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

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

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.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

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.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

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).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I:  College Track, 1948Return to Top

8 negatives

Series I consists of photographs of the 1948 Oregon State track meet versus the University of Oregon.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
SpCT-001 - SpCT-003: OSC vs. Oregon
3 negatives
May 15, 1948
1
SpCT-004 - SpCT-006: Rassmussin
4 negatives
May 15, 1948
1
SpCT-007: OSC vs. Oregon
May 15, 1948

Series II:  College Basketball, 1947-1952Return to Top

112 negatives

Series II consists of photographs of basketball games.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
SpCBk-001 - SpCBK-003: OSC vs. Portland University
3 negatives
November 28, 1947
1
SpCBk-004 - SpCBk-006: OSC vs. Linfield
3 negatives
1
SpCBk-007 - SpCBk-009: OSC vs. Portland University
3 negatives
January 2, 1948
1
SpCBk-010: OSC vs. Oregon
January 19, 1948
1
SpCBk-011: OSC vs. Oregon
January 11, 1948
1
SpCBk-012: OSC vs. Oregon
January 17, 1948
1
SpCBk-013: OSC vs. Oregon
January 17, 1948
1
SpCBk-014 - SpCBk-019: OSC vs. Washington
5 negatives
January 30, 1948
1
SpCBk-020 - SpCBk-022: OSC vs. Washington
3 negatives
January 30, 1948
1
SpCBk-023 - SpCBk-024: OSC vs. Idaho
2 negatives
February 16, 1948
1
SpCBk-025 - SpCBk-026: OSC vs. Idaho
2 negatives
1
SpCBk-027 - SpCBk-030: OSC vs. Idaho
4 negatives
February 17, 1948
1
SpCBk-031 - SpCBk-034: OSC vs. Oregon
4 negatives
February 20, 1948
1
SpCBk-035 - SpCBk-038: OSC vs. Oregon
4 negatives
February 21, 1948
1
SpCBk-039 - SpCBk-043: OSC vs. Washington State College
5 negatives
February 27, 1948
1
SpCBk-044 - SpCBk-046: OSC vs. Washington State College
3 negatives
February 28, 1948
1
SpCBk-047 - SpCBk-054: OSC vs. Oregon
8 negatives
March 6, 1948
1
SpCBk-055 - SpCBk-058: OSC vs. Willamette University
4 negatives
December 10, 1948
1
SpCBk-059 - SpCBk-062: OSC vs. Utah
4 negatives
1
SpCBk-063 - SpCBk-071: OSC vs. Indiana
8 negatives
1
SpCBk-072 - SpCBk-078: OSC vs. Minnesota
6 negatives
1
SpCBk-079 - SpCBk-082: OSC vs. Washington State College
4 negatives
1
SpCBk-083 - SpCBk-090: OSC vs. Oregon
8 negatives
1
SpCBk-091 - SpCBk-096: OSC vs. Washington
9 negatives
1
SpCBk-097 - SpCBk-104: OSC vs. Oregon
8 negatives
1
SpCBk-105: OSC vs. Washington State College
7 negatives
January 4, 1952

Series III:  College Football, 1947-1951Return to Top

147 negatives

The College Football photographs include images of several football games as well as halftime activities with the marching band and cheerleaders.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
SpCF-001: Oregon State vs. University of Portland freshman
1
SpCF-002 - SpCF-003: OSU Rooks vs. University of Portland frosh
2 negatives
1
SpCF-004 - SpCF-006: OSC vs. Washington State College
3 negatives
1947
1
SpCF-007 - SpCF-012: OSC vs. Idaho
6 negatives
1948
1
SpCF-013 - SpCF-019: OSC vs. Washington
7 negatives
1948
1
SpCF-020 -SpCF-027: OSC vs. Portland
8 negatives
1948
1
SpCF-029 - SpCF-034: OSC vs. Michigan State College
6 negatives
October 30, 1948
1
SpCF-035 - SpCF-038: OSC vs. Utah
4 negatives
November 13, 1948
1
SpCF-039 - SpCF-044: OSC vs. Oregon
6 negatives
November 20, 1948
1
SpCF-045 - SpCF-048: OSC vs. Nebraska
4 negatives
November 27, 1948
1
SpCF-049 - SpCF-052: OSC vs. California
1949
1
SpCF-053 - SpCF-062: OSC vs. Washington in Seattle
8 negatives
Image SpCF-054 shows Oregon State player Carpenter preventing Washington touchdown by knocking down a pass from Don O'Leary to Darold Falkey in the end zone.
1949
1
SpCF-063 - SpCF-071: OSC vs. Washington State College
9 negatives
1
SpCF-072 - SpCF-079: OSC vs. Michigan State College, 25-20
9 negatives
1
SpCF-081 - SpCF-089: OSC vs. Oregon, 20-10
9 negatives
1
SpCF-090: OSC vs. Stanford
7 negatives
1
SpCF-091: OSC vs. Washington
12 negatives
1
SpCF-092 - SpCF-102: OSC vs. California
11 negatives
1
SpCF-103 - SpCF-115: OSC vs. Oregon
13 negatives
1
SpCF-116: Football halftime
2 negatives
1
SpCF-117: Football halftime - Seattle
7 negatives
1951
1
SpCF-118: OSC vs. UCLA
5 negatives
1
Unidentified football game (Dick Galling)
7 negatives

