Women's Athletics Photograph Collection

Women's Athletics Photograph Collection, 1899-1958

Overview of the Collection

Title: Women's Athletics Photograph Collection
Dates: 1899-1958 (inclusive)
18991958

1921-1940 (bulk)
19211940
Quantity: 0.03 cubic foot, including 60 photographs, (2 boxes, including 1 oversize box)
Collection Number: P 009
Summary: The Women's Athletics Photograph Collection consists of images of teams, events, and individual athletes participating in a variety of sports and recreational activities at Oregon State, primarily during the 1920s and 1930s.
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

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Intramural and intercollegiate athletics as well as physical recreation activities have been offered for women at Oregon State since at least as early as the 1890s. During the early and middle decades of the 20th century, Oregon State had one of the largest women's athletics program in the northwest. Oregon State's first basketball team was the women's team, established in 1898 and preceding the first men's team by 3 years. Several women basketball players were selected to receive the college emblem in the early 1900s by the Athletic Union.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Women's Athletics Photograph Collection consists of images of teams, events, and individual athletes participating in a variety of sports and recreational activities at Oregon State, primarily during the 1920s and 1930s. The collection includes images of archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, dance, fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, horseback riding, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, and waterskiing. Of special note are images of the first women's basketball team in 1898-1899. The collection also includes several images of dance performances and pageants.

All of the images are photographic prints and have been assigned individual numbers. Several images in the collection are available online. Many of the photographs were published in the Beaver yearbook.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Women's Athletics Photograph Collection (P 009), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection consists of one series: I. Women's Athletic Teams and Events, 1899-1958.

Acquisition Information

The images were acquired by the Archives from various sources primarily during the 1960s.

Related Materials

Additional photographs of women's athletes and athletic teams and events are available in Harriet's Collection. The Women's Recreation Association (WRA) Photographic Collection (P 171) consists of images of athletic events and recreational activities, primarily during the 1950s-1960s; the Oregon State University Women's Basketball and Field Hockey Scrapbooks include photographs of teams and and events during the 1960s. The Betty Lynd Thompson Papers include extensive materials document dance instruction and performances at Oregon State; the Health and Human Performance Records (RG 031) include materials pertaining to physical education and recreational activities at Oregon State.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I: Women's Athletic Teams and Events, 1899-1958Return to Top

