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Emile Pernot Photographs, 1893-1895

By Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen.

Collection Overview

Title: Emile Pernot Photographs, 1893-1895

ID: P 230

Primary Creator: Pernot, E. F. (Emile Francis) (1859-)

Extent: 0.25 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: The Emile Pernot Photographs are arranged in two series: I. Album, 1893-1895 and II. Albumen Prints, 1893-1895.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Emile Pernot Photographs consist of photographs of Oregon Agricultural College buildings, classrooms, faculty, students, and cadets made by Pernot in the mid-1890s. Emile Pernot was hired by Oregon Agricultural College in 1890 to teach photography and take photographs for the Experiment Station.

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

Scope and Content Notes

The Emile Pernot Photographs consist of mounted albumen prints of Oregon Agricultural College buildings, classrooms, faculty, students, and cadets, made by Pernot. Many of the photographs were published in the 1893-1894 Hayseed. John M. Bloss, OAC President; John D. Letcher, Professor of Mathematics; and George Coote, Professor of Horticulture, are also depicted in several of the images of classes. Examples of photomicrographs made by Pernot are included in the album.

The collection includes images of most of the buildings on the campus in 1893-1894 -- the Horticulture Building and Greenhouse, Mechanical Hall (which burned in 1898), Benton Hall, Cauthorn (Fairbanks) Hall, Alpha Hall, and the Station Building (now the Women's Center) -- as well as laboratories and classrooms. Classes in surveying, tile drainage, grafting, and cooking are depicted in the collection.

The majority of the photographs are bound in an album; the collection also includes prints mounted on both sides of individual mounting boards.

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

Biographical / Historical Notes

Emile F. Pernot was born in New York in 1859. He accompanied his brother, Henry, to Oregon in 1889, and together they opened a photography business. In 1890 Pernot was hired by Oregon Agricultural College to teach photography and to take photographs for the Experiment Station. Through his pioneering work in microphotography, he developed an interest in bacteriology, and was named the first chair of the Bacteriology Department in 1900. In 1910 Pernot was named bacteriologist for the city of Portland. He married Edith Coote, daughter of OAC horticulturalist George Coote. Pernot died in 1927.

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 62 photographs; 1 oversize box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: These materials were transferred from the Horner Museum collections to the University Archives in 1996.

Related Materials:

The Pernot Family Photographic Collection (P 220) includes images of the Pernot and Coote families as well as the Oregon Agricultural College campus and faculty. Several other photographic collections include photographs taken by Emile Pernot, including the Oregon State University Historical Photographs (P 025), the College of Agricultural Sciences Photographs (P 036), the Alice Kidder Evans Photograph Collection (P 144), and Harriet's Photograph Collection (P HC).

Oral history interviews with Mabel Pernot, daughter of Emile Pernot, are held in the Oral Histories of the Oregon State University Microbiology Department (OH 024) and the College of Home Economics Oral Histories (OH 011).

Preferred Citation: Emile Pernot Photographs (P 230), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Creators

Pernot, E. F. (Emile Francis) (1859-)

People, Places, and Topics

Bloss, John M. (John McKnight), 1839-1905
College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Coote, George, 1842-1908
Greenhouses--Oregon--Corvallis.
Letcher, John D. (John Davidson), 1853-1938
Local History
Military education--Oregon--Corvallis.
Oregon Agricultural College--Buildings.
Oregon Agricultural College--Faculty.
Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
Pernot, E. F. (Emile Francis), 1859-
University History

Forms of Material

Albumen prints.
Photographic prints.
Photomicrographs.


Box and Folder Listing