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Art Lowe Photograph Collection, 1903-circa 1950
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Lowe, Arthur L. (Arthur Livingston), 1911-1993
- Title
- Art Lowe Photograph Collection
- Dates
- 1903-circa
1950 (inclusive)19031955
- Quantity
- 0.02 cubic foot, including 50 photographs, (2 boxes, including 1 oversize box)
- Collection Number
- P 213
- Summary
- The Art Lowe Photograph Collection consists of photographic prints collected by Arthur Lowe. It includes images of Oregon State College faculty and students; campus buildings; student activities and athletics; and Oregon agriculture. Lowe graduated from Oregon State College in 1936 and was Business Manager of the Corvallis Gazette-Times for many years.
- 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
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Alumnus Arthur Livingston (Art) Lowe of Corvallis attended Oregon State Agricultural College in the early to mid-1930s and graduated in 1936 with a bachelor's degree in secretarial science. He was Business Manager of the Corvallis Gazette-Times for many years.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Art Lowe Photograph Collection consists of photographic prints collected by Arthur Lowe. It includes images of Oregon State College faculty and students; campus buildings; student activities and athletics; and Oregon agriculture. Of especial note are a panoramic photograph (3.5 x 11.75 in) taken in about 1915 of the Dairy Building (now Social Science), Alpha Hall, Shepard Hall, and the Mines Building (now Batcheller Hall); a 1903 portrait photograph of Claude Buchanan in his Oregon Agricultural College cadet uniform taken by Gardner; and images of Knute Rockne, the Horticultural Show, Bexell Hall soon after construction, and construction (or demolition) of the Bell Field grandstand.
Many of the images were taken by Hise Studio of Corvallis, Oregon.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Art Lowe Photograph Collection (P 213), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Agriculture-Oregon
- College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis
- College sports--Oregon--Corvallis
- Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis
Personal Names
- Rockne, Knute, 1888-1931
Corporate Names
- Oregon State College--Students
- Oregon State College-Faculty
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographic prints
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Gardner, W. S. (photographer)
Corporate Names
- Hise Studio (photographer)
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth
Nielsen.
1996
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
