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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
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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 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Basketball for women--Oregon--Corvallis.
- College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
- College sports for women--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Dance--Study and teaching--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Field hockey--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Intramural sports--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Modern dance.
- Physical education for women--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Women--Education (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Women--Recreation--Oregon--Corvallis.
Corporate Names
- Oregon Agricultural College--Sports.
- Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
- Oregon State College--Sports.
- Oregon State College--Students.
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographic prints.
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen
and Bryce Henry.
2010
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
