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P
190
Vedder, Harold Troxel.
Harold Troxel Vedder Photograph
Collection
1913-1916
0.02 cubic feet, including 72
photographs
1 box
The Harold Troxel Vedder Photograph
Collection consists of images assembled by Vedder during his student years
at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC). The photographs depict campus views
and buildings; athletic teams and events, especially football; military
training; and student activities. Vedder attended OAC in 1913-1915 as a
student of mechanic arts.
Materials in English.
Biographical Note:
Harold Troxel Vedder attended Oregon Agricultural College in 1913-1915
as a student in the secondary course in mechanic arts. Vedder withdrew
from OAC in September 1915. He was born in Streator, Illinois, on October
28, 1895, and completed 8th grade in Murphy, Oregon (south of Grants Pass
in Josephine County).
The Harold Troxel Vedder Photograph Collection consists of images
assembled by Vedder during his student years at Oregon Agricultural
College. The photographs depict campus views and buildings, athletic teams
and events, especially football; military training; and student
activities. Of special note are images documenting the rivalry between
Oregon Agricultural College and the University of Oregon (commonly known
as the Civil War) and students guarding the Lady of the Fountain on lower
campus, which was frequently a target of vandalism.
Most of the photographs in the collection are photographic postcards;
some were published by the Pacific Photo Co. in Salem, Oregon. Several of
the images are snapshot photographic prints. All of the images have been
assigned individual item numbers (P190:01 thru P190:72).
Collection is open for research.
The Harold Troxel Vedder Photograph Collection is arranged in two
series: I. Photographs from Scrapbook, 1913-1914 and II. Loose
Photographs, 1915-1916.
Harold Troxel Vedder Photograph Collection (P 190), Oregon State
University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
The photographs in Series I were originally affixed to a scrapbook and
were removed from the scrapbook by Archives' staff in 1990 soon after the
materials were received.
We acknowledge that materials in SCARC collections and the language that describes them may be harmful. We are actively working to address our descriptive practices; for more information please see our SCARC Anti-Racist Actions Statement online.
The archivist-prepared description of this collection uses the phrase "Civil War" to refer to the long-standing athletic rivalry between Oregon State University and the University of Oregon. A history of this athletic rivalry, and use of the phrase "Civil War" to describe it, is available online in The Origins of the "Civil War" Football Game blog post.
In June 2020, Oregon State University President Edward J. Ray announced that the term "Civil War" will no longer be used by either university because it "represents a connection to a war fought to perpetuate slavery."
We acknowledge the racism represented by the use of this phrase and the harm it may cause our users. In order to provide historical context and to enable standardized searching and access across our collections, we have retained the use of this phrase in the collection description.
[Date of acknowledgement: November 2021]
The photographs were donated to the Archives by Vedder's daughter,
Valera Weir, in 1990.
A newspaper clipping about the drowning death of Guy Oliver, which was
received with the photographs, is available in the Memorabilia Collection
(MC-Oliver, Guy). The Archives' holdings include many collections of
photographs assembled by students during the 1910s, such as the
A.
Freeman Mason Scrapbook,
Willetta
Moore Photograph Album (P 269), and
Marshall
S. Wright Photograph Album (P 276).
Oregon
Agricultural College--Buildings.
Oregon
Agricultural College--Students.
College
buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
College
students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Football--Oregon--Corvallis.
Military
education--Oregon--Corvallis.
Student
activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
Photographic
postcards.
Photographic prints.
Colleges and
Universities
Military
Sports and
Recreation
Student Life
Oregon
Corvallis
Photographs
Series I
Photographs from Scrapbook
1913-1914
Series I consists of photographs that were removed from a scrapbook
assembled by Vedder. Most of the images are photographic postcards. The
images depict Oregon Agricultural College campus views and buildings;
athletics teams and events, especially football games; cadets; and student
events.
P190:01
1
Waldo Hall
P190:02
1
Campus scene of Benton Hall
Includes trees to northeast of Benton Hall and roadway leading to
Benton Hall.
P190:03
1
Lady of the Fountain on Lower
Campus
P190:04
1
Cadets in parade on 2nd Street in
Corvallis
Memorial Day (?).
P190:05
1
Walkway on lower campus
Benton Hall tower visible in background.
