Phyllis Pendell Collection, 1877-1966

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Pendell, Phyllis
Title
Phyllis Pendell Collection
Dates
1877-1966 (inclusive)
1890-1944 (bulk)
Quantity
1.15 cubic feet, including 540 photographs, (2 boxes)
Collection Number
MSS Pendell
Summary
The Phyllis Pendell Collection consists of materials generated and collected by Oregon State College alumna Phyllis Pendell and her family. The materials document her public schooling in Portland (Oregon) in the 1930s and her experiences as a student at Oregon State College in the early 1940s. The Collection consists predominantly of photographs of Pendell's family, primarily her mother's family (the Vernons). Many of the photographs were made in Oroville and San Francisco, California and in Idaho.
Repository
Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Phyllis Pendell attended Oregon State College in the early 1940s and graduated in 1944 with a BS degree in Secretarial Science. Pendell was born in 1922 in Portland, Oregon, and graduated from Grant High School in 1940. She married Hunter Castleman Parker in 1945 and had triplet daughters. Pendell died in 1989.

Pendell's parents were Maud Vernon Pendell and Lawrence Roy Pendell. Pendell's maternal grandmother, Eva Vernon, moved west to California in 1865, married John Vernon, and moved to Lewiston, Idaho.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Phyllis Pendell Collection consists of materials generated and collected by alumna Phyllis Pendell and her family. The materials document her public schooling in Portland (Oregon) in the 1930s and her experiences as a student at Oregon State College in the early 1940s. The Collection consists predominantly of photographs (approximately 510 prints and 30 negatives) of Pendell's family, primarily her mother's family (the Vernons). Many of the photographs were made in Oroville and San Francisco, California and in Idaho. Other photographs document Pendell's childhood in Portland as well as family reunions and outings. Many of the images are unidentified portrait photographs of family members made in the 1880s through 1920s.

The Pendell Collection also includes certificates, commencement programs, correspondence, grade reports, newspaper clippings, and a land claim. The correspondence includes letters between Pendell and her parents during her years as a student at Oregon State College and other letters to and from her mother, Maud Vernon.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Phyllis Pendell Collection, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

This collection is not fully processed; this guide is preliminary.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • College students--Oregon--Corvallis.

Corporate Names

  • Oregon State College--Students.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Nitrate negatives.
  • Photographic prints.