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A Photographic History of Oregon State University

Researcher in an entomology lab, Cordley Hall, ca. 1968

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1. Literary Societies Picnic, May 30, 1910
2. Theta Sigma Phi Members Performing a Stunt in Front of the Memorial Union, 1938 Theta Sigma Phi members performing a stunt in front of the Memorial Union, 1938. Theta Sigma Phi is a national professional society for women in journalism and communications. It was created in 1909 by female journalism students at the University of Washington. Oregon State’s Alpha Eta chapter was established in 1924, replacing a predecessor organization called The Scribe. The national organization, now known as the Association for Women in Communications, allowed men to become members in 1972. (HC 1182)
3. Delta Zeta Sorority Members on a Jeep, 1943
4. Oregon State Housemothers, ca. 1950 Oregon State Housemothers, ca. 1950. Greek houses and housing co-operatives employed housemothers, who served “in loco parentis” for those living groups, acting as administrator, superviser, social coordinator, and sometime confidante. One of the most famous housemothers affiliated with Oregon State was Florence Kincaid Naismith, widow of James Naismith, who is credited with inventing the game of basketball in 1892. She served as housemother for the Delta Delta Delta sorority from 1941 to 1947. Housemothers also had their own organization – the Resident Hostess Club of Oregon State College. It was created in 1948, and the members met monthly to discuss common issues and problems at the living groups, and to plan social events for the residents. The club had a close connection with the Dean of Women. The club disbanded about 1968. (P25:2715)
5. “Beaver Machine” Homecoming Display, 1951
6. Researcher in an entomology lab, Cordley Hall, ca. 1968
7. Oregon Governor Tom McCall confers with OSU symphony conductor Bernard Gilmore, Feb. 12, 1969
8. “Beemer for B&T Senator” campaign sign, ca. 1972
9. Delta Upsilon fraternity’s 60th anniversary celebration invitation, January 1982
10. Wilma Mankiller with the Officers of the OSU Native American Student Association, Fall 1988 Wilma Mankiller with the officers of the OSU Native American Student Association, Fall 1988. The Native American Student Association sponsors the OSU Powwow. Mankiller, third from the right, was the chief of the Cherokee Nation, a position she held from 1985 to 1995. She was on campus in the Fall of 1988 to lecture and attend the OSU Powwow. She returned to lecture again at OSU in April 2007. (P94, Accession 97:100)
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1. OAC Professor of Bacteriology Theodore Beckwith in His Lab, ca. 1913 OAC 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)
2. Canning Berries in the Horticultural Products Canning Lab, ca. 1920
3. School of Forestry Tree Nursery, 1925
4. Brush Mower Developed by the School of Forestry, ca. 1939
5. Participants in the Oregon Dairy Industries Meeting at Oregon State College Judging Ice Cream, February 1953
6. Physics Professors David Nicodemus and Richard R. Dempster Work with OSC’s Cyclotron, ca. 1954 Physics 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)
7. Biochemist Wil Gamble in the Lab, ca. 1965
8. Researcher in an entomology lab, Cordley Hall, ca. 1968
9. OSU Antarctic Station, 1974 OSU Antarctic Station, 1974. OSU oceanographers studied Antarctic under-ice water temperature, currents and salinity as part of a National Science Foundation research grant. The four-member team lived in one of the ten feet by twelve feet huts in the photo; the other served as their workspace. In September and October 1974, the crew experienced air temperatures with a wind chill of more than minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This photo first appeared in the January 1975 Oregon Stater. (P57:4948)

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1. Oceanography Building, July 1965
2. Clearing snow on campus, January 1969
3. Students Sunbathing on the Roof of Snell Hall, ca. 1962
4. Associate Registrar Eva Blackwell Prepares Diplomas for Commencement, 1963
5. Art Student Making a Lithograph in a Print Making Class, Fall 1969
6. New Kerr Library and the Old Bandstand, 1963
7. Biochemist Wil Gamble in the Lab, ca. 1965
8. Oregon Governor Tom McCall confers with OSU symphony conductor Bernard Gilmore, Feb. 12, 1969
9. Fred Burgess at the Corvallis Wastewater Treatment Plant, ca. 1960 Fred 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)
10. Researcher in an entomology lab, Cordley Hall, ca. 1968
11. Bernard Malamud at Home With His Cat, 1960 Bernard 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)