A Photographic History of Oregon State UniversityMain MenuA Photographic History of Oregon State UniversityWelcome to A Photographic History of Oregon State UniversityOSU's Early Years, 1858 - 1889Builders of a Great UniversityArchitectural Harmony and Function: Development of OSU's CampusAcademics at OSUProducers of KnowledgeCampus Life and CultureCampus Organizations at OSUStudent Athletes at OSUThe West Point of the WestProminent Faculty and AlumniLarry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896OSU Libraries & Press
Class of 1904 “Flunk Day” celebration, spring 1904
12015-07-25T00:11:56-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f74689656293Class of 1904 “Flunk Day” celebration, spring 1904. The students utilized a steam-powered tractor, “the latest in hayride conveyances,” to pull their wagons on this outing. (HC 8)plain2015-10-12T22:36:54-07:00HC0008_1904_flunk_day.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
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1media/Cover.jpg2015-08-06T22:31:06-07:00Welcome to A Photographic History of Oregon State University49image_header2015-10-21T21:53:08-07:00 This selection of historic photographs of Oregon State University has been developed to introduce you to A School for the People: A Photographic History of Oregon State University (OSU Press, 2015). A School for the People tells the story of OSU’s nearly 150 years as a land grant institution through more than 500 photographs, maps, documents, and extensive captions. In-depth chapters focus on themes such as campus development, the growth of academics, the evolution of research as a major focus of the university, campus life and organizations, and, of course, athletics.
As one of the first colleges and universities to offer photography as part of its curriculum in the early 1890s, OSU is well documented visually. Most of the those photographic treasures have made their way into the holdings of the Special Collections & Archives Research Center at OSU’s Valley Library. Gleaned from hundreds of thousands of images at the Center, many of the photos in the book and on this site have never before been seen by the general public.