OREp015.xml Guide to the Rowing (Crew) Photograph Collection 1922-1939 Rowing (Crew) Photograph Collection Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen. Oregon State University Libraries, University Archives 2010
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Finding aid encoded by Elizabeth Nielsen. 2010 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives Research Center 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
P 015 Rowing (Crew) Photograph Collection 1922-1939 1922-1928 0.03 cubic foot, including 36 photographs 1 box The Rowing (Crew) Photograph Collection consists predominantly of images of rowing teams from universities other than Oregon State and of rowing events in the eastern United States. The collection also includes several images of Oregon State rowing teams. Materials in English. Historical Note:

Competitive rowing began at Oregon Agricultural College in 1927 as an intramural (inter-class) sport. A Rowing Club for intercollegiate competition was established in the early 1930s after Edward A. Stevens joined the physcial education faculty in 1931. Stevens had been an oarsman at Cornell University during his student years in the mid-1900s and was the Head Coach of Rowing at Harvard University from 1923 to 1926. Stevens retired from Oregon State College in 1950.

The Rowing (Crew) Photograph Collection consists predominantly of images of rowing teams from universities other than Oregon State and of rowing events in the eastern United States. The University of Washington rowing team is depicted in several images. Other universities represented in the collection are the University of Wisconsin, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Syracuse University as well as Cambridge and Oxford Universities. The Poughkeepsie Races (New York) and the Childs Cup Regatta on the Harlem River are depicted.

Several images of Oregon State College rowing team members are part of the collection. Of special note is a photograph of several students participating in a "canoe tilt" in which competitors stand in separate canoes, and using a long oar with padding on the end, try to send their opponent overboard.

The source of the images is not identified; it is possible they were assembled by E.A. Stevens.

All of the images in the collection are b/w photographic prints. Many of the photographs were taken by national news organizations including Underwood and Underwood; International Newsreel Photo; Kadel and Herbert News Photos; Wide World Photos; and Pacific and Atlantic Photos. Photographs of the Oregon State teams were taken by Howells Studio and Ball Studio.

Collection is open for research.

The Rowing (Crew) Photograph Collection consists of one series: I. Rowing Teams and Events. Most of the images have been assigned individual item numbers (P015:01 - P015:030).

Rowing (Crew) Photograph Collection (P 015), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

The photographs were acquired by the Archives in the 1960s.

Additional photographs of rowing teams and events are available in Harriet's Collection and the Alice Ash Smith Photograph Collection (P 212). The College of Health and Human Performance Records (RG 031) and the Edward A. Stevens Papers provide extensive documentation of rowing at Oregon State. More recent information about crew and rowing is available in the Sports Media Guides (PUB 054) and the Memorabilia Collection.

Oregon State College--Rowing. Oregon State College--Students. University of Washington--Rowing. University of Washington--Students. College students--Oregon--Corvallis. Regattas--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie. Rowing--Oregon--Corvallis. Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis. Photographic prints. Colleges and Universities Sports and Recreation Student Life Corvallis Seattle Photographs Series I Rowing Teams and Events 1922-1939

Series I consists predominantly of images rowing teams from other universities, including the University of Washington, University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin, Princeton University, and Syracuse University as well as rowing events in the eastern United States. Several photographs of Oregon State College rowing team members are also included.

 P015:01 1 Canoe tilt circa 1939

Possibly Oregon State College students.

 P015:02 1 University of Wisconsin varsity holds first workout on Hudson River for 1922 Poughkeepsie Regatta 1922

The Wisconsin University Eight, regarded as one of the strongest contenders in the annual Poughkeepsie Regatta, out for a workout on the Hudson at Poughkeepsie. Includes McCarter, Gerhardt, Sly Rhode, Burrus, Grunitz, Teckmeyer, Captain, and Coxswain Couleter. Photograph by Underwood and Underwood, New York.

 P015:03 1 Crew practice on Lake Washington circa 1925 P015:04 1 University of Washington varsity 1925 P015:05 1 University of Washington at Poughkeepsie Races 1925

Members of the University of Washington varsity crew at their training camp at Poughkeepsie, New York, ready to race against the best crews in the country for the annual title. Includes H.J. Dutton; Max Luft, Captain; Norman Sonju; Tom Quast; Harold Condon; Doro Walling; Harrison Sanford, Al Ulbrickson, and coxswain Art Wuthenco. Photograph by International Newsreel Photo.

 P015:06 1 University of Washington squad circa 1925 P015:07 1 Taking boat from shell house at University of Washington circa 1925 P015:08 1 H.J. Dutton circa 1925

Member of the University of Washington rowing team.

 P015:09 1 Oxford University varsity rowing crew on the Thames before the Cambridge-Oxford meet circa 1925

Photograph by Kadel and Herbert News Photos.

 P015:10 1 Raceboat crew of the USS Wyoming in training 1925

The ship's racing crew trains on a homemade training machine while the ship is underway. Photo by Wide World Photos.

 P015:11 1 University of Washington varsity 1924 P015:12 - P015:13 1 University of Washington rowing team at Poughkeepsie, New York 1925

Oarsmen representing the University of Washington prepare for the Poughkeepsie Regatta. Includes Ulbricksen, Sanford, Walling, Condon, Grant, Sonju, Captain Luft, Dutton, and Wuthemon. Photos by Pacific and Atlantic Photos and Wide World Photos.

 P015:14 1 Preparing rowing shells for practice P015:15 1 University of Washington varsity rowing team members 1925 P015:16 1 Princeton University Navy rowing team 1925

The Princeton University Navy on the water at Lake Carnegie in Princeton, New Jersey, in training for the selection of the varsity crew. Photograph by Wide World Photos.

 P015:17 1 Freshmen rowers ("barge") circa 1925 P015:18 1 University of Pennsylvania wins Childs Cup Regatta on the Harlem River circa 1925

Aerial view of University of Pennsylvania varsity shell crossing the finish line ahead of the Princeton University and Columbia University boats. Photograph by Kadel and Herbert News Photos.

 P015:19 1 Cambridge University varsity crew on the Thames river before meet with Oxford circa 1925

Photograph by Kadel and Herbert News Photos.

 P015:20 1 University of Washington junior varsity circa 1925 P015:21 - P015:30 1 University of Pennsylvania and Syracuse University boathouses and rowers on the Hudson River circa 1925 1 Two rowing shells on water with rowers; coach standing in boat circa 1930

Probably Oregon State rowing team; photograph by Howells Studio.

 1 Oregon State College rowing team members circa 1930 5 prints

Photographs by Ball Studio.