Albany College (1867-1940), Oregon was
the predecessor to Lewis & Clark College. This collection includes
photographs of faculty, students, campus events, and campus buildings of Albany
College.
Repository:
Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives Aubrey R. Watzek Library 0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd. Portland, OR 97219 archives@lclark.edu 503-768-7254
Languages:
English
Historical Note
In 1867 a group of Presbyterian settlers in Albany, Oregon established
the Albany Collegiate Institute. The institute included a college preparatory
department, as well as the college itself. In 1925, Albany College sold its
centrally located campus to the Albany school district, and relocated to a
larger parcel of land southwest of downtown. Financial hardships of economic
depression hit the college in the 1930's, and it responded by opening a
satellite campus in Portland, hoping to draw students from the larger
population base. This plan was so successful that the college decided to
relocate permanently to Portland. In 1941 the college acquired the Fir Acres
estate in southwest Portland. The estate was originally owned by Lloyd Frank,
who had commissioned Herman Brookman to design its buildings and gardens. In
1942 classes began on the new campus, and the college unveiled its new name,
Lewis & Clark College. The college has resided on this new campus
continuously since 1942.
Content Description
This collection includes images of Albany College from 1867 to 1941.
It includes photographs of students, faculty, trustees, buildings, and
events.
Use of the Collection
Alternative Forms Available :
To see digital versions of many of these photographs go to:
digitalcollections.lclark.edu
Restrictions on Access :
This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
Restrictions on Use :
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in
the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written
permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Preferred Citation :
The Albany College Photograph Collection OLPa005ALB, Lewis & Clark
College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland,
Oregon.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
This collection is arranged in a single series separated into the
following categories: Box Z1a1.1: Individual Photographs of Albany College
Personnel; Box Z1a2.1: Group Photographs of Albany College Personnel; Box
Z1a3.1: Group Photographs of Albany College Personnel with Students; Box
Z1a4a.1: Individual Photographs of Albany College Students; Box Z1a5.1:
Individual and Group Photographs of Albany College Founders and Trustees; Box
Z1c.1: Photographs of Albany College Campus Activities; Box Z1b1.1: Photographs
of exteriors of Albany College Buildings on Original Campus; Box Z1b1.2:
Photographs of exteriors of Albany College Buildings on Monteith Campus; Box
Z1b1.3: Photographs of exteriors of Albany College Buildings on Portland
Branch; Box Z1b2.1: Photographs of interiors of Albany College Buildings,
Original Campus; Box Z1b2.2: Photographs of interiors of Albany College
Buildings, Montieth Campus; Box Z1d.1: Photographs of Miscellaneous Albany
College Scenes. Photographs within boxes are arranged chronologically when
applicable, and alphabetical within year.
Acquisition Information :
The photographs in this collection are composed of items created by
the college for promotional purposes, as well as individual gifts given by
multiple donors.
Processing Note :
Processed in the1970s. Photographs have been housed in acid free
photograph sleeves.
Bibliography :
For more information about the history of Albany College see:
Montague, Martha Francis.
Lewis and Clark College, 1867-1967.
Portland, Ore.: Binfords & Mort, 1968.
Beckham, Stephen Dow.
