Doris Pauline Adamson attended Oregon State College from fall 1939 through spring 1942 and again in spring 1943 as a student in secretarial science. She completed a Junior Certificate in Secretarial Science, but did not earn a degree from Oregon State. Adamson was a member of the Chi Omega sorority. After World War II, she enrolled at the University of Illinois. Adamson was born in Pendleton, Oregon, on August 30, 1921 and graduated from Grant High School in Portland, Oregon, in 1939.
The Doris P. Adamson Scrapbook was assembled by Adamson and documents her student experience at Oregon State College, especially for the period 1939-1941. The scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, decals, event programs, flyers, football game programs, handbooks, photographs, receipts, ribbons, study schedule charts, and ticket stubs. Many of the items document campus events such as musical performances, including a 1940 concert by Paul Robeson; Freshman Week; Women's Weekend; homecoming; and the 1941 Rose Bowl football game. Other materials pertain to student government elections, Adamson's involvement in the Women's Athletic Association, student conduct guidelines, and academic and social regulations. Several worship bulletins from the First Methodist Church in Corvallis are included. Of special note is a budget of anticipated expenses for freshman women and a booklet,
One of the photographs is an image of the Chi Omega sorority house.
Collection is open for research.
Doris P. Adamson Scrapbook (MSS Adamson), Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
The scrapbook was donated to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center by Elizabeth Russell in 2012.
The Special
Collections & Archives Research Center collections include extensive documentation of the academic and student life experiences of Oregon State students, including the