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Class Sessions Photograph Collection, 1907-1961

By Trevor Sandgathe

Collection Overview

Title: Class Sessions Photograph Collection, 1907-1961

Predominant Dates: 1907-1918

ID: P 047

Primary Creator: Oregon Agricultural College

Extent: 0.01 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: The Class Sessions Photograph Collection is comprised of one series: Photographs, 1907-1961. The photographs are arranged in the order assigned during the collection's preliminary processing.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Class Sessions Photograph Collection depicts Oregon State University students and faculty in classroom settings and engaged in various learning activities in the early to mid-1900s. Classes pictured include farm mechanics, pharmacy, business, engineering, home economics, and other subjects.

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

Scope and Content Notes

The Class Sessions Photograph Collection is comprised of 19 unique black and white photographic prints depicting class sessions at Oregon State University (then Oregon Agricultural College and Oregon State College) from 1907-1961. The photographs include images of students and instructors in classrooms and outdoor learning environments. Several of the images include women students. Classes pictured include farm mechanics, camp cookery, pharmacy, business, engineering, bacteriology, woodshop, soils sciences, home economics, sociology, art, and other subjects.

The photographs in this collection have been assigned numbers P047:01-P047:20. P047:02 is not extant.

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

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 1 box; 20 photographic prints

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: This collection was received by the Oregon State University Archives in the 1960s and appears to have been assembled from multiple sources. Image P047:03 was accessioned from the Oregon Stater magazine; P047:04 was accessioned from Kate Failing; P047:05 was accessioned from the Oregon State College News Bureau. P047:02 is not extant.

Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center holdings include numerous photograph collections documenting student and employee activities on the Oregon State University campus. The Student Activities Photograph Collection (P 045), Associated Students of OSU (ASOSU) Photographs (P 154), Faculty and Staff Photograph Collection (P 046), and the Beaver Yearbook Photographs (P 003) include images of students, faculty, classes, and teaching spaces.

Preferred Citation: Class Sessions Photograph Collection (P 047), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: A preliminary container list for this collection was published in 2012. This finding aid has been updated to reflect current arrangement and description practices.

Creators

Oregon Agricultural College
Oregon State College.

People, Places, and Topics

College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
College teaching--Oregon--Corvallis.
Oregon Agricultural College--Faculty.
Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
Oregon State College--Faculty.
Oregon State College--Students.
University History
Women--Education (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.

Forms of Material

Photographic prints.


Box and Folder Listing