Series IV:  College Baseball, 1948Return to Top

13 negatives

Series IV consists of photographs of 1948 baseball games against the University of Washington and the University of Oregon.

Container(s) Description Dates
SpCBa-001 - SpCBa-007: OSC vs. Washington
7 negatives
Box
1
April 26, 1948
1 April 26, 1948
1
April 26, 1948
1
April 27, 1948
1
April 27, 1948
1 April 27, 1948
1
April 27, 1948
SpCBa-008 - SpCBa-013: OSC vs. Oregon
6 negatives
Box
1
1
1
1
1
1

Series V:  Spot News, 1948Return to Top

14 photographs

The Spot News photographs document the student rally in support of basketball coach Slats Gill held in spring 1948 when the campus community learned that Gill was being considered for open coaching positions at UCLA and the University of Minnesota.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
NS-001: Slats Gill on Porch at Rally
NS-002: Petition Being Presented at Rally
March 1948
Box
1
negative
3
digital print
Box
1
NS-003 - NS-013: Crowd at Gill Rally
11 negatives
March 1948

Series VI:   Barometer , 1947-1951Return to Top

100 negatives

The Barometer photographs depict a variety of campus events and student activities including homecoming, student elections, international students, music groups, theater productions, and dances. The Freedom Train, which housed documents pertaining to United States history, visited Corvallis during its nationwide tour.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
PuB-001: Hudson Hall Homecoming Sign
2 negatives
1
PuB-002: Barber Shop Quartet
PuB-003 - PuB-004: College Choir
2 negatives
Box
1
1
Box
1
PuB-005: OSC Ski Team
1
PuB-006: Preminodiers Club
3 negatives
1948
1
PuB-007: Northwest College Conference Officers for 1947/1948
2 negatives
ca. 1948
1
PuB-008: R. G and looks at documents
1
PuB-009: Dedication Week Parade
1948
1
PuB-010: Crowd Entering Freedom Train
1948
1
PuB-011: Freedom Train
April 1948
1
PuB-012: Freedom Train Lineup
2 negatives
1948
1
PuB-013 - PuB-016: Sophomore Show
4 negatives
1948
1
PuB-017: Little Come Kanidates
3 negatives
1
PuB-018: Ag Jamboree Queen
2 negatives
1948
1
PuB-019 - PuB-021: Play - State of the Union
3 negatives
1
PuB-022: Mortar Board
4 negatives
1947-1948
1
Pub-023: Glass Blowing Club
2 negatives
April 8, 1948
1
PuB-024 - PuB-029: Sadie Hawkins Day
6 negatives
PuB-024 available online.
1948
1
PuB-030: Nursery School
1948
1
PuB-031: Betas Practicing for Interfraternity Sing
2 negatives
1
PuB-032 - PuB-034: Squaring the Circle
3 negatives
1948
1
PuB-035: Scarboard and Blade Flag Raising Ceremony
2 negatives
1
PuB-036: Ben Howe
4 negatives
1
PuB-046: Freshman Week Committee Pictures for Fall 1948 Barometer
2 negatives
1948
1
PuB-047: Homecoming Princesses
2 negatives
1948
1
PuB-051: Background for Queen Pictures in Homecoming Issue
1
PuB-054: Card Section Committee
2 negatives
1
PuB-055: Crowd at Utah Game
2 negatives
1
PuB-057: "Buck" Dorthery
4 negatives
1
PuB-058: Free Stater Presidential Candidates
4 negatives
1
PuB-059: Camera Club Field Trip
1
PuB-060: Sue Barns Washing a Pig
2 negatives
1
PuB-061 - PuB-067: Vaughn Monroe
6 negatives
1
PuB-068: Homecoming Committee
2 negatives
1
PuB-069: Foreign Students Round Table
3 negatives
1
PuB-070: Mayhem
5 negatives
1951
1
PuB-071: Beaver Sales Drive
1951
1
PuB-072: Beaver Publicity
9 negatives
One image available online.

