Elizabeth Smith Owen

Title
Elizabeth Smith Owen
LC Subject
Portraits Library employees Academic libraries
Description
Elizabeth Smith Owen worked as a half-time assistant in the Catalog Department from October 1, 1943 to July 15, 1944. She was born in 1920 in Detroit, Michigan. She received her Bachelor of Arts in History, focusing on American History, with additional study in sociology and Spanish from Wayne University in 1942. Before coming to OSC, she worked in a civil service position at Torney General Hospital in Palm Springs, California, from April 1943 to July 1943. She also spent two years as an office clerk and secretary. She was married to a student in the Army Specialized Training Program at OSC. Later, when he was transferred to another military camp in Missouri as part of the 70th Infantry Division, she accompanied him, resigning from OSC in 1944.
Work Type
photographic prints photographs black-and-white photographs
Date
1943-06
Identifier
P092:0945
Rights
In Copyright
Local Collection Name
President's Office Photographs, 1923-1998 (P 092)
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center Historical Images of Oregon State University
Primary Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Institution
Oregon State University
Oregon State University Libraries University of Oregon Libraries