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1. Library staff standing behind desk, 1921
Library staff standing behind desk, 1921
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Library staff for 1920-1921 (from left to right): Elzie Herbert; Josephine Abbot; Ethel Goudy; Nell Branch; Bertha Herse; Laurel Ganning; Lucy Lewis; Edith Hague; Lillian George; and Elizabeth Ritchie.
2. TJ Starker on snowshoes
TJ Starker on snowshoes
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TJ Starker marking timber during snowstorm in eastern Oregon, 1910. Thurman James Starker was a professor of Forestry from 1922-1942. Starker taught courses in forest management and silviculture and purchased land during the 1930's which would become Starker Forests. Starker helped Corvallis gain Avery Park and was made a member of the Oregon State Board of Forestry by Governor Mark Hatfield in 1962.
3. George Peavy in his office
George Peavy in his office
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George Peavy in his office on "Heaventh" floor of Chem Shack (Education Hall) around 1910. George Wilcox Peavy was the first Dean of Forestry from 1913-1940 and president of Oregon State College from 1932-1940. Peavy founded an arboretum that would act as a laboratory for forestry students.
4. Helen Cowgill
Helen Cowgill
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Helen Julia Cowgill was born 1 December 1881 in Springfield, Illinois. Cowgill came to Oregon in 1890 and graduated in 1913 from Oregon Agricultural College with a BS degree in Domestic Science and Art. After teaching Domestic Science and Art at Harney County (Oregon) High School at Burns for one year, she began her career at OAC in 1914 as Assistant State 4-H Club Leader with the Extension Service. In 1916, she earned a second BS degree in Home Economics from OAC. In charge of the girls' 4-H work, Cowgill wrote many of the 4-H Circulars used by girls in their 4-H Projects. She became known as the "Mother of Oregon 4-H." Cowgill took a year's leave of absence to complete her Masters Degree, which she received from the University of Washington in 1931. She was a member of Phi Kappa Chi and the Epsilon Sigma Phi, serving as treasurer of the latter organization in 1943. Cowgill retired from Oregon State College in 1947 and was awarded emeritus status. In 1954 Cowgill was selected as a "Woman of Achievement" by Theta Sigma Phi, and the 1957 4-H Summer School publication 4-H Absolutely was dedicated to her. Cowgill died in Corvallis on 15 May 1959. In 1965 a tree and bench on the university campus were dedicated to her memory.
5. Portrait of Harry L. "Cap" Beard, Director of the OAC Military Band
Portrait of Harry L. "Cap" Beard, Director of the OAC Military Band
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Cap Beard was the director of bands at OAC and OSC from 1897-1899 as a student and from 1905 to 1945 as a faculty member. He also taught English and math.
6. Lucy Lewis at her desk in the college library
Lucy Lewis at her desk in the college library
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Lucy M. Lewis was the University Librarian from 1920-1945. During her 25 years, Lewis established the Friends of the Library and helped Oregon State College's library become the second at a land grant institution in the nation to change classification systems from Dewey Decimal to Library of Congress.
7. C. E. apprentice team
C. E. apprentice team
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Home Game, The 1914 C. E. apprentice team was comprised of players from classes that an instructor taught. C. E. is undoubtedly for the Civil Engineering Association, a student group.
8. President William J. Kerr with Lincoln Steffens
President William J. Kerr with Lincoln Steffens
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William Jasper Kerr was the sixth president of Oregon Agricultural College from 1907-1932. Kerr increased the size of the campus with 25 new buildings, including Memorial Union, Milam Hall, and the Women's Building. Kerr also established numerous colleges, including engineering, agriculture, and home economics. After 25 years as president, Kerr became Oregon's first chancellor of higher education.
9. Dr. Anna Z. Crayne
Dr. Anna Z. Crayne
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Dr. Anna Crayne served as the first Dean of Women at Oregon Agricultural College.
10. Farming demonstration train tour
Farming demonstration train tour
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James Withycombe and others on the 1911 Farming Demonstration Train tour of Oregon. Withycombe is standing in the back, second person from the left.
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