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MSS Reed
Reed,
Edwin Thomas, 1872-1948
Edwin T. Reed Papers
1886-1948
1900-1943
6 cubic feet
9 boxes, including 3 oversize boxes
The Reed Papers consist of notes,
publications and speeches, correspondence, photographs, and other materials
pertaining to Edwin T. Reed's work as college editor, to OSU history, and to
William Jasper Kerr.
Materials in
English.
Biographical Note:
Edwin Thomas Reed was born in River Falls, Wisconsin on September 15,
1872. He attended the University of Minnesota, graduating in 1895 with a B.S.
He then studied composition and literature at Harvard, earning a B.A. Reed
spent a number of years at newspaper and teaching jobs in Wisconsin and
Minnesota, followed by ten years as the English Department chair at Moorhead
(Minnesota) State Teachers College. At Moorhead, Reed also supervised the
library, directed the college's publications program, and had published two
volumes of his poetry. He married Katharine May Hartwell, a Moorhead graduate,
in 1909. The Reeds had two daughters and a son.
Reed moved to Corvallis in 1911, drawn by the accounts of the Willamette
Valley read to him as a child by his father. He purchased a 40-acre farm,
"Knollbrook," adjacent to OAC's South Farm. After meeting the College's
president, William Jasper Kerr, Reed was asked by Kerr in the spring of 1912 to
become the College's Editor of Publications. Reed served in this position until
his retirement in 1943, editing hundreds of college bulletins and circulars and
writing some of them himself. He also served as Editor of Publications for the
Oregon State System of Higher Education from 1932-1943.
Reed was credited with writing the OSC creed, was involved with the
founding of OAC's alumni publication, and was a popular speaker at high school
commencements and other gatherings. From 1927-1930, Reed was a contributing
editor to
School Executives Magazine and associate
editor of
Oregon, The State Magazine. He had three
additional volumes of poetry published, one of which,
Into The Promised Land, was published for
the centennial of the Oregon Trail. Many of his poems were also published in
magazines. Reed died at his home in Corvallis on August 25, 1948.
Series I consists of Reed's notes and manuscripts drafts, and original
documents pertaining to the history of Oregon State University and, to a lesser
extent, the Oregon State System of Higher Education (OSSHE) and Corvallis.
Noteworthy is the substantial body of materials pertaining to the
reorganization of Oregon's public higher education in the 1930s and the
resulting controversies between Oregon State College and the University of
Oregon. Other materials pertain to Reed's tenure as College Editor at OSC and
Director of Publications for OSSHE, A. D. Taylor's plans for the OAC campus and
Corvallis, and the 1936 student activities fee ballot measure.
Series II includes drafts of a revision of the
Orange & Black, titled
The First Eighty Years, 1868-1948: A History of
Oregon State College; speeches and published articles on higher
education, Oregon State College, and William Jasper Kerr; typescripts and a
published volume of Reed's poetry,
The Bells of Long Ago and Other Memorial
Poems; published and manuscript versions of musical works (many of
which have words by Reed and music by his brother, Neil); and miscellaneous
manuscripts on a variety of subjects.
Series III consists of source materials collected by Reed for his
biography of William Jasper Kerr as well as manuscript drafts of the biography.
Much of the source material was given to Reed by Kerr, and is arranged
according to general subjects determined by Kerr. Materials from other sources
have been interfiled with the materials from Kerr. Source materials include
speeches, publications, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and Reed's
research notes. The biography manuscript consists of drafts of various
chapters, correspondence between Reed and Kerr concerning Kerr's review of
various chapters, and copies of halftone illustrations that Reed intended to be
used in the final publication. Photographic illustrations that Reed intended to
use are found in Series VI. Series III constitutes the largest extant body of
William Jasper Kerr's personal papers.
Series IV consists of general correspondence with OSC and OSSHE staff
and magazine editors. Of note is the correspondence between Reed and William A.
Jensen, executive secretary to the OSC president from 1916-1942. Series V
contains materials pertaining to organizations and events that Reed belonged to
or participated in, such as the Harvard University Tercentenary (1936) and the
Old Oregon Trail Centennial (1943). Series VI consists of photographs,
postcards, a postcard album, and a photograph album. Photos include aerial
views of OSC, and images pertaining to Kerr for use in the biography. Postcards
are of Harvard University. The postcard album includes mounted postcards,
photographs, and halftone illustrations of college and university buildings,
libraries, and courthouses throughout the United States. The photograph album
contains views of the Oregon Agricultural College campus taken between 1918 and
1920.
Organized into six series: I. General Historical Reference File - OAC,
OSC, OSSHE, and Other Subjects, 1902-1946; II. Writings and Publications,
1919-1948; III. William Jasper Kerr Reference File and Biographical Manuscript,
1886-1947; IV. General Correspondence, 1916-1943; V. Organizations and Special
Events, 1921-1943; and VI. Photographs, 1900-1939. Most series or subseries are
arranged chronologically.
Collection is open for research.
Edwin T. Reed Papers, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis,
Oregon.
The photograph album was transferred to the University Archives from the
former Horner Museum in July 1996.