Series VII:   Paste Up at "State" and Other Publications, 1948-1949Return to Top

89 photographs

Series VII includes many of the images that were published in the 1948 Paste Up at "State" publication as well as images for other publications. The photographs document student activities and events as well as campus buildings.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
2
PuX-055 - PuX-056: Bolter Twins
2 negatives
2
PuX-057 - PuX-058: Bob Carl
2 negatives
2
PuX-082 - PuX-083: Formals (Group)
4 negatives
2
PuX-087: Bathing Suit Group
2
PuX-088 - PuX-091: Dorothy Murray
4 negatives
2
PuX-090 - PuX-091: Canoeing
4 negatives
2
PuX-092: At Concert
2
PuX-093: Group At Concert
2
PuX-094 - PuX-095: Mrs. Naismith
2 negatives
2
PuX-096: Edward Norris Tarbell Medallion awarded to James Naismith
2
PuX-097 - PuX-110: Nickel Hops
13 negatives
2
PuX-111 - PuX-124: Sackett
14 negatives
2
PuX-124 - PuX-125: Delta Theta Delta Mascot (dog)
2 negatives
2
PuX-126: Sigma Phi Epsilon Mascot (dog)
2 negatives
2
PuX-127 - PuX-128: Sigma Alpha Epsilon Mascot (dog)
2 negatives
2
PuX-129: Sigma Nu Mascot (dog)
2-3
PuX-130: Library interior
1 negative and 1 print
2
PuX-131: Eager Beavers
2
PuX-132: Rally Squad
2
PuX-133 - PuX-134: Rook Lid
2 negatives
2
PuX-136 - PuX-137: Mixer Dance
2 negatives
2
PuX-139: Multnomah Stadium
2
PuX-140 - PuX-141: Crowd at Multnomah Stadium
2 negatives
2
PuX-142: OSC Band
2
PuX-143 - PuX-144: Hacking
2 negatives
2
PuX-145: Sigma Phi Epsilon Living Room
2
PuX-146 - PuX-149: Library
3 negatives
Images PuX-146, PuX-148, and PuX-149 available online.
2
PuX-150: Memorial Union
2
PuX-177: Spring football rally -crowd and Jim Spetz
2
PuX-178: Spring football rally - Football Queen
2
PuX-179 - PuX-180: Spring football rally - crowd and Jim Spetz
2 negatives
2
PuX-181 - PuX-188: The TAXI Roman Holiday
8 negatives
2
PuX-215: Fall 1949 Cover
2 negatives
Copy negatives of print of unidentified woman.
1949

Series VIII:  Miscellaneous, 1949Return to Top

24 negatives

Series VIII includes various images, including several images taken for the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. It also includes images of the first Memorial Union Camera Club exhibit.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
2
PuMi-001 - PuMi-003: Fashion pictures for Mado
3 negatives
2
PuMi-004 - PuMi-006: Tech Record cover
3 negatives
2
PuMi-007 - PuMi-008: Cover Phi Delta Rushing Pamphlet
2 negatives
2
PuMi-009: Phi Delta Lettermen
3 negatives
2
PuMi-010: Phi Delta Rushing Pamphlet
6 negatives
1949
2
PuMi-011: First Annual Memorial Union Camera Club Exhibit
6 negatives

Series IX:  Dances, 1948Return to Top

23 negatives

Series IX consists primarily of group photographs of attendees at the dances and includes a few images of couples dancing.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
2
CMDA-017 - CMDA-025: Dolan Hall Dance
9 negatives
2
CMDA-026 - CMDA-029: Central Hall Dance
4 negatives
2
CMDA-030 - CMDA-035: Theta Xi Dance
6 negatives
April 17, 1948
2
CMDA-036 - CMDA-039: Pi Beta Phi house dance
4 negatives
November 13, 1948

