Armond C. Taylor Photograph Collection

Armond C. Taylor Photograph Collection, 1916

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Taylor, Armond C.
Title: Armond C. Taylor Photograph Collection
Dates: 1916 (inclusive)
19161916
Quantity: 0.01 cubic foot, including 21 photographic postcards, (1 box)
Collection Number: P 139
Summary: The Armond C. Taylor Photograph Collection consists of photographic postcards of various buildings at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) buildings and campus views assembled by Taylor. Armond C. Taylor attended Oregon Agricultural College in 1913-1917 and earned a degree in forestry in 1917.
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

Armond C. Taylor attended Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in 1913-1917. He graduated from OAC in 1917 with a degree in Forestry. Taylor was born on September 6, 1894 in Jackson County, Oregon, and died in November 1980 at the age of 86.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Armond C. Taylor Photograph Collection consists of photographic postcards of Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) buildings and campus views assembled by Taylor during his student years at OAC. The collection includes several images of military cadets marching on lower campus. Of special note is a campus view looking west depicting Waldo Hall and the road and sidewalk that are now Jefferson Avenue. This image is available online. All of the postcards were published by the Patton Postcard Company.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Armond C. Taylor Photograph Collection (P 139), Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in one series: I. Photographs, 1916.

Acquisition Information

The photographs were received by the University Archives in the 1960s.

Related Materials

The Special Collections & Archives Research Center's holdings include numerous collections with photographic postcards from this time period depicting campus buildings and views as well as many other photographs of campus buildings. Harriet's Collection (P HC) and the Buildings Photograph Collection (P 016) provide extensive photographic documentation of campus. Other collections with photographic postcards from this time period are the Pacific Photo Company Postcards (P 023), C.A. Vincent Photograph Collection (P 109), James G. Arbuthnot Photograph Collection (P 191), and the Harold Troxel Vedder Photograph Collection (P 190).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I: Photographs, 1916Return to Top

Series I consists of photographic postcards of Oregon Agricultural College buildings and campus views. Subsequent names for the buildings are given following the description of each item.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
1	P139:01: Science Hall Later Education Hall; now Joyce Collin Furman Hall.
1	P139:02: Armory Now McAlexander Fieldhouse.
1	P139:03-P139:04: Lower Campus
1	P139:05: Mines Building Now Batcheller Hall.
1	P139:06: Agriculture Hall and Bandstand Now Strand Agricultural Hall.
1	P139:07: Armory Now McAlexander Fieldhouse.
1	P139:08: Benton Hall
1	P139:09: Machine Shops Later Production Technology; now Merryfield Hall.
1	P139:10: Dairy Building Later Social Science; now Gilkey Hall.
1	P139:11: Agriculture Hall Now Strand Agricultural Hall; greenhouses in foreground.
1	P139:12: Machine Shops Later Production Technology; now Merryfield Hall.
1	P139:13: Campus looking west toward Waldo Hall Shows road and sidewalk at current location of Jefferson Avenue.
1	P139:14-P139:17: Cadets marching on lower campus
1	P139:18: Cadet Band on lower campus Benton Hall and Station Building (Women's Center) in background.
1	P139:19: Mechanical Hall Later Apperson Hall; now Kearney Hall.
1	P139:20: Shepard Hall
1	P139:21: Mechanical Hall Later Apperson Hall; now Kearney Hall.

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