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MSS
Patton
Patton, Harry C.
Harry C. Patton Collection of Oregon
State College Memorabilia
1914-1971
1914-1941
0.75 cubic foot
3 boxes, including 1 oversize box
The Harry C. Patton Collection of Oregon
State College Memorabilia consists of items assembled by Patton and his
family and includes yearbooks, dance cards, pennants, patches, and other
memorabilia. Harry C. Patton graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in
1917 with a BS in logging engineering.
Materials
in
English.
Biographical Note:
Harry Clifford Patton, from Macleay, Oregon, attended Oregon
Agricultural College in the mid-1910s and graduated in 1917 with a BS in
logging engineering. Patton's daughter, Shirley Elizabeth Patton, enrolled
at Oregon State College in 1938 and completed a BS in Secretarial Science
in 1943. Harry C. Patton's son-in-law, Jacob Wimer Bigham, Jr. also
attended Oregon State College. Bigham, from Oregon City, attended OSC from
1938 to 1941, studying engineering. He did not earn a degree from Oregon
State.
The Harry C. Patton Collection of Oregon State College Memorabilia
consists of items assembled by Patton and his daughter, Shirley Elizabeth
Patton, and son-in-law, Jacob Wimer Bigham, Jr. The collection includes
yearbooks, dance cards, pennants, patches, and other memorabilia. The 1915
and 1916
Orange and 1918 Beaver yearbooks are part of the collection and
document Patton's student years at Oregon Agricultural College. An Oregon
Agricultural College pennant from the 1910s is also included.
Dance cards, patches, a cap, and earmuffs acquired and assembled by
Shirley and Jacob during their student years at Oregon State College in
the late 1930s through early 1940s are included. A felt patch with the
inscription
Helonskis, Corvallis, Ore. and a profile of
Marys Peak was created by the Helonskis Ski Club, which operated a ski tow
and ski hut on Marys Peak. Oregon State (O) patches are also part of the
collection.
A pennant commemorating the 1957 Rose Bowl football game has Rose Bowl
game buttons and a 1961 homecoming button affixed to it. A 1971 brochure
about Peavy Hall is also included.
Collection is open for research.
Harry C. Patton Collection of Oregon State College Memorabilia, Oregon
State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
The materials were donated to the Archives in 2010 by Patton's
grandaughter, Trudy Patton-Bigham Lieb.
Materials pertaining to the Class of 1917, including a class record
book, are available in the
Memorabilia
Collection. Information about Oregon State's participation in the
1957 Rose Bowl is available in the
Sports
Media Guides (PUB 054) and the
Ted
Mesang Collection.
Oregon
Agricultural College--Students.
Oregon State
College--Students.
Rose Bowl
(Football game)
College
students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Dance
cards.
Ephemera.
Colleges and
Universities
Student Life
Oregon
Corvallis
Artifacts