Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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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
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Collection Number:
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P171
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Creator:
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Women's Recreation Association (Oregon State
University)
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Title:
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Women's Recreation
Association (WRA) Photographic Collection
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Dates:
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1910-1965 (inclusive)
1955-1965 (bulk)
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Quantity:
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0.1 cubic foot, including 150
photographs
1 box
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Languages:
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Materials inEnglish.
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Summary:
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The Women's Recreation Association (WRA)
Photographic Collection consists predominantly of photographs of WRA officers
and women's athletic activities and events at Oregon State University. The WRA
offered intramural and intercollegiate athletics as well as recreational
activities for women from the late 1940s until 1973.
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Historical Note
The Women's Recreation Association was organized in the late 1940s to
offer both intramural and intercollegiate athletics as well as recreational
activities for women. Its predecessor was the Women's Athletic Association. The
WRA continued to be active until 1973 when the Women's Intercollegiate Athletic
Department was formed.
Content Description
This collection consists of photographs of the Women's Recreation
Association (WRA) officers and women's athletic activities and events. A
variety of sports are represented including synchronized swimming; dance;
basketball; volleyball; softball; field hockey; tennis; gymnastics; bowling;
horseback riding; archery; and canoeing.
The collection also includes 12 postcards of Oregon Agricultural College
campus views and buildings as well as the Benton County Courthouse, the
Corvallis Methodist Episcopal Church, and a downtown Corvallis street
scene.
The collection consists exclusively of photographic prints (P171:1-159)
and 3.5 x 5.5 in postcards (P171:160-171). Most of the prints are 5x7 b/w or
smaller; there are a few 8x10 b/w prints and only 5 snapshot-type color prints.
Six of the postcards are color.
Arrangement
All of the images have been assigned individual item numbers
(P171:1-P171:171).
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation Women's Recreation Association (WRA) Photographic Collection (P 171),
Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Subjects
| Oregon
Agricultural College--Buildings |
| College
buildings--Oregon--Corvallis |
| College sports for
women--Oregon--Corvallis |
| College
students--Oregon--Corvallis |
| Intramural
sports--Oregon--Corvallis |
| Student
activities--Oregon--Corvallis |
| Women--Recreation--Oregon--Corvallis |
| Photographic
prints |
| Postcards |
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Container(s)
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Description
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P171:001:
Carolyn Laughlin, 1958-1959
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P171:002:
Arlene Thompson
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P171:003:
Marjorie Miller, 1948-1949
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P171:004:
Margery Holland, 1956-1957
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P171:005:
Individual portrait of
unidentified woman
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P171:006:
Virginia Moses, 1950-1951
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P171:007:
Women students in dance
studio/gym
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P171:008:
Five women on ladder in
pool
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P171:009:
Two women playing croquet;
photograph by Warren Welch
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P171:010:
Members of Women's Recreation
Association, including officers; photograph by Warren Welch
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P171:011:
Woman at bat playing
softball
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P171:012:
Batter, catcher and umpire at
plate playing softball
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P171:013:
Nine women making a pyramid in
the gym
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P171:014:
Two women playing
pool
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P171:015:
Two women at a recital in
gym
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P171:017:
Group of women
dancing
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P171:018:
Women in Gill
Coliseum
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P171:019:
Four women demonstrating a
campsite
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P171:020:
Members of a softball team. "It
was a good game, but we lost."
