By Finding aid prepared by Joy Hagler.
Title: Jay William Blair Photographic Collection, circa 1939-1942
ID: P 234
Primary Creator: Blair, Jay William
Extent: 0.1 cubic feet. More info below.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
The Jay William Blair Photographic Collection documents the Oregon State College campus and student activities. Blair attended OSC from 1939 to 1942 and graduated in 1942.
Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.
This collection consists primarily of photographic negatives made by Jay W. Blair documenting campus buildings and grounds and student activities during Blair's years at Oregon State College. The collection includes images of Blair and other students; panoramic views of campus and of a military review; and views of campus buildings, construction of the homecoming bonfire, the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority house, damage to campus trees by the 1941 ice storm, and the Mary's River dam.
All photographs are 2.75 x 4.5 negatives unless otherwise indicated.
Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.
More Extent Information: 58 photographs; 1 box
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: The collection was donated to the OSU Archives by Gladys Blair (Jay Blair's wife) in 1997.
Related Materials: A portrait photograph of Jay W. Blair is photo number 60 in the Hawley Hall Photograph Collection (P 176).
Preferred Citation: Jay William Blair Photographic Collection (P 234), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Other URL: A preliminary container list was created for this collection on or before Decemeber 11, 2015.
Blair, Jay William
Blair, Jay William
College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
Marys River (Or.)
Military education--Oregon--Corvallis.
Oregon State College--Buildings.
Oregon State College--Students.
Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
Film negatives.
Photographic prints.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.