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12015-08-20T20:40:47-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896Larry Bielenberg, ca. 19756Larry Bielenberg, ca. 1975. Bielenberg (left) wrestled at Oregon State from 1974 through 1977, and was an All-American each of those years. He won the heavyweight national title in 1975. He is second on the all-time list of wins at 165. (P57:6256)plain2015-10-09T20:13:53-07:00P57_6256.jpgNews and Communication Services Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-07-25T00:15:31-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896Portrait of Sarah Latimer Finley, ca. 18746Portrait of Sarah Latimer Finley, ca. 1874. Finley was the daughter of a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Despite her health concerns that precipitated the Finleys’ return to California in 1872, she lived to be 89 years old, passing away in 1937. Finley was a leader of the suffrage movement in Sonoma County, California. Thomas Houseworth & Co. was one of the leading photography studios in San Francisco in the 1870s and 1880s. (HC 225)plain2015-10-12T21:29:58-07:00HC0225_Sarah_Finley.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-08-20T20:47:01-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896Judy Spoelstra, 19826Judy Spoelstra in action against Montana State, 1982. Spoelstra played at OSU for two seasons, 1982 and 1983, earning Kodak All-American second team honors in 1983. She led the team to the 1982 Women’s NIT title and an appearance in the 1983 NCAA tournament. Spoelstra returned to OSU in 1995 to inherit basketball head coaching duties from her former coach, Aki Hill. She coached the team for ten seasons, compiling an overall record of 133 wins and 158 losses. Her teams played in the 1996 NCAA tournament and in the WNIT from 2001 to 2004. Spoelstra received the John R. Wooden Pac-10 conference coach of the year in 2000, and was named to the OSU Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. (P57:6979)plain2015-10-09T20:15:36-07:00P57_6979.jpgNews and Communication Services Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-09-22T20:51:17-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896Dean of Forestry Paul M. Dunn Observing a Pinecone, 19505Dean of Forestry Paul M. Dunn observing a pinecone, November 1950. Dunn (1898-1988) was OSC’s dean of forestry from 1942 to 1955. He was instrumental in OSC obtaining the 6,200 acre Adair Tract from the federal government after World War II. A large portion of this tract became the Paul M. Dunn Research Forest. Prior to coming to OSC, he had been dean of forestry at Utah State College from 1931 to 1938. After leaving Oregon State, Dunn worked for the St. Regis Paper Company until 1968. He was a 1975 recipient of the Society of American Foresters’ Gifford Pinchot Award. (HC 200)plain2015-10-07T23:50:16-07:00HC0200_Paul_Dunn.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-09-22T18:51:36-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896Coach Walker & Amy Klever, 20035Softball coach Kirk Walker talking to pitcher Amy Klever, Spring 2003. Walker was OSU’s longest serving softball coach, compiling a record of 594-491-3 from 1995 to 2012. His teams won forty or more games over eight seasons and appeared in the 2006 College World Series. (Photo courtesy of OSU Athletic Communications)plain2015-09-26T01:25:02-07:00AC4.jpgLarry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896
12015-08-20T19:49:34-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896Shirley Lagastee, Winter 19754Shirley Lagastee drives around a defender to the basket, winter 1975. Lagastee was OSU’s leading scorer that season. OSU split its two game series with the Oregon Ducks, winning the second contest in 97-32 blowout. Basketball became an intercollegiate sport for women at OSU in 1972. Lagastee was a four-sport athlete at OSU – she also played field hockey and softball, and was on the track and field team. (P57:4937)plain2015-10-09T20:14:42-07:00P057_4937.jpgNews and Communication Services Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-09-22T00:41:10-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896Jenna Leavitt, ca. 19934Jenna Leavitt dribbles the ball against an opponent, ca. 1993. Leavitt led the Beavers in goals and total points in 1992 and 1993. She holds the OSU record for points (nine) in one game, scoring nine against Gonzaga on Sept. 27, 1993. In that game she scored four goals, an OSU record she shares with Val Wiliams. She also holds the OSU record for career assists with twenty-three. Leavitt garnered first team All-NCSC honors in 1990 and 1992. She was also first team Pac-10 All-Academic in 1994. (Photo by Mike Shields, courtesy of OSU Athletic Communications)plain2015-09-22T00:48:52-07:00AC6.jpgLarry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896
