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Phillip Parcher Photograph Album, 1915

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Parcher, Phillip.
Title
Phillip Parcher Photograph Album
Dates
1915 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.01 cubic foot, including 19 photographs, (1 box)
Collection Number
P 143
Summary
The Philip Parcher Photograph Album consists of duplicate prints of photographs taken by Parcher during the summer of 1915, while he was attending Oregon Agricultural College Summer Session. The images depict campus buildings and views and other local scenes. Parcher earned a degree in Industrial Arts from Oregon Agricultural College in 1919.
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

Phillip Parcher attended Oregon Agricultural College 1915-1919 and graduated with a degree in Industrial Arts in 1919. He was born on February 26, 1895. According to the 1925 alumni directory, Parcher was a teacher at Benson Polytechnic in Portland, Oregon.

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Content Description

The Phillip Parcher Photograph Album consists exclusively of duplicate 8x10 inch prints of photographs made by Parcher during the summer of 1915, while he was attending Oregon Agricultural College Summer Session. The photographs depict campus buildings and views and other local scenes. Of special note are images of a monkey puzzle tree near Benton Hall, the Willamette River near Corvallis, and the Liberty Bell en route through Oregon. In 1915, the Liberty Bell was shipped on a flat rail car from Philadelphia to San Francisco for exhibition at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. En route the train made a short stop at Junction City, where the photographs in this collection were taken.

According to the description included in the album, the photographs were made with an Eastman View Camera on 5x7 glass plates. The glass negatives were no longer extant as of 1974. The prints in the album were reproduced from the original 5x7 prints, which are not part of this collection. The 8x10 prints were likely made in the early 1970s, shortly before they were received by the Oregon State University Archives.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Phillip Parcher Photograph Album (P 143), 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, 1915.

Acquisition Information

The album was received by the University Archives in 1974.

Processing Note

The cover sheet in the photograph album indicates that the photographs were made by Fred P. Parcher. No record was found to confirm enrollment for Fred Parcher at Oregon Agricultural College in the summer of 1915 or graduation in 1919. However, Philip Parcher was enrolled in the summer of 1915 and graduated in 1919. Consequently, the collection has been renamed the Philip Parcher Photograph Album. In 2014, the photographs and description were separated from the album, which was removed from the collection.

Related Materials

The Special Collections & Archives Research Center's holdings include numerous collections with photographs from this time period depicting campus buildings and views. Harriet's Collection (P HC) and the Buildings Photograph Collection (P 016) provide extensive photographic documentation of campus. Other collections with photographs from this time period are the Pacific Photo Company Postcards (P 023), C.A. Vincent Photograph Collection (P 109), James G. Arbuthnot Photograph Collection (P 191), Harold Troxel Vedder Photograph Collection (P 190), and Armond C. Taylor Photograph Collection (P 139).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.

Corporate Names

  • Oregon Agricultural College--Buildings.

Geographical Names

  • Willamette River (Or.)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photograph albums.
  • Photographic prints.

Finding aid prepared by Ryan Atwood and Elizabeth Nielsen.
2014

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