Series I consists of photographs of individual athletes and teams as well as athletic events and recreational activities. The names of identified individuals are included in the description; images that were published in the Beaver yearbook are indicated as such.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
1	P009:01: Captain Alta Mentzer 2 prints Basketball player.	circa 1920
1	P009:03: Junior hockey team 2 prints	circa 1920
1	P009:04: Tennis action 2 prints	circa 1920
1	P009:05: Softball scene	circa 1920
1	P009:07: Women's basketball team Standing L-R: Inez Fuller, Coach Will Beach, Bessie Smith, Lona [Lana?] Smith. Sitting L-R: Leta Owensby, Fanny Getty	1899
1	P009:08: College basketball team 2 prints L-R: Bessie G. Smith, Letita Ownsbey, Elizabeth Hoover, Coach Will Beach, Minnie Smith, Inez Fuller (by banner in-front). Published in the June 1900 Souvenir Edition of the Barometer, which is available online.	1899
1	P009:09: Women athletes 2 prints Kneeling: Alice Wicklund, Eva Stoats (Mrs. FC Ritner), Edith Prince, Alice Jones, Maud Roberts (Mrs. HC Brodie), Margaret May Martin, Verna Kerker, Mary Elgin. Sitting: Ruth Lilly (Mrs. EH Pratt), Winnie Logan (Mrs. ER Woods), Maggie Maud Hays, Reta Price, Edna Buster (Mrs. JS Wheeler), Myrtle Harrington, Elizabeth "Bess" Yates, Mabel Stovall, Louise Gilbert. In Front: Reva Buell, Hazel Raber (Mrs. JC Ewing),Luella "Mary" VanCleve (Mrs. FL Stephens). Standing: Bess Danneman, Mary Danneman, Loene Montgomery, Laura Persinger, Alice Edwards, Lucile Roberts, Pearl Persinger, Candice Wicklund, Essie Adams, Jessie Wilson, Margaret McCormick, Gretta Harringtion, Una Stewart (Mrs. JW Carlson), Frances Gellatly, Madeline Nichols.	circa 1904
1	P009:10: Women's gymnastic team in a gymnastic formation 2 prints	circa 1930s
1	P009:11: Winning junior basketball team Pearl Horning, Alma Taylor, Mabel Harding, Eleanor Tonsing, Ruth Rydell, Martha Jane Pocklington, Audra Liska, Elda Aasen, Florence Kaufman.	1929
1	P009:12: Women in May Day pageant doing dance depiction of the history of Oregon Published in the 1921 Beaver yearbook, page 310.	1921
1	P009:13: Women fencing in gym class Published in the 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 216.	1938
1	P009:14: Three women pinning one to the ground in fencing class Published in the 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 216.	1938
1	P009:15: Three women playing basketball in gym class Published in the 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 214.	1938
1	P009:16: Two women playing badminton in gym class Published in the 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 215.	1938
1	P009:17: The physical education club on the steps of the Women's Building Published in the 1940 Beaver yearbook, page 149.	1940
1	P009:18: Badminton in the Women's Building, played by two women Published in the 1940 Beaver yearbook, page 147.	1940
1	P009:19: Members of the Archery Club sitting around a target outside the Women's Building Published in the 1940 Beaver yearbook, page 148.	1940-1941
1	P009:20: Women playing volleyball in the Women's Building Published in the 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 215.	1938
1	P009:21: Women in modern dance class Published in the 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 215.	1938
1	P009:22: Women playing baseball in field behind Women's Building Published in the 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 216.	1938
1	P009:23: Women swimming in pool, probably playing some kind of water polo Published in the 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 218.	1938
1	P009:24: Women playing basketball in Women's Building Published in the 1940 Beaver yearbook, page 146.	1940
1	P009:25: Women playing volleyball in gym class, in the Women's Building Published in the 1940 Beaver yearbook, page 146.	1940
1	P009:26: Captain and member of the junior basketball team	1921
1	P009:27: Junior volleyball champions Includes Frances Reid, Captain, Commerce; Helen Wirkkala, Commerce; Marie Baumback, Home Economics; June Hudson, Commerce; Gennette Miner, Home Economics; and Lan Chen Kung, Home Economics. Published in 1929 Beaver yearbook, page 245.	1929
1	P009:28: Women's swimming group Includes Audrey Louise Johnson.	1941
1	P009:29: Sharon Spencer, Homecoming Queen for 1958-1959, waterskiing at the Cypress Gardens in Florida 2 prints	1958
1	P009:30: Double badminton championship for Sackett B Marjorie English and Virginia Moses.	1951
1	P009:31: Orchesis members in a dance formation Pat Kelley and Phyllis Horseman.	1951
1	P009:32: Track, a girl jumping over the high jump 2 prints	circa 1925
1	P009:33: Track, woman preparing to throw discus jump	circa 1925
1	P009:34: Baseball team playing in field behind Women's Building; Weatherford Hall in background. Published in 1940 Beaver yearbook, page 148.	1940
1	P009:35: Volleyball game in the Women's gym Published in 1938 Beaver yearbook, page 215.	1938
1	P009:36: Track; four women running the hurdles in front of the stadium	circa 1925
1	P009:37: Track; a woman jumping the high jump	circa 1925
1	P009:38: Woman jumping the broad jump on track behind bleachers	circa 1925
1	P009:39: Junior basketball team Published in the 1921 Beaver yearbook, page 305.	1921
1	P009:40: Physical education dance group outside on the lawn	circa 1930
1-2	P009:41: Dance pageant on the lawn 3 prints and 2 oversize prints Published in the 1923 Beaver yearbook, page 319.	1923
1	P009:42: Mother's Day pageant, women dancing on the lawn	1925
1	P009:43: Mother's Day pageant, women dancing on the lawn 3 prints	1925
1	P009:44: Women's field hockey
1	P009:45: Two women in dance or formal dresses	circa 1925
1	P009:46 - P009:47: Four women with horses Equestrian team (?).	circa 1930

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