Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
Wanda F. Hardin Fruits Memoir, 2007
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Fruits, Wanda F. Hardin
- Title
- Wanda F. Hardin Fruits Memoir
- Dates
- 2007 (inclusive)20072007
- Quantity
- 0.05 cubic foot, (1 box)
- Collection Number
- MSS Fruits
- Summary
- The Wanda F. Hardin Fruits Memoir, Living the Dream, describes Wanda Fae Hardin Fruits' years as a student at Corvallis High School and Oregon State College in the 1940s. Fruits also writes about her experiences as a fire lookout near Roseburg, Oregon.
- 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
Wanda Fae Hardin moved from her native Texas to Corvallis in late 1945 to live with her brother and his wife, who were students at Oregon State. Hardin enrolled at Corvallis High School in January 1946 and graduated from Corvallis High in June 1946. She attended Oregon State College from the fall of 1946 through spring 1950, majoring in home economics (until March 1950) and then in education. Hardin married Gordon Warren Fruits in December 1950.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Wanda F. Hardin Fruits Memoir, Living the Dream, documents Fruits' experiences from 1946 through 1950 as a student at Corvallis High School and Oregon State College. In her memoir, Fruits describes her experiences living in Corvallis as a high school and college student; summer jobs picking fruit and working in agricultural fields; working as a fire lookout for the Douglas Forest Protective Association at Ward's Butte near Roseburg for several summers; living arrangements at the Heather Rae Cooperative House; and participation in activities at Westminster House. The memoir includes references to Fruits' coursework at Oregon State, her impressions of the Memorial Union, social activities, and her participation in a Vitamin C research study.
The memoir includes numerous reproductions of photographs depicting Fruits and her husband and family; fellow students and student activities; her work as a fire lookout; and Corvallis and campus scenes.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Wanda F. Hardin Fruits Memoir, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
This volume was donated to the Archives in 2008 by Fruits' daughter.
Related Materials
The Archives' holdings include many collections that document student life in the years immediately following World War II including the Jacquelin F. Holland Papers and the Wilson H. Foote (P 268) and Richard W. Gilkey (P 252) Photographs.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Fire lookout stations--Oregon--Douglas County.
- Housing, Cooperative--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Student housing--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Women fire lookouts--Oregon.
- Women--Oregon--Corvallis.
Corporate Names
- Corvallis High School (Corvallis, Or.)
- Douglas Forest Protective Association.
- Oregon State College--Students.
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth
Nielsen.
2009
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