Other materials relating to Reed can be found in the University
Publications and OSU Press Records (RG 18), Harriet's Photograph Collection
#381, the Century Club Records, and the Memorabilia Collection.
Finley,
Sarah E.
Jensen,
William A.
Kerr,
William Jasper, 1863-1947.
Smith,
Mahlon Ellwood, 1884-
Weld,
Frank A. (Frank Augustine), b. 1858.
Harvard
University.
Oregon
State System of Higher Education.
Oregon
State College--History.
Oregon State College. Office of Publications.
Oregon
State College--Presidents.
University
of Oregon.
City
planning--Oregon--Corvallis.
Education,
Higher--Oregon.
Education,
Higher--Utah.
Educational
surveys--Oregon.
Music--Manuscripts--Oregon.
American
poetry--Oregon.
Public libraries--United
States.
State universities and
colleges--Oregon.
Universities and
colleges--North America.
Photograph
albums.
Photographs.
Postcards.
Bells of long ago.
Colleges and Universities
Literature
Music
Publishers and Publishing
Oregon
Corvallis
Photographs
Inventory
Series I
General Historical Reference File
- OAC, OSC, OSSHE and Other Subjects
1902-1946
1
Notes on
Commission to Select ...
University Land, compiled by the historical Records Survey from sources
in Benton County Courthouse
ca. 1936
1
Transcripts of 19th century
reports & notes on early college history
1
Notes from journal
(1889-1908) of OAC Board of Regents
1
Notes from newspaper articles
(1881-1894) regarding OAC
1
Notes on Thomas
Gatch
1
Invitations, programs, etc.
of commencements and other college celebrations
1902-1916
1
Replies to questionnaires and
queries for information about OAC
1922-1936
1
Corvallis
Gazette-Times,
OAC Special
section
October 1, 1923
1
Corvallis school district
annual report
1923/24
1
Report of gas plant for
campus
1926
1
Various references by name in
Oregon laws to OSC, compiled by Delmer Goode
1926
1
Statement of
salaries
December 1926
1
A.D. Taylor Campus Plan
(1926) and Corvallis report (1925), copies made in 1938
1
Memorial Union campaign &
dedication
1927-1929
1
Hanson's Leghorn Farm
(Corvallis)
1928-1929
1
Oregon Property Tax Relief
Commission reports
1928-1929
Annual and biennial
reports
1
Schools of Agriculture,
Basic Arts & Sciences, Commerce, Engineering & Mechanic
Arts/Engineering, Experiment Station, Forestry, Health &
Physical
1
Education, Home
Economics, Mines, Pharmacy, Vocational Education, Dept. of Chemical
Engineering, 1928/30 biennial reports
1
School of Science,
Departments of Botany, Entomology, Mathematics, Physics, Military Science &
Tactics, 1934/36 biennial reports
1
Health Service annual
report
1935/36
1
Oregon State Board of
Higher Education biennial report
1934/36
1
Oregon State College
biennial report materials
1940/42
Higher education
reorganization and OSC/Univ. of Oregon disputes
1931-1942:
1
Reed's lists of briefs,
studies, reports, etc. (many included below)
1
Survey of Higher Education in Oregon
1931
Includes Reed's? annotations.
1
Ten-Year Capital Outlay
Program, 1931-1940 Inclusive
October 1930 (draft) & January 1931
1
Budgetary Estimates for
18-Month Period, July 1, 1931-Dec. 31, 1932, Oregon State Agricultural
College
May 4, 1931
1
Reports of Special
Committees Representing University of Oregon & Oregon State
College
May 25, 1931
1
Reply to Dean Faville's
Brief on the Commerce School Problem as Accompanied by President Hall's Letter
of May 24, 1931
May 27, 1931
1
Statement of Services Lost
to the Institution and the State for the Year 1931-32
December 1931
1
Consolidation ballot
measure brochures (Zorn-MacPherson Bill)
1932
1
Present Arrangements in
Respect to Lower Division
Feb. 15, 1932
1
A Definite and Concise
Showing of Conditions Pertaining to Music
February 20, 1932
1
Progress Report,
Committee upon Unified Administration, Oregon State System of Higher Education
(OSSHE)
March 18, 1932
1
Meeting, Presidents Hall
and Kerr
June 10, 1932
1
Coordination of state
institutions in Ohio
1932
1
Efficiency of Higher
Education Threatened, Board's Report to Ways and Means Committee
inquiry
Feb. 1933
1
Transcript, State Board
of Higher Education meeting
Sept. 11, 1933
1
Controversy in Higher
Education -- Who Started It?
November 22, 1933
1
Outline charts on higher
education
November 1933
1
Resolutions re: James T.
Jardine, Wayne Morse, University of Oregon faculty, William J. Kerr
1932-1935
1
Administrative
Organization, OSSHE
Feb. 3, 1934
1
Teaching
loads
Fall Term 1935/36
1
Commerce & Business
Schools
1937
1
Restoration of Science to
the University of Oregon
1937-1941:
1
Statements, memos,
briefs and reports
1937-1941
2
folders
1
Notes and drafts of
statements and briefs
1
The Curricular Scope of Land-Grant
Institutions by Delmer Goode
June 13, 1941
1
How 'Complete' is Oregon State College as a
'Separate' Land-Grant Institution?
