Emile Pernot Photographs

Emile Pernot Photographs, 1893-1895

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Pernot, E. F. (Emile Francis), 1859-
Title: Emile Pernot Photographs
Dates: 1893-1895 (inclusive)
18931895
Quantity: 0.25 cubic foot, including 62 photographs, (1 oversize box)
Collection Number: P 230
Summary: The Emile Pernot Photographs consist of photographs of Oregon Agricultural College buildings, classrooms, faculty, students, and cadets made by Pernot in the mid-1890s. Emile Pernot was hired by Oregon Agricultural College in 1890 to teach photography and take photographs for the Experiment Station.
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

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Emile F. Pernot was born in New York in 1859. He accompanied his brother, Henry, to Oregon in 1889, and together they opened a photography business. In 1890 Pernot was hired by Oregon Agricultural College to teach photography and to take photographs for the Experiment Station. Through his pioneering work in microphotography, he developed an interest in bacteriology, and was named the first chair of the Bacteriology Department in 1900. In 1910 Pernot was named bacteriologist for the city of Portland. He married Edith Coote, daughter of OAC horticulturalist George Coote. Pernot died in 1927.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Emile Pernot Photographs consist of mounted albumen prints of Oregon Agricultural College buildings, classrooms, faculty, students, and cadets, made by Pernot. Many of the photographs were published in the 1893-1894 Annual Catalog and the 1894 Hayseed. Of special note are portrait photographs of the Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) faculty that were published in the Hayseed. John M. Bloss, OAC President; John D. Letcher, Professor of Mathematics; and George Coote, Professor of Horticulture, are also depicted in several of the images of classes. Examples of photomicrographs made by Pernot are included in the album.

The collection includes images of most of the buildings on the campus in 1893-1894 -- the Horticulture Building and Greenhouse, Mechanical Hall (which burned in 1898), Benton Hall, Cauthorn (Fairbanks) Hall, Alpha Hall, and the Station Building (now the Women's Center) -- as well as laboratories and classrooms. Classes in surveying, tile drainage, grafting, and cooking are depicted in the collection.

The majority of the photographs are bound in an album; the collection also includes prints mounted on both sides of individual mounting boards.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Emile Pernot Photographs (P 230), Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The Emile Pernot Photographs are arranged in two series: I. Album, 1893-1895 and II. Albumen Prints, 1893-1895.

Acquisition Information

These materials were transferred from the Horner Museum collections to the University Archives in 1996.

Related Materials

The Pernot Family Photographic Collection (P 220) includes images of the Pernot and Coote families as well as the Oregon Agricultural College campus and faculty. Several other photographic collections include photographs taken by Emile Pernot, including the OSU Historical Photographic Collection (P 025), the College of Agricultural Sciences Photographs (P 036), the Alice Kidder Evans Photographs (P 144), and Harriet's Photographic Collection.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I: Album, 1893-1895Return to Top

Series I consists of an album of 48 mounted albumen prints depicting Oregon Agricultural College buildings, laboratories, students, and faculty. The series includes portrait photographs of all the Oregon Agricultural College faculty in 1894; the images were published in the 1894 Hayseed. Also of note are photomicrographs of plant materials.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
1	Class in tile drainage President John M. Bloss and faculty member John D. Letcher are shown with the students on agricultural land west of Cauthorn (Fairbanks) Hall.
1	New Horticultural Buildings and Photography Department George Coote standing in front of the greenhouse and Horticulture Building.
1	Old Horticultural Buildings
1	Botanical Laboratory
1	Machine shop
1	Old Mechanical Hall Brick structure; image includes water tower.	circa 1894
1	New Mechanical Hall Wooden frame addition to brick building; water tower also visible in the image.
1	Dynamo built by students fourth year
1	Wood work; first year
1	Iron work; second year
1	Plant specimen of Canada thistle
1	Plant specimen of sow thistle
1	Short horn cattle
1	Polled Angus
1	Photomicrographs 11 photographs Photographs made with microscope showing a healthy and diseased onion top; adulterated and pure mustard; adulterated and pure lard crystals; oat ??; spiral tissue; stony tissue; sap cell of diseased peach limb; and cross section of peach limb.
1	Beets 5 photographs A healthy beet leaf; a beet leaf eaten by a beetle; the beet leaf beetle; and a cross section of the beet root showing sugar cells.
1	John M. Bloss, President	1894
1	G.A. Covell, Professor of Mechanics	1894
1	J.D. Letcher, Professor of Mathematics	1894
1	J.B. Horner, Professor of English	1894
1	F. Berchtold, Professor of Language, History and Drawing	1894
1	George Coote, Professor of Horticulture	1894
1	F. L. Washburne, Professor of Geology and Entomology	1894
1	H. T. French, Professor of Agriculture	1894
1	G.W. Shaw, Professor of Chemistry and Physics and Station Chemist	1894
1	John F. Fulton, Assistant to Professor of Chemistry	1894
1	Moses Craig, Professor of Botany	1894
1	Margaret Snell	Professor of Household Economy and Hygiene
1	W.W. Bristow, Professor of Preparatory Department	1894
1	Ida B. Callahan, Assistant Preparatory Department	1894
1	Emile F. Pernot, Professor of Photography and Engraving	1894
1	Harley R. Clark, Professor of Printing	1894
1	Lieut. C.E. Dentler, Commandant	1894
1	E.M. Belknap, Instructor in Wood and Iron Work	1894

Series II: Albumen Prints, 1893-1895Return to Top

Series II consists of 14 mounted albumen prints that were probably originally part of an album. The images depict Oregon Agricultural College buildings, classrooms, laboratories, and students.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
1	Main college building Benton Hall.	circa 1895
1	College museum
1	Ladies Hall Alpha Hall.
1	Cooking class
1	Cauthorn Hall Fairbanks Hall.	circa 1893
1	Class in surveying John D. Letcher with students.	circa 1893
1	English Department classroom	circa 1893
1	College barn Octagonal barn.
1	College cadets In formation in front of Benton Hall.	circa 1894
1	College cadets College orchard and Horticulture Building in background.
1	Greenhouse interior
1	Class in grafting George Coote with students.
1	Chemical laboratory Perhaps in the basement of the Station Building (now known as Benton Annex or the Women's Center building).
1	Station building Now known as Benton Annex or the Women's Center building.

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