Oregon State University
Libraries, Special
Collections and 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 Hall
Hall, Frank
E. (Frank Edward)
Frank E. Hall Collection
1886-1909
1908-1909
0.2 cubic foot, including 7 photographs
4 boxes, including 2 oversize boxes
The Frank E. Hall Collection consists of photographs and memorabilia assembled by Hall while he was a student at Oregon Agricultural College. Frank Edward Hall attended Oregon Agricultural College from 1906 to 1909, graduating in 1909 with a degree in agriculture.
Materials in English.
Biographial Note:
Frank Edward Hall attended Oregon Agricultural College from 1906/1907
through 1908/1909 and graduated with the Class of 1909 in Agriculture. He was
from Milwaukie, Oregon. The 1910
Orange yearbook cites his activities as Athenaeum
Literary Society, Lewelling Club, Glee Club, and Agricultural Club. He was a
1st Lieutenant and Battalion Adjutant in the OAC Cadets.
The Frank E. Hall Collection consists of photographs and memorabilia assembled by Hall during his student years at Oregon Agricultural College. The photographs consist of 7 prints. They include portrait photographs of Frank Edward Hall in his military uniform; Hall's graduation portrait; and a portrait of Etta Anna Hall (Finnerty), Class of 1910. A photograph of the military cadets in "OAC" formation on the lower campus and group portrait of members of the Athenaeum Literary Society are also included. The bulk of the photographs were made by W.S. Gardner of Corvallis.
The memorabilia
includes debate and track programs, a dance card, the OAC Cadets yearbook for
1908-1909, an instruction book
The Improved Easy Method for the Parlor
Organ, and an OAC cloth pennant.
Collection is open for research.
Frank E. Hall Collection (MSS Hall), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
The materials were donated to the University Archives in 1989 by Carla Mudt, on behalf of Frank Hall of Reno, Nevada.
The Special Collections and Archives Research Center includes countless collections of materials assembled by students during their time at Oregon State University and many that include materials from the early 20th century. Of special note is the Alexander K. Chapman Photograph Collection (P 235) which was assembled by another member of the Class of 1909. Additional photographs of military cadets are available in Harriet's Photograph Collection (P HC) and the Oregon State University Military Photographs Collection (P 002).
Gardner, W. S.
Oregon
Agricultural College--Students.
Oregon
Agricultural College--Track and field.
College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Military
education--Oregon--Corvallis.
Debates and
debating--Oregon--Corvallis.
Pennants.
Dance cards.
Photographic prints.
Colleges and Universities
Military
Sports and Recreation
Student Life
Corvallis
Artifacts
Photographs