OREoviatt.xml Guide to the May Oviatt Collection 1903-1912 Oviatt (May) Collection Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen. Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives Research Center 2013
121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-4501 Phone: 541-737-2075 Email: scarc@oregonstate.edu Web: http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu
Finding aid encoded by Elizabeth Nielsen. 2013 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
121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-4501 Phone: 541-737-2075 Email: scarc@oregonstate.edu Web: http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu
MSS Oviatt Oviatt, May. May Oviatt Collection 1903-1912 1908-1912 0.05 cubic foot 2 boxes, including 1 oversize box The May Oviatt Collection documents Oviatt's work as a public school teacher in Benton County and includes certificates and contracts. May Oviatt earned a BS in Household Science from Oregon Agricultural College in 1908. Materials in English. Biographical Note:

May Oviatt graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1908 with a BS degree in Household Science and taught public school in Benton County after her graduation. The 1917 and 1922 Oregon State alumni directories indicate that she was living in Los Angeles. According to the 1925 alumni directory, she was married to J. Cairns and living in Fulford Harbor, British Columbia.

Oviatt -- from Buell, Oregon (in Polk County) -- attended public schools in Polk County. She enrolled at Oregon Agricultural College in September 1904.

The May Oviatt Collection consists of certificates and contracts documenting Oviatt's employment as a public school teacher after she graduated from Oregon Agricultural College. The collection includes contracts with the Benton County schools; teaching certificates for the State of Oregon; and the results of Department of Public Instruction examinations. The collection also includes Oviatt's high school diploma from the Polk County Public Schools received in 1903.

Collection is open for research.

May Oviatt Collection (MSS Oviatt), Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

The materials were donated to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2012 by Oviatt's grandson, Lorne Duncan.

Oviatt's English thesis, Representative Writers of the Victorian Period, is also held by the Oregon State University Libraries. Additional information about Corvallis and Benton County public schools is available in the Memorabilia Collection.

Oregon Agricultural College--Alumni and alumnae. Oregon. Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Elementary school teaching--Oregon--Benton County. Benton County (Or.) Polk County (Or.) Ephemera. Elementary and Secondary Education Women Oregon Corvallis