12015-10-05T21:48:29-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Mary Graham, Rose Russell, Fannie Irwin, and Mattie Graham, ca. 18684Mary Graham, Rose Russell, Fannie Irwin, and Mattie Graham, ca. 1868. All four of these Corvallis young women attended Corvallis College as preparatory students between 1866 and 1868. Rose Russell married Lewis F. Wilson in 1869; their son, Eddy, graduated from the college in 1889 and was a longtime member of the board of regents. (P101:462)plain2015-10-07T23:53:36-07:00P101_462.jpgE. E. Wilson Photographic CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-09-22T18:58:03-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896Raul Hernandez, 19714Raul Hernandez returns a shot, 1971. Hernandez was an international student from El Salvador. (P3:3800)plain2015-10-09T20:12:21-07:00P3_3800.jpgBeaver Yearbook PhotographsKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-07T23:03:06-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Helen Gilkey and Assistants in the Herbarium, ca. 19453Helen Gilkey and assistants in the Herbarium, ca. 1945. Gilkey, who received her bachelor's and master's degrees from OAC (1907 and 1911), was curator of the herbarium from 1918 to 1951. In 1915 she was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in botany from the University of California, Berkeley. She also served as professor of botany at Oregon State and was an accomplished botanical illustrator and author, best known for her research on truffles. OSU’s Herbarium was established in the early 1880s. At the time of this photo, the Herbarium was located on the third floor of what is now Strand Agriculture Hall. Today it is located in Cordley Hall, contains more than 405,000 vascular plant, bryophyte, algal and fungal specimens, and is comprised of collections from OSU, the University of Oregon, and Willamette University. (HC 1252)plain2015-10-28T22:07:57-07:00HC_1252.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-09-22T19:12:06-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896Celebrating OSC's Victory over NYU, 19283Coach Paul Schissler (left) and football team member Howard Maple receiving a trophy from Portland Mayor George Baker, celebrating OSC's victory over New York University, 1928. Oregon State concluded an up-and-down season in 1928 by traveling 3,000 miles to play the much heralded New York University Violets in Yankee Stadium on Thanksgiving Day, November 29. The 25-13 Beaver victory, considered one of college football's biggest upsets of the season, was called "one of the prettiest games of the year to watch" by a New York sportswriter. On the team's return trip, crowds at LaGrande, Pendleton, The Dalles, Portland and Corvallis greeted the victors. The trophy awarded by Mayor Baker was inscribed, "To Oregon State College by the citizens of Portland presented in commemoration of the football victory, Oregon State College over New York University Yankee Stadum, New York O.S.C. 25 - N.Y.U. 13 November 29, 1928 (HC 918)plain2015-10-12T21:54:29-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-09-01T23:34:09-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896Married students at Adair Village housing for veterans, ca. 19463Married students at Adair Village housing for veterans, ca. 1946. The large number of returning veterans after World War II created a severe shortage of student housing at OSC. As a temporary measure to alleviate part of the shortage, the college utilized part of the former Camp Adair military training cantonment to house returning veterans, many of whom were married. The Adair Village housing, which consisted of 326 units, opened in the fall of 1946. (HC 816 #13)plain2015-10-09T21:05:36-07:00HC816_0013.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-07T20:12:50-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29John H. Hall, ca. 19492John H. Hall, ca. 1949. Hall (1899-1970) graduated from OAC in 1923 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He later graduated from law school and entered politics with his 1932 election to the Oregon House of Representatives. He became speaker of the house in 1947. After the death of Governor Earl Snell and two other officials in a plane crash in 1947, Hall was next in line in succession, and took the oath of office of governor on October 30, 1947. He was challenged in the 1948 Republican primary by another Oregon Stater, Douglas McKay, who had been a close friend of Snell. McKay defeated Hall and went on to win the general election in fall 1948. He later served as a district court judge. (HC 527)plain2015-10-07T23:30:59-07:00HC527_Hall_Governor_Oregon.