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Illustrated Booklets, 1911-1930

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Oregon Agricultural College.
Title
Illustrated Booklets
Dates
1911-1930 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.85 cubic feet, (3 boxes)
Collection Number
PUB 488
Summary
The Illustrated Booklets were published by Oregon Agricultural College during the 1910s and 1920s to promote and publicize the College to potential students and Oregon residents.   The booklets include numerous photographs of the campus in Corvallis as well as students in laboratories and classrooms and participating in student activities.   Edwin T. Reed edited and wrote many of the booklets.  This collection consists of 29 booklets, all of which are available online and searchable in Oregon Digital.
Repository
Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Edwin T. Reed was appointed the first Editor of Publications for Oregon Agricultural Coillege in 1912, a position he held until his retirement in 1943.  During this time he edited hundreds of college bulletins and circulars and wrote many as well.

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Content Description

The Illustrated Booklets were published by Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) during the 1910s and 1920s to promote and publicize the College to potential students and Oregon residents and provide vocational guidance to youth and young adults.  In addition to general information about academic and research programs of the College, booklets focused on agriculture, engineering, music, science, landscape architecture, business, and home economics were produced.  Several booklets promote opportunities for women at OAC.  Two booklets published during World War I highlight military training and the roles of OAC students and faculty in the war.  One booklet describes campus buildings and facilities as of 1922 and another is dedicated solely to the newly completed Memorial Union.

Edwin T. Reed edited and wrote many of the booklets.  The booklets include numerous photographs and graphical elements.  The photographs depict campus buildings and scenes, students in classrooms and laboratories, and student activities. The first bulletin was described as “elegant … handsomely illustrated … [and] beautifully printed”.  One review of the 1911 bulletin stated, “Every home in Grant County should have a copy.”

Individual copies of most of the bulletins are part of this collection; the bound volumes that comprise Series 2 include two additional bulletins.  Limited correspondence from the College Editor soliciting content for the 1926 booklet on the theme of science; production information for one of the booklets; and news clippings about the first booklet, published in 1911, are also part of this collection.

All of the booklets are available online and searchable in Oregon Digital.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Illustrated Booklets (PUB 488), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The Illustrated Booklets are arranged in 3 series:  1. Unbound Items, 1911-1930; 2. Bound Volumes, 1911-1929; and 3. Correspondence, 1925.

Acquisition Information

These publications were received by the University Archives begiinning in the 1960s as part of the College Bulletins; they were segregated to form this separate collection in 2017.

Related Materials

The Special Collections and Archives Research Center has extensive collections of publications and related materials promoting Oregon State University’s academic and research programs and outreach to the state of Oregon and beyond; the Memorabilia Collection (MSS MC) includes a wide variety of promotional materials. The bulk of the college bulletins from this time period are described as the College Bulletins (PUB 005-11a). The Office of University Publications and OSU Press Records (RG 018) and the Edwin T. Reed Papers (MSS Reed) provide information about the publishing at Oregon State. Many of the photographs published in the Illustrated Booklets are available in photographic collections held by the Special Collections and Archives Research Center, especially Harriet's Photograph Collection (P HC).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Series 1: Unbound Items, 1911-1930

    Series 1 consists of individual copies of the illustrated booklets and includes most (27 of 29) of the published illustrated booklets that comprise this collection.

  • Series 2: Bound Volumes, 1911-1929

    Series 2 consists of bound sets of a selection of the Illustrated Booklets. Of special note are clippings about the 1911 Dignifying the Industries booklet bound with that publication. Series 2 includes 2 bulletins that are only available in bound volumes: Called to the Colors and Shall I Choose Engineering?.

    • Description: Dignifying the Industries

      Includes clippings about the publication.

      Dates: 1911
      Container: Box item 2.1
      Location: Series 2: Bound Volumes, 1911-1929
    • Description: Dignifying the Industries
      Dates: 1912
      Container: Box item 2.2
      Location: Series 2: Bound Volumes, 1911-1929
    • Description: Illustrated Booklets

      Includes The Enrichment of Rural Life, The Life Career, The Trail Blazers, Uniting Learning and Labor, and Called to the Colors.

      Dates: 1913-1917
      Container: Box item 2.3
      Location: Series 2: Bound Volumes, 1911-1929
    • Description: Illustrated Booklets

      Includes Called to the Colors, O.A.C. and U.S.A., Leadership, Education Pays, Training for the Vocations, The Campus, and A Liberal and Practical Education.

      Dates: 1917-1924
      Container: Box item 2.4
      Location: Series 2: Bound Volumes, 1911-1929
    • Description: Illustrated Booklets

      Includes College and State and The College Girl at O.A.C.

      Dates: 1923-1924
      Container: Box item 2.5
      Location: Series 2: Bound Volumes, 1911-1929
    • Description: Vocational Guidance Booklets

      Includes What Career?, Shall I Choose Engineering?, Woman's Career, Modern Business, and Landscape Architecture.

      Dates: 1927-1929
      Container: Box item 3.1
      Location: Series 2: Bound Volumes, 1911-1929
    • Description: Illustrated Booklets

      Includes Science for Service and Science, The Key to Education.

      Dates: 1926-1928
      Container: Box item 3.2
      Location: Series 2: Bound Volumes, 1911-1929
  • Description: Series 3: Correspondence

    Series 3 consists of a letter to department heads from the College Editor, Edwin T. Reed, requesting content for the illustrated booklet to be published in 1926 on the theme, Science for Service.

    Dates: 1925
    Container: Box/Folder 3.3

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Subject Terms

  • Agriculture--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Business education--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • College publications--Oregon.
  • College publicity--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Engineering schools--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Home economics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Landscape architecture--Study and teaching--Oregon.
  • Military education--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Music in universities and colleges--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Science--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Vocational guidance--Oregon.
  • Women--Education (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.

Corporate Names

  • Oregon Agricultural College.
  • Oregon State Agricultural College.
  • Oregon State College.

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Bexell, J. A. (John Andrew), 1867-1938. (creator)
    • Peck, Arthur L. (creator)
    • Reed, Edwin Thomas, 1872-1948. (creator)
    • Rodenwold, Zelta Feike, 1895-1987. (creator)

    Corporate Names

    • Oregon State Agricultural College. (creator)
    • Oregon State College. (creator)

Finding Aid Authors: Elizabeth Nielsen.
2017

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