Lamplighter Club (Oregon State College)
The Lamplighter Literary Magazine
1936-1945
PUB 010-13d
0.15 cubic feet
1 box
Materials in English.
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR, 97331-4501
Phone: 541-737-2075
Email: scarc@oregonstate.edu
Web: http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/findingaids
The Lamplighter Literary Magazine was edited and published by Oregon State College students from 1935 to 1946. This archival collection includes a selection of 19 individual issues published in 1936-1946. Students were responsible for writing, selection, and editing of all material published in The Lamplighter as well as layout of type and illustrations, printing, and distiribution. Sigurd H. Peterson, head of the English Department, served as faculty advisor for the publication. The issues that comprise this archival collection are available online in Oregon Digital. All issues of The Lamplighter are available in the History of Oregon State University collection as well as an index, which is also available online.
Historical Note:
The Lamplighter was established in 1935 after the previous literary magazine , The Manuscript, ceased publication in 1932. Unlike its predecessor, which was edited by the English Department, the Lamplighter was solely an Oregon State College student publication. The students who published the magazine comprised the Lamplighter Club.
The first issue of The Lamplighter was published in February 1935. Subsequent issues were published in May and October of 1935. Beginning with the December 1935 issue, the magazine was published monthly during the academic year. Beginning with the 1936-1937 academic year, 8 or 9 issues were published each year from October to May or June. The December 1941 issue commemorated the 1941 football team’s upcoming trip to the January 1, 1942 Rose Bowl. The literary magazine continued publication during World War II.
Because of printing issues, the Lamplighter Club was inactiviated in December 1946 and the May 1946 issue was the final installment of The Lamplighter that was published. Sigma Delta Chi sponsored a new magazine, The Quad, which began publication in January 1947.
Peterson, Sigurd Harlan, 1886-1963.
College students' writings, American--Oregon--Corvallis.
College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Student publications--Oregon--Corvallis.
Colleges and Universities
Literature
Student Life
Women
Oregon
Corvallis
The issues in this collection were received in multiple transfers and donations from the 1980s through 2017.
Collection is open for research.
The Lamplighter Literary Magazine (PUB 010-13d), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
The Lamplighter is also available in the History of Oregon State University Collection with this call number: LH1 .L3
Other publications of Oregon State students' literary and creative output include: The Manuscript (PUB 010-13b) ; The Orange Owl (PUB 010-13c); and, most recently, The Prism (PUB 013-9).
The Lamplighter Literary Magazine consists of one series.
The Lamplighter Literary Magazine was edited and published by Oregon State College students from 1935 to 1946. This archival collection includes a selection of 19 individual issues published from 1936 to 1946. The Lamplighter includes stories, poems, essays, and feature articles with illustrations of linoleum block prints on the cover and interior.
This collection begins with the January 1936 issue. It includes several issues published in 1936-1940 and concludes with the November 1945 and January-May 1946 issues. Two copies of several issues are included.
Students were solely responsible for all aspects of the publication, including writing, selection and editing of material to be published; layout of type and illustration; printing and assembly; and sales and distribution. The magazine was printed in the basement of the home of the faculty advisor, Sigurd H. Peterson, on a linotype printer. Prizes were offered for the best published pieces and merchandise coupons were awarded each term to the sorority that sold the most copies.
The issues that comprise this archival collection are available online in Oregon Digital. All issues of the The Lamplighter are available in the History of Oregon State University collection as well as an index, which is also available online.
Series 1
Lamplighter Issues
1936-1945
Unbound issues of The Lamplighter.
Lamplighter
1936-1938
1.1
Lamplighter
January 1936
1.1
The Lamplighter
April 1936
1.1
Lamplighter
May 1937
1.1
The Lamplighter
April 1938
2 copies
1.1
The Lamplighter
May 1938
1.1
The Lamplighter
December 1938
Lamplighter
1939
1.2
The Lamplighter
February 1939
1.2
The Lamplighter
March 1939
2 copies
1.2
The Lamplighter
April 1939
1.2
The Lamplighter
December 1939
Lamplighter
1940
1.3
Lamplighter
February 1940
1.3
The Lamplighter
April 1940
1.3
The Lamplighter
October 1940
Lamplighter
1945-1946
1.4
Oregon State Lamplighter
November 1945
1.4
Oregon State Lamplighter
January 1946
2 copies
1.4
Oregon State Lamplighter
February 1946
1.4
Oregon State Lamplighter
March 1946
2 copies
1.4
Oregon State Lamplighter
April 1946
1.4
Oregon State Lamplighter
May 1946