Series X:  Memorial Union, circa 1950Return to Top

123 photographs

The Memorial Union photographs depict Memorial Union officers and various activities and special events offered by the Memorial Union, including the annual Christmas party.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
2
PUM-001: Joy Reynolds, Memorial Union Activity Council
2
PUM-002: Jack Lee, Memorial Union Activity Council
2
PUM-003: Mary L. Gilfillan, Memorial Union Activity Council
2
PUM-004: Hern Kaiser, Memorial Union Activity Council
2
PUM-005: Dan Thomas, Memorial Union Activity Council
2
PUM-006: Tim Dunn, Memorial Union Activity Council
2
PUM-007: Paul Moser, Memorial Union Activity Council
2
PUM-008: Jim Gray, Memorial Union Activity Council
2
PUM-009: Bob Reeves, Memorial Union Activity Council
2
PUM-010: Normettia Ellis, Memorial Union activity Council
2
PUM-011: Memorial Union Activity Council
2
PUM-012: Virginia Johnson, Memorial Union Activity Council
2
PUM-013 - PUM-016: Senator Wayne Morse
4 negatives
2
PUM-017: Charlie Petersen and Mary Lehr
2
PUM-018: Charlie Petersen and Mrs. Johnson
2
PUM-019: Charlie Petersen and President Strand
2
PUM-020: Charlie Petersen Exhibition
2
PUM-021 - PUM-023: Rembrandt Etching
3 negatives
2
PUM-024: Christmas Table Decoration
2
PUM-025 - PUM-027: Christmas Decorations
3 negatives
2
PUM-028 - PUM-029: Christmas Decorations, Lounge
2 negatives
2
PUM-030 - PUM-031: Christmas Decorations, Vestibule
2 negatives
2
PUM-032 - PUM-034: Carol Singing
3 negatives
2
PUM-035: Tea Room at Christmas Party
2
PUM-036 - PUM-038: Christmas Party
3 negatives
2
PUM-039: Bob Shilleriff, Memorial Union Activities Council
4 negatives
2
PUM-040 - PUM-041: Doug McKay Invitation
2 negatives
2
PUM-042: President Strand Birthday
2
PUM-043: Dalton Johnson
2
PUM-044: Spring Salon
2
PUM-045 - PUM-047: Jam Session
2 negatives
2
PUM-048: Cleaner Figures
2 negatives
2
PUM-049: Picture Hanging
2
PUM-050: Dark Room
2
PUM-051: Listening Room
2
PUM-052: Dining Service
2
PUM-053: Chess Players
2
PUM-054: Dance Band
2
PUM-055: Organ
2
PUM-056: Piano
2
PUM-057: Poster Painting
2
PUM-058: Tours
2
PUM-059: Fireplace
2
PUM-060: Program Consultant
2-3
PUM-061 - PUM-062: Sunrise Service
4 negatives and 1 digital print
2
PUM-063: Memorial Vestibule
2
PUM-064: Final Exams
2
PUM-065: Portrait Night
2
PUM-066: Swimming Pool
2
PUM-067: Table Tennis
2
PUM-068: Movies
2
PUM-069: Square Dancing
2
PUM-070: Memorial Union at Night
2 negatives
2
PUM-071: Bob Knoll
2
PUM-072: Cover for Pictorial
2
PUM-074: Other Pictures for Cover
8 negatives
2
PUM-075: CO-OP
2
PUM-076: The "O"
2
PUM-077: Ballroom
2
PUM-078: Planning Conference
2
PUM-079 - PUM-082: Front of Memorial Union
4 negatives
2
PUM-083: Unidentified Students
6 negatives
2
PUM-084: Toast Masters
2 negatives
2
PUM-085: Pillars of Memorial Union for calendar
2 negatives
2
PUM-086 - PUM-097: Planning Conference
19 photographs