Nov. 26, 1941
1
Correspondence
1927-1942
1
Manuscripts pertaining to
the University of Oregon (excerpts of briefs to Oregon State Board of Higher
Education?)
1
Drafts of survey
responses and briefs
ca. 1930-1932
1
Draft of OSSHE general
circular
undated
1
Miscellaneous manuscripts
and notes
1
Quotations on higher
education
1
Clippings
1927-1946
2
The Superfluous
Generation, OSC commencement address by Herman F. Swartz
June 4, 1934
2
President's address (Peavy),
Dads' & Grads' Banquet
November 17, 1934
2
Publications Board
proposal
1934-1939
2
OSSHE Division of Information
manuscripts
ca. 1934
2
The Townsend Plan
Exposed, by Richard Neuberger
October 1935
2
Establishment of Oregon State
Monographs series
1935-1936
2
Sigma Xi
1935-1941
Student activities fee
measure
1935-1936:
2
Correspondence
2
Promotional and
background materials
2
Campaign financial
records
2
Burton Hutton file
(Correspondence, background material, clippings.)
2
National Farm & Home
Hour, NBC broadcast from OSC
May 20, 1936
2
Bill for abolition of
compulsory military training in state institutions of higher
education
1936-1942
2
Faculty members of long
service
1937
Includes statements by Frederick Berchtold.
2
Community Aspects of
Medicine, paper by Ralph Couch, University of Oregon Medical
School
October 1937
2
Typescript,
Economic
Geography
1938-1939
2
folders
2
D.E. Stephens
material
1938
2
OSC 1938/39
budget
March 30, 1938
2
Land grant colleges/public
support for education
1938-1940
2
History of Pharmacy in
Oregon, by Adolph Ziefle
2
List of OSC graduates in
Chemistry
ca. 1940
2
OSC
Beaver
Bugle
July 1, 1941
2
KOAC radio
1941-1943
2
John Burtner articles on John
Fulton and A.L. Strand
1942
Series II
Writings and
Publications
1919-1948
2
Index to writings
ca. 1930
Orange &
Black
2
Drafts of
chapters
2
Correspondence
1938-1943
2
Background material for
chapters on Finley, Arnold, Bloss, Miller & Gatch
The First Eighty Years,
1868-1948: A History of Oregon State College (revision of
Orange &
Black)
2
Early drafts
undated
2
Drafts &
correspondence with E.B. Lemon & others
1946-1948
2
Manuscript, sections
I-VI
2
Sarah E. Finley materials for articles in
Oregon State Monthlyand
other publications
1929-1937
Published
articles
2
The Rise of an Agricultural
College,
School
Education
March 1920
2
The Open Hearth,
National School
Digest
Nov. 1920
2
President W.J.
Kerr,
Journal Of Electricity
(manuscript copy)
July 15, 1922
2
Aim of OAC is a Liberal and
Practical Education, Corvallis
Gazette-Times
(manuscript copy)
Jan. 1, 1925
2
Safeguarding the
Agricultural Interests of Oregon, in
Oregon, The State
Magazine (manuscript copy)
May 1927
2
Twenty Years of State-Wide
Service, in
Oregon, The State
Magazine, June 1927 (manuscript & published copies)
2
Vocational Tests Prove
Valuable in Directing Students to Best Life Work,
Sunday
Oregonian
March 18, 1928
2
Vocational and Educational
Guidance, in
American Educational
Digest, June 1928 (manuscript copy)
2
The Broadcasting Plant of a
State College, in
The American School And
University (reprint copy)
1928
2
Twenty-five Years of
Distinguished Service,
Pacific Coast
Review
February 1932
2
OSC President for 25
Years,
Oregon State
Monthly
June 1932
2
Promised Land,
Oregon State
Monthly
Sept. 1932
Speeches and
Talks
2
To the Graduates of the
College, Commencement
June 4, 1934
2
Adaptation of Higher
Education to New Conditions, University of Oregon
July 12, 1934
2
The Religion of Mark
Twain, 39th annual session, East Willamette Assn. of Congregational
Churches
Oct. 1, 1935
2
Dedication of the Oregon
Normal School buildings (written for F.E. Callister, member of the Oregon State
Board of Higher Education)
Oct. 26, 1936
2
The American
Scholar, delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Cambridge
(England?)
August 31, 1937
2
Address to Corvallis High
School journalism students
Feb. 13, 1939
2
The Friends That I Have
Known, probably delivered at Moorhead (Minnesota) State Teachers
College
Sept. 1939
2
The Promised Land,
delivered in Corvallis
undated (ca. 1930s)
2
Correspondence regarding
speaking engagements
1928-1932
2
Joint booklet of colleges
& universities (John F. Dobbs, Pacific University)
1935
2
Book reviews
1936 & undated
Poetry
2
The Bells of Long Ago and Other
Memorial Poems (2 copies, published by Binfords & Mort, Portland,
Oregon)
1946
2
To Frederick
Berchtold, in
Phi Kappa Phi
Journal
March 1935
2
Typescripts (mostly Reed's poetry; includes a
few poems written by others.
