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Marcus Struve Photographs, 1907-1908
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Struve, Marcus.
- Title
- Marcus Struve Photographs
- Dates
- 1907-1908 (inclusive)19071908
- Quantity
- 0.01 cubic foot, including 4 photographs, (1 box)
- Collection Number
- P 110
- Summary
- The Marcus Struve Photographs consist of four images of Struve with other Oregon Agricultural College students. Struve earned a BS in Pharmacy from Oregon Agricultural College in 1908.
- 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
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Marcus Struve, of Pendleton, Oregon, attended Oregon Agricultural College from about 1905 to 1908 and earned a BS in Pharmacy in 1908. He played the violin in the Mandolin Club and the College Orchestra. After graduation, Struve worked as a pharmacist in Pendleton and as a chemist for the Sierra Magnesite Company in Porterville, California and the Portland Cement Company of Mound House, Nevada.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Marcus Struve Photographs consist of four mounted photographic prints that depict Struve with groups of Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) students. The photographs were likely assembled by Struve; the photographers are not known. The images are individually numbered P110:1 through P110:4. The photographs include a studio photograph of the OAC Mandolin Club; Struve, Charles Edwin Bowen, and Edward Cleveland Callaway are identified in this image. Another photograph depicts the OAC Orchestra seated outdoors at the entrance to Education Hall; this image was published in the 1909 Orange and is available online. The collection also includes images of the pharmacy class in 1908 and of 1908 OAC graduates in caps and gowns.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Marcus Struve Photographs (P 110), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
The photographs were acquired by the OSU Archives in the 1960s.
Related Materials
A portrait photograph of Struve is available in Harriet's Collection. The William Harling Davolt Scrapbook and Photographs include additional images from this time period. Davolt was also a member of the Class of 1908.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Mandolin orchestras--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Orchestra--Oregon--Corvallis.
Personal Names
- Bowen, C. E. (Charles Edwin)
- Callaway, Edward Cleveland.
Corporate Names
- Oregon Agricultural College-Students.
- Oregon Agricultural College. Dept. of Pharmacy.
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographic prints.
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth
Nielsen.
2008
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
