William Jasper Kerr delivering a speech commemorating the completion of the campus gates
- Title
- William Jasper Kerr delivering a speech commemorating the completion of the campus gates
- LC Subject
- Kerr, William Jasper, 1863-1947 College presidents Gates
- Repository
- Oregon State University. Libraries
- Description
- Wrought iron gates for the entrance to Oregon State College were constructed in Portland under the supervision of O. B. Dawson as a federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) project and completed in the late 1930s. A successful campaign was conducted in the spring of 1940 to raise $1500 for installation of the gates; the gates were installed at 10th and Madison in 1940 and dedicated in May 1941. In 1953, the gates were moved to 11th and Campus Way. Formerly the president of Oregon State College, William J. Kerr was retired by the time this presentation was made. Seated to Kerr's left are E. C. Sammons of the State Board of higher Education; Frederick M. Hunter, chancellor of the Oregon State System of Higher Education; and Albert D. Taylor, who developed Oregon State's 1926 and 1945 campus plans.
- Inscription
- "Kerr speaks at Gate Dedication, Women's Weekend, May 9, 1941."
- Work Type
- negatives (photographs)
- Location
- Corvallis >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
- Date
- 1941-05
- Identifier
- HC1477
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Local Collection Name
- Harriet's Photograph Collection, 1868-1996 (P HC)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- Historical Images of Oregon State University OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Primary Set
- Historical Images of Oregon State University
- Institution
- Oregon State University