2
Poems written by Ellwood
Smith
1936-1937
2
Correspondence
1940
Music
Published sheet music
(words written by E.T. Reed)
3
apx 12x17 in.
Dear Old College
Days
1920
3
apx 12x17 in.
Love Letter
Days
1922
3
apx 12x17 in.
Today
1922
3
apx 12x17 in.
The Sweetest, Whitest
Rose
1923
3
apx 12x17 in.
Home Her Heroes Come
(Oregon State Victory Song)
1931
3
apx 12x17 in.
Home Economics
Extension Song
undated
3
apx 12x17 in.
Back to Old O.A.C.,
manuscript drafts of words & music
undated
3
apx 12x17 in.
Dearest Land to Me,
manuscript draft
undated
3
apx 12x17 in.
My Old High,
manuscript draft
undated
3
apx 12x17 in.
Today, manuscript
orchestration
undated
2
Today, published
orchestrations
undated
2
Home Her Heroes
Come, marching band arrangement
undated
2
Oregon State for
Me, ROTC band arrangement by Harry Beard
undated
2
Correspondence re:
publication of
Oregon State for
Me, and other OSC related music
1941-1947
Published music written
by others
2
Carry Me Back,
W. Homer Maris (OSU Alma Mater)
1919
2
Oregon, My
Oregon, by Henry B. Murtaugh & J.A. Buchanan
1920
2
The Gathering
Throng, by Bob Johnson, Bob Dickinson, & Rudy Hillstromca. (from
the OAC Song Book)
ca. 1920s
2
Pride of
Oregon, by George C. Lederer (dedicated to Harry Beard & the OSC
ROTC band)
1940
Miscellaneous
manuscripts
2
Freshman Week
Fables
1935-1942 & undated
2
Draft of article on early
campus life
undated
2
Dad's Club
ca. 1935
2
Scope and Function of the
Oregon State Agricultural College
ca. 1930
2
Writings on
education
1939 & undated
2
Mayflower
Chapel
1936 & 1941
2
Oregon State Creed and
Student Obligation (interpretation)
undated
2
Battleship
OREGON
1931-1938
2
Junior colleges &
junior college work at OSC
1933
2
Excerpts on women in
education, etc.
1933-1935
2
The Fruits of Half a
Century
ca. 1937
2
Women's Group of
Buildings
undated
2
Faculty
scholarship
ca. 1936
2
History of
OSC/Gazette-Times
ca. 1938
4
The ROTC as a Training
Ground for Citizenship and an Instrument of National Defense (editorial
for Dan Sowers, New York City)
July 8, 1932
4
In Defense of the
Cooperative Managers Association
Dec. 16, 1932
4
Plan for State System of
Education Recommended by Oregon Teachers
undated
4
Educational Leadership of
Different Institutions
undated
4
Brook
Lane
4
General articles on
OSC
1936 & undated
4
Grange
ca. 1930s
4
Critique of 1937
baccalaureate service & commencement
4
General
articles
4
Mark Twain --
American and other writings on Twain Graduates -- report to Chancellor
Hunter
1935-1936
4
Obituaries and
biographical sketches of OAC & OSSHE faculty and administrators &
prominent Corvallis citizens
James Dryden (1935), Ada Hastings Hedges, Hal Hoss, John
B. Horner, Millard Long, Clara H. Waldo, James Knox Weatherford, James
Withycombe.
4
Chats About Old Stories
That Keep Young, by M. Ellwood Smith
ca. 1930
4
Oregon Writers
League
1923
4
Norway articles (typescripts and published articles
from the Corvallis Gazette-Times)
August-September 1939
Series III
William Jasper Kerr Reference
File and Biographical Manuscript
1886-1947
Writings (addresses,
articles, editorials, etc.) by Kerr
1886-1938:
4
Bound volume of writings
on mathematics, newspaper letters to the editor, Brigham Young College
catalogue
1886-1897
4
The Relations of the
Land-Grant Colleges to the State Universities, reprint from the
Deseret Evening News,
Dec. 30, 1905; reprint by the Office of Experiment Stations, U.S. Dept. of
Agriculture from proceedings of the annual convention of the Assn. of American
Agricultural Colleges & Experiment Stations, Washington, D.C.
