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Reva Buell Photograph Collection, 1902-1904
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Buell, Reva.
- Title
- Reva Buell Photograph Collection
- Dates
- 1902-1904 (inclusive)19021904
- Quantity
- 0.05 cubic feet, including 14 photographic prints, (1 box)
- Collection Number
- P 065
- Summary
- The Reva Buell Photograph Collection consists of 14 mounted photographic prints depicting Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) scenes, buildings, and student groups.
This collection has been digitized and is available online. - 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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This collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Reva Buell attended Oregon Agricultural College from 1900-1904, where she majored in Household Science. After graduating from OAC, she began a career as a school teacher. Buell married George Case in 1908 and the couple had two children. She died in 1971.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Reva Buell Photograph Collection is comprised of 14 mounted photographic prints. The images depict Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) military cadets, the track and field team, the 1903/04 basketabll team, and the makers of the 1905 class flag; several OAC buildings; a debate between students regarding the flag over the Administration Hall (now Community Hall); and a group sailing off the coast of Newport, Oregon. Many of the photographs in this collection bear the stamp of Emery Photographers, Corvallis.
Campus buildings are identified by the building name used at the time the photograph was taken. In instances where the building name has changed, the name used at the time of the finding aid's publication appears in brackets.
This collection has been digitized and is available online.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Reva Buell Photograph Collection (P 065), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The Reva Buell Photograph Collection is comprised of one series: Photographs, 1902-1904. The photographs are arranged in the order assigned during the collection's preliminary processing.
Acquisition Information
The Reva Buell Photograph Collection was accessioned by the Oregon State University Archives in the 1960s under the title "Mrs. George Case Photograph Collection." The collection is now housed in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.
Processing Note
A preliminary container list for this collection was published in 2012. This finding aid has been updated to reflect current arrangement and description best practices. During reprocessing in 2018, 1 modern film copy negative of P065:05 was removed the collection.
Related Materials
The OSU Special Collections and Archives Researcher Center holdings contain numerous photograph and mansucript collections documenting the student experience at Oregon Agricultural College during the early 1900s including the Bertha Andresen Photographs (P 026), the James A. Sewell Photograph Album (P 259), and the Activities of Women Scrapbook (MSS ActivitiesWomen). Reva Buell appears in photograph P009:09 in the Women's Athletics Photograph Collection (P 009).
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Photographs, 1902-1904Return to Top
The Reva Buell Photograph Collection is comprised of 14 mounted photographic prints depicting campus scenes and student activities on the Oregon Agricultural College campus from 1902-1904. Campus buildings are identified by the building name used at the time the photograph was taken. In instances where the building name has changed, the name used at the time of the finding aid's publication appears in brackets.
| Description | Dates |
|---|---|
P065:01: Military drilling in front of Mechanical Hall [Kearney Hall]
Image caption: "Boys drilling."
|
circa 1904 |
P065:02: Armory [Gladys Valley Gymnastics Center]
Image caption: "Old Armory. The dances were held here."
1 cyantoype photographic print.
|
circa 1904 |
P065:03: Agriculture Hall [Furman Hall]
|
circa 1904 |
P065:04: Composite image of OAC buildings
Includes: Cauthorn Hall [Fairbanks Hall], Administration Hall [Community Hall], Alpha Hall, the Armory [Gladys Valley Gymnastics Center], Chemical Laboratory [Women's Center], and Mechanical Hall [Kearney Hall].
|
circa 1904 |
P065:05: Group photo of the OAC track and field team
1 photographic print.
|
circa 1904 |
| circa 1902 | |
P065:07: Lucile Roberts and Una Stewart Carlson displaying the class of 1905 flag that they made together
Image caption: "Lucile Roberts - later Chuck Burton's mother."
|
circa 1904 |
P065:08: Group photo of the 1903-1904 OAC basketball team
Includes: Coach W. O. Trine and Assistant Coach Zophar Tharp.
|
1904 |
| 1904 | |
| circa 1904 | |
P065:11: Group assembled at the location of class speeches
Image caption: "This is where the class of 1904 had their speeches on the lawn. The fight was over which class should have their flag over the Ad[ministration] Building. Harry Feyer took a rifle and shot and broke the pulley that held the flag and was expelled for one year. The pole was brought in at night and hid under one of the buildings."
|
1904 |
P065:12: Group assembled at the location of class speeches
Image caption: "This is where they held their program. Merril Moores mounted a nail keg and made a speech."
|
1904 |
P065:13: Group assembled at the location of class speeches
Image caption: "Another picture of the 1904-5 fight."
|
1904 |
| 1904 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
Corporate Names
- Oregon Agricultural College--Buildings.
- Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
- Oregon Agricultural College.
Form or Genre Terms
- Cyanotypes (photographic prints)
- Photographic prints.
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Emery, W. G. (creator)
Finding Aid Authors: Trevor Sandgathe.
2018
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