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P171:021-P171:022:
Playing volleyball
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P171:024:
Playing softball
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P171:025:
Playing volleyball
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P171:026:
Two women playing
jacks
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P171:027:
Five women at a
banquet
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P171:028-P171:030:
Synchronized swimming, May 1964
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P171:031:
Four women with bowling
trophy
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P171:032:
Two women and an archery
bull's-eye
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P171:033-P171:034:
Swimming
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P171:035:
Northwest Field Hockey
Conference, University of British Columbia vs. Univ. of Washington, Dec 1959
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P171:036:
Basketball tipoff
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P171:037:
Playing tetherball
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P171:038:
Playing softball
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P171:039:
WRA Council meeting
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P171:040:
Playing softball
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P171:041:
Woman dancing outside
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P171:042:
Warming up in a dance
class
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P171:043:
Two men and two women working on
canoes
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P171:044:
Interpretive dance
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P171:045:
Woman pulling back a bow and
arrow in archery
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P171:046:
Group of people playing ping
pong
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P171:047:
Seahorses; synchronized
swimming
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P171:048:
Synchronized swim meet; first
place, Karen Hogarth 64.40; second place, Wyn Gourley 64.30; third place, Karen
Romstad 63.15
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P171:049:
Oregonians Review, two women in
costumes on stage
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P171:050:
Above net view of three women
playing volleyball
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P171:051:
Seven women at a party for
WRA
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P171:052:
Five women of WRA
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P171:053:
Practicing tennis
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P171:054:
Three women sitting on a diving
board
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P171:055:
Women's Building
entrance, circa
1955
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P171:056:
Five women, including one
"coach," using canoes
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P171:057:
Closeup of two women tennis
players meeting at the net
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P171:058:
Five women in Watershow
(synchronized swimming), 1956
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P171:059:
Synchronized swimming, May 1964
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P171:061:
Seahorses; synchronized
swimming
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P171:063-P171:064:
Playing shuffleboard
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P171:067:
Playing basketball
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P171:069:
Playing marbles
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P171:070-P171:074:
Synchronized swimming
(Seahorses); around the pool, in the water, in the locker room;, May 1964
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P171:075:
New student week chairperson and
committee
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P171:076-P171:077:
Synchronized swimming, 1964
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P171:078:
Co-membership chairs
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P171:080-P171:083:
Synchronized swimming
(Seahorses); around the pool, in the water, in the locker room, May 1964
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P171:085:
Seahorses practicing synchronized
swimming, May 1964
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P171:086:
Synchronized swimming, Feb 1964
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P171:087:
Group of women on steps in front
of a house
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P171:088:
Woman and man in front of an
archery bull's-eye
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P171:089-P171:093:
Individual portraits
(unidentified)
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P171:094:
Close up of woman
dancing
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P171:095:
Playing volleyball
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P171:096:
Woman drawing/doodling on an
easel
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P171:097:
Close-up of woman
dancing
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P171:098:
Woman and man in front of an
archery bull's-eye
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P171:099:
Group of women in WRA
office
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P171:100-P171:101:
Individual portraits
(unidentified)
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P171:102-P171:103:
Playing tennis; color
prints
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P171:104:
Four women with tennis trophies;
color print
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P171:105:
Playing tennis; color
print
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P171:106:
Cross country skiing
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P171:107:
Playing volleyball
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P171:108:
Playing tennis; color
print
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P171:109:
Public relations committee and
chairperson
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P171:110:
Health and Safety Chairperson
standing next to a piano
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P171:111:
Playing basketball
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P171:112-P171:115:
Individual portraits
(unidentified)
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P171:116:
Unidentified woman playing
jacks
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P171:118:
Small band playing while people
dance
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P171:119:
Two women playing
croquet
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P171:120-P171:121:
Two women riding
horses
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P171:122:
Six women of WRA on steps of
building
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P171:123:
Closeup of two women tennis
players meeting at the net
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P171:124-P171:125:
Two women bowling
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P171:126:
Two women of the Seahorses
performing acrobatic move on the diving board
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P171:127:
Seahorses in a line diving into
the pool
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P171:128:
One woman spotting another as she
uses the pommel horse
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P171:129:
Group of women
bowling
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P171:130:
Woman on horseback
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P171:131:
Two women shaking hands at the
tennis net, and view of the front of the Women's Building
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P171:132:
Two women of the Seahorses
performing acrobatic move on the diving board
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P171:133:
Two women practicing
tennis
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P171:134:
Canoeing on the
Willamette
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P171:135-P171:146:
Contact sheet
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P171:136:
Man and woman practicing
archery
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P171:137:
Two women playing
croquet
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P171:138-P171:139:
Canoeing
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P171:140:
Two women playing
croquet
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P171:141-P171:142:
Canoeing
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P171:143:
Two women playing
croquet
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P171:144-P171:145:
Canoeing
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P171:146:
Man and woman practicing
archery
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P171:147:
Two women playing
croquet
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P171:148-P171:158:
Contact sheet
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P171:148-P171:154:
Two women horseback
riding
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P171:155:
Two women playing
tennis
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P171:156-P171:157:
Two women horseback
riding
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P171:158:
Two women playing
tennis
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P171:160-P171:171:
Postcards, circa
1910
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Container(s)
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Description
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P171:160:
Apperson Hall
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P171:161:
Lower Campus and class-seat,
with Benton Hall in background; color
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P171:162-P171:164:
Education Hall
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P171:165:
Benton County Courthouse,
Corvallis, Oregon
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P171:166:
Methodist Episcopal Church,
Corvallis, Oregon
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P171:167:
Apperson Hall
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P171:168:
Cauthorn Hall (now Fairbanks
Hall)
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P171:169:
Administration Building (now
Benton Hall)
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P171:170:
Waldo Hall
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P171:171:
Corvallis, Oregon, Business
Street; 2nd Street looking north from about Jefferson Street
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