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Phillip Parcher Photograph Album, 1915
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Parcher, Phillip.
- Title
- Phillip Parcher Photograph Album
- Dates
- 1915 (inclusive)19151915
- Quantity
- 0.01 cubic foot, including 19 photographs, (1 box)
- Collection Number
- P 143
- Summary
- The Philip Parcher Photograph Album consists of duplicate prints of photographs taken by Parcher during the summer of 1915, while he was attending Oregon Agricultural College Summer Session. The images depict campus buildings and views and other local scenes. Parcher earned a degree in Industrial Arts from Oregon Agricultural College in 1919.
- 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
Phillip Parcher attended Oregon Agricultural College 1915-1919 and graduated with a degree in Industrial Arts in 1919. He was born on February 26, 1895. According to the 1925 alumni directory, Parcher was a teacher at Benson Polytechnic in Portland, Oregon.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Phillip Parcher Photograph Album consists exclusively of duplicate 8x10 inch prints of photographs made by Parcher during the summer of 1915, while he was attending Oregon Agricultural College Summer Session. The photographs depict campus buildings and views and other local scenes. Of special note are images of a monkey puzzle tree near Benton Hall, the Willamette River near Corvallis, and the Liberty Bell en route through Oregon. In 1915, the Liberty Bell was shipped on a flat rail car from Philadelphia to San Francisco for exhibition at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. En route the train made a short stop at Junction City, where the photographs in this collection were taken.
According to the description included in the album, the photographs were made with an Eastman View Camera on 5x7 glass plates. The glass negatives were no longer extant as of 1974. The prints in the album were reproduced from the original 5x7 prints, which are not part of this collection. The 8x10 prints were likely made in the early 1970s, shortly before they were received by the Oregon State University Archives.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Phillip Parcher Photograph Album (P 143), Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in one series: I. Photographs, 1915.
Acquisition Information
The album was received by the University Archives in 1974.
Processing Note
The cover sheet in the photograph album indicates that the photographs were made by Fred P. Parcher. No record was found to confirm enrollment for Fred Parcher at Oregon Agricultural College in the summer of 1915 or graduation in 1919. However, Philip Parcher was enrolled in the summer of 1915 and graduated in 1919. Consequently, the collection has been renamed the Philip Parcher Photograph Album. In 2014, the photographs and description were separated from the album, which was removed from the collection.
Related Materials
The Special Collections & Archives Research Center's holdings include numerous collections with photographs from this time period depicting campus buildings and views. Harriet's Collection (P HC) and the Buildings Photograph Collection (P 016) provide extensive photographic documentation of campus. Other collections with photographs 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), Harold Troxel Vedder Photograph Collection (P 190), and Armond C. Taylor Photograph Collection (P 139).
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Photographs, 1915Return to Top
Series I consists of photographs of buildings at Oregon Agricultural College as well as two photographs of the Liberty Bell.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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| 1 | P143:01: Road to Benton Hall |
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| 1 | P143:02: Monkey puzzle tree in front of Benton Hall |
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| 1 | P143:03: Benton Hall |
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| 1 | P143:04: Agriculture Hall |
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| 1 | P143:05: Dairy Building
Later Social Science Hall; now Gilkey Hall.
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| 1 | P143:06: Home Economics Building
Now Milam Hall.
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| 1 | P143:07: Batcheller Hall |
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| 1 | P143:08: Waldo Hall |
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| 1 | P143:09: Apperson Hall
Now Kearney Hall.
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| 1 | P143:10: Science Hall
Later Education Hall; now Furman Hall.
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| 1 | P143:11: Fairbanks Hall
View from the west with agricultural field in foreground.
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| 1 | P143:12: Pasture with Fairbanks Hall in background |
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| 1 | P143:13: Production Technology
Now Merryfield Hall; ivy-covered wall.
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| 1 | P143:14: Student group in front of Waldo Hall |
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| 1 | P143:15: Unidentified business
Sign advertising "ice cold drinks"; bicycle on porch.
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| 1 | P143:16: Willamette River |
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| 1 | P143:17:
Willamette River south of Corvallis
The Willamette River at Corvallis, Oregon, showing a ferry in the foreground and the recently constructed Van Buren Street Bridge in the distance.
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| 1 | P143:18-P143:19: Liberty Bell
While en route from Philadelphia to San Francisco for the Panama-Pacific Exposition, the Liberty Bell was placed on display in Junction City, Oregon. One of the images is available online.
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
Corporate Names
- Oregon Agricultural College--Buildings.
Geographical Names
- Willamette River (Or.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Photograph albums.
- Photographic prints.
Finding aid prepared by
Ryan Atwood and Elizabeth Nielsen.
2014
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
