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John E. Dever Photographic Slides, 1960-1962

By Elizabeth Nielsen

Collection Overview

Title: John E. Dever Photographic Slides, 1960-1962

ID: P 237

Primary Creator: Dever, John Edward (1932-1998)

Extent: 0.01 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The John E. Dever Photographic Slides consist of color slides taken by Dever during his student years at Oregon State University in the 1960s. The images depict campus views and events as well as local landmarks and regional events.  Dever attended Oregon State University as a graduate student in botany and completed his M.S. degree in 1962.

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

Scope and Content Notes

The John E. Dever Photographic Slides consist of color slides taken by Dever during his student years at Oregon State University in the early 1960s.  The images primarily depict campus buildings and views, campus events, local landmarks, and regional events.  Of note are several images of the Oregon State marching band both inside and outside Parker Stadium, a football game in Parker Stadium, and yard signs and decorations commemorating the annual Civil War football game between Oregon State and the University of Oregon.

Images of Marys Peak as well as the Oregon State Capitol building in Salem are part of the collection.  Several photographs of the Albany Timber Carnival and the 1961 Willamette River flood in Corvallis are included as well.

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

Biographical / Historical Notes

John Edward Dever, Jr. attended Oregon State University as a graduate student in botany in the early 1960s.  He completed an M.S. in Botany in 1962 with the thesis  "Plant Production in a Woodland Stream under Controlled Conditions".  Dever then completed a Ph.D. in plant pathology at Michigan State University in 1967.

Dever was born in Camden, New Jersey, in 1932 and served in the U.S. Air Force as a meteorology instructor until 1956.  He earned a B.A. degree from Rutgers University in 1960.  After completion of his graduate degrees, he taught biology at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, for more than 30 years.  Dever died in Durango, Colorado in 1998.



Author: Elizabeth Nielsen

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 63 photographs; 1 box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: These slides were donated to the University Archives in 2000 by Dever's son, John E. Dever III.

Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center includes numerous collections of color photographic slides taken in the 1940s-1990s, including the voluminous and comprehensive Robert W. Henderson Photographic Slides Collection (P 098-SG 1).  The Larry Kirkland Photograph Collection (P 125) and the John L. Robbins Photographs (P 295) consist of images made by Oregon State students during the 1960s.

Preferred Citation: John E. Dever Photographic Slides (P 237), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information:

We acknowledge that materials in SCARC collections and the language that describes them may be harmful. We are actively working to address our descriptive practices; for more information please see our SCARC Anti-Racist Actions Statement online.

The archivist-prepared description of this collection uses the phrase “Civil War” to refer to the long-standing athletic rivalry between Oregon State University and the University of Oregon. A history of this athletic rivalry, and use of the phrase “Civil War” to describe it, is available online in The Origins of the "Civil War" Football Game blog post.

In June 2020, Oregon State University President Edward J. Ray announced that the term  “Civil War” will no longer be used by either university because it “represents a connection to a war fought to perpetuate slavery.”

We acknowledge the racism represented by the use of this phrase and the harm it may cause our users. In order to provide historical context and to enable standardized searching and access across our collections, we have retained the use of this phrase in the collection description.

[Date of acknowledgement: November 2021]

Finding Aid Revision History: This finding aid replaces information about the collection that was placed online in 2012.

Creators

Dever, John Edward (1932-1998)

People, Places, and Topics

College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
Floods--Oregon--Corvallis.
Marching bands--Oregon--Corvallis.
Marys Peak (Or.)
Oregon State University--Buildings
Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History

Forms of Material

Slides (photographs).


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