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Phil Decker Oregon Crop Festival Photographs Collection, 2010-2016

By Tiah Edmunson-Morton

Collection Overview

Title: Phil Decker Oregon Crop Festival Photographs Collection, 2010-2016

ID: MSS Decker

Primary Creator: Decker, Phil

Extent: 703.0 megabytes. More info below.

Arrangement: The Phil Decker Photograph Collection is arranged into two series: 1. Crop Festival Photographs, 2010-2015; 2. Project Documents, 2015-2016.

Date Acquired: 00/00/2015

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Phil Decker Photograph Collection consists primarily of born-digital images taken by Phil Decker, a Salem-based photographer, of various crop festivals in Oregon. Decker is an elementary school principal and documentary photographer living in Salem, Oregon.

Access to the entire collection is available online. The collection has been curated into an online exhibit and is also available in Oregon Digital.

Scope and Content Notes

The Phil Decker Photograph Collection consists primarily of born-digital images taken by Phil Decker, a Salem-based photographer, of various crop festivals in Oregon.

This collection consists of 156 born digital photographs, supporting materials, and contextual information documenting thirteen crop festivals held in various communities around Oregon. The photographs were taken by Phil Decker of Salem, Oregon and include images of the Aumsville Corn Festival (2010, 2011); Donald Hazelnut Festival (2015); Baumann Farms Fall Harvest Festival (2011); Independence Hops and Heritage Festival (2011); Lincoln City Wild Mushroom Festival (2011); North Plains Elephant Garlic Festival (2011); Scappoose Sauerkraut Festival (2011); Weston Potato Show (2011); Lebanon Strawberry Festival (2012); Hubbard Hops Festival (2013); Irrigon Watermelon Festival (2013); Yamhill Harvest Fest (2013); and North Powder Huckelberry Festival (2014). Decker selected twelve images for each festival to deposit with SCARC.

In addition to the photographs, the collection includes a project description, item metadata and a biographical sketch supplied by the photographer, as well as an exhibit panel, a journal article, and a self-published book entitled Harvest of Moments, which provides additional background and context to the images.

Access to the entire collection is available online. The collection has been curated into an online exhibit and is also available in Oregon Digital.

Biographical / Historical Notes

Phil Decker is an elementary school principal and documentary photographer living in Salem, Oregon. In addition to his photographs of Oregon crop festivals, Decker's past photography projects have included series on urban landscapes in Salem; Salem's sister city Michoacan, Mexico; Haitian migrant farmworkers on Maryland's Eastern Shore; and immigrants in the US, Mexico, and crossing the border.

Author: Tiah Edmunson-Morton

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 1 12x15 oversize box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research. Permission to use the images held in the collection are granted under the Attribution, NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Related Materials: The Gwil Evans Photographic Collection (P 082) also contains images of agricultural festivals. Additional SCARC photograph collections that focus heavily on agriculture include the Agriculture Photograph Collection (P 040) and the Extension and Experiment Station Communications Photograph Collection (P 120).

Preferred Citation: Phil Decker Oregon Crop Festival Photograph Collection (MSS Decker), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Creators

Decker, Phil

People, Places, and Topics

Crops--Oregon.
Decker, Phil
Festivals--Oregon.
Natural Resources

Forms of Material

Born digital.


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