Nov. 14-16, 1905
4
Agricultural College of
Utah, in the
Deseret News
Dec. 25, 1905
4
Modern Demands of
Education, address delivered at the County Superintendents Convention,
Salt Lake City, Utah
April 1906
4
Horticultural
Education, address delivered to the Utah State Horticulture Society,
Salt Lake City
April 1906
4
The Function of the Common
Schools, address delivered to the Teachers' Institute, Salt Lake City,
Utah
April 7, 1906
4
Modern Tendencies in
Education, address delivered at the State Teachers' Assn.,
Salem
July 3, 1907
4
The Farmer and
Education, address delivered at the district fair, Grants Pass,
Oregon
Sept. 1907
4
Oregon Agricultural
College: Origin & Development--Function & Scope, notes on
address delivered at the Fair Association, Gresham, OR
Oct. 19, 1907
4
The New Education,
address delivered to the Teachers' Association, Portland, Nov. 25, 1907, and to
the Eastern Division of the Oregon State Teachers' Association, LaGrande, OR,
Nov. 26, 1907
4
Educational
Agriculture, notes on address delivered to the Oregon State Teachers'
Assn., Eugene
June 1908
4
Sources of Income and
Departments of Instruction of Oregon Agricultural College, in the
Pacific Grange
Bulletin
October 1908
4
Education, address
delivered at the Educational Congress Convention, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition, Seattle
July 4, 1909
4
Equality of Educational
Opportunity, address delivered at the Educational Congress, Seattle,
Washington, July 1909 and at the Teachers' Institute, The Dalles, Oregon,
October 7, 1909
4
Agricultural
Interests, address delivered to the Dept. of Manual Training, National
Education Association, Denver, Colorado
July 6, 1909
4
Education for the
Masses, address delivered to the Teachers' Institute, Klamath Falls,
OR
Sept. 6, 1909
Also included is a published version printed in the
Klamath Republican);
editorial for
Rural Spirit, Dec. 1909.
4
Back to the Soil,
address delivered at the Oregon State Fair, Salem
Sept. 14, 1909
4
Address delivered to
Oregon Agricultural College faculty
Sept. 23, 1909
4
The New Ideas in
Education, address delivered to the Clackamas County Teachers'
Institute, Oregon City
Nov. 5, 1909
4
Horticulture and the
Agricultural College, address delivered to the Oregon State
Horticultural Society, Portland
Dec. 8, 1909
4
Brief, Oregon
Agricultural College to Board of Higher Curricula
March 15, 1910
4
Memorial Day, notes and
outline of address, Corvallis, Oregon
May 30, 1910
4
The Oregon Agricultural
College, address delivered on September 25, 1910
1910
4
Some Land Grant College
Problems, address presented at the annual convention of the American
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, Washington, D.C.
November 16, 1910
4
Attack of the Carnegie
Foundation on Policies of Agricultural Colleges, in the
Oregonian
December 1910
4
The Country Life
Problem, address delivered at the Farmers Banquet celebrating country
life and Good Roads Week, Salem, OR, Feb. 8, 1912; also includes article re:
address from the Salem
Statesman
Feb. 9, 1912
4
The Relationship of
Eugenics and Sex Education, address delivered to the Social Hygiene
Society, Portland, OR
March 8, 1912
4
Remarks made at a banquet
given in honor of visitors on the Oregon-Portland Business Men Excursion to
Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis
April 26, 1912
4
The Country Life
Problem, address delivered to the Oregon State Bankers' Assn.,
Gearhart, Oregon
June 22, 1912
4
Address to Oregon
Agricultural College faculty
September 19, 1912
4
Development of the
Educational Idea, address delivered at the Grants Pass (OR) High School
commencement exercises
May 21, 1913
4
Address to Oregon
Agricultural College faculty
September 18, 1913
4
Address of welcome from
the Agricultural College to the Women's Christian Temperance Union Convention,
Corvallis
Sept. 23, 1913
4
The Work of OAC and the
Future Prospects for the Farmer in Oregon, address delivered at the
Bankers' and Business Men's Conference, Portland
January 30, 1914
4
Address to Oregon
Agricultural College faculty
September 21, 1914
4
Harmonizing of Vocational
and Cultural Education, discussion at the National Education
Association convention, St. Paul, Minnesota
Oct. 26, 1914
4
Agricultural Economics or
the Business of Farming, address delivered at the Farmers' Union
convention, The Dalles, Oregon
December 2, 1914
4
Need of Education,
excerpts from address delivered at the Cottage Grove (Oregon) High School
commencement exercises
June 2, 1915
4
Material for editorial
prepared for Addison Bennett of the
Oregonian
August 1915
4
The Ideal Public
School, notes on address delivered at the Benton & Linn County
Teachers Institute, Albany, Oregon
Sept. 14, 1915
4
Address to Oregon
Agricultural College faculty
September 16, 1915
4
Marks of Manhood in
America, address delivered at the Older Boys' Conference,
Salem
Nov. 28, 1915
4
Address on irrigation
practice, delivered at the Oregon Irrigation Congress, Portland
December 29, 1915
4
Brief of statement
submitted at a hearing of the Federal Land Bank Board, Portland
Sept. 7, 1916
4
The Work of the Dept. of
Bacteriology, address delivered to the Oregon Medical Society,
Portland
September 15, 1916
4
Address to Oregon
Agricultural College faculty
September 21, 1916
4
Address delivered at the
banquet, legislative visit to OAC
January 20, 1917
4
Education and the World
War, delivered to the National Education Assn., Portland
July 13, 1917
4
Articles used by Kerr in
preparation of addresses for the Clatsop Co. Liberty Loan campaign and Eugene
Parent-Teachers Assn., Oct. 1918, and OAC faculty meeting
4
Address delivered at the
anniversary celebration of the signing of the armistice by Germany
November 11, 1919
4
Convocation address,
Oregon Agricultural College
January 21, 1920
4
Excerpts of address to
OAC faculty
Sept. 27, 1923
4
Value of Specialized
Training, in
Oregon
Business
April 1924
4
Education for
Reality, in
Oregon 'The State
Magazine'
December 1927/January 1928
4
Separate Boards of
Control, editorial for the
Oregon Grange
Bulletin
undated
4
Education Adapted to Life
Need, notes of address
undated
4
The College Bill and the
Governor's Veto
undated
4
Untitled manuscript for
Utah Educational
Review
March 31, 1931
4
The Spirit of the
Land-Grant Institutions, addresses by Kerr and others delivered at the
annual convention of the Assn. of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities,
Chicago
Nov. 17, 1931
4
Recent Experiences in
Centralized Control of Higher Education in Oregon, delivered at the
annual meeting of the National Assn. of State Universities, Chicago
Nov. 17, 1933
Typescript and published copies; also delivered at the
Association of Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions
meeting, Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 15-17, 1934.