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T22:19:20-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29William Arthur Jensen, ca. 19302William Arthur Jensen, ca. 1930. Jensen (1881 -1945) served as executive secretary for presidents Kerr and Peavy and was a member of the college’s administrative council. He came to OAC in 1907. After President Kerr was in an auto accident and needed nearly a year to recover, Jensen served as the de facto president of OAC during Kerr’s hiatus. The campus gates were dedicated to Jensen for his strong support of WPA art projects on campus during the 1930s. (HC 258)plain2015-10-07T23:49:06-07:00HC0258_Jensen_portrait.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T22:30:34-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Zoology Lab with Museum Collection, ca. 18922Zoology lab with museum collection, ca. 1892. John Fulton (Class of 1892), who taught chemistry at Oregon State for several decades, is standing, center-right, wearing a cap. F.L. Washburn taught zoology and entomology classes in the 1890s. Many of the zoological specimens in this photograph later became part of the collections of the Horner Museum. (HC 1157)plain2015-10-07T23:10:44-07:00HC1157_museum_Benotn_hall.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-07T22:03:11-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Political Scientist Bill Lunch, Spring 19962Political scientist Bill Lunch, spring 1996. Lunch was well known for his political commentaries and analysis on Oregon Public Broadcasting, which began in 1988. He was often heard on OPB’s Oregon Considered radio program and the Seven Days television program. He was a faculty member in OSU’s Political Science Department from 1984 to 2011, and served as department chair his last eight years. (P57, Accession 2006:046)plain2015-10-07T23:31:54-07:00P57_2006_046_lunch.jpgNews and Communication Services Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T22:20:30-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29M. Ellwood Smith, ca. 19322M. Ellwood Smith, ca. 1932. Smith (1884-1966) was dean of Oregon State’s Lower Division from 1932 to 1949. He came to OAC in 1919 as professor of English and Dean of Basic Arts and Sciences. Smith was well known for his humorous commentaries, often about other faculty members and usually written in verse. Photo by McCullagh Studio, Berkeley, California. (HC 354)plain2015-10-07T23:49:22-07:00HC0354_Smith_portrait.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T20:25:09-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896Surveying Class, 19072Surveying class, 1907. Surveying courses were part of the curriculum for engineering, agriculture and forestry students. Mechanical Hall (now Kearney Hall) is in the background. Students learning modern surveying techniques are still a common site on campus, though for several decades they have included female students. (HC 607)plain2015-10-07T23:11:27-07:00HC0607_1907_civil_engineers.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-07T22:17:23-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29OAC Professor of Bacteriology Theodore Beckwith in His Lab, ca. 19132OAC Professor of Bacteriology Theodore Beckwith in his lab, ca. 1913. The Bacteriology Department worked closely with other departments, such as Dairy Husbandry and Poultry Husbandry, on Experiment Station research projects. Beckwith was a member of the OAC faculty and chair of the Bacteriology Department from 1912 to 1919. He authored several Extension and Experiment Station publications. He later served as chair of UCLA’s Department of Bacteriology. (HC 949)plain2015-10-07T23:41:48-07:00HC_0949.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T22:17:59-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Francois Gilfillan and His Family at Home, ca. 19402Francois Gilfillan and his family at home, ca. 1940. Gilfillan and his wife, Violette Odekirk Gilfillan, had four daughters – Ellen, Mary Louise, Alice and Nancy. This photo appeared in the November/December issue of the Oregon Stater, soon after Gilfillan stepped down as acting president and resumed his duties as Dean of Science. (HC 234)plain2015-10-07T23:49:38-07:00HC0234_faculty_Gilfillan.