Lora F. Kelts (nee Ives) was born in 1909. She worked at OSU from 1944 to 1973, beginning as a part-time Assistant Librarian in both the Serials and Reference departments. She eventually rose to the rank of Professor and Head Agriculture-Forestry Librarian, ending with a salary of $16,300 (roughly equivalent to $97,624, adjusted for inflation). She received her Bachelor of Arts from University of California, Los Angeles, in botany and zoology; and her librarianship certificate from University of California, Berkeley in 1942. Previously, she worked as a Junior Assistant in the reference department at U.C. College of Agriculture in Davis, California, but had to find other work when the college closed down due to the war. For a short time after, she was employed as a Junior Assistant in the reference department of Sacramento City Library, but felt her skills would be more useful in an agricultural college. She was highly respected for her work caliber and experience, so much so that the U.C. Davis Library offered her a posting and a salary increase after the war was over, which OSU was forced to match. She married Donald Kelts in 1957.
Vivian E. Gilkey was an English instructor at Oregon State College in 1946. Gilkey was born in 1912, in Butte, Montana. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of Oregon in 1935, and as a graduate, she studied the violin at Columbia University, Juilliard, and the American Conservatory. She was a recipient of the Phi Beta Violin Scholarship, and even played for the Houston Symphony in 1942. Before coming to OSC, she taught at various grade schools in Roseburg, Oregon and Oakland, California. She was married when she came to OSC. She was hired on a ten-month term basis, at a salary of $2,200.
Florence Euren was a librarian at Oregon State College from 1946 to 1972. Euren was born in 1906, in Moorhead, Minnesota. She received her Bachelor of Science in Education from the State Teachers College, and received her Bachelor of Science in Library Science from the University of Minnesota. She began as an assistant circulation librarian in 1946 with an annual salary of $2,620. She left in 1949 to accept a job as a Bookmobile Librarian in Washington. She came back in 1957 as a librarian with an annual pay of $5,000. She retired in 1972.
Shirley A. Drawz was an order assistant at the Oregon State College library in 1946. She was born in 1922, in Superior, Wisconsin. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the College of St. Scholactica in 1944, and her A.B.L.S. from the University of Michigan in 1946. She had previously worked as an assistant at the circulations department at the University of Michigan library before coming to OSC. She was hired for a twelve month period, with an annual salary of $2,000.
Martha Moore was an instructor in institution economics, and an assistant in the dormitories from 1946 through 1947. She earned $3,000 plus meals (valued at $310 per year) on a ten month basis.
Katherine Hughes was a science librarian from 1939 to 1971. She was born in 1906 in Bellingham, Washington. She received a Bachelor of Science in Library Science from the University of Washington in 1928, and her Master of Arts from OSC in 1939. At the time an assistant science librarian, she took a leave of absence from October 1938 to June 1939 to study for her master’s degree in science at OSC. Before coming to OSC, she was an assistant at the Seattle Public Library for three years. She began at OSC as a reference assistant in 1929, and then was promoted to the Head of Science Reference Room, with the rank of assistant professor, in 1941. In 1965, she became the Chief Science and Technology Librarian, with associate professor rank, indefinite tenure, and a salary of $11,160 per year. She was promoted to the rank of full Professor in 1970, and then received Emeritus status after her retirement in 1972. After reaching the mandatory retirement age in 1971, Osborn requested an extension that enabled her to work up to her 70th birthday (5 years past mandatory retirement age). She only desired to work six more months, and submitted her resignation after that. She was hired at $1,500 per year, and resigned in 1971 at a salary of $12,675. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Sigma. She was also a member of numerous associations, including the Pacific Northwest Library Association, the Oregon Library Association ,ad the Oregon Academy of Science. She was a member of the Presbyterian church. She married John L. Osborn, who was born in 1881. Their wedding took place on March 24, 1955, and she soon changed her name to Katherine Hughes Osborn.
Bertha Whillook Stutz held a number of positions in secretarial training at OSC, and was employed at OSC for 36 years. She retired an Associate Professor of Secretarial Science. She was born in 1888 in Humansville, Missouri. She studied at Missouri State Teachers College and Oregon State University, receiving her Bachelor of Science from the latter in 1918. She then went on to study graduate work at Columbia University and OSC, receiving her Master of Science from the latter in 1927. After graduating, she taught secretarial training at OSC, and taught summer sessions at the University of California and the University of Southern California. While employed at OSC, she took a leave of absence from January-September of 1921, with the understanding that there would be “no guarantee as to salary” should she resume her work the next September. She taught part-time in 1933, but enrollment reached 28% excess of their facilities, so she and one other half-time professor were increased to full-time work. This year also saw a 20% increase in students from other majors registering for secretarial science classes. She took sabbatical leave from March-June 1945, on full salary. She used this to visit secondary schools, junior colleges, colleges, and universities to study methods and techniques. She was faculty advisor of PHi Chi Theta at OSC. She was a member of the Eastern Star, the Methodist Church, and was the National Treasurer of Sigma Kappa for at least six years.
Elzie Herbert was an orders librarian at Oregon State College from 1920 to 1952. Herbert was born in 1887, in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Before coming to work at Oregon State, she taught an introduction class to stenography at Vance Business College, and was an office manager at Black Planing Mill Co. in Pennsylvania. She was brought on as a stenographer at Oregon State in 1920 at an annual salary of $1,300. She was widowed with one daughter when she came to work at Oregon State. She was soon appointed to secretary and order clerk at the library. In 1927, she was promoted to head of the Library Order Department. She retained this position until her retirement in 1952. She passed away in 1971.
Miriam Elizabeth Macpherson Holman was a Foods and Nutrition instructor at Oregon State College from 1944 to 1950. Holman was born in 1916, in Corvallis, Oregon. She received her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics Education from Oregon State College in 1937, and her Master of Arts in Foods and Nutrition from New York Teachers College in 1939. Before coming to work at Oregon State, Holman taught foods and nutrition at New York State Agriculture and Technical Institute. She was appointed as an instructor at Oregon State in 1944 at an annual salary of $2,400. Holman married Lenn C. Holman in 1950, and resigned from her position at Oregon State to join him in Portland.