4
Adaptation of Higher
Education to New Conditions, in
Proceedings Of The Conference On
Higher Education, University of Oregon, Eugene
July 11-14, 1934
4
Oregon's Problem In Marketing
Agricultural And Industrial Products
March 1938
Articles about Kerr (not by
E.T. Reed)
4
A Missionary to the
Farmers, by Frances A. Groff,
Sunset, The Pacific
Monthly
March 1913
4
Bring on the Wrecking
Crew,
Higher Education, July
18, &
The Press on Dr.
Kerr,
Oregon State
Monthly
August 1932
4
The Depression and
Education, an interview with Dr. W.J. Kerr, Chancellor of
OSSHE
Jan. 18, 1933
4
The Retiring Chancellor of
the Oregon State System of Higher Education,
School &
Society
August 10, 1935
Reference file/background
material
Includes original documents and supplementary notes provided
by Kerr and transcripts made by Reed.
4
Kerr Family (includes
genealogy compiled by Media Research Bureau, 1940)
4
W.J. Kerr personal
information (supplementary materials file #3; includes information compiled for
The National Cyclopedia Of
American Biography and other biographical sketches of Kerr)
4
Brigham Young College
Instructor (supplementary materials file #6)
4
Experiences at Cornell
(supplementary materials file #7)
4
University of Utah
(supplementary materials file #8)
4
President of Brigham
Young College (supplementary materials file #9)
4
Utah State Constitutional
Convention of 1895 (supplementary materials file #10)
4
Utah State Agricultural
College (supplementary materials file #11)
4
Oregon State College
(supplementary materials file #12)
4
Scrapbook of clippings --
personal, Association of American Agricultural Colleges, Extension Service,
National Education Association
1907-1910
5
Kerr and Kansas State
Agricultural College
5
Chancellorship
(supplementary materials file #13)
5
Resolutions adopted by
the Oregon State Board of Higher Education upon Kerr's retirement as
Chancellor
1935
5
Chancellor Emeritus &
OSSHE Director of Research in Production & Marketing (supplementary
materials file #14)
5
Published addresses &
articles lists (supplementary materials files #15 & 17)
5
Unpublished addresses
(supplementary materials file #16)
5
Statement by Kerr at
inauguration of University of Oregon President Arnold Bennett Hall
October 18, 1926
5
Higher Education in a
Changing World
March 13, 1934
5
Remarks at University
of Oregon commencement
1934
5
Conference on Higher
Education, address by Kerr
July 12, 1934
5
Utah State
Agricultural College Founder's Day statement
1936
5
Broadening the Ideal of
Scholarship, address to Phi Kappa Phi
ca. fall 1936
5
Characterizations of
Kerr
Kerr biography
manuscript
5
Miscellaneous
notes
5
Various drafts of
chapters
12
folders
5
Drafts of chapters
reviewed by Kerr and correspondence with Kerr
1940-1947
5
1947 draft (2 copies; one
sent to E.B. Lemon)
5
Illustrations (halftone
proofs; see series VI for photos)
Series IV
General
Correspondence
1916-1943
6
F Miscellaneous
1928-1937
6
G Miscellaneous
1926-1936
6
H Miscellaneous
1924-1935
6
I Miscellaneous
1926-1936
6
J Miscellaneous
1927-1936
6
E.O. Holland (president,
Washington State College)
1942
6
Mrs. A.A. (Mary Bowman) Hull
(secretary to Kerr)
1929-1936
6
Frederick M. Hunter (OSSHE
chancellor)
1935-1936
6
James T. Jardine
1931 & 1935
6
William A. Jensen (executive
secretary to the college president)
1916-1942
6
Blanche Jones (editor of
Oregon Teachers
Monthly)
1920-1921
6
Albert Rebel (editor of
Oregon, The State Magazine &
Pacific Northwest)
1927-1928
6
Henry D. Sheldon
1941-1943
6
Frank A. Weld (editor of
American Educational Digest/School
Executives Magazine)
1920-1935
6
Publications Office
correspondence
1927-1943
Series V
Organizations and Special
Events
1921-1943
6
Federated Churches of
Corvallis, Oregon
1924-1932
6
University of Minnesota
General Alumni Assn.,
The Minnesota Alumni Weekly,
various issues
1921-1931
Includes Reed's annotations.
