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Put Up the Gates Campaign Scrapbook, 1940
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Oregon State College. Gates and Gardens Committee.
- Title
- Put Up the Gates Campaign Scrapbook
- Dates
- 1940 (inclusive)19401940
- Quantity
- 0.1 cubic foot, (1 oversize box)
- Collection Number
- MSS PutUpGates
- Summary
- The Put Up the Gates Campaign Scrapbook documents activities to raise funds for installing gates at the entrance to the Oregon State College campus in 1940.
- 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
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Wrought iron gates for the entrance to Oregon State College were constructed in Portland under the supervision of O.B. Dawson as a federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) project and completed in the late 1930s. A campaign was conducted in the spring of 1940 to raise $1500 for installation of the gates. Using the campaign slogan, Put Up the Gates at Oregon State, campus and community leaders sold buttons and solicited cash donations. Proceeds of the second annual Corvallis Garden Pilgrimage in May 1940 supported the campaign. The campaign was successful; the gates were installed at 10th and Madision in 1940 and dedicated in May 1941. In 1953, the gates were moved to 11th and Campus Way.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Put Up the Gates Scrapbook documents activities to raise funds for installing gates at the entrance to the Oregon State College campus in 1940. The scrapbook includes clippings, brochures, and campaign announcements. Information about the Corvallis Garden Pilgrimage in May 1940 is provided in a brochure for the event and newspaper clippings. Several of the newspaper clippings describe the development of campus planning at Oregon State.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Put Up the Gates Campaign Scrapbook, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Related Materials
Additional material pertaining to the gates are in the Memorabilia Collection (MC-Memorial Gates). Architectural drawings for installation of the gates are available in the Facilities Services Records (RG 193). The Memorabilia Collection also includes extensive materials documenting other WPA (Works Progress Administration) projects at Oregon State.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Campus planning--Oregon--Corvallis.
- College facilities--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Garden tours--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Ironwork--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Public art--Oregon--Corvallis.
Personal Names
- Dawson, O. B. (Orion Benjamin), b. 1896.
Corporate Names
- Oregon State College.
Form or Genre Terms
- Scrapbooks.
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth
Nielsen.
2010
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
