Overview of the Collection
Biographical NoteAlumnus Nicholas Schneider earned a BS degree in Commerce from Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in 1922. A native of Portland, Oregon, Schneider completed school through the 8th grade in Portland and enrolled at OAC in the secondary school program during the 1912/1913 and 1913/1914 school years. He was enrolled as a freshman for the 1914/1915 year and in the vocational program in the 1915/1916 year. After military service during World War I, he returned to OAC in the summer of 1919 and completed his degree in 1922. Content DescriptionThe Nicholas Schneider Photograph Collection consists of images assembled by Schneider during his student years at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) prior to World War I. The images are primarily of fellow students and student activities. The items appear to have been removed from a scrapbook and are numbered P148:01 thru P148:09. The collection includes duplicate modern prints (probably made in the 1960s or 1970s) of two of the images. The prints include images of the canoe house and a canoe on Fischer's Mill Race and the annual tug-of war between the freshman and sophomore classes at Fischer's Mill Race in 1915. One of the tug-of-war images is available online. Prints of the Class of 1918 sophomore class football team and cadets drilling on campus are part of the collection. An image of 3 students (Schneider, Greenlee, and Crane) standing next to a snow bank on Marys Peak in 1914 and a snapshot of several students standing on Monroe Street in 1912 are included. The collection also includes a photograph of Jim Arbuthnot, an OAC physical education instructor, and Schneider changing a tire on Arbuthnot's car (a Maxwell). Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
Collection is open for research. Preferred Citation :Nicholas Schneider Photograph Collection (P 148), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon. Administrative Information
Acquisition Information :
The photographs were donated by Schneider in the 1960s. Related Materials :The Archives' holdings include many collections with images of students and students activities during the 1910s. The James T. Gaither Photograph Collection (P 275) also includes several images of the annual tug-of-war between the college freshmen and sophomores. Subjects
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