Jayne Walters Scrapbook, 1934-1940

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Walters, Jayne.
Title
Jayne Walters Scrapbook
Dates
1934-1940 (inclusive)
1936-1940 (bulk)
Quantity
1.7 cubic feet, including 15 photographs, (2 boxes, including 1 oversize box)
Collection Number
MSS Walters
Summary
The Jayne Walters Scrapbook consists of materials assembled by Walters during her student years at Oregon State College and includes clippings, ephemera, correspondence, publications, and photographs. Walters graduated from Oregon State College in 1940 and was an editor of several student publications.
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

Jayne Walters attended Oregon State College from 1936 to 1940, when she earned a BS in Secretarial Science. She was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority and the journalism honorary society for women, Theta Sigma Phi. Walters served as news editor of the Barometer campus newspaper, associate editor of the Lamplighter, and assistant editor of the student directory.

Walters was born April 23, 1918 in Salt Lake City, Utah; graduated from high school in Portland; and died in Warrenton, Oregon on June 17, 1995. After graduation and during the years of World War II, she lived in Seaside, Astoria, and Portland. She married Lawrence Ballman in 1962.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Jayne Walters Scrapbook consists of materials assembled by Walters during her student years at Oregon State College in the late 1930s. The scrapbook, and loose materials that are housed separately, include clippings, publications, ephemera, correspondence, and a few photographs. The scrapbook documents student life during this period as well as Walters' membership in the Alpha Chi Omega sorority, editorial work on student publications, service as president of Theta Sigma Phi, and a trip to Chicago for a Theta Sigma Phi conference.

The clippings document student activities and include articles written or edited by Walters for the campus newspaper. Publications include commencement programs, football game programs, issues of the Lamplighter, and Barometer style guides. Of special note is a media guide for the 1937 Oregon State College football team.

Ephemera includes drawings of Walters and fellow student Irene, certificates, dance cards, homecoming memorabilia, name tags, postcards and travel memorabilia, ribbons, and ticket stubs. Menus from several local Corvallis and campus restaurants are of note; these include Eilers', the Electric Lunch, and Wagner's. The correspondence consists of notes and cards received by Walters and well as Walters' correpondence with the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association seeking employment. The photographs are primarily portrait prints of other Oregon State students.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Jayne Walters Scrapbook, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

The scrapbook was donated to the Archives in 2008 by a friend of Jayne Walters.

Related Materials

Letters written by Walters during the war years are part of the