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Richard W. Gilkey Photographs, 1947-2005

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Gilkey, Richard William, 1930-
Title
Richard W. Gilkey Photographs
Dates
1947-2005 (inclusive)
1947-1953 (bulk)
Quantity
1 cubic foot, including 1050 photographs, (5 boxes, including 1 oversize box)
Collection Number
P 252
Summary
The Richard W. Gilkey Photographs consist of images made by Gilkey during his student years at Oregon State College in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The photographs provide extensive documentation of student life; many were published in the Beaver yearbook and the Oregon Stater alumni magazine. Gilkey earned BS and MS degrees from Oregon State.
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
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Biographical Note

Richard W. Gilkey attended Oregon State College from 1948 to 1953 and earned his BS in Science Education in 1951 and MS in Education in 1953. He was one of the first student photographers to document campus life in an official university capacity; many of his photographs were published in the Beaver yearbooks and Oregon Stater alumni magazine. He also worked as a stringer photographer for the Oregon Journal newspaper in Portland. He co-founded with other students, the Memorial Union Camera Club, which held an annual Spring Salon.

Gilkey was Supervisor of Audiovisual Education for the Portland Public Schools beginning in 1966 and Director of Educational Media from 1972 until his retirement in 1993.

The Archives developed an exhibit of his work that was held on campus in 2005 during the Golden Jubilee reunion weekend.

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Content Description

The Richard W. Gilkey Photographs consist of images made by Gilkey during his student years at Oregon State College. The photographs provide extensive documentation of student life and campus activities and include images of athletic facilities, events, athletes, and coaches; clubs, student organizations, fraternities, and sororities; dances and special events in the Memorial Union, such as the annual Christmas party; drama productions; student outings, such as canoeing on the Marys River; homecoming events; and commencement.

The collection includes images of the exteriors and interiors of many campus buildings. The Memorial Union, Library (Kidder Hall), Gill Coliseum, and Sackett Hall are well represented.

Of special note are a series of portraits of nine faculty made by Gilkey that were published as covers of the Oregon Stater alumni magazine in 1952-1953. Prints of these images made by Gilkey in 2005 are part of the collection. The Gilkey Photographs depict many students at Oregon State during the late 1940s and early 1950s; some, but not all, of the images of students are identified with their names.

Many of Gilkey's photographs were published in the Beaver yearbook, Oregon Stater alumni magazine, and Barometer campus newspaper as well as Paste Up at "State", the Tech Record, and Memorial Union and student organization publications. Paste Up at "State" was a pictorial magazine about students and student activities published by Oregon State students in November 1948.

The bulk of the collection is negatives. Most of the film negatives are 3.25 x 4.25 inches; the collection also includes 4x5 in negatives and a few individual frames of 120 film. Silver gelatin prints and digital prints are also part of the collection. Most of the prints were made in 2004-2005 for the exhibit.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Richard W. Gilkey Photographs (P 252), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The Richard W. Gilkey Photographs are arranged in 16 series: I. College Track, 1948; II. College Basketball, 1947-1952; III. College Football, 1947-1951; IV. College Baseball, 1948; V. Spot News, 1948; VI. Barometer, 1947-1951; VII. Paste Up at "State" and Other Publications, 1948-1949; VIII. Miscellaneous, 1949; IX. Dances, 1948; X. Memorial Union, circa 1950; XI. Oregon Stater, 1948-2005; XII. News Bureau, 1948-1951; XIII. Campus Buildings, circa 1950; XIV. Campus Views, circa 1950; XV. Unnumbered Color Transparencies, 1949; XVI. Documentary Materials, 1947-2005.

Acquisition Information

The materials were donated by Gilkey to the Archives in 2004 and 2005.

Related Materials

Richard Gilkey's photographs are part of many other collections in the Archives' holdings, including the Football Photographs (P 004), Alumni Association Photographs (P 017), and Harriet's Collection. An oral history interview of Gilkey is part of the Oregon State University Alumni Oral History Collection (OH 13). Extensive documentation of the Oregon Stater alumni magazine is available in the Alumni Association Records (RG 035). More recent photographs published in the Oregon Stater are available in the Oregon Stater Photographs (P 195).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • College environment--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • College sports--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • College student newspapers and periodicals--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Greek letter societies--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Student housing--Oregon--Corvallis.

Corporate Names

  • Oregon State College--Faculty.
  • Oregon State College--Students.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Color transparencies.
  • Film negatives.
  • Photographic prints.

Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen.
2009

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