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Floyd and Lilly Nordgren Edwards Collection, 1923-1932
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Edwards, F. M. (Floyd Marven), 1899-
- Title
- Floyd and Lilly Nordgren Edwards Collection
- Dates
- 1923-1932 (inclusive)19231932
1930-1932 (bulk)19301932 - Quantity
- 0.05 cubic foot, (1 box)
- Collection Number
- MSS EdwardsFloyd
- Summary
- The Floyd and Lilly Nordgren Edwards Collection consists of materials created and assembled by Floyd Edwards and Lilly Nordgren primarily during the early 1930s when Edwards was a graduate student at Oregon Agricultural College and Nordgren was an instructor in office training and secretarial science. Floyd Edwards earned BS (1923) and MS (1931) degrees in agriculture from Oregon Agricultural College (OAC). Lilly Nordgren earned a BS in commerce from OAC in 1924.
- 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
Floyd Marven Edwards, from Monroe, Oregon, attended Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in the early 1920s and earned a BS in agriculture in 1923. He worked as an assistant in animal husbandry at OAC after graduation and enrolled as a graduate student in 1930. He earned his MS in animal husbandry in 1931 and completed a thesis on Fattening Lambs at the Union and Hermiston Branch Experiment Stations in Oregon, 1922-1929.
Lilly Magnhild Elsa Nordgren, from Aberdeen, Washington, also attended Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in the early 1920s and earned a BS in commerce in 1924. She became an instructor in office training and secretarial science upon graduation and continued as an instructor until the mid-1930s. In 1929-1932, she took several graduate courses at OAC and completed an MA in education at Stanford University in 1931. Her thesis was An Experimental Comparison of Beginning Students Writing of Standard and Noiseless Typewriters.
Edwards and Nordgren were married in 1932. Floyd Edwards is the younger brother of Alice L. Edwards.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Floyd and Lilly Nordgren Edwards Collection consists of materials created and assembled by Edwards and Nordgren during their student years at Oregon Agricultural College. The collection includes notecards on livestock management, probably prepared by Edwards as part of his graduate studies; dance cards; and publications and ephemera. The dance cards are for dances in 1931 and 1932; many were hosted by Sigma Phi Epsilon.
The publications and ephemera include a 1923 Commencement Program, the Oregon State Creed, and brochures with college songs and yells.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Floyd and Lilly Nordgren Edwards Collection, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
The materials were transferred to the Archives from the Benton County Historical Museum, on behalf of Josh Kvidt, in 2010.
Related Materials
The Archives' holdings include many collections assembled by alumni during their student years at Oregon State. Other collections for the 1920s and early 1930s are the Kate W. Belden Collection, Frederick V. Betts Scrapbook, James W. Callaway Papers, Florence Gradon Scrapbook, and Spike Sisters Scrapbooks. The papers of Alice L. Edwards, Floyd Edwards' sister, are also held by the OSU Archives.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
Personal Names
- Nordgren, Lilly M. E.
Corporate Names
- Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
Form or Genre Terms
- Dance cards.
- Ephemera.
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth
Nielsen.
2011
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
