Floyd and Lilly Nordgren Edwards Collection, 1923-1932

Title: Floyd and Lilly Nordgren Edwards Collection, 1923-1932

Predominant Dates: 1930-1932

ID: MSS EdwardsFloyd

Primary Creator: Edwards, F. M. (Floyd Marven) (1899-)

Extent: 0.05 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Floyd and Lilly Nordgren Edwards Collection consists of materials created and assembled by Floyd Edwards and Lilly Nordgren primarily during the early 1930s when Edwards was a graduate student at Oregon Agricultural College and Nordgren was an instructor in office training and secretarial science. Floyd Edwards earned BS (1923) and MS (1931) degrees in agriculture from Oregon Agricultural College (OAC). Lilly Nordgren earned a BS in commerce from OAC in 1924.

Scope and Content Notes

The Floyd and Lilly Nordgren Edwards Collection consists of materials created and assembled by Edwards and Nordgren during their student years at Oregon Agricultural College. The collection includes notecards on livestock management, probably prepared by Edwards as part of his graduate studies; dance cards; and publications and ephemera. The dance cards are for dances in 1931 and 1932; many were hosted by Sigma Phi Epsilon.

The publications and ephemera include a 1923 Commencement Program, the Oregon State Creed, and brochures with college songs and yells.

Biographical / Historical Notes

Floyd Marven Edwards, from Monroe, Oregon, attended Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in the early 1920s and earned a BS in agriculture in 1923. He worked as an assistant in animal husbandry at OAC after graduation and enrolled as a graduate student in 1930. He earned his MS in animal husbandry in 1931 and completed a thesis on Fattening Lambs at the Union and Hermiston Branch Experiment Stations in Oregon, 1922-1929.

Lilly Magnhild Elsa Nordgren, from Aberdeen, Washington, also attended Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in the early 1920s and earned a BS in commerce in 1924. She became an instructor in office training and secretarial science upon graduation and continued as an instructor until the mid-1930s. In 1929-1932, she took several graduate courses at OAC and completed an MA in education at Stanford University in 1931. Her thesis was An Experimental Comparison of Beginning Students Writing of Standard and Noiseless Typewriters.

Edwards and Nordgren were married in 1932. Floyd Edwards is the younger brother of Alice L. Edwards.

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 1 box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The materials were transferred to the Archives from the Benton County Historical Museum, on behalf of Josh Kvidt, in 2010.

Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center holdings include many collections assembled by alumni during their student years at Oregon State. Other collections for the 1920s and early 1930s include the Kate W. Belden Collection (MSS Belden), Frederick V. Betts Scrapbook (MSS Betts), James W. Callaway Papers (MSS Callaway), Florence Gradon Scrapbook (MSS Gradon), and the Spike Sisters Scrapbooks (MSS Spike). The papers of Alice L. Edwards Papers (MSS EdwardsAlice), Floyd Edwards' sister, are also held by the Center.

Preferred Citation: Floyd and Lilly Nordgren Edwards Collection (MSS EdwardsFloyd), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Creators

People, Places, and Topics

College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Edwards, F. M. (Floyd Marven), 1899-
Natural Resources
Nordgren, Lilly M. E.
Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History