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Mattley
Mattley, Leroy G.
Leroy G. Mattley Papers
1898-1903
0.01 cubic foot
1 box
The Leroy G. Mattley Papers consist of
materials generated and collected by Mattley during his student years at
Oregon Agricultural College, primarily pertaining to debate and oration.
Mattley earned bachelor's degrees in agriculture and mechanical
engineering in 1902.
Materials in English.
Biographical Note:
Leroy Garfield Mattley, from Lewisville in Polk County, Oregon, studied agriculture and mechanical engineering at Oregon Agricultural
College and graduated in 1902. Mattley died on August 17, 1905.
The Leroy G. Mattley Papers consist of materials generated and
collected by Mattley during his student years at Oregon Agricultural
College (OAC). The collection includes programs for debates, orations, and
rhetoricals by OAC students; certificates of matriculation for Mattley's
enrollment at OAC; handwritten notes on proposed regulations for awarding
the President's Cup for debate; and a letter to Mattley from Michigan
Agricultural College. The letter notified Mattley that he had been
accepted for graduate study in the fall of 1902.
Collection is open for research.
Leroy G. Mattley Papers, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis,
Oregon.
The materials were transferred to the Archives from the Oregon State
University Libraries Special Collections in 2009.
Other debate programs from this time period are part of the
Frank
Edward Hall Collection. Additional materials pertaining to debate
and oration are available in the Speech Communication Department Records
(RG 181); Drama, Debate, and Oration Scrapbooks;
Effie L.
Wagner Scrapbook of the Women's Debate Tour; and the
Memorabilia
Collection.
Oregon
Agricultural College--Students.
College
students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Debates and
debating--Oregon--Corvallis.
Student
activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
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