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Student Activities Photograph Collection, 1910-1968
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Student Activities Photograph Collection
- Dates
- 1910-1968 (inclusive)19101968
1930-1960 (bulk)19301960 - Quantity
- 0.05 cubic foot, including 35 photographs, (1 box)
- Collection Number
- P 045
- Summary
- The Student Activities Photograph Collection consists of Oregon State University student group photos and images of students engaged in a number of activities. Photographs of members and officers of Mortar Board, Blue Key, and the Dad's Club are included in the collection.
- 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
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Oregon State Chapter of the Blue Key Honor Society was established in 1934 to recognize male students with a strong academic background and who demonstrated "superior leadership and unselfish commitment to others". Women became eligible for membership in 1977; prior to that time, Mortar Board was the comparable organization at Oregon State for women students.
The Mortar Board Honor Society was established at Oregon State College in 1933 as a senior honor society for women, recognizing scholarship, leadership, and service. The Oregon State (Cap and Gown) Chapter has won seven Chapter of Excellence Awards from the national organization. In 1975, Mortar Board began accepting men and by 1978 the Oregon State chapter had three male members.
The Oregon State University Dad's Club was founded in October of 1933 during a time of financial difficulty and insufficient enrollment at Oregon State College. With an aim toward recruitment, the Dad's Club organized events (at times in association with the Mothers Club) as well as awarded scholarships in order to increase prospective student interest in attending Oregon State. The Club was active into the 1980s.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Student Activities Photograph Collection is an artificial collection of photographs documenting student activities at Oregon State University. The bulk of the collection consists of group photographs of student organizations, including the Blue Key Honor Society and Mortar Board Honor Society. Images of members and officers of the Dad's Club are also part of the collection.
Dan Poling, Dean of Men from 1947 to 1972, is pictured with members of the Blue Key Honor Society and the Dad's Club.
The collection includes images made by Howell's Studio and Hise Studio in Corvallis; all the items in the collection are b/w photographic prints.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Student Activities Photograph Collection (P 045), Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The Student Activities Photographs have been arranged in one series: I. Student Activities Photographs, 1910-1968.
Acquisition Information
The photographs were acquired by the University Archives in the 1960s and 1970s; the source of the photographs is not known.
Related Materials
The Special Collections & Archives Research Center's holdings include the records of a number of student groups and honor societies affiliated with the University including the Mortar Board Scrapbooks and Blue Key Fraternity Records. Additional materials pertaining to Blue Key and Mortar Board are available in the Dean of Men Records (RG 134), Dean of Women's Office Records (RG 057), and the Student Affairs Records (RG 102). Photographs of student organizations and activities are available in many other collections held by the Special Collections & Archives Research Center.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Student Activities Photographs, 1910-1968Return to Top
Series I consists of images depicting student activities at Oregon State Unviersity, primarily group photographs of student organizations.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | P045:01: Group photo
Individuals identified: (back row left to right) Frank Guthrie, Jerry Clark, Ivan Woods, Kenneth "Skip" Thayer, and Tom Pickens; (front row left to right) Lucy Baker, Delores Loring, Larry Beck, and Sally Hornecker.
|
circa 1955 |
| 1 | P045:02: Speech winners in NW Forensic Tournament at Linfield College
Individuals pictured: (front row) Patricia Wallace, Bernice Murray, Shirley Hill, Joyce Kennedy, Helen Peterson, and Barbara Dewey (back row) Professor Paul X. Knoll, Virginia Robinson, Wallace Coleman, Shirleen Barr, Don Dimick, Sylvia Arnold, Dean Bailey, and Dr. Earl W. Wells.
|
March 8-10, 1945 |
| 1 | P045:03: Group photo
Identified individuals: V.J. Brust and J. Jones.
|
1951 |
| 1 | P045:04: Zelta Weiman, Associated Women Students (AWS) President |
1949 |
| 1 | P045:05: Group photo
Identified individual: Ellis Tetsuya Okano.
|
1950 |
| 1 | P045:06-P045:07: Women at typewriters creating name tags for an activity 2 prints
Identified individual: Betty Sue Shideler.
