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James Kenneth Fleshman Photograph Album, 1927
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Fleshman, James Kenneth, 1907-2001.
- Title
- James Kenneth Fleshman Photograph Album
- Dates
- 1927 (inclusive)19271927
- Quantity
- 0.03 cubic feet, including 49 photographs, (1 box)
- Collection Number
- P 250
- Summary
- The James Kenneth Fleshman Photograph Album consists of images of the Oregon Agricultural College campus taken by Fleshman, likely for an Introduction to Photography class in the fall of 1927. James Kenneth Fleshman attended Oregon Agricultural College in the mid-1920s and graduated in 1928 with a B.S. degree in chemical engineering.
Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital. - 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
James Kenneth Fleshman attended Oregon Agricultural College during four academic years -- from 1924/1925 thru 1927/1928 and graduated in June 1928 with a B.S. in chemical engineering. During his fourth year at OAC, Fleshman took an Introduction to Photography course (Physics 361) taught by John Garman.
Fleshman was born in LaGrande, Oregon on January 4, 1907. After graduation from OAC, he married Francis H. Day in 1929, who earned a degree in home economics from Oregon Agricultural College. Fleshman lived in Whittier, California and worked in production management at Uniroyal's tire division in Los Angeles beginning in the mid-1940s. He moved to Eugene, Oregon, in 1997, where he died on May 5, 2001.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This James Kenneth Fleshman Photograph Album consists of photographs of the Oregon Agricultural College campus that were likely taken by Fleshman for an Introduction to Photography class that he completed in the fall of 1927. The images depict exterior and interior views of several campus buildings, the bandstand in the Library quadrangle, students in military formation on the lower campus, the homecoming bonfire, a Beaver welcome sign hung over an road entry to campus, and the Beaver mascot being rolled out for a football game on a wagon. The album includes exterior views of Benton Hall (now Community Hall), Education Hall (now Furman Hall), Kidder Hall, and Graf Hall. The interior building views are of engineering laboratories.
Duplicate prints of several of the exterior views are included in the album. The album also includes a few cyanotypes.
Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
James Kenneth Fleshman Photograph Album (P 250), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
This photograph album was donated to the former University Archives in 2003 by James Kenneth Fleshman's son, Ken Fleshman, of Green Valley, Arizona.
Related Materials
The Special Collections and Archives Research Center's holdings include photographs taken and assembled by John Garman who taught the photography course Fleshman completed in the fall of 1927; the John Garman Photographic Collection (P 095) includes images Garman used for instruction. Numerous collections of images of campus buildings and scenes as well as photograph albums assembled by students are also available. Of special note are these two collections that includes photographs from the mid-1920s: Besse Brown Lawrence Photographs (P 258) and Frederick V. Betts Scrapbook (MSS Betts).
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
- College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Engineering--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Photography--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
Corporate Names
- Oregon Agricultural College--Buildings.
- Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
Form or Genre Terms
- Cyanotypes (photographic prints).
- Photograph albums.
- Photographic prints.
Finding Aid Authors: Elizabeth Nielsen.
2021
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