Title: Agricultural Experiment Station Photographic Collection, circa 1900-1988
Predominant Dates: 1930-1970
ID: P 029
Primary Creator: Oregon State University. Agricultural Experiment Station
Extent: 1.7 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: About 210 images have been assigned item numbers [P29:1-210]. The remainder consists of the accession from the Astor Branch Station which are arranged by subject and described at the folder-level in the following inventory. Within this accession, prints, negatives (with the exception of nitrate), and slides are stored together. About 700 of the nitrate negatives are stored in negative albums [Albums A-G] with item-level descriptions. These descriptions (using the negative numbers assigned in the albums) have been incorporated into the accompanying inventory.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
This collection consists of photographs taken by Agricultural Experiment Station staff of Station agricultural research both in Corvallis and at Branch Stations throughout Oregon.
Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.
The bulk of the collection is a group of photographs from the John Jacob Astor Branch Experiment Station documenting its various research programs including the Northrup Creek Grazing Experiment, dairy cattle breeding and management, forage crops development, beef cattle production, and tussock (and other) weed control.
Other images of especial note in the collection are photographs of Asian pears and their marketing taken by Frank Charles Reimer, Superintendent of the Southern Oregon Experiment Station, during a 1917 trip to China.
This collection includes a variety of photographic forms including (in order of decreasing prominence): b/w prints; b/w negatives; color slides; color prints; and color negatives. Most of the b/w prints are 5x7 or smaller. The b/w negatives include a large number on nitrate-based stock which are stored separately. The collection includes original camera negatives for many of the b/w prints; there are also a substantial number of negatives without accompanying prints. The color negatives are from the mid-1940s and show some color shift. There are no prints of these negatives.
Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.
More Extent Information: Approximately 1050 prints, 800 negatives, and 200 slides.
Related Materials: Many other photographs of Agricultural Experiment Station programs are part of the Extension and Experiment Station Communications Photograph Collection (P 120), Experiment Station Publications Photographic Collection (P 132), and the Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin Illustrations (P 019). A b/w 16-mm film about the Astor Branch Station is a part of the Agricultural Experiment Station Motion Picture Films (FV 029). Additional information about the Northrup Creek Grazing Experiment is in the Extension and Experiment Station Communications Records (RG 069) Acc. 1991:160 and the Extension and Experiment Station Communications Photograph Collection (P210) photo numbers P120:8099-8208.
Preferred Citation: Agricultural Experiment Station Photographic Collection (P 029), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Processing Information:
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SCARC describes the contents of its collections using the language and terminology of the collections themselves. Since culturally acceptable terminology shifts over time, some of the terms that appear in these materials are currently outdated or offensive.
Historically, "squaw" has been used as a misogynist and racist slur to disparage indigenous American women. Within this historic usage, it has been applied to place names, and scientific or colloquial names for plants. In this collection, the term "squaw" is used in the context of the Squaw Butte Experiment Station. This station is now known as the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center.
In order to provide historical context and to enable standardized searching and access across our collections, we have retained the use of this phrase in the collection description. We acknowledge the racism represented by this language and the harm it may cause our users. Providing access to these historical materials does not endorse any attitidues or behavior depicted therein. For more information on impacted collections, see the blog post.
[Date of Acknowledgement: December 2023]
Oregon State University. Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural experiment stations--Oregon.
Agriculture--Research--Oregon.
Beef cattle--Oregon.
Crops--Research--Oregon.
Dairy cattle--Oregon.
Forests and forestry--Research--Oregon--Clatsop County.
Grazing--Oregon.
Hops and Brewing
Logging--Oregon--Clatsop County.
Natural Resources
Oregon State College. Agricultural Experiment Station
Oregon State College. John Jacob Astor Branch Experiment Station
Oregon State University. Agricultural Experiment Station
Oregon State University. John Jacob Astor Branch Experiment Station
Pear--China.
Reforestation--Oregon.
Reimer, F. C. (Frank Charles), 1881-
Tillamook Burn, Or., 1933.
University History
Film negatives.
Nitrate negatives.
Photographic prints.
Slides (photographs).