Overview of the Collection
Biographical NoteRoy 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. 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 1919-20 he taught at South Bend, Washington, and from 1920-34 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 DescriptionThis collection comprise 2,037 nitrate negatives, 18 glass-plate negatives (GN), and 2,047 vintage silver gelatin photoprints (P), 247 of which are in an album. Copy negatives and viewing prints have also been produced. Among the photographs is a series of primary school photographs, interior and exterior, taken in Lane County, Oregon, 1911 and 1912. Approximately 100 images on nitrate are of unidentified schools. Images of life in Eugene and on the University of Oregon campus also appear in the collection. The collection is arranged in four series: 1. People and places: Snapshot photographs, including southern Lane County, Oregon schools, arranged by state, city, site and activity. (P1-P1499A; album contains P759-P1006). 2. Friends and family: Snapshot photographs of the Andrews family and friends, arranged by name (P1500-P1970). 3. Various subjects: Snapshot photographs, arranged alphabetically (P1971-GN2015). 4. Non-Andrews photographs: postcards, souvenir photographs, and snapshots from friends (P2016-2049). The original donation included a series of hand-tinted lantern slides and a kerosene slide projector with an attachment for opaque projections; the location of those items is not known. Use of the Collection
Alternative Forms Available :
Selected photographs from this collection are available as digital images. See the Roy C. Andrews Collection in the University of Oregon Libraries' Digital Collections. 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 Photographs, PH003-[item number], Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Or. Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Collection is organized into the following series:
Acquisition Information :
The collection was donated by Andrews' sisters, Martha Belknap and Dorothy Brown, in March 1955. Separated Materials :Related materials (diaries, one account book, two ledgers, music concert lists, correspondence, University of Oregon material, and other miscellaneous items) are housed in the Roy C. Andrews Papers, Ax 002, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Or. Detailed Description of the Collection
SubjectsThis 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.
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