Harvard University
Tercentenary
1936
6
Correspondence
1935-1936
6
Invitations
6
Schedules &
programs
6
General celebration
information
6
Tickets
6
Applications &
product information
6
Reed's note
cards
6
Harvard
Lampoon
Sept. 16, 1936
6
Clippings
7
apx 20x24 in.
Clippings
7
apx 20x24 in.
Harvard on
View
7
apx 20x24 in.
Map
7
apx 20x24 in.
Invitation from Harvard
to OSC
7
apx 20x24 in.
Text of OSC's message of
congratulations
7
apx 20x24 in.
Harvard University
Tercentenary Gazette,
#1-8
June-Sept. 1936
7
apx 20x24 in.
The Harvard
Crimson
Sept. 16 & 17, 1936
Moorhead State Teachers
College
6
Silver
anniversary
ca. 1930s
6
Order of the
Owls
1936
7
apx 20x24 in.
50th anniversary feature
section,
Moorhead Daily
News
June 3, 1937
6
National Assn. of State
Universities, Chicago meeting
November 1933
6
Old Oregon Trail
Centennial
1942-1943
Includes reviews, correspondence & other information
about Reed's book of verse,
Into the Promised Land.
6
Oregon Council of
English
1922
Series VI
Photographs
1900-1939
8
Old Order of the Owls,
Moorhead (Minnesota) State Teachers College
1936
8
Melrose Hall, Linfield
College
ca. 1935
8
Aerial views of Oregon State
College
ca. 1938-1940
4
images
8
OSC President's
residence
1938
Kerr biography
illustrations
8
Utah State Capitol
building
ca. 1945
8
Ceremony in Utah? State
Capitol Building
ca. 1945
2
images
8
Views of Brigham Young
College
ca. 1900
5 prints & 4
copy negatives
8
Portrait of Kerr when
president of Brigham Young College
ca. 1900
8
Kerr home?, Logan,
Utah?
ca. 1900
8
Mathematical models &
instruments, University of Utah
copy negative
only
8
Portrait of Kerr (photo
by Harris & Ewing, Washington, DC)
ca. 1915
8
Postcards, views of Harvard
University; from Harvard Tricentenary materials)
1936
28
postcards
8
Harvard University buildings
(from Harvard Tercentenary)
ca. 1936
8
Photographs of Norway trip
1939
Remain of ships, burial chambers, cart and sled
3
apx 12x17 in.
Postcard album
ca. 1909-1910
Views of campus buildings from colleges and universities:
Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, Purdue,
Washington State College, University of California, University of Idaho, Oregon
Agricultural College, University of Washington, University of Oklahoma,
University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin, Ontario Agricultural College,
Michigan Agricultural College, Ohio State University, Mills College.
OAC images include Administration Building (Benton Hall),
Cauthorn (now Fairbanks) Hall, Waldo Hall, Agriculture (now Education) Hall,
Shepard Hall, Lower Campus (with cadets in OAC formation), general campus
views.
Views of public libraries, county courthouses, and high
schools in various U.S. cities.
Views of buildings at Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle,
1909
9
apx 16x20 in.
Photograph album of Oregon
Agricultural College buildings and scenes
1918-1920
Many of these images appear in the 1921 Beaver yearbook.
Current building names are in parentheses.
View of Waldo Hall and
Men's Gymnasium (Langton Hall).
Drawing of
campus.
Commerce Building (Bexell
Hall).
A shady nook among the
firs near the Women's Gym. Includes stone bench, a gift of the class of
1907.
Students in the Library
Quad. Dairy Building (Gilkey Hall) and Agriculture Hall in the background.
(Photo by Ball Studio, Corvallis)
Drive in front of
Apperson Hall.
Agriculture
Hall.
Old Administration
Building in summer. (Photo by Ball Studio, Corvallis)
Campus grounds and the
Old Administration Building (Benton Hall).
Drive and walkway by
Apperson Hall with light snow. (Photo by Ball Studio, Corvallis)
Library (Kidder Hall) and
Agriculture Hall in the fog. (Photo by Ball Studio, Corvallis)
Library and Ida Kidder's
wickermobile. (Photo by Ball Studio, Corvallis)
Apperson Hall and Campus
Way (unpaved).
Library Quad showing the
Bandstand, Agriculture Hall, and the Dairy Building (Gilkey Hall).
Procession from
Agriculture Hall.
Waldo Hall and Men's
Gymnasium (Langton Hall) with automobiles on Jefferson Avenue.
Walkway with trees near Apperson Hall. (Photo by
Ball Studio, Corvallis)
Marys River.
Campus drive near Old
Administration Building (Benton Hall); Library Quad and buildings in
background.