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-09-22T01:10:56-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896Women’s track coaches Will Stephens & Joni Huntley, 19812Women’s track coach Will Stephens conferring with assistant coach Joni Huntley, 1981. Stephens developed a strong women’s track and field program at Oregon State, assisted by Huntley in 1981. Photo by Mike Shields (P57:6211)plain2015-10-09T20:15:11-07:00P57_6211.jpgNews and Communication Services Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T22:36:47-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Associate Registrar Eva Blackwell Prepares Diplomas for Commencement, 19632Associate registrar Eva Blackwell prepares diplomas for commencement, 1963. Blackwell (Class of 1924), worked in Oregon State’s Registrar’s Office for more than forty years. When she retired in 1965 she had worked in that office longer than anyone else. OSU still maintains the tradition of handing out each graduate’s actual diploma at the graduation exercises. (P82:65 #2794)plain2015-10-07T23:19:42-07:00P82_0065_2794.jpgGwil Evans Photographic CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-07T22:23:48-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Physics Professors David Nicodemus and Richard R. Dempster Work with OSC’s Cyclotron, ca. 19542Physics Professors David Nicodemus and Richard R. Dempster work with OSC’s cyclotron, ca. 1954. Nicodemus joined the Oregon State faculty in 1950 after receiving his doctorate at Stanford, where he worked on establishing its cyclotron. During World War II he worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, and participated in the detonation of the first nuclear device at the Trinity site in 1945. Dempster came to Oregon State in 1944 after earning his doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1942. While at Cal, Dempster worked in Ernest O. Lawrence’s Radiation Lab. Lawrence developed the first cyclotron at the University of California in 1932. (P25:2888)plain2015-10-07T23:43:45-07:00P_25_2888.jpgOregon State University Historical PhotographsKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-26T21:53:04-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Oregon Governor Tom McCall confers with OSU symphony conductor Bernard Gilmore, Feb. 12, 19692Oregon Governor Tom McCall confers with OSU symphony conductor Bernard Gilmore, Feb. 12, 1969. McCall was rehearsing with the orchestra for a performance of Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait. McCall was the narrator for the performance of the classic tribute to Abraham Lincoln on his birthday. (P92:1250)plain2015-10-26T21:53:25-07:00oregondigital_df70c916p.jpgPresident's Office PhotographsKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T22:33:39-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Art Student Making a Lithograph in a Print Making Class, Fall 19692Art student making a lithograph in a print making class, fall 1969. Art and several other social sciences and humanities subjects were approved as majors in 1966. (P3:2952)plain2015-10-07T23:23:44-07:00P3_2952.jpgBeaver Yearbook PhotographsKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-07T22:22:15-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Biochemist Wil Gamble in the Lab, ca. 19652Biochemist Wil Gamble in the lab, ca. 1965. Gamble came to OSU in 1962 and joined the faculty of the Chemistry Department. He became part of the newly created Biochemistry and Biophysics Department when it was established in 1967. Gamble’s research focused on atherosclerosis, a form of arteriosclerosis. He won College of Science and university awards for his student advising work. (P82:203)plain2015-10-07T23:44:22-07:00P82_203.jpgGwil Evans Photographic CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T21:39:18-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29State Agricultural College Student Body, ca. 18882State Agricultural College student body, ca. 1888. This image shows many of the students posed on the side of the college building – probably one of the last photos taken prior to the college moving to its new location on the college farm. The photo was made by Corvallis photographer Winfield S. Gardner, who took many photos of OAC students during the twenty-seven years he operated his studio in the city (1886 to 1913). (HC 1344)plain2015-10-07T23:52:02-07:00HC1344_people_outside_building.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-09-22T16:55:15-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896Brent Barry Against the Ducks, 19952Brent Barry in action against the Ducks, 1995. Barry played at OSU from 1991 to 1995. He was an All Pac-10 selection in 1995, and was second in scoring in the conference that year at 21 points per game. He is on nine of OSU’s top 10 career lists. Barry played professionally from 1995 to 2009, including stints with the Los Angeles Clippers, Seattle Supersonics and the San Antonio Spurs. (P3, Accession 96:005)plain2015-10-09T20:22:31-07:00P3_96_005.jpgBeaver Yearbook PhotographsKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T21:29:10-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29President Kerr Addressing SATC Cadets from the Bandstand, 19182President Kerr addressing SATC cadets from the Bandstand, 1918. (P25:2901)plain2015-10-07T23:27:37-07:00P_25_2901.jpgOregon State University Historical PhotographsKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T21:44:54-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Portrait of James K.P. Currin, ca. 18702Portrait of James K.P. Currin, ca. 1870. Currin was a member of OSU’s first graduating class. He was from Cottage Grove, and in 1910 was working there as a pharmacist. This was likely Currin’s senior portrait, and taken at the same sitting as the photo of him with the other two 1870 graduates. (HC 2432)plain2015-10-07T23:46:48-07:00HC2432_James_Currin.