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

Guide to the Bessie Brown Lawrence Photographs, 1923-1926


P 258





Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen.

Finding aid encoded by Elizabeth Nielsen., 2007
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Overview of the Collection
 
Repository Name:
 

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
 
Collection Number:
 

P 258
 
Creator:
 

Lawrence, Bessie Brown, 1904-2004
 
Title:
 

Bessie Brown Lawrence Photographs
 
Dates:
 

1923-1926 (inclusive)
 
Quantity:
 

0.01 cubic foot, including 23 photographs
1 box
 
Languages:
 

Materials in English. 

 
Summary:
 

The Bessie Brown Lawrence Photographs consist of images made or assembled by Bessie Brown during her student years at Oregon Agricultural College. The images show campus buildings and student activities during the mid-1920s.
 

Biographical Note

Bessie Jane Brown, of Lakeview, Oregon, attended Oregon Agricultural from 1923 to 1927 and graduated in 1927 with a BS degree in home economics. She married Wilbur Wray Lawrence, a 1926 graduate of OAC.

Content Description

The Bessie Brown Lawrence Photographs consist of photographic prints made or assembled by Bessie Brown during her student years at Oregon Agricultural College. They include images of campus buildings affixed to scrapbook pages and individual snapshots of the homecoming bonfire and the freshman-sophomore tug-of-war.

Administrative Information

Custodial History 

The photographs and other items were sent to the Alumni Association by Bessie Brown Lawrence's daughter.

Acquisition Information 

Photographs were transferred by the Alumni Association in 2006.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access 

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation 

Bessie Brown Lawrence Photographs (P 258), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Related Information

Related Materials 

Other materials transferred with the photographs have been placed in the Intercollegiate Athletics Records (RG 7) and the Memorabilia Collection.

Subjects

Oregon Agricultural College--Buildings.
Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
Photograph albums.
Photographic prints.