Emery Guide to the Joseph Emery Lecture Notebook ca. 1872 Emery (Joseph) Lecture Notebook Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. 1991 Oregon State University Archives
121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-4501 Phone: 541-737-2165 Email: archives@oregonstate.edu Web: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives
Finding aid encoded by Erika Castaño 2004 Finding aid written in English. Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-4501 Phone: 541-737-2165 Email: archives@oregonstate.edu Web: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives
Consult repository. Emery, Joseph, 1833-1924. Joseph Emery Lecture Notebook ca. 1872 0.1 cubic ft. The Emery Lecture Notebook contains geology lecture notes and entries regarding subscriptions to purchase the original campus of Corvallis College. Materials in English. Biographical Note:

Joseph Emery was born June 2, 1833 in Pennsylvania. Emery taught at Corvallis College from 1867 to 1885, including mathematics, physics, geology, and physiology. He helped to raise the funds to purchase the original lands for the OSU campus. In 1885 Emery left Corvallis and became an agent for the U.S. Indian Agency at Klamath [Falls]. He died January 18, 1924 at Salinas, California.

Consists of geology lecture notes used by Emery at Corvallis College around 1872. Also includes entries for the Agricultural Farm "old subscription" for 1870 and 1871. This probably refers to the fundraising efforts to pay for the original college campus.

Joseph Emery Lecture Notebook, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon

Donated by Ada Finley McCallister (Class of 1903).

 Corvallis College. Geology--Study and teaching (Higher) Oregon Colleges and Universities