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T21:46:32-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Portrait of W. W. Bristow, ca. 18942Portrait of W. W. Bristow, ca. 1894. Bristow served on the college faculty from 1882 to 1894. He was principal of the preparatory department and also taught classes in bookkeeping and beekeeping. This photo was taken by OAC faculty member Emile Pernot. (HC 2979)plain2015-10-07T23:52:29-07:00HC2979_Bristow.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T22:23:00-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Fred Burgess at the Corvallis Wastewater Treatment Plant, ca. 19602Fred Burgess at the Corvallis wastewater treatment plant, ca. 1960. Burgess came to OSU in 1953 as an instructor, and served as department chair of civil engineering from 1966 to 1971 and dean of engineering from 1970 to 1989. He specialized in environmental engineering, waste treatment and water pollution control. Burgess was instrumental in securing funding for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Building (Owens Hall), the last building constructed at OSU entirely with state funds. He became a member of the OSU Engineering Hall of Fame in 1998. (P82:510)plain2015-10-09T20:36:02-07:00P82_510.jpgGwil Evans Photographic CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-07T20:11:01-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Portrait of Elizabeth Hoover, Class of 19012Portrait of Elizabeth Hoover, Class of 1901. Hoover married Jay Bowerman, a future governor of Oregon, and was the mother of University of Oregon track coach and Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman. While at OAC, she played on the women’s basketball team. She returned to OAC to earn a second degree in home economics in 1916, and taught school for a number of years. (HC 534)plain2015-10-07T23:28:44-07:00HC0534_Elizabeth_Hoover_Bowerman.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T21:43:02-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Portrait of George F. Burkhart, ca. 18712Portrait of George F. Burkhart, ca. 1871. Burkhart, a member of the Class of 1871, was elected as the Alumni Association’s first vice president after its founding in early 1873. He also served on the college’s board of trustees in 1887 and 1888. (HC 2147)plain2015-10-07T23:48:18-07:00HC2147_george_burkhart.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T22:21:38-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29OSU administration, 19732OSU administration, 1973. OSU’s top administrators gathered by this Rolls Royce outside of Education Hall (now Furman Hall). From left: Milosh Popovich, Dean of Administration; Robert W. Chick, Dean of Students; Robert W. MacVicar, President; Stuart E. Knapp, Dean of Undergraduate Studies; David B. Nicodemus, Dean of Faculty; and Roy A. Young, Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies. The car may have belonged to G. Burton Wood, director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and a collector of classic cars. (HC 1496)plain2015-10-09T20:36:29-07:00HC1496.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-07T22:05:04-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Senior Portrait of Harold A. Wilkins, Class of 19072Senior portrait of Harold A. Wilkins, Class of 1907. Wilkins was the composer of Hail to Old OAC, which has been OSU’s fight song (with minor revisions to the title and words over the years) since 1914. He composed the piece while in law school at the University of Michigan. (P25:3196)plain2015-10-07T23:30:34-07:00P_25_3196.jpgOregon State University Historical PhotographsKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T21:41:13-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Class of 18722Class of 1872. The five members of Corvallis College’s graduating class of 1872 were Thomas C. Alexander, John Elgin, Alonzo Locke, Rosa Jacobs, and James K. Weatherford. Weatherford (standing, right) later served on OAC’s board of regents from 1886 to 1929. Jacobs was elected in 1876 as the first female president of the Alumni Association. (HC 1421)plain2015-10-07T23:48:35-07:00HC1421_Jacobs_Elgin_Weatherford.