Guide to the Rice Family Photograph Album
1935-1947

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Overview of the Collection

Title: Rice Family Photograph Album
Dates: 1935-1947 ( inclusive )
Quantity: 0.25 cubic feet, including 230 photographs (1 oversize box)
Collection Number: P 272
Summary: The Rice Family Photograph Album includes images of children, family groups, and homes in Oregon and Indiana, as well as as several images of the Oregon State College campus. The creator of the album is not known.
Repository: Oregon State University Libraries
University Archives

121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
Phone: 541-737-2165
Email: archives@oregonstate.edu
Web: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives

Languages: Materials in English. 

Content Description

The Rice Family Photograph Album includes images of children, family groups, pets, and homes in Oregon and Indiana. Most of the individuals are not identified, but there are several photographs of Ann, Walt, and Allen as children. The album includes images of Ft. Wayne and Lafayette, Indiana; Purdue University; Lincoln, Nebraska; and Kansas City. Identified images include the Rice's home in Indiana; children at the Clay School; family reunions; a women's reading circle in Kings Valley; "leaving for Oregon"; "starting west"; a victory garden; a Labor Day picnic on Marys Peak; and snow on the Oregon State College campus.

The creator of the album is not known.

Some photographs have been removed from the album and are not part of the collection. The album includes several color prints; most of the prints are b/w snapshots.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :  

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation :  

Rice Family Photograph Album (P 272), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative Information


Subjects

  • Corporate Names :
  • Oregon State College--Buildings.
  • Family Names :
  • Rice family.
  • Subject Terms :
  • Family--Oregon.
  • Geographical Names :
  • Marys Peak (Or.)
  • Form or Genre Terms :
  • Photograph albums.

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