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.31: Picnic Number (volume 7, no. 5), May 1926 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.32: Literary Number (volume 7, no. 6), June 1926 Add to Shelf
- This issue of serious literary pieces was published by students in the English Department under the supervision of Professors S.H. Peterson, Gertrude McElfrish, and J.M. Kierzek.
- Extent: 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.33: The Request Number (volume 8, no. 1), October 1926 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.34: Homecoming Number (volume 8, no. 2), November 1926 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.35: "Adam's Rib" Number (volume 8, no. 3), February 1927 Add to Shelf
- Published exclusively by women students.
- Box-Folder 1.36: Hammer & Coffin Number (volume 8, no. 4), April 1927 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.37: Honeymoon Number (volume 8, no. 5), May 1927 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.38: Homecoming Number (volume 9, no. 1), October 1927 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.39: Purity Number (volume 9, no. 2), December 1927 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.40: Leap Year Number (volume 9, no. 3), February 1928 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.41: Sunday Paper Edition (volume 9, no. 4), April 1928 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.42: Weak-End Number (volume 9, no. 5), May 1928 Add to Shelf
- Reel 1: Junior Weekend Number (volume 2, no. 3), May 1921 Add to Shelf
- This issue is only available on microfilm and online.