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1. R. J. Nichols

Description: Richard Jeffrey Nichols was the librarian at Oregon Agricultural College from 1902 to 1908. A native Oregonian, Nichols was the first librarian not educated at OAC, earning his degree from Willamette University.

2. University Librarian William Carlson with library staff and pages, preparing to move to the new library

University Librarian William Carlson with library staff and pages, preparing to move to the new library

Description: Carlson served as university librarian from 1945 to 1965. He began advocating for a new library in the early 1950s, and the Oregon legislature approved the building in 1961. On September 5, 1963, Carlson led a procession of library staff and students, each carrying a few volumes, into the new building, where the books were placed on the shelves in call number order.

3. OAC Cosmopolitan Club

OAC Cosmopolitan Club

Description: Estalished in 1911, this club was the fist campus organization for international students and among the first to promote diversity. Seated in the front row at center in OAC Librarian Ida Kidder. To her left is Professor of Bacteriology Theodore D. Beckwith.

4. Lucy Lewis at her desk in the college library

Lucy Lewis at her desk in the college library

Description: 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.

5. Mrs. Lois Tolbert Sayles, new librarian

Mrs. Lois Tolbert Sayles, new librarian

Description: Mrs. Lois Tolbert Sayles later became the new head of the Library at Roosevelt High School. She was the first black librarian to work for Multnomah County, Oregon.

6. Ida A. McClendon

Ida A. McClendon

Description: Ida McClendon was a librarian with the Library Association of Portland.

7. Ida A. Kidder

Description: Mrs. Ida A. Kidder was the first librarian at Oregon State College from 1908-1920. Photo was given to the Library in 1946 by Miss Lucy M. Lewis.

8. Rodney Waldron

Description: Photo shows Rodney Waldron with the new portable microfilm reader.

9. Ida Kidder in Wickermobile

Ida Kidder in Wickermobile

Description: Ida Kidder was University Librarian until her death in 1920. When walking became difficult she got around campus in a cart, named the "Wickermobile." Photo was used in the 1919 Beaver Yearbook, p. 227.

10. Miss Lucy Lewis in the library McDonald Room

Miss Lucy Lewis in the library McDonald Room

Description: 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 become the second land grant institution in the nation. The library's classification system was changed from Dewey Decimal to Library of Congress.