Campus Way and campus
grounds near Old Administration Building (Benton Hall).
Agriculture Hall and the
end of the Library (Kidder Hall); looking through a tree.
Campus Way and campus
grounds; taken near Apperson Hall.
Campus grounds with
Science Hall (Education Hall) in the distance.
Campus grounds with Old Administration Building
(Benton Hall) in the background.
Campus Way and campus
grounds, looking southwest.
Campus grounds with the
Women's Gymnasium (Valley Gymnastics Center) in the background.
Waldo Hall and
drive.
Heating plant. (Photo by
Ball Studio, Corvallis)
Four men on sidewalk
between Agriculture Hall and the Home Economics Building (Milam Hall). (Photo
by Ball Studio, Corvallis)
Flower bed in middle of
circular driveway by Waldo Hall.
Line of people outside of
the Library (Kidder Hall).
Sidewalk between
Agriculture Hall and the Dairy Building (Gilkey Hall). Also shows the Library
(Kidder Hall) and the Old Administration Building (Benton Hall).
Campus grounds near Apperson Hall covered with
ice.
Science Hall (Education Hall) and walkways,
looking south.
Campus trees covered with
ice. (photo by Ball Studio, Corvallis)
Campus grounds with
Science Hall (Education Hall) in the background.
Driveway near Waldo
Hall.
Man drinking from water
fountain; campus grounds covered with snow and ice. Waldo Hall in the
background.
Campus grounds and
Women's Gymnasium (Valley Gymnastics Center).
Campus Way with Shepard
Hall and the Mines Building (Batcheller Hall).
Campus grounds and the
Old Administration Building (Benton Hall).
Campus Way with the Library (now Kidder Hall)
and the Dairy Building (Gilkey Hall).
Shepard Hall and the
Mines Building (Batcheller Hall).
Old Administration
Building (Benton Hall) and automobiles.
Jefferson Street with the
Forestry Building (Moreland Hall) and the Men's Gymnasium (Langton Hall).
(Photo by Ball Studio, Corvallis)
Cadets marching from the
Armory (McAlexander Fieldhouse).
The Armory (McAlexander
Fieldhouse).
Original (east) section
of the Home Economics Building (Milam Hall), with home economics faculty and
students out front.
Science Hall (Education
Hall).
Men's Gymnasium (Langton
Hall).
Forestry Building
(Moreland Hall).
Dairy Building (Gilkey
Hall). (Photo by Ball Studio, Corvallis)
Campus Way and the
covered loading dock of the Dairy Building.
Science Hall (Education
Hall).
Withycombe House (home
management or practice house).
Science Hall (Education
Hall) and front walkway.
Students using the
Library Culture Collection in the Library Reading Room. (Photo by Ball Studio,
Corvallis)
Woodworking shop and
furniture.
Tractor lined up on
Campus Way.
Cauthorn Hall (Fairbanks
Hall).
Faculty (?) procession
into Agriculture Hall.
YMCA "Hut" on Jefferson
Street. (Photo by Ball Studio, Corvallis)
Campus walk between
Agriculture Hall and the Dairy Building (Gilkey Hall). Also shows the Library
(Kidder Hall) and the Administration Building (Benton Hall).
Assembly (commencement?)
in the Men's Gymnasium (Langton Hall).
Male students eating
inside the Armory (McAlexander Fieldhouse).
Conference group in the
Men's Gymnasium (Langton Hall)
Football team in
practice.
Male students in lobby
area of Men's Gymnasium (Langton Hall).
Football
game.
Oregon Agricultural
College cadets and cadet band on library quad; Agriculture Hall in the
background.
Football fans sitting in
the stands.
Football game; Waldo Hall
in background
Fans in the stands at a
football game.
William Jasper Kerr and
other dignitaries and faculty in the covered portion of football
stadium.
Administration Building
(Benton Hall) and the Trysting Tree.
Cadets and others
gathered around the Bandstand.
Waldo Hall, Men's
Gymnasium (Langton Hall), Forestry Building (Moreland Hall), and the Poultry
Incubator House along Jefferson Street.
Crowd gathered around the
Bandstand. Administration Building (Benton Hall) in the background.
Commencement exercises in
the Men's Gymnasium (Langton Hall).
Crowd in the quad near
the Library (Kidder Hall). Shepard Hall in the background.
Front entrance to Waldo
Hall.
Crowd in covered (west)
grandstand of the football stadium. (Photo by Ball Studio,
Corvallis)
The college library
(Kidder Hall) in summer. (Photo by Ball Studio, Corvallis)
Front (north) entrance to
the Armory (McAlexander Fieldhouse).
Apperson Hall after the
addition of the third floor. (Photo by Ball Studio, Corvallis)
West and southwest
grandstands of the football stadium filled with fans watching a game. (Photo by
Ball Studio, Corvallis)
Walkway and Apperson
Hall.
The Trysting Tree. (Photo
by Gardner Studio, Corvallis)
Serpentine crowd on the
field during the OAC-University of Oregon football game. (Photo by Ball Studio,
Corvallis)
1920