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Aerial Photographs of Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, and Polk Counties, 1936-1979

By Trevor Sandgathe

Collection Overview

Title: Aerial Photographs of Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, and Polk Counties, 1936-1979

ID: P 321

Primary Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture

Extent: 50.0 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: This collection is comprised of six series: Series 1. Aerial Photo Mosaics, 1936-1978; Series 2. Benton County, 1936-1978; Series 3. Lincoln County, 1939-1972; Series 4. Linn County, 1948-1979; Series 5. Marion County, 1936-1970; Series 6. Polk County, 1936-1978. Series 2-6 include subseries for each flight, arranged chronologically by date. Photograph tiles are identified and grouped by serial number within series and subseries.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

This collection is comprised of aerial photographs taken by or under contract with the United States Department of Agriculture from 1936 to 1979 and includes images of 5 counties in western Oregon: Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, and Polk. The collection contains photo mosaics and partial sets of photographic tiles for each county.

This collection is being digitized, and is available online in Oregon Digital.

Scope and Content Notes

This collection is comprised of aerial photographs taken by or under contract with the United States Department of Agriculture from 1936 to 1979 and includes images of 5 counties in western Oregon: Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, and Polk.

This collection includes multiple sets of photographs (arranged chronologically by year) for each county. Each set is comprised of two components: photo mosaics (Series 1) and photo tiles (Series 2-6). The mosaics, which serve as indices for the photo tiles, are representations of each county (typically one quadrant of the county per sheet) made by arranging reproductions of the photo tiles in geographic order. The mosaics include serial numbers for each tile and are annotated to indicate which tiles are held in the collection. The photo tiles are largescale photographs of quadrangles within each county. The photo tiles typically include the date the photograph was taken and the tile's serial number (as recorded in the container list). Information indicating the tile's position within the county is not present. For this reason, the mosaics must be used to correlate a photo tile to a specific area within a county using the serial number. Because the photo tile sets are incomplete, each mosaic includes annotations indicating which photo tiles are present in the collection.

Many of the collection's mosaics and photographic tiles include manuscript annotations, markings highlighting geographic features, and alternative numbering schema.

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 82 boxes and 31 map folders; 8100 photo tiles

Statement on Access: This collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: Aerial photo tiles and mosaics from counties across Oregon were aggregated from several sources and maintained by the Oregon State University Libraries. The photo tiles and mosaics from Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, and Polk Counties were segregated and transferred to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center in 2016.

Related Materials:

Other collections with aerial photographs of western Oregon include the Camp Adair, Oregon, Maps and Aerial Photographs (MAPS Adair); Marys Peak Area Aerial Photographs (P 293); McDonald Forest Aerial Photographs (P 294); Siuslaw National Forest Aerial Photographs (P 292); Umatilla National Forest Aerial Photographs (P 296); and the United States Dept. of Agriculture Aerial Photographs of Linn, Benton, and Lincoln Counties, Oregon (P 267).

The Special Collections and Archives Research Center holdings also include numerous map collections documenting the geography of Oregon. Additional aerial photographs and maps of Oregon can be found at the University of Oregon Map & Aerial Photography Library.

Preferred Citation: Aerial Photographs of Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, and Polk Counties (P 321), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: The materials in this collection were originally part of a larger collection of aerial photographs maintained by the Oregon State University Libraries. In 2016, the photo tiles and mosaics featuring Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, and Polk Counties were transferred to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.

Creators

United States. Department of Agriculture

People, Places, and Topics

Benton County (Or.)--Aerial photographs.
Lincoln County (Or.)--Aerial photographs.
Linn County (Or.)--Aerial photographs.
Marion County (Or.)--Aerial photographs.
Polk County (Or.)--Aerial photographs.
United States. Department of Agriculture

Forms of Material

Aerial photographs.


Box and Folder Listing