OREp127.xml Guide to the G. Herbert Root Photograph Collection circa 1891 - 1936 Root (G. Herbert) Photograph Collection Finding Aid Authors: Rachel Lilley and Sydney Klupar. Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center 2019
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This finding aid was encoded in EAD by Archon 3.21 from an SQL database source on August 19th, 2019. Encoding was modified by Elizabeth Nielsen for Archives West compliance. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). August 19th, 2019 The original finding aid - created in 1996 - has been updated to bring it into compliance with current descriptive practice and standards, include more contextual information for the collection, and provide links to individual items that are available online. Root, G. Herbert (George Herbert) G. Herbert Root Photograph Collection circa 1891 - 1936 circa 1902 - 1905 P 127 0.20 cubic feet, including 71 photographs 2 boxes, including 1 oversize box Materials in English. Special Collections and Archives Research Center
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The G. Herbert Root Photograph Collection consists primarily of photographs of Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) students, athletes, and faculty. The images were acquired by Root, who attended OAC in the early 1900s and was captain of the 1905 football team. Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital. Biographical Note:

George Herbert Root was born in Hydesville, California, October 28, 1878 to Henry George Root and Harriet Ann Goodyear. Henry Root, who grew up herding cattle near Tulare, California, was farming his own ranch near Hydesville, California by the time he turned 29 in 1871. In 1873, he married Harriet Ann Goodyear, a schoolteacher; three years later, their third child, George Herbert Root was born. In 1881, the Root family traveled to The Dalles to meet Henry’s father, William, and two uncles, Irvin and John, with whom they planned to scout land for homestead claims. Henry eventually filed two claims, at 160 acres each, for a plot of land near Locust Grove, a small community four miles west of Wasco, Oregon. Here he would farm wheat, potatoes, and barley.

George Root worked on his father’s farm until he was in his early twenties. He matriculated at OAC in 1902 as a student in Mechanical Engineering, but switched his major to Agriculture his sophomore year. As a student, Root was described as “prince of good fellows” and, as Captain of the 1905 football team, “fast, fierce…irresistible in a line buck, and very swift at end running.” Root graduated in 1907; in the winter of that same year he married Amelia Christina Kaseberg (1882–1966) at Walla Walla, Washington.

On September 27, 1909 their only child, Herbert Floyd Root, was born in Wasco. George and Amelia lived with George’s parent for a time after Herbert’s birth. By 1920, however, George had purchased his own plot of land in Locust Grove, where he too farmed wheat. In 1948, George retired from ranching, and he and Amelia relocated to The Dalles. George Herbert Root passed away on March 24, 1971.

George’s son, Herbert Floyd Root (1909–1984), also played football for OSC, graduating in 1932 with a degree in Commerce. True to his family’s wheat ranching roots, he was instrumental in the founding of the National Association of Wheat Growers, and from 1960 to 1962 was president of the Western Wheat Association, a group established to market Oregon wheat internationally. Herbert’s two sons – Robert Floyd Root (Agricultural Economics) and William Herbert Root (Food Technology) – graduated from OSU with Bachelor of Science degrees in Agriculture in 1960 and 1961, respectively.

 Emery, W. G. Oregon Agricultural College--Basketball. Oregon Agricultural College--Faculty. Oregon Agricultural College--Students. Cabinet photographs. Photographic prints. Basketball for women--Oregon--Corvallis. College sports--Oregon--Corvallis. College students--Oregon--Corvallis. Football--Oregon--Corvallis. Colleges and Universities Student Life Sports and Recreation Women Photographs Oregon Corvallis

Photographs P127:1-66 were donated to the Horner Museum in 1985 by Randi M. Root, great-granddaughter of G. Herbert Root. The photographs were transferred to the University Archives in August 1996 and combined with the existing G.H. Root Photograph Collection, which was received by the University Archives in the 1960s.

Collection is open for research.