|
1950 |
| 1 | P045:08: Group photo 2 prints
Includes a number of the individuals pictured in P045:03. Identified individual: J. Jones.
|
1951 |
| 1 | P045:09: Home Economics research 2 prints
The 1947 image depicts an individual in what appears to be an optometrist’s examination room. The 1960 image depicts four men looking at a map. Notation on back reads “Y Round table.”
|
1947 and 1960 |
| 1 | P045:10: Blue Key group photo photographic print
Individuals pictured: (front left to right) Fred Morse, Joe Ross, and John King; (middle left to right) Jack Sather, unidentified, Fred Morse (repeat of the first name), and Cleo French; (back left to right) Dan Poling, T. Nelson, Bill Southworth, Scheiman, unidentified, and Andy Landforce.
|
circa 1940 |
| 1 | P045:11: Marie Clark
Portrait produced by Howells Studio.
|
circa 1945 |
| 1 | P045:12: Flower arranging seminar |
1949 |
| 1 | P045:13: Group photo
Identified individual: V. Brust, back row right.
|
1951 |
| 1 | P045:14: Trysting Tree 2 prints
Reproductions of an early 20th century photograph of the Trysting Tree.
|
circa 1910s |
| 1 | P045:15: Hostess and Head Resident conference group photo |
1963 |
| 1 | P045:16: Mortar Board members
Individuals pictured: (left to right) Fern Edwards, Betty Jelinek, Elizabeth Fletcher, Adena Joy, Nadine Millhollen, Estora Ricks and Amy Aldrich.
|
circa 1930 |
| 1 | P045:17: Mortar Board members |
1932 |
| 1 | P045:18: Mortar Board members
Photograph produced by Howells Studio.
|
1933 |
| 1 | P045:19: Mortar Board members
Photograph produced by Howells Studio.
|
May 1934 |
| 1 | P045:20: Mortar Board members
Pictured: Betty Hamlin, Beth Bryant, Marian Murray, Helen Harstad, Joan Mead, Donna Rae Hill, Ruth Faubion, Margaret Buswell, Margaret Roberts, Florence Sims, and Marge Olsen. Photograph produced by Hise Studio.
|
1946 |
| 1 | P045:21: Mortar Board members |
1956 |
| 1 | P045:22: Mortar Board members |
circa 1956 |
| 1 | P045:23-P045:24: Dad’s Club members and officers 5 prints
Two photographs depict all the members of the Club. Two images of Hugh Engle Morrison and one image depicting Lee Hansen (Dad’s Club President) and Dan W. Poling (Dean of Men) are included.
|
1968 |
| 1 | P045:25: Dad’s Club Officers
Individuals identified: Lee Hansen, Ralph Folberg, Les Copenhagen, and Waldo Taylor.
|
1968 |
| 1 | P045:26: Dad’s Club Officers 2 prints
Individuals identified: Lee Hansen, Ralph Folberg, Les Copenhagen, Waldo Taylor, and Dan Poling.
|
1968 |
| 1 | P045:27: Mortar Board 2 prints
Board members: Barbara Altpeter, Judy Atwood, Carolyn Bergen, Judy Blair, Sharon Calder, Lori Connarn, Joan Dobrot, Laura Felbick, Sue Goeller, Jeanne Hawley, Carlene Hise, Anne Hofmann, Joan Kallberg, Heather Maser, Patti McQuaid, Sheila Miles, Sandra O’Neal, Jean Penrose, and Ernestine Sherman. This is a reproduction of a photograph in a Mortar Board scrapbook.
|
1961-1962 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Clubs--Oregon--Corvallis.
- College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Women--Education (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
Personal Names
- Poling, Dan Williams.
Corporate Names
- Blue Key (Fraternity). Oregon State University Chapter.
- Mortar Board (Society). Oregon State University Chapter.
- Oregon State University--Students.
- Oregon State College--Societies, etc.
- Oregon State College--Students.
- Oregon State University--Societies, etc.
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographic prints.
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- Hise Studio. (photographer)
- Howell's Studio. (photographer)
Finding aid prepared by
Megan Guerre.
2014
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