Lewis and Clark College. Portland,
Ore.: Lewis & Clark College, 1991.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Box Z1a1.1: Individual Photographs of Albany
College Personnel, 1867-1938
Box Z1a3.1: Group Photographs of Albany College
Personnel with Students, 1873-1936
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
Z1a3.1
Graduating class (Maria
Irvine/top; Cora Irvine and Weltha Young (r) /center; Hary
Hannon/bottom)
1873
Z1a3.1
Graduating class (Lillian
Robertson/Frank Probst/Stephen Flinn/Quincy Probst; not certain of order in
photograph)
1886
Z1a3.1
Graduating class (See Martha
Montague history, p 32, for id) (2 pictures/one formal, the other
informal/taken outside administration building/used in Montague, p. 33 with ID
there)
1887
Z1a3.1
Graduating class (Flora Mason,
Helen Crawford, Ina Robertson, l-r)
1889
Z1a3.1
Graduating class
1893
Z1a3.1
Faculty /students gathered on
front steps of main building
circa
1896
Z1a3.1
Graduating class
1897
Z1a3.1
Faculty/students gathered on
front steps of main building
circa
1897
Z1a3.1
Graduating class
1899
Z1a3.1
Faculty/students gathered on
front steps of main bldg
circa
1900
Z1a3.1
Graduating class
1900
Z1a3.1
Commencement Orators
1900
Z1a3.1
Graduating class/Business
Department
1900
Z1a3.1
Commercial
faculty/students
1901
Z1a3.1
Graduating class
1901
Z1a3.1
Graduating class
1904
Z1a3.1
Some of Our Boys in
Service/Collage prepared for 1918 Catalog
circa
1918
Z1a3.1
Student body (l920-2l) sitting on
steps of main building
1920
Z1a3.1
Faculty/student lunch hour (south
entrance/Gray Hall)
circa
1927
Z1a3.1
Faculty/students gathered before
Gray Hall
circa
1931
Z1a3.1
A. A. Groening (far left) and
students/lounge/Portland unit (SE 12th/Salmon)
circa
1936
Z1a3.1
Walter Shaw and class (probably
sociology)/Portland unit (SE 12th/Salmon)
Box Z1b1.2: Photographs of exteriors of Albany
College Buildings on Monteith Campus, 1926-1944
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
Z1b1.2
Douglas Hall (Dining-room/kitchen
on Monteith campus, used 1926-27 until Woodward Hall completed; L. Annette
Adcock submitted photo in 1969, commented "'Two of us slept here for three
weeks. Rats! Fat ones!")
circa
1926
Z1b1.2
Construction/Monteith
campus
circa
1926
Z1b1.2
Construction/Monteith campus
(end of tunnel from central heating plant to Grey Hall, left-Cart Stewart (sr)
right-Wallace Cochran (soph) according to id in June-Sept 1926 number of Albany
College Messenger)
circa
1926
Z1b1.2
Woodward Hall
circa
1927
Z1b1.2
Gray Hall (several prints/angles)
(March 1928 Albany College Bulletin)
circa
1928
Z1b1.2
Woodward Hall (Julia Bursell
print)
circa
1928
Z1b1.2
Gray Hall (several
prints/angles)
circa
1929
Z1b1.2
Woodward Hall construction
(application of bricks) (2d print from Julia Bursell)
circa
1929
Z1b1.2
Woodward Hall (after bricking, 2d
print from Julia Bursell)
circa
1929
Z1b1.2
Football field (photo from L.
Annette Adcock, 1969)
circa
1929
Z1b1.2
Tennis Court (photo from L.
Annette Adcock, 1969)
circa
1929
Z1b1.2
Hauser Gymnasium
circa
1930
Z1b1.2
Heating plant
circa
1930
Z1b1.2
Gray Hall (winter)
circa
1930
Z1b1.2
Woodward Hall (w/Gray Hall in
background) (winter)
circa
1930
Z1b1.2
Gray Hall and Senior
bench
circa
1931
Z1b1.2
Woodward Hall and Gray
Hall
circa
1931
Z1b1.2
Woodward Hall and Gray
Hall
circa
1931
Z1b1.2
Woodward Hall (taken on May Day)
(Julia Bursell print)
1931
Z1b1.2
Gray Hall (taken on May Day)
(Julia Bursell print)
1931
Z1b1.2
Woodward Hall and Gray
Hall
circa
1938
Z1b1.2
Woodward Hall (foreground) and
Gray Hall (for sale brochure/dated July 1, 1940 in brochure)
1940
Z1b1.2
Gray Hall (foreground) and
Woodward Hall (for sale brochure/dated July 1, 1940 in brochure)
1940
Z1b1.2
Aerial shots of campus and
airport hanger (for sale brochure/dated July 1, 1940 in brochure)
1940
Z1b1.2
Variety of shots of Monteith
campus facilities, perhaps taken after campus sold and occupied by Bureau of
Mines
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
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