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Vera Garrison Collection, 1935-1939
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Garrison, Vera Evelyn, 1917-1971
- Title
- Vera Garrison Collection
- Dates
- 1935-1939 (inclusive)19351939
- Quantity
- 0.2 cubic foot, (1 box)
- Collection Number
- MSS Garrison
- Summary
- The Vera Garrison Collection consists of student memorabilia assembled by Vera Garrison and John Olsen during their student years at Oregon State College in 1935-1939. The collection reflects their membership in the Delta Zeta sorority and Sigma Phi Sigma fraternity and attendance and participation in dances, concerts and performances, and athletic events.
- 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
Vera Evelyn Garrison attended Oregon State College from 1935 to 1939 and earned a BS in Secretarial Science in 1939. She was a member of the Delta Zeta sorority and served as chapter president. Garrison was born in Nyssa, Oregon, on November 29, 1917 and died in Boise, Idaho, on September 10, 1971. John William Olsen also attended Oregon State from 1935 to 1939 and completed a BS in Chemical Engineering in 1939. He was a member of the Sigma Phi Sigma fraternity and was a diving champion for the Oregon State College swim team. Olsen was born January 19, 1917, in Baker, Oregon, and died November 27, 2008, in Nyssa, Oregon. Garrison and Olsen were married soon after graduation from Oregon State and lived in Nyssa, Oregon.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Vera Garrison Collection consists of student memorabilia assembled by Garrison and John Olsen during their student years at Oregon State College in 1935-1939. The collection includes correspondence and greetings cards, concert and game programs, dance cards, student handbooks, newsletters, newspaper clippings, broadsides, ticket stubs and ephemera, commencement programs, and a map with the locations of sorority and fraternity houses. The items document their student experience at Oregon State, especially involvement in a sorority and fraternity and attendance and participation in dances, concerts and performances, and athletic events on campus.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
The materials were donated to the Archives in 2009 by Garrison and Olsen's children.
Related Materials
The Archives includes many collections of student memorabilia and ephemera. Several other collections that include materials from the late 1930s are the James A. Blodgett Photographs and Ephemera, Daniel P. and Doris Dow Murphy Papers, and the Jayne Walters Scrapbook.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Greek letter societies--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
Corporate Names
- Oregon State College--Students.
Form or Genre Terms
- Dance cards.
- Ephemera.
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Olsen, John William, 1917-2008. (creator)
Finding
aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen.
2010
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