G. Herbert Root Photograph Collection (P 127), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

The OSU Special Collections and Archives Researcher Center holdings contain numerous collections documenting the student experience at Oregon Agricultural College in the late 1800s and early 1900s, including The William C. Bryant Collection (MSS Bryant),  Emile Pernot Photographs (P 230), the Frank E. Hall Collection (MSS Hall), the Leroy G. Mattley Papers (MSS Mattley), and the Walter R. Baker Photographs (P 018).

Additional collections relating to men's and women's sports at Oregon Agricultural College, including men's and women's basketball, football, and track and field, include the Harriet Moore Photograph Collection (P 150), the Intercollegiate Athletic Records (RG 007), the Jerry D. Belcher Collection of Oregon Agricultural College Track Photographs (P 128), the Football Photograph Collection (P 004), the Women's Recreation Association Photographic Collection (P 171), and the Women's Athletics Photographs Collection (P 009).

The G. Herbert Root Photograph Collection is comprised of one series: 1. Photographs, 1891 - 1936. The photographs are arranged numerically by image number (P127:1-71).

The G. Herbert Root Photograph Collection consists of photographs acquired by George Herbert Root, who attended OAC in the early 1900s and was captain of the 1905 football team. The photos are primarily of students, athletes (football, men and women's basketball, track) and faculty members, taken between 1891 and 1936.

Of particular interest in the collection are twenty-six of what are likely cigarette cards, a type of card-mounted photograph – similar to cabinet cards and cartes de visite – popular in the mid-1880s to mid-1890s, and which again came into vogue in the first few decades of the 20th century. Only four of subjects featured in the cigarette cards are identified. All of the prints are black and white; most are mounted on grey paperboard.

A significant portion of the images in the collection center on athletics at OAC. Of note are images of the women’s basketball team of 1904 and 1905; the men’s basketball team of 1905; and of the 1902 football team, including Will Abraham, Bert Bower, Lyman Bundy, and team captain John Gault. Players and staff of the 1905 football team featured include Bert Pilkington, Floyd Williams, Rod Nash, and Percy Cupper, and Manager Fred C. Stimson. Another series of images features Bert Bower, Floyd Williams, Claude Swann, and Merrill Moores competing in track and field events in 1905.

Many of the photographs were taken by William G. Emery, a Corvallis studio photographer and 1883 Oregon State graduate. All of the prints are black and white; most are mounted on grey paperboard. Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.

 Series 1 Photographs circa 1891 - 1936

The G. Herbert Root Photograph Collection consists primarily of photographs of Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) students, athletes, and faculty. The images were acquired by Root, who attended OAC in the early 1900s and was captain of the 1905 football team. The current name of buildings pictured in the photographs is included in brackets.

 P127:01 Portrait of Walter E. Boggs as a child circa 1891

Produced by: Winter Photo Company in Eugene, Oregon

 P127:02 Portrait of Norval Niel circa 1925

Produced by: Kennell Ellis Photo Company in Marcola, Oregon

 P127:03 Portrait of Asa Robley circa 1930

Produced by: Kennell Ellis Photo Company in Marcola, Oregon

 P127:04 Asa and Evelyn Robley 1936

"Bride and groom in front of their Corvallis cottage where we had lunch"

 P127:05 Portrait of Essie Adams circa 1905 P127:06 Portrait of Essie Adams circa 1902 P127:07 Portraits of Essie Adams circa 1902

"Souvenir of our school days." Produced by: Emery in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:08 Portrait of Floyd Williams circa 1905

Produced by: Emery in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:09 Portrait of George von der Hellen circa 1905

Produced by: Emery in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:10 Portrait of David Gellatly circa 1905

Produced by: Emery in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:11 Portrait of Frederick Stimson circa 1905

Produced by: Emery in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:12 Portrait of Eva Applegate circa 1905

produced by: Emery in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:13 Portrait of James McMan circa 1905

Produced by: Emery in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:14 Portrait of Zaphod Thorpe circa 1905

Produced by: Emery in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:15 Portrait of Edna Irvine circa 1905

Produced by: Emery in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:16 Portrait of Edna Buster Bumpskie circa 1905

Produced by: Gardner's in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:17 Portrait of John Buster circa 1904

Produced by: Gardner's in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:18 Portrait of Kenneth L. Cooper circa 1905

