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Aerial Photographs of Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, and Polk Counties, 1936-1979

Overview of the Collection

Creator
United States. Department of Agriculture.
Title
Aerial Photographs of Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, and Polk Counties
Dates
1936-1979 (inclusive)
Quantity
50.00 cubic feet, including 8100 photo tiles, (82 boxes, including 79 oversize boxes, and 31 map folders)
Collection Number
P 321
Summary
This collection is comprised of aerial photographs taken by or under contract with the United States Department of Agriculture from 1936 to 1979 and includes images of 5 counties in western Oregon: Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, and Polk. The collection contains photo mosaics and partial sets of photographic tiles for each county.
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

This collection is open for research.

Languages
English
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Content Description

This collection is comprised of aerial photographs taken by or under contract with the United States Department of Agriculture from 1936 to 1979 and includes images of 5 counties in western Oregon: Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, and Polk.

This collection includes multiple sets of photographs (arranged chronologically by year) for each county. Each set is comprised of two components: photo mosaics (Series 1) and photo tiles (Series 2-6). The mosaics, which serve as indices for the photo tiles, are representations of each county (typically one quadrant of the county per sheet) made by arranging reproductions of the photo tiles in geographic order. The mosaics include serial numbers for each tile and are annotated to indicate which tiles are held in the collection. The photo tiles are largescale photographs of quadrangles within each county. The photo tiles typically include the date the photograph was taken and the tile's serial number (as recorded in the container list). Information indicating the tile's position within the county is not present. For this reason, the mosaics must be used to correlate a photo tile to a specific area within a county using the serial number. Because the photo tile sets are incomplete, each mosaic includes annotations indicating which photo tiles are present in the collection.

Many of the collection's mosaics and photographic tiles include manuscript annotations, markings highlighting geographic features, and alternative numbering schema.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Aerial Photographs of Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, and Polk Counties (P 321), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is comprised of six series: Series 1. Aerial Photo Mosaics, 1936-1978; Series 2. Benton County, 1936-1978; Series 3. Lincoln County, 1939-1972; Series 4. Linn County, 1948-1979; Series 5. Marion County, 1936-1970; Series 6. Polk County, 1936-1978. Series 2-6 include subseries for each flight, arranged chronologically by date. Photograph tiles are identified and grouped by serial number within series and subseries.

Acquisition Information

Aerial photo tiles and mosaics from counties across Oregon were aggregated from several sources and maintained by the Oregon State University Libraries. The photo tiles and mosaics from Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, and Polk Counties were segregated and transferred to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center in 2016.

Processing Note

The materials in this collection were originally part of a larger collection of aerial photographs maintained by the Oregon State University Libraries. In 2016, the photo tiles and mosaics featuring Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, and Polk Counties were transferred to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.

Related Materials

Other collections with aerial photographs of western Oregon include the Camp Adair, Oregon, Maps and Aerial Photographs (MAPS Adair); Marys Peak Area Aerial Photographs (P 293); McDonald Forest Aerial Photographs (P 294); Siuslaw National Forest Aerial Photographs (P 292); Umatilla National Forest Aerial Photographs (P 296); and the United States Dept. of Agriculture Aerial Photographs of Linn, Benton, and Lincoln Counties, Oregon (P 267).

The Special Collections and Archives Research Center holdings also include numerous map collections documenting the geography of Oregon. Additional aerial photographs and maps of Oregon can be found at the University of Oregon Map & Aerial Photography Library.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Corporate Names

  • United States. Department of Agriculture.

Geographical Names

  • Benton County (Or.)--Aerial photographs.
  • Lincoln County (Or.)--Aerial photographs.
  • Linn County (Or.)--Aerial photographs.
  • Marion County (Or.)--Aerial photographs.
  • Polk County (Or.)--Aerial photographs.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Aerial photographs.

Finding Aid Authors: Trevor Sandgathe.
2017

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