Series XI:   Oregon Stater , 1948-2005Return to Top

263 photographs

The Oregon Stater photographs document student activities and campus events. Many of the images were published in the alumni magazine. The photographs include images of homecoming events, commencement, and athletic facilities and events. Of special note are images of Oregon State faculty that were published on covers of the Stater in 1952-1953. Prints made by Gilkey in 2005 are included.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
2
PuO-001: Peterson
1948
2
PuO-002: Crandell and Peterson
2 negatives
1948
2
PuO-003: Cliff Crandell
1948
2
PuO-004: Registration for Homecoming
5 negatives
1948
2
PuO-005: OSC Foundation Committee
1948
2
PuO-006: Varsity O Mascot, WSU Game
1948
2
PuO-007: Homecoming Luncheon at Armory
4 negatives
1948
2
PuO-008: Homecoming Queen Court
1948
2
PuO-009: Rook Bonfire
1949
2
PuO-010: SAE Homecoming Sign
1949
2
PuO-011: Alpha Phi Homecoming Sign
1949
2
PuO-012: Homecoming Queen Sally Reymers
1947
2
PuO-013: ROTC Honor Studio
1948
2
PuO-014: Electrical Engineering Building
1948
2
PuO-015 - PuO-016: Ski Class
2 negatives
1948
2
PuO-017: Golf and Tennis Players
2 negatives
2
PuO-018: Scarecrow
3 negatives
1948
2
PuO-019: Varsity "O" at Basketball Game
1948
2
PuO-020: Bob Knoll and John Fenner
2 negatives
2
PuO-021 - PuO-024: Two Oregon State students, Chuck Sauvain and Dolores Erickson, on lower campus
4 negatives
Published on cover of May 1948 Oregon Stater.
1948
2
PuO-025 - PuO-027: Oscar Paulson, graduating with degree in engineering, and his 4-year-old son Stevie on steps inside Memorial Union
3 negatives
Published on cover of June 1948 Oregon Stater.
1948
2
PuO-028: Memorial Union Background for June cover
1948
2
PuO-029 - PuO-031: Commencement
3 negatives
1948
2
PuO-032 - PuO-033: Practice Teaching
2 negatives
2
PuO-035: Alumni Board of Directors
2 negatives
1948
2
PuO-036: Homecoming
5 negatives
1948
2
PuO-037: Queen Connie Coon and Orchid Lea from Honolulu, OSC Alum
6 negatives
2
PuO-038: Three basketball players; Crandall, Rinerarson, and Ballantyne
2 negatives
Published on cover of January 1949 Oregon Stater.
1948
2
PuO-039: Championship Basketball Banquet
6 negatives
1949
2
PuO-040: Sackett Hall Bedrooms
3 negatives
2
PuO-041: Sackett Hall Desks
2 negatives
2
PuO-042: Sackett Hall Dining Room
2
PuO-043: Sackett Hall Kitchenette
2
PuO-044: Sackett Hall Sunporch
5 negatives
2
PuO-045: Sackett Hall Fireplace
3 negatives
2
PuO-046: Basketball Pavilion
3 negatives
2
PuO-047: Art Dept. Pulling Etching
2
PuO-048: Art Dept. Drawing
4 negatives
2
PuO-049: Art Dept. Clay Modeling
2
PuO-050: Art Dept. Painting
2 negatives
2
PuO-051: Art Dept. Metal Work
2 negatives
2
PuO-052: Art Dept. Interior Decoration
2 negatives
2
PuO-053: Marlyn Melson
2 negatives
May 1949 cover
1949
2
PuO-054: Marlyn Melson
9 negatives
2
PuO-055: Friday Night Activities Homecoming
