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James A. Sewell Photograph Album, circa 1902-1904
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Sewell, James A., 1881-1959.
- Title
- James A. Sewell Photograph Album
- Dates
- circa
1902-1904 (inclusive)19001905
- Quantity
- 0.1 cubic foot, including 87 photographs, (1 oversize box)
- Collection Number
- P 259
- Summary
- The James A. Sewell Photograph Album consists of a photographic album assembled by Sewell documenting a wide variety of student activities while he was a student at Oregon Agricultural College at the beginning of the 20th century. Sewell, the grandson of Oregon pioneers Henry Sewell and Isaac Allen, returned to Hillsboro and was a farmer until his death in 1959.
- Repository
-
Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
James A. Sewell was the son of James H. and Sarah (Allen) Sewell and the grandson of Henry Sewell an Oregon pioneer who settled in Oregon in 1843. James A. Sewell was born on April 18, 1881 in Hillsboro, Oregon and attended Tualatin Academy in the 1899-1900 and 1900-1901 school years. He was a student at Oregon Agricultural College from 1901 to 1903, studying mechanical engineering. He later returned to Hillsboro and was a farmer until his death on October 10, 1959. His name is listed as James Ambrose Sewell in OSU records, but genealogical research shows that he is James Allen Sewell.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The James A. Sewell Photograph Album consists of a photograph album assembled by James A. Sewell and is made up of photographs taken at Oregon Agricultural College in about 1902 to 1904. In addition to portrait and group shots of football team players, these photographs document a football game on the OAC campus, cadet formations on campus, the women’s basketball team, track and field events, and a student trip to the Oregon Coast. The album also includes photographs of the exterior and interior views of campus buildings, men’s and women’s physical education classes, and of the band.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
James A. Sewell Photograph Album (P 259), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
This collection consists of one series: I. Photograph Album. The photographs are described in the order in which they appear in the album. Most of the photographs in the album are numbered and these numbers are given in the detailed description of the collection. The photographs are not in numerical order in the album.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Photograph Album, circa 1902-1904Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
1 | 1: Football team sitting on steps of Mechanical
Hall
Samuel Lewis Burnaugh center front; William Gustav Abraham, third row,
far left; Albert Burton Bower, second row, second from left
|
1902 |
1 | 2: Football team
Second athletic field
|
1902 |
1 | 3: Football team
Second athletic field
|
1902 |
1 | 4: Football team
Second athletic field
|
1902 |
1 | 5: Two football players |
1902 |
1 | 6: Four football players |
1902 |
1 | 7: Five football players |
1902 |
1 | 8: Five football players
From left to right: William Gustav Abraham; John H. Gault; Sameul Lewis
Burnaugh; Albert Burton Bower, Lyman Albert Bundy
|
1902 |
9: Football team |
1902 | |
Box | ||
1 | 10: Football team |
1902 |
1 | 11: Second Athletic Field
Opposite Armory-Gym. Cauthorn Hall is in the background
|
circa 1902 |
12: Men's physical education
class
Held in Armory-Gym
|
circa 1902 | |
Box | ||
1 | 13: Cadets sitting in front of Mechanical
Hall |
circa 1902 |
1 | 14: Cadets, holding their hats, in front of Mechanical
Hall |
circa 1902 |
1 | 15: Cadets, wearing their hats in front of Mechanical
Hall |
circa 1902 |
1 | 16: Mechanical engineering classroom
Mechanical Hall
|
circa 1902 |
1 | 21: Football player
Albert Burton Bower
|
1903 |
1 | 22: Football player |
1902 |
1 | 23: Two football players |
1903 |
1 | 24: Football players |
1903 |
1 | 17: Mechanical engineering classroom
Mechanical Hall
|
circa 1902 |
1 | 18: Woodworking classroom |
circa 1902 |
1 | 25: Football team
Samuel Lewis Burnaugh, center, front row; Albert Burton Bower, fifth
from left, front row
|
1902 |
1 | 26: Football player |
1902 |
1 | 28: The 02-03 Arrows Basketball team
Print partially hand-colored. The Arrows were an early basketball team.
Hamon S. Bilyeu, Will Scott, back left to right. Carl "Rat" Rinehart,
Claude Vivian "Skeeter" Swann, front left to right.
|
circa 1903 |
1 | 29: The 02-03 Arrows Basketball team
The Arrows were an early OAC basketball team. Will Scott, Hamon S.
