Biographical Note
Bertha Estella Watrous, from Olympia, Washington, graduated from Oregon
Agricultural College in 1907 with a degree in Literary Commerce. After
graduation, she returned to Olympia and worked as a stenographer at the state
house in Olympia. In the early 1920s, she married M.G. Andresen.
Content Description
The Bertha Andresen Photographs consist of one mounted photographic
print and 10 postcards of the Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) campus and
students. The postcards are individually numbered P026:01 through P026:10; the
print is not assigned an item number. The postcards include images of several
campus buldings or structures, including Alpha Hall, the fountain on lower
campus, and the Armory (now McAlexander Fieldhouse); the 1910 graduating class;
1911 commencement activities; the OAC cadets in the 1911 Portland Rose Festival
parade and drilling on lower campus; and the 1907 women's and men's basketball
teams.
The print shows an athletic field grandstand in 1902 located east of the
site of Waldo Hall. Cauthorn (now Fairbanks) Hall is visible in the background.
A football team is practicing on the field.