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Harry C. Patton Collection of Oregon State College Memorabilia, 1914-1971
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Patton, Harry C.
- Title
- Harry C. Patton Collection of Oregon State College Memorabilia
- Dates
- 1914-1971 (inclusive)19141961
1914-1941 (bulk)19141941 - Quantity
- 0.75 cubic foot, (3 boxes, including 1 oversize box)
- Collection Number
- MSS Patton
- Summary
- The Harry C. Patton Collection of Oregon State College Memorabilia consists of items assembled by Patton and his family and includes yearbooks, dance cards, pennants, patches, and other memorabilia. Harry C. Patton graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1917 with a BS in logging engineering.
- Repository
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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
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Harry Clifford Patton, from Macleay, Oregon, attended Oregon Agricultural College in the mid-1910s and graduated in 1917 with a BS in logging engineering. Patton's daughter, Shirley Elizabeth Patton, enrolled at Oregon State College in 1938 and completed a BS in Secretarial Science in 1943. Harry C. Patton's son-in-law, Jacob Wimer Bigham, Jr. also attended Oregon State College. Bigham, from Oregon City, attended OSC from 1938 to 1941, studying engineering. He did not earn a degree from Oregon State.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Harry C. Patton Collection of Oregon State College Memorabilia consists of items assembled by Patton and his daughter, Shirley Elizabeth Patton, and son-in-law, Jacob Wimer Bigham, Jr. The collection includes yearbooks, dance cards, pennants, patches, and other memorabilia. The 1915 and 1916 Orange and 1918 Beaver yearbooks are part of the collection and document Patton's student years at Oregon Agricultural College. An Oregon Agricultural College pennant from the 1910s is also included.
Dance cards, patches, a cap, and earmuffs acquired and assembled by Shirley and Jacob during their student years at Oregon State College in the late 1930s through early 1940s are included. A felt patch with the inscription Helonskis, Corvallis, Ore. and a profile of Marys Peak was created by the Helonskis Ski Club, which operated a ski tow and ski hut on Marys Peak. Oregon State (O) patches are also part of the collection.
A pennant commemorating the 1957 Rose Bowl football game has Rose Bowl game buttons and a 1961 homecoming button affixed to it. A 1971 brochure about Peavy Hall is also included.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Harry C. Patton Collection of Oregon State College Memorabilia, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
The materials were donated to the Archives in 2010 by Patton's grandaughter, Trudy Patton-Bigham Lieb.
Related Materials
Materials pertaining to the Class of 1917, including a class record book, are available in the Memorabilia Collection. Information about Oregon State's participation in the 1957 Rose Bowl is available in the Sports Media Guides (PUB 054) and the Ted Mesang Collection.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Corporate Names
- Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
- Oregon State College--Students.
- Rose Bowl (Football game)
Form or Genre Terms
- Dance cards.
- Ephemera.
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth
Nielsen.
2011
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