Bilyeu, Jack Bruce Patterson back, left to front; Carl "Rat" Rinehart,
Claude Vivian "Skeeter" Swann, front, left to right
|
circa 1903 |
33: Women's basketball team |
circa 1903 | |
Box | ||
1 | 34: Men's physical education class
Students lined up in Armory-Gym
|
circa 1903 |
1 | 35: Students standing, with arms folded, in
Armory-Gym |
circa 1903 |
1 | 36: Men's physical education class
Students, lying on stomachs, in Armory-Gym
|
circa 1903 |
1 | 37: Men's physical education class
Students, sitting with hands on waists, in Armory-Gym
|
circa 1903 |
1 | 38: Basketball team
Harry E. Rooper, back, far left
|
circa 1903 |
1 | 39: Basketball team
Harry E. Rooper, back, far left
|
1903 |
1 | 40: Basketball team
Harry E. Rooper, back, far left
|
1903 |
1 | 41: Basketball team |
1903 |
1 | 42: Marching band |
circa 1903 |
1 | 43: Marching band
Print is identical to 42
|
circa 1903 |
1 | 44: Women athletes |
1904 |
1 | 48: Five women athletes
Standing
|
circa 1904 |
1 | 49: Five women athletes
Sitting
|
circa 1904 |
1 | 50: Marching Band
Agricultural House in background
|
circa 1904 |
51: Cadets
Marching with rifles
|
circa 1904 | |
Box | ||
1 | 52: Band members |
circa 1904 |
1 | 53: Band members
Band marching down Corvallis street
|
circa 1904 |
46: Track and field scene
Sprinters at the start line
|
circa 1904 | |
Box | ||
1 | 47: Band members
Print is identical to 52
|
circa 1904 |
48: Cadets in field holding
rifles |
circa 1904 | |
Box | ||
1 | 49: Cadets in field with band in the background
|
circa 1904 |
1 | 50: Cadets in field firing rifles |
circa 1904 |
1 | 51: Track and field |
circa 1904 |
1 | 52: Track and field
Officials, other athletes, and spectators in the background
|
circa 1904 |
1 | 53: Track and field
Runner crossing the finishing line; officials and spectators
|
circa 1904 |
1 | 54: Track and field
Group of runners crossing the finishing line; officials and
spectators
|
circa 1904 |
1 | 59: Cadets marching in field |
circa 1904 |
1 | 60: Cadets marching in field
Print is identical to 59
|
circa 1904 |
1 | 64: Beach scene |
circa 1904 |
1 | 65: Beach scene showing beach |
circa 1904 |
1 | 92: Bare-chested man
Facing away,showing off muscles. Wrestlers(?)
|
circa 1904 |
1 | 82: Mechanical Hall |
circa 1904 |
1 | 90: Potted "Glory of the Pacific"
chrysanthemum |
1903 |
1 | 84: Armory-Gym |
circa 1904 |
1 | 86: Interior scene |
circa 1904 |
1 | 97: Graduation class |
circa 1904 |
1 | 81: Agricultural Hall |
circa 1904 |
1 | 66: Students at coast
Students in bathing costumes in surf
|
circa 1904 |
1 | 67: Ocean seen from boat |
circa 1904 |
1 | 68: Students on the T.M.
Richardson |
circa 1904 |
1 | 69: Ocean and beach grasses |
circa 1904 |
1 | 93: Women students on porch
Students making daisy chains
|
circa 1904 |
1 | 83: Benton Hall |
circa 1904 |
91: Bare-chested man
Man showing muscles. Wrestler (?)
|
circa 1904 | |
70: Students in surf |
circa 1904 | |
Box | ||
1 | 71: Cadets standing at attention in front of
Agricultural Hall |
circa 1904 |
1 | 72: Cadets standing at attention
Company "C"
|
circa 1904 |
1 | 73: Cadets standing at attention
Company "B"
|
circa 1904 |
1 | 74: Cadets, standing at attention
Company "D"
|
circa 1904 |
1 | 85: Lady of the Fountain
Gift presented to the college by the senior class of 1902
|
circa 1902 |
1 | 79: Photo of a drawing
Drawing of white plumes with words "arrows", "champions", and
"Corvallis"
|
circa 1903 |
1 | 75: Cadets
Print is identical to 72
|
circa 1904 |
1 | 76: Eight cadets standing at attention |
circa 1904 |
1 | 77: Cadets standing at attention
Company "A"
|
circa 1904 |
1 | 78: Cadets
Print is identical to 77
|
circa 1904 |
1 | 79: Cadets
Company "D"
|
circa 1904 |
1 | 27: Two bare-chested men
Wrestlers (?)
|
circa 1904 |
1 | River scene with students standing in
the background |
circa 1904 |
1 | Four students at the coast
Wearing bathing costumes, sitting on log in the surf.
|
circa 1904 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Basketball for women--Oregon--Corvallis.
- College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
- College sports--Oregon--Corvallis.
- College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Marching bands--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Military education--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Physical education and training--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
Corporate Names
- Oregon Agricultural College--Buildings.
- Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
- Oregon Agricultural College. Cadet Corps.
Geographical Names
- Corvallis (Or.)
- Pacific Coast (Or.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Photograph albums.