OREp037.xml Guide to the Clifford L. Smith Photograph Collection 1916-1919 Smith (Clifford L.) Photograph Collection Finding aid prepared by Ryan Atwood. Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives Research Center 2014
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Finding aid encoded by Ryan Atwood. 2014 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives Research Center Special Collections & Archives Research Center
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P 037 Smith, Clifford L. (Clifford Lovejoy), 1907- Clifford L. Smith Photograph Collection 1916-1919 0.01 cubic foot, including 33 photographs 1 box The Clifford L. Smith Photograph Collection consists of images assembled by Smith that document student life at Oregon Agricultural College in the late 1910s. Smith earned a B.S. from Oregon State in 1929 and joined the faculty in the early 1940s. Materials in English. Biographical Note:

Clifford Lovejoy Smith was born February 23, 1907 in Kerby, Oregon. He attended Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in 1925-1929 and received a B.S. in Dairy Husbandry in 1929. Smith was an active student at OAC and a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.

Smith earned graduate degrees from Kansas State University (M.S., 1930) and the University of Wisconsin (Ph.D. 1959) and joined the faculty of Oregon State College in the early 1940s. He was a founding board member of the E.R. Jackman Foundation and a member of the Steak and Chop Club. Smith retired from Oregon State University on June 30, 1969 at the age of 62. He died at the age of 84 on March 8, 1991, and the “Clifford Smith Memorial Agricultural Honors Scholarship” was created in 1992 in his honor by his family.

The Clifford L. Smith Photograph Collection consists of photographs assembled by Smith that document student life at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in the late 1910s. Several photos are pictures of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house and members. A number of photos also show many early traditions at Oregon Agricultural College, including the rook bonfire and rook-sophomore tug-of-war at the millrace. All of the items in the collection are photographic or postcard prints.

These images were made several years before Smith attended OAC; he may have acquired them through his connection with Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.

Collection is open for research.

This collection is arranged in one series: I. Photographs.

Clifford L. Smith Photograph Collection (P 037), Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

The photographs were received by the University Archives in the 1960s.

The Special Collections & Archives Research Center includes numerous collections of photographs of student life and activities at Oregon Agricultural College in the late 1910s. Photographs of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity are available in the Smith-Western Company Photographs of Oregon State College (P 164) and the Fraternities and Sororities Photograph Collection (P 034) among others. The Steak and Chop Club Records (MSS Steak) document the establishment of the organization and Clifford Smith's participation.

Oregon Agricultural College--Students. Lambda Chi Alpha. College students--Oregon--Corvallis. Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis. Greek letter societies--Oregon--Corvallis. Photographic prints. Clubs and Societies Student Life Colleges and Universities Corvallis Oregon Photographs Series I Photographs 1916-1919

Series I consists of photographs of student life at Oregon Agricultural College. Some images are of waterfalls along the Columbia River Gorge.

 P037:01 1 Agriculture classroom circa 1918 P037:02 1 Tug of War, Junior Weekend 1919 P037:03 1 Rooks go through millrace; tug-of-war 1919 2 prints P037:05-P037:06 1 Campus Entrance circa 1918 P037:07 1 Lambda Chi Alpha House; Winter circa 1918 P037:08 1 Kidder Hall Construction 1918 P037:09 1 Lambda Chi Alpha house circa 1918 P037:10 1 Lambda Chi Alpha members on steps of house 1918 P037:11-P037:12 1 Guarding the Lady of the Fountain circa 1918 P037:13 1 Latourell Falls, Columbia River Highway circa 1918 P037:14 1 Oneonta Gorge from Columbia River Highway circa 1918 P037:15 1 Luncheon at Oneonta Gorge Columbia Highway circa 1918 P037:16 1 Multnomah Falls, Columbia Highway circa 1918 P037:17 1 Initiation of 1922 Vigilance Committee 1919 P037:19 1 Tug of war; Loyal Sophomores circa 1918 P037:20 1 Rook team; tug of war circa 1918

Hiatt, Rose, Webster, Daigh, Grayton, and Perry.

 P037:20A 1 Annual rook sophomore tug of war circa 1918 2 prints P037:20B 1 Rook sophomore tug of war circa 1918 2 prints

Sophomores in the millrace.

 P037:21 1 Burning the green caps; class of 1920 circa 1917 2 prints P037:22 1 Green cap crematory circa 1918 P037:23-P037:24 1 Rook bonfire circa 1918 P037:25 1 Some of OAC students 1916 P037:26 1 Company B, First Battalion, ROTC cadets 1916 P037:27 1 Lambda Chi Alpha Installation circa 1918 P037:28 1 Orson Strahn circa 1918 P037:29 1 Umatilla Club at the time it became Lambda Chi Alpha circa 1918 P037:30 1 Lambda Chi Alpha House party circa 1918