Produced by: Gardner's in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:19 Portrait of Joseph Ringo in his cadet uniform circa 1906

Produced by: Gardner's in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:20 Portrait of Thomas Willard Espy circa 1904

G. Herbert Root's roommate in Cauthorn Hall [Fairbanks Hall], produced by: Gardner's in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:21 Portrait of Harvey Earle "Rat" Rinehart circa 1905

Produced by: Gardner's in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:22 Portrait of Bert Pilkington circa 1905

Produced by: Gardner's in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:23 Portrait of Albert B. Bower circa 1905 P127:24 Bertie Webber circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:25 Bessie Smith circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:26 Ben Miller circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:27 "Mr. Wovels" circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:28 Two unidentified women circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:29 Unidentified man circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:30 Unidentified man circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:31 Unidentified man circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:32 Unidentified man circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:33 Unidentified man circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:34 Unidentified man circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:35 Unidentified man circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:36 Unidentified man circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:37 Unidentified man circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:38 Unidentified woman circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:39 Unidentified woman circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:40 Unidentified woman circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:41 Unidentified woman circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:42 Unidentified woman circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:43 Unidentified woman circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:44 Two unidentified women circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:45 Unidentified woman circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:46 Unidentified woman circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:47 Unidentified woman circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:48 Unidentified woman circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:49 Unidentified woman circa 1905

Mounted, 2.5 x 2.75 inch, portrait photograph; may be a cigarette card

 P127:50 Class of 1904 circa 1904

In front of Mechanical Hall [Kearney Hall]

 P127:51 President Gatch and OAC faculty in front of Mechanical Hall circa 1903 P127:52 Football players 1902

Pictured: William G. Abraham, Gault, Burnough, Albert B. Bower, and Lyman Bundy

 P127:53 Football players 1902

Pictured: Bert Pilkington and Harley Laughlin

 P127:54 Football players 1902

Pictured: Rod Nash, Ted Gellatly, Thorpe, and Percy A. Cupper

 P127:55 Portrait of Floyd Williams in track uniform circa 1905 P127:56 Portrait of Bert Pilkington in football uniform circa 1905 P127:57 Portrait of Floyd Wiliams in football uniform circa 1905 P127:58 Portrait of Harvey Earle "Rat" Rinehart in football uniform circa 1905 P127:59 Portrait of the OAC women's basketball team 1905 P127:60 OAC women's basketball team on the steps the OAC Gymnasium and Armory [Valley Gymnastics Center] 1905 P127:61 Portrait of OAC women's basketball team 1904? P127:62 Portrait of OAC men's basketball team sitting on the steps of the OAC Gymnasium and Armory [Valley Gymnastics Center] 1905

Pictured: Karl Steiwer, Merrill Moores, Will Trine, Frederick Stimson, Grover Cate, Hamon Bilyeu, Harvey Rinehart, Claude Swann, and Francis Stokes

 P127:63 OAC vs. University of Oregon track and field 1905

"Bowers in shot put, record 37 feet"

 P127:64 Floyd Williams running in a track meet circa 1905

Produced by: Emery in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:65 Claude Swann pole vaulting circa 1905 P127:66 Merrill Moores high jumping circa 1905 P127:67 OAC cadets with artillery in basement of Armory 1904

Pictured: G. Herbert Root

 P127:68 OAC football team backfield 1902

Pictured: G. Herbert Root, Bert Pilkington, Harley Laughlin, and Floyd Williams. Produced by: Emery in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:69 OAC football team seated on steps of Mechanical Hall [Kearney Hall] 1902

Pictured: Percy Cupper, Bill Abraham, Bert Bower, Lyman Bundy, Ted Galatley, Harley Laughlin, G. Herbert Root, Floyd Williams, Bert Pilkington, and Rod Nash

 P127:70 OAC vs Washington Agricultural College in Corvallis 1903

First game of the series. Produced by: Emery in Corvallis, Oregon

 P127:71 G. Herbert Root in football uniform circa 1903

In the playing field near the Armory [2 photographic prints]