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-28T20:20:54-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Dean Ava Milam and Graduate Student Caroline Chen, ca. 19271Dean Ava Milam and graduate student Caroline Chen, ca. 1927. Chen, who was from Peking (now Beijing), was one of the first home economics graduate students from China to attend Oregon State. Milam developed strong relationships with many Pacific Rim countries, including China, Korea, and Japan, and many students came to Oregon State because of her work in those countries. (MSS – Ava Milam Clark Papers)plain2015-10-28T20:20:54-07:00oregondigital_df70c0661.jpgMSS – Ava Milam Clark PapersKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T21:10:33-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Joaquin Miller Visiting OAC, Winter 1897-18981Joaquin Miller visiting OAC, winter 1897-1898. Miller was a popular Oregon poet, newspaper writer and editor, and lecturer known as the “Poet of the Sierras.” He spoke at OAC in the winter of 1897-98, and is shown in this photo sitting in the parlor of the Cauthorn Hall quarters of faculty member John Horner and his wife.plain2015-10-05T21:10:33-07:00HC2804_Joaquin_Miller.jpgKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-28T20:11:26-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Bernard Malamud at Home With His Cat, 19601Bernard Malamud at home with his cat, 1960. Novelist Bernard Malamud was an English professor at Oregon State College from 1949 to 1961. During this time he wrote three novels: The Natural (1952), The Assistant (1957), and A New Life (1961) as well as a collection of short stories, The Magic Barrel (1959) for which he received the National Book Award. He was presented OSU's Distinguished Service Award in 1969. (P222:8)plain2015-10-28T20:11:26-07:00oregondigital_df70cr10q.jpgEnglish Department PhotographsKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-09-22T18:07:03-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896Karl Van Calcar, ca. 19851Karl Van Calcar running against Washington State, ca. 1985. Van Calcar, who ran at OSU from 1984-1988, was a five time All-American for Oregon State – three times in track and twice in cross-country. The 1500 and 5000 meter runs and the 3000 meter steeplechase were his specialties. He won the steeplechase at the 1988 NCAA Championships – the last Beaver to win an individual national title before track and field was eliminated. (Photo by Mike Shields, courtesy of OSU Athletic Communications)plain2015-09-22T18:07:03-07:00AC1.jpgLarry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896
12015-10-28T20:14:24-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Professor John Letcher and Calculus Students, ca. 18921Professor John Letcher and calculus students, ca. 1892. Letcher (1853-1938, front row center) came to OAC in 1888 and taught mathematics, engineering and military science and tactics. He graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1873 with a degree in civil engineering, and was the son of Virginia’s Confederate governor. Letcher served as acting president in 1892 after Benjamin Arnold’s sudden death and before John Bloss arrived later that year. Letcher was one of the candidates for the position of president, but Bloss had an edge because of his experience as an education administrator. Letcher left OAC in 1894 to teach mathematics at the University of Oregon. (P25:1554)plain2015-10-28T20:14:24-07:00oregondigital_df70c781k.jpgOregon State University Historical PhotographsKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-28T20:18:58-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Rockne at OAC Summer Session Coaching School, ca. 19271Rockne at OAC summer session coaching school, ca. 1927. Rockne is wearing the leather football helmet. To his left is OAC football coach Paul Schissler. The fieldwork part of Rockne’s class took place at Bell Field. In the background are the Forestry Building and Men’s Gymnasium. (HC 22)plain2015-10-28T20:18:58-07:00oregondigital_df70cc17c.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T21:07:49-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Professor Earl L. Packard Examining a Fossilized Sea Turtle Skull, ca. 1935.1Professor Earl L. Packard examining a fossilized sea turtle skull, ca. 1935. Packard was a paleontologist who came to OSC from the University of Oregon in 1932 as a part of the consolidation of the School of Science at Oregon State. He served as the Dean of Science from 1932 to 1938, as chair of the geology department from 1932 to 1950, and as director of OSC’s Research Council from 1932 to 1946. (HC 1038)plain2015-10-05T21:07:49-07:00HC1038_Packard_turtle_skull.jpgKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29