5 negatives
1949
2
PuO-056: Saturday Activities Homecoming
7 negatives
1949
2
PuO-057: Governor McKay at Homecoming Banquet
1949
2
PuO-058: Alumni Promotion Committee
1949
2
PuO-059: Card Section at WSC Game
3 negatives
1949
2
PuO-060: Drum Majorettes
4 negatives
2
PuO-061: Rooting Section
4 negatives
1949
2
PuO-062: Stain Glass Background for December 1949 cover
2 negatives
1949
2
PuO-063: Foreground for December 1949 cover
4 negatives
1949
2
PuO-068 - PuO-071: Commencement
4 negatives
Images PuO-068 and PuO-069 of graduates gathering in Memorial Union for procession available online.
1949
2
PuO-072 - PuO-073: Basketball game in Gill Coliseum
2 negatives and 1 print
PuO-072 published on cover of February 1950 issue.
1950
Box
4
oversize print
2
negatives
2
PuO-074: Nursery School
Cover of March 1950 issue.
1950
2-3
PuO-075: McDonald Room
1 negative and 1 print
2
PuO-075: Power Lab in Dearborn
2
PuO-076: Dean Gleeson
2 negatives
2
PuO-077: Switchboard in Power Lab
2
PuO-078: Classroom in Dearborn
2
PuO-078: Graduate Lab
2
PuO-079: Senior Day
1950
2
PuO-080 - PuO-081: Avery Park Canoe
6 negatives
PuO-080 published on May 1950 cover.
1950
2
PuO-082: Sackett Hall Open House
9 negatives
2
PuO-083: Senior Day Activities Lower Campus
3 negatives
2
PuO-084: Senior Day Educational Exhibit
2 negatives
2
PuO-085: Commencement
June 1950 cover.
1950
2
PuO-086: Museum in Coliseum
2
PuO-087: Slats Gill Office
2
PuO-088: Visual Aid Office
2
PuO-089: Storage Room in Coliseum
2
PuO-090: Athletic Office in Coliseum
2
PuO-091: Shower Room in Coliseum
2
PuO-092 - POU-093: Bell Field (South Stands)
2
PuO-094: Bell Field (Press Box)
2
PuO-095: Bell Field (Extension)
2
PuO-096: Bell Field (Entrance Ramp)
2
PuO-097: Stadium Drive Sign at Bell Field
2 negatives
2
PuO-099: Old John Feature Story Picture
1951
2
PuO-100 - PuO-101: Two Oregon State graduates, Dean Blair and Joan Aune.
5 negatives
Published on cover of June 1951 Oregon Stater.
1951
2
PuO-102: OSC Promotions
7 negatives
2
PuO-107: Two students walking in Memorial Union quad
5 negatives
Published on cover of February 1952 Oregon Stater.
1952
2
PuO-112: Kathie Raffeto
1952
2
PuO-113 and PuO-115: Play Born Yesterday with Kathie Raffetto
1952
2
PuO-116 - PuO-119: Born Yesterday
23 negatives
1952
2
PuO-120: Born Yesterday Kathie Raffetto
8 negatives
2
PuO-123: Theodore Yerian
2
2
PuO-127: W.F. McCulloch
2
PuO-129: Donald D. Hill
2
PuO-131: Edwin Arthur Yunker
2
PuO-134: Eva Blackwell
2
PuO-136: Marie Diedesch
2
PuO-138: William E.Milne
2
PuO-141: Fred O. McMillan
2
PuO-144: Sigma Chi House Mother
3 negatives
1951
2
PuO-145: Tables in Front of Memorial Union
2 negatives
Oregon Stater Cover Series
9 prints
Photographs taken in 1952-1953; prints made in 2005.
1952-2005
Box
4
Eva Blackwell
4
Marie Diedesch
4
4
Donald D. Hill
4
W.F. McCulloch
4
Fred O. McMillan
4
William E. Milne
4
4
Edwin Arthur Yunker

