Leslie Miller Scrapbook, 1916-circa 1948

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Miller, Leslie Allan, 1898-
Title
Leslie Miller Scrapbook
Dates
1916-circa 1948 (inclusive)
1916-1919 (bulk)
Quantity
0.15 cubic feet, (1 oversize box)
Collection Number
MSS Miller
Summary
The Leslie Miller Scrapbook consists of clippings, memorabilia, and photographs of Miller's student years at Oregon Agricultural College. Miller was a student in agriculture from 1916 to 1919.
Repository
Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Leslie Allan Miller, of Grand Forks, British Columbia, was a student in agriculture at Oregon Agricultural College from the years 1916/17-1918/19. Miller was born on February 25, 1898, and served at the Presidio in San Francisco, California in the summer of 1918.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Leslie Miller Scrapbook consists of clippings, memorabilia, and photographs of Miller's student years at Oregon Agricultural College. The clippings include athletic and military events; dances and social events; and poems. Memorabilia includes railway tickey stubs; programs from theater and orchestra productions; bluebook examination scores; and a military vaccination register that indicated Miller's station in San Francisco, California. Of particular interest among the photographs are military maneuvers in front of various buildings on campus; photographs of Miller; women on campus; outdoor excursions; a trip to Neptune Beach in Alameda, California; and young men harvesting hops.

Also included with the scrapbook is a 1948 city map of Regina, Saskatchewan with annotations.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Leslie Miller Scrapbook, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Custodial History

This scrapbook was donated to the Horner Museum in 1981 by Verna Kentta and subsequently transferred to the OSU Archives in August 1996.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • College students--Oregon--Corvallis
  • Military education--Oregon--Corvallis
  • Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis

Corporate Names

  • Oregon Agricultural College--Students

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographic prints
  • Scrapbooks