OREstrome.xml Guide to the Carey L. Strome Papers 1911-1914 Strome (Carey L.) Papers Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen. Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives Research Center 2014
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Finding aid encoded by Elizabeth Nielsen. 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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MSS Strome Strome, Carey L. Carey L. Strome Papers 1911-1914 0.1 cubic foot 1 box The Carey L. Strome Papers consist of materials generated and assembled by alumnus Strome documenting his agriculture courses at Oregon Agricultural College in the early 1910s. The Papers include class notes, course materials and class assignments, and publications. Strome earned a BS in Agronomy at Oregon Agricultural College in 1916. Materials in English. Biographical Note:

Carey L. Strome earned a BS in Agronomy from Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in 1916. Strome enrolled at OAC in 1912 after graduating from high school in Junction City, Oregon. Strome worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. after completing his degree. In 1935, he assumed management of the family's farm near Junction City and specialized in the production of grass seed. Strome was active in business, civic, and community organizations; he served as President of the Oregon Seed Growers League, was a member of the Lane County Planning Commission, and served as mayor of Junction City.

Carey Lloyd Strome was born in Junction City, Oregon, on January 11, 1894; he died in 1974.

The Carey L. Strome Papers consist of materials generated and assembled by alumnus Strome as a student in agriculture at Oregon Agricultural College in the early 1910s. The Papers include class notes, course materials and class assignments, and publications. The class notes are for a bacteriology course in fall 1912. The course materials consist of student score cards for livestock judging and dairy separator work assignments.

The publications include Department of Entomology Circular Letter no. 1, Fumigation, by A.L. Lovett (1914); The Business Side of Farming - Part I Farm Records by J.A. Bexell (1911; College Bulletin no. 33); Water Laws of Oregon (1913); and Table of Logarithms for Chemical Calculations by the Department of Chemistry (1914).

Collection is open for research.

Carey L. Strome Papers (MSS Strome), Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

The papers were transferred to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center by the Crop and Soil Science Department in 2013.

The Arthur Victor Papers and the Ronald V. and John G. Hogg Papers also include materials created and assembled by agriculture students during the 1910s.

Bexell, J. A. (John Andrew), 1867-1938. Lovett, A. L. (Arthur Lester), 1885-1924. Oregon Agricultural College--Students. Agriculture--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis. Agricultural education--Oregon--Corvallis. Agriculture Colleges and Universities Water and Water Rights Oregon Corvallis