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Ray Stout Photograph Collection, 1895-1940

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Stout, Ray L. (Ray Lewis), 1885-
Title
Ray Stout Photograph Collection
Dates
1895-1940 (inclusive)
1905-1906 (bulk)
Quantity
0.1 cubic foot, including 32 photographs, (1 box)
Collection Number
P 103
Summary
The Ray Stout Photograph Collection consists of portrait photographs of Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) students and faculty assembled by Stout during his student years at OAC in the 1900s. Stout graduated from OAC in 1905 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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

Ray Lewis Stout entered Oregon Agricultural College in 1901 and graduated in 1905 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was born on January 17, 1885, in Mehama, Oregon. He married Mabel Vantress (born January 8, 1887) on June 1, 1911; their son, Wendell Henry Stout, was born September 27, 1915. The year after graduating he began working at the Pacific Power and Light Company, where he would continue to work until his retirement on November 1, 1950. After his retirement he was offered a job from the Ebasco Services Inc. of New York to help construct a nation wide electric power system for the government of Greece, which he accepted. Ray and his wife then spent two and a half years in Greece, returning to Portland in 1953, where they spent the rest of their lives. His wife Mabel died on March 15, 1979, at the age of 92, and Ray died on November 21, 1984, at the age of 99.

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Content Description

The Ray Stout Photograph Collection consists of portrait photographs of Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) students and faculty assembled by Stout during his student years at OAC. Most of the images are of students who graduated in 1905 or 1906; a few are of students in the class of 1907. The collection also includes a photograph of Stout's son, Wendell H. Stout, made in 1940, and an 1895 photograph of Margaret Snell.

Most of the photographs were made by either W.G. Emery or W.S. Gardner, both of whom were early 20th century photographers in Corvallis. Two of the photographs in the collection are available online in the Best of the Archives digital collection. Links are provided from the item descriptions below.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Ray Stout Photograph Collection (P 103), Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in one series: I. Photographs, 1895-1940.

Acquisition Information

The photographs were received by the University Archives in the 1960s.

Related Materials

The Special Collections & Archives Research Center includes many collections with student photographs made in the early 1900s. Of special note are the Walter R. Baker Photographs (P 018), the William C. Bryant Collection (MSS Bryant), and the David Little Photographs (P 126) which include student photographs from the same time period as this collection. The papers of Alice L. Edwards, who is pictured in this collection and graduated in 1906, are also available in the Center.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • College students--Oregon--Corvallis.

Corporate Names

  • Oregon Agricultural College--Students.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Cabinet photographs.
  • Photographic prints.

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Emery, W. G. (creator)
    • Gardner, W. S. (creator)

Finding aid prepared by Ryan Atwood and Elizabeth Nielsen.
2014

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