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P
128
Belcher, Jerry D.
Jerry D. Belcher Collection of Oregon
Agricultural College Track Photographs
1905
0.01 cubic foot, including 2
photographs
1 box
The Jerry D. Belcher Collection consists
of Oregon Agricultural track photographs taken by Corvallis photographer,
W.G. Emery.
Materials in English.
Biographical Note:
Jerry D. Belcher attended Oregon State University in the 1960s and
graduated with a bachelor's degree in education in 1969. Belcher played
football for Oregon State and won the football team's 1968 Attitude and
Scholarship Award.
The 1905 Oregon Agricultural College track team was the champion team
of the Northwest. Forrest Smithson won the gold medal in the 110 high
hurdles at the Olympics in London in 1908. Claude V. Swann graduated from
OAC in 1907 and Miles Bebee Belden in 1906.
The Jerry D. Belcher Collection of Oregon Agricultural College Track
Photographs consists of two mounted photographic prints of 1905 track and
field events. One of the images depicts Claude V. ("Skeeter") Swann
completing his first place pole vault in a meet with the University of
Oregon. The other image shows the Oregon Agricultural College sprinters in
the high hurdles. This image is available
online.
The racers are identified as Belden [Miles Bebee], Graham [perhaps Thomas
Rader?], Swann [Claude V.], Smithson [Forrest], and Cathey [perhaps George
Andrew or Collie Flint]. The photographs were taken by William G. Emery, a
Corvallis studio photographer and 1883 Oregon State graduate.
Collection is open for research.
Jerry D. Belcher Collection of Oregon Agricultural College Track
Photographs (P 128), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis,
Oregon.
The photographs were donated to the Archives in the 1960s.
The
William
Harling Davolt Scrapbook and Photographs document track and field
events in Oregon and Washington during this period (1904-1908). Other
photographs of track and field events are available in numerous Archives'
collections, including Harriet's Collection, the Athletics-Track
Photograph Collection (P 010), and the
G.
Herbert Root Photograph Collection (P 127).
Materials pertaining to track and field at Oregon State University in
the 1960s and 1970s are available in the Berny Wagner Scrapbooks.
Additional information about track athletes, coaches, and meets, as well
as statistics, are available in the Sports Media Guides (PUB 54) for track
and field.
Smithson,
Forrest.
Emery, W.
G.
Oregon
Agricultural College--Students.
Oregon
Agricultural College--Track and field.
College
students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Hurdling (Track and
field)--Oregon--Corvallis.
Track and field
athletes--Oregon--Corvallis.
Photographic prints.
Colleges and
Universities
Sports and
Recreation
Corvallis
Photographs