By Finding aid prepared by Ryan Atwood.
Title: Clifford L. Smith Photograph Collection, 1916-1919
ID: P 037
Primary Creator: Smith, Clifford L. (Clifford Lovejoy) (1907-)
Extent: 0.01 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: This collection is arranged in one series: I. Photographs.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
The Clifford L. Smith Photograph Collection consists of images assembled by Smith that document student life at Oregon Agricultural College in the late 1910s. Smith earned a B.S. from Oregon State in 1929 and joined the faculty in the early 1940s.
Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.
The Clifford L. Smith Photograph Collection consists of photographs assembled by Smith that document student life at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in the late 1910s. Several photos are pictures of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house and members. A number of photos also show many early traditions at Oregon Agricultural College, including the rook bonfire and rook-sophomore tug-of-war at the millrace. All of the items in the collection are photographic or postcard prints.
These images were made several years before Smith attended OAC; he may have acquired them through his connection with Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.
Clifford Lovejoy Smith was born February 23, 1907 in Kerby, Oregon. He attended Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in 1925-1929 and received a B.S. in Dairy Husbandry in 1929. Smith was an active student at OAC and a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
Smith earned graduate degrees from Kansas State University (M.S., 1930) and the University of Wisconsin (Ph.D. 1959) and joined the faculty of Oregon State College in the early 1940s. He was a founding board member of the E.R. Jackman Foundation and a member of the Steak and Chop Club. Smith retired from Oregon State University on June 30, 1969 at the age of 62. He died at the age of 84 on March 8, 1991, and the “Clifford Smith Memorial Agricultural Honors Scholarship” was created in 1992 in his honor by his family.
More Extent Information: 33 photographs; 1 box
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: The photographs were received by the University Archives in the 1960s.
Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center includes numerous collections of photographs of student life and activities at Oregon Agricultural College in the late 1910s. Photographs of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity are available in the Smith-Western Company Photographs of Oregon State College (P 164) and the Fraternities and Sororities Photograph Collection (P 034), among others. The Steak and Chop Club Records (MSS Steak) document the establishment of the organization and Clifford Smith's participation.
Preferred Citation: Clifford L. Smith Photograph Collection (P 037), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Smith, Clifford L. (Clifford Lovejoy) (1907-)
College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Greek letter societies--Oregon--Corvallis.
Lambda Chi Alpha
Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
Smith, Clifford L. (Clifford Lovejoy), 1907-
Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History
Photographic prints.
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