Series XII:  News Bureau, 1948-1951Return to Top

75 photographs

Series XII consists of photographs taken by Gilkey for the Oregon State News Bureau and includes publicity images of athletes, coaches, and athletic events as well as students and student activities.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
2
PuNB-001 - PuNB-002: Ex-Giantonians on OSC Basketball Team
2 negatives
1948
PuNB-003: Richards
2 negatives
1948
Box
2
2
Box
2
PuNB-004: Clarence (Chuck) Sauvain
Baseball player.
1948
2
PuNB-005: Carl Harry Gustafson
Baseball player.
1948
PuNB-006: Frank Roelandt
2 negatives
1948
Box
2
2
Box
2 1948
PuNB-008: Colar
2 negatives
1948
Box
2
2
Box
2
PuNB-009: PCC Wrestling Champions
2 negatives
1948
2
PuNB-010: Pub. for State Track Meet
2 negatives
1948
2
PuNB-011: Reg. for State Track Meet
2 negatives
1948
2
PuNB-012: Honor Grads in Pharmacy
1948
2
PuNB-013 - PuNB-0015: Re-Turfing Bell Field
4 negatives
1948
2
PuNB-016: Spring Football Game
2 negatives
1948
2
PuNB-017: Spring Football Practice
4 negatives
1949
2
PuNB-018: Kip Taylor, Bump Elliot, Slats Gill
3 negatives
2
PuNB-019: Jim Dixon and Kip Taylor
2 negatives
2
PuNB-020: OSC Baseball Varsity Pitching Staff
2 negatives
Gerald John ("Rick") Erickson, Kenneth Leroy Carpenter, Robert Henry Stolz, and Chuck Sauvin. Published in May 1949 Oregon Stater. One image available online.
1949
2
PuNB-021: Barometer Night Staff for Preview
2 negatives
2
PuNB-022: Pat Vaughn drinking soda
4 negatives
2
PuNB-023: Chapter Room Theta House
3 negatives
2
PuNB-024: Pat Vaughn in Front of Memorial Union
5 negatives
2
PuNB-025 - PuNB-0026: Pat Vaughn, Memorial Union Background
4 negatives
2
PuNB-027: Sharon Langdon
4 negatives
2
PuNB-028: Vic Smith, Kip Taylor
2 negatives
2-3
PuNB-040: Coaching Staff Eating Duck After Oregon Game
3 negatives and 1 digital print
1949
2
PuNB-045 - PuNB-0050: Modern Dance
10 negatives
2
PuNB-057: Spec Keene and two others
2
PuNB-058: Rally girls cheer team to victory at Oregon-Oregon State football game
Photographer kneeling in foreground. Published in 1951 Beaver yearbook, p. 112 and as image for 2005 exhibit poster.
1950

Series XIII:  Campus Buildings, circa 1950Return to Top

33 photographs

Series XIII includes images of the exteriors and interiors of several campus buildings.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
2
PA-011: Trees along 35th St
2
PA-014: Pharmacy Building
2
PA-015: Benton Hall
2
PA-016: Smoke Stack
2
PA-016 - PA-017: Benton Hall
2 negatives
2
PA-029: Front of Memorial Union
8 negatives
2
PA-030: Memorial Union Infrared
2
PA-031: Ceiling of Memorial Union
2-3
PA-032: Reference Room of Library
1 negative and 1 print
2
PA-033: Memorial Union Entrance with Statue
2-3
PA-034: Library
2 negatives and 2 prints
2
PA-035: Withycombe Hall
2 negatives
2
PA-036: Chemistry Building
2
PA-037: Agriculture Hall
2
PA-038: Commerce Hall
2
PA-039: Home Economics Wing
2 negatives
2
PA-040: Benton Hall

Series XIV:  Campus Views, circa 1950Return to Top

11 photographs

The campus views include several images of campus buildings and views after a snowstorm. The Corvallis landscape images were taken from a high point, perhaps Bald Hill.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
2
PL-009: Trees on Lower Campus
2
PL-017 - PL-019: Memorial Union in snow
3 negatives
2
PL-020: Library in snow
1 negative and 1 print
2
PL-021 - PL-023: Snow in Memorial Union quadrangle from roof of Memorial Union
3 negatives
2
PL-034: Corvallis landscape
2 negatives

Series XV:  Unnumbered Color Transparencies, 1949Return to Top

15 photographs

Series XV consists of color transparencies of Oregon State College campus buildings and views, including construction of Gill Coliseum, and several images of Oregon State student, Marlyn Melson, at the Memorial Union.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
2-3
Gill Coliseum Construction
5 transparencies and 1 digital print
circa 1949
2
Benton Hall
2
Education Hall
2
Kidder Hall
2
Campus View
2-3
Marlyn Melson at Memorial Union
5 transparencies
Published on cover of May 1949 Oregon Stater.
1949

Series XVI:  Documentary Materials, 1947-2005Return to Top

Series XVI consists of documentary materials that include Gilkey's photographs, materials from the 2005 exhibit of Gilkey's photographs prepared by the Oregon State University Archives, and the original paper negative sleeves. The publication, Paste Up at "State" was published by Oregon State students as a pictorial magazine in November 1948. Paul E. Lee was editor and director; Richard Gilkey was photographer. Only one issue was published. It includes features on student social activities. The compact discs include images used in the 2005 exhibit of Gilkey photographs and in Gilkey's presentation during the Alumni Association's Golden Jubilee Reunion celebration in June 2005.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
3
PS Paste Up at "State", A Postscript from Oregon State College
1948
3
Scanned images for exhibit and presentation
2 compact discs
2005
4
Exhibit poster and text panel
2005
5
Original negative sleeves
1947-1952

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

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.