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 Alexander K. Chapman Photograph Collection, 1908-1910


P 235





Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen.

Finding aid encoded by, 2006
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 235

 
Creator:
 

Chapman, Alexander Kesterson

 
Title:
 

Alexander K. Chapman Photograph Collection

 
Dates:
 

circa 1908-1910 (inclusive)

 
Quantity:
 

0.3 cubic feet, including 50 photographs
1 box

 
Languages:
 

Materials inEnglish. 

 
Summary:
 

The Chapman Photograph Collection consists of photographic prints, primarily individual student portraits, assembled by Alexander Kesterson Chapman as a student at Oregon Agricultural College.

 

Biographical Note

Alexander Kesterson Chapman, from Grants Pass, Oregon, graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1909 with a degree in electrical engineering.

Content Description

The Alexander K. Chapman Photograph Collection consists of mounted photographic prints assembled by Chapman as a student at Oregon Agricultural College. Most of the images are individual portraits of OAC students (many made by Gardner) of the Classes of 1909 and 1910. Many of these images were published in the 1909 or 1910 Orange yearbook. The Collection also includes several campus views and images of student groups and unidentified portraits by photographers in Grants Pass, Oregon. Of particular note is an image of an OAC cadet parade in downtown Corvallis.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information 

The photographs were donated to the Archives in 1999 by Chapman's daughter, Evelyn Chapman Back.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access 

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation 

Alexander K. Chapman Photograph Collection (P 235), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Subjects

Oregon Agricultural College-Students
Corvallis (Or.)
College students--Oregon--Corvallis
Military education--Oregon--Corvallis
Photographic prints
Other Creators :
Gardner, W.S. (photographer)

Detailed Description of the Collection

 

Campus Views, circa 1909

 
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
1


View to west from lower campus; Waldo, Education, Benton, and Apperson Halls
 


Benton Hall
 


Wilson House (?)
 


Military review on lower campus
 


Cadets on parade on Main Street (Second Street), Corvallis. View to north includes Second Street from Jefferson to Madison Avenues (especially businesses on east side)
 


OAC Cadets in camp at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, June 5-9, 1909

 

Student groups, circa 1909

 
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
1


Football players (Class of 1909 team?)
 


Group of women outdoors (all wearing hats) (literary society?)

 

Senior Portraits (in cap and gown)

 
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
1


Currin, Linnie, 1909
 
published in 1910 Orange, p. 70.
 


Luse, Fred Deininger, 1909
 
published in 1910 Orange, p. 79.
 


Stone, Cedric Hiram, 1909
 
published in 1910 Orange, p. 86.
 


Williams, Pearl Irene, 1909
 
published in 1910 Orange, p. 90.

 

Individual Portraits (identified)

 
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
1


Brown, Frank Ross
 


Clark, Roy, 1908
 
published in 1909 Orange.
 


Cross, George A., 1908
 
published in 1909 Orange.
 


Gilkey, Beulah, 1908
 
published in 1909 Orange.
 


Gilkey, Helen, circa 1909
 


Hall, Sylvester B., 1908
 
published in 1909 Orange.
 


Hall, S.B., Track Team Captain, 1908
 
published in 1910 Orange, p. 288.
 


Hudson, E.A., 1907
 


Hull, Charles D., 1908
 
published in 1909 Orange.
 


L?, Emma; photograph by Peterson in Tacoma
 


Marsh, Harold D., 1909
 
published in 1910 Orange, p. 115.
 


Province, Irving, 1909
 
published in 1910 Orange, p. 118.
 


Soi, Mula R., 1908
 
published in 1909 Orange.
 


Tiffany, Jesse A., 1908
 
published in 1909 Orange.
 


Wilson, F.J.
 


Wilson, Sinclair A, 1909
 
published in 1910 Orange, p. 128.

 

Individual Portraits (unidentified)

 
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
1


Made by Grants Pass, Oregon, photographers
 
6 prints
 


Made by Gardner (of Corvallis) and unknown photographers
 
14 prints