Guide to the Roy C. Andrews Papers
1902-1955

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Overview of the Collection

Creator: Andrews, Roy Chester, 1888-1955
Title: Roy C. Andrews Papers
Dates: 1902-1955 ( inclusive )
Quantity: 2.5 linear feet (4 containers)
Collection Number: Ax 002
Summary: Roy C. Andrews was a school teacher and administrator in Michigan, Texas, Arkansas, Washington and Oregon. He was a chemistry instructor at the University of Oregon from 1935 until his retirement in 1950. Andrews is noted for his photographs of one-room schoolhouses in southern Lane County, 1911-1913. The collection consists of diaries, one account book, two ledgers, music concert lists, correspondence, University of Oregon material, and other miscellaneous items.
Repository: University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives

1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html

Languages: Collection materials are in English. 
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Roy C. Andrews was a school teacher and administrator in Michigan, Texas, Arkansas, Washington and Oregon. He was a chemistry instructor at the University of Oregon from 1935 until his retirement in 1950. Andrews is noted for his photographs of one-room schoolhouses in southern Lane County, Oregon, 1911-1913.

Born in Doon, Iowa on March 3, 1885, Andrews attended the State Normal School in San Jose, California (now Cal State). In 1908-1909 Andrews taught high school in Columbus, Texas, and the following year may have taught in Lorane, Oregon. In 1911 he became the rural school supervisor for southern Lane County, which gave him the opportunity to travel to fifty one-room schoolhouse in the area. As a diarist and amateur photographer, Andrews documented a wide variety of school buildings, classrooms settings, and teachers with their students.

In 1915 Andrews received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Oregon, and taught high school in Astoria, Oregon until 1917. From 1919-1920 he taught at South Bend, Washington, and from 1920-1934 at Jefferson High School on Portland. In 1935 he was placed in charge of the chemistry laboratory at the University of Oregon, and later began teaching on campus. Throughout his life, Roy C. Andrews was active in the Unitarian Church, the Portland Choral Society, and the Eugene hiking group, Obsidians. Roy C. Andrews died on February 3, 1955 following a brief illness.

Content Description

This collection consists of diaries, one account book, two ledgers, music concert lists, correspondence, University of Oregon material, and other miscellaneous items.

The diaries are a personal record of daily events, without comment.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :  

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.

Restrictions on Use :  

Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Manuscripts Librarian in Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation :  

[Identification of item], Roy C. Andrews Papers, Ax 002, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

Collection is organized into the following series: Diaries; Account Book; Ledgers of Books Lent; Music Concert; Correspondence; Contract and Letters of Recommendation; and Miscellaneous.

Related Materials :  

Roy C. Andrews photograph collection, PH003, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.


Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Inventory
Container(s)
box
folder
1 1

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Diaries
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
Folder
1 2 January 1, 1902–January 3, 1903
1 2 January 1, 1903–December 31, 1903
1 2 January 1, 1904–December 31, 1904
1 2 January 1, 1905–December 31, 1905
1 3 January 1, 1906–December 31, 1906; December 27, 1906–January 1, 1908; January 1, 1908–December 31, 1912
1 4 September 5, 1911–June 18, 1912 (plus accounts, 1912–1935)
1 4 January 1, 1913–December 31, 1917
1 5 January 1, 1918–December 21, 1922
1 5 January 1, 1923–December 31, 1940
2 1 March 29, 1935–June 23, 1935
2 1 January 1, 1936–December 31, 1940
2 1 June 28, 1937–August 25, 1937
2 2 June 1, 1941–December 31, 1945
2 2 January 1, 1946 – December 31, 1950
2 3 January 1, 1951–December 31, 1954

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Account Book
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
Folder
2 3 June 1908–August 1911

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Ledgers of Books Lent
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
Folder
3 1 November 6, 1926–September 13, 1941
3 1 June 26, 1941–June 22, 1955

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Music Concert Lists
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
Folder
3 1 September 4, 1942–March 18, 1946

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Correspondence
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
Folder
3 2 1938
3 2 1941-1942
3 3 1943
3 4 1944
3 5 1945
3 6 1946-1953; undated

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Contracts and Letters of Recommendation
Container(s)
Description
Box
Folder
4 1 Contracts and Letters of Recommendation

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University of Oregon Materials
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
Folder
4 2 Zoology Class Spring 1919
4 3 "The Flora of Lane County, Oregon"; Advanced Systematic Botany; Elementary Plant Biology 1934

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Miscellaneous
Container(s)
Description
Box
Folder
4 4 Miscellaneous

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Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

  • Personal Names :
  • Andrews, Roy Chester, 1888-1955--Archives  ( creator)
  • Andrews, Roy Chester, 1888-1955--Diaries  ( creator)
  • Corporate Names :
  • University of Oregon--Faculty
  • Subject Terms :
  • Chemistry teachers--Oregon--Eugene
  • Photographers--Oregon
  • School admininstrators--United States
  • School buildings--Oregon--Lane County--Photographs
  • Form or Genre Terms :
  • Diaries
  • Photographs
  • Occupations :
  • Chemistry teachers
  • Photographers
  • School administrators

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