Ernest Cook Photographic Collection, circa 1890-1915

Title: Ernest Cook Photographic Collection, circa 1890-1915

ID: P 221

Primary Creator: Cook, Ernest (Ernest Sylvester)

Extent: 0.01 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Ernest Cook Photographic Collection consists of photographs published in the OSU Research Forests oral history of Wanda Marcks Cook and includes images of the Sulphur Springs Stock Ranch and the Oregon Agricultural College campus in the 1910s. Ernest Cook attended OAC in 1910-1911 and married Wanda Marcks in 1913.

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

Scope and Content Notes

The collection consists of photographs taken and/or assembled by Ernest Cook and published in the OSU Research Forests oral history, Wanda Marcks Cook: The Story of the Sulphur Springs Stock Ranch. They include images of the Sulphur Springs Stock Ranch, the Cook family, and the OAC campus in the 1910s. Of particular note are images of the library quadrangle that show the Wilson House and Alpha Hall.

The materials are 35 mm b/w copy negatives made from the originals and duplicate prints.

The photographs descriptions are taken directly from the OSU Research Forests oral history, Wanda Marcks Cook: The Story of the Sulphur Springs Stock Ranch, with minor editorial modifications.

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

Biographical / Historical Notes

Ernest Sylvester Cook attended Oregon Agriculture College as a special student in agriculture during the 1910/11 academic year. He married Wanda Marcks in about 1913 and they lived on the Sulphur Springs Stock Ranch until 1922 when they moved to Portland.

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 62 photographs; 1 box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Related Materials: The published oral history, Wanda Marcks Cook: The Story of the Sulphur Springs Stock Ranch, is available in the Soap Creek Valley History Project Oral Histories (OH 006).

Preferred Citation: Ernest Cook Photographic Collection (P 221), 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.

Creators

People, Places, and Topics

College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
Cook, Ernest (Ernest Sylvester)
Oregon Agricultural College--Buildings.
Soap Creek Valley (Benton County and Polk County, Or.)
Sulphur Springs (Benton County, Or.)