P190:06
1
Waldo Hall and Jefferson
Street
P190:07
1
Benton Hall
P190:08
1
Armory and Gymnasium
1914
View to south of Gymnasium (Valley Gymnastics Center) with Armory
(McAlexander Fieldhouse) in background.
P190:09
1
Armory (McAlexander
Fieldhouse)
Soon after construction completed.
P190:10
1
OAC Cadets Passing in Review on Lower
Campus
P190:11
1
Interior of OAC Armory
McAlexander Fieldhouse.
P190:12
1
Dairy Building
Gilkey Hall
P190:13 - P190:14
1
Mines Building
1914
Batcheller Hall.
P190:15
1
Gymnasium
Valley Gymnastics Center
P190:16
1
Cauthorn Hall
Fairbanks Hall
P190:17
1
Marys River dam
P190:18
1
Marys River (?)
P190:19
1
May Day celebration
P190:20
1
OAC Rooters at Oregon Electric
Depot
October 21, 1914
P190:21
1
Cadet band in parade
In downtown Corvallis (?).
P190:22
1
Basketball team
1914
P190:23
1
Varsity Baseball Team
1914
P190:24
1
First prize winner at OAC vs UO football
game rally
November 7, 1913
P190:25
1
Prize winner at OAC vs UO football game
rally
November 7, 1913
With a
We Have Oregon's sign and a goat in a
wagon.
P190:26
1
OAC Rooters at football game
P190:27
1
OAC Rooters at football game
November 8, 1913
P190:28
1
OAC vs UO football game
November 8, 1913
P190:29
1
U. of I. vs OAC at Corvallis
Football game with standing water on field; probably University of
Idaho.
P190:30
1
OAC Football squad
1914
P190:31
1
OAC Rooters at OAC vs UW football
game
October 31, 1914
P190:32
1
OAC Coeds at OAC vs UW football
game
October 31, 1914
P190:33
1
OAC Serpentine at OAC vs UW football
game
October 31, 1914
P190:34 - P090:036
1
Students on guard at the Lady of the
Fountain
1914
P190:37
1
UO vs OAC football game at
OAC
November 21, 1914
P190:38
1
We'll get
Oregon's goat sign
P190:39 - P190:40
1
UO vs OAC football game at
OAC
P190:41
1
UO Rooters at OAC
November 21, 1914
University of Oregon fans at football game.
P190:42 - P190:43
1
UO vs OAC football game at
OAC
P190:44
1
Freshman Sophomore Bag Rush
1914
P190:45
1
Lady of the Fountain statue
Close-up of fountain with students.
P190:46
1
Burning of the Green Caps
Rook caps burned in fire.
P190:47
1
Insurectors
Gathering of students.
P190:48
1
No
drill
Gathering of students.
P190:49
1
Apperson Hall
Kearney Hall.
P190:50
1
Apperson Hall and other engineering
buildings
View from the southwest.
P190:51
1
View of lower campus
Series II
Loose Photographs
1915-1916
Series II consists of photographs that had been removed from an album
or scrapbook before they were received by the Archives. Most of the images
are snapshot photographs; the series includes one photographic postcard.
The series includes images of Oregon Agricultural College campus
buildings; flooding in Corvallis in 1916; a winter 1915 snowfall in
Corvallis; and several images of cadets. A photograph of Harold Vedder is
also included.
P190:52
1
Unidentified building
P190:53
1
Unidentified building
Perhaps a lumber mill (?).
P190:54 - P190:55
1
Cadets at the depot
P190:56
1
Campus drive to Benton Hall
P190:57
1
Lower campus with Benton Hall and
Apperson Hall in background
P190:58
1
Mines Building
Batcheller Hall
P190:59
1
The Lady of the Fountain on Lower
Campus
P190:60
1
Encampment of Cadets
P190:61
1
Flooding in Corvallis
1916
P190:62
1
Cadets next to tent at camp
P190:63
1
Three men lying next to tree
P190:64
1
Cadets in horse-drawn wagons
P190:65
1
Snow in Corvallis
Winter 1915
Includes sleds.
P190:66
1
Close-up of cadet from back
P190:67
1
Soldiers marching down unidentified
street
P190:68
1
Parade of cadets in unidentified
town.
Ringrose Garage included in image.
P190:69
1
Dormitory room decorated with pennants
and photos
P190:70
1
Harold Vedder in Corvallis
1916
P190:71
1
Unidentified man
P190:72
1
Cadets in parade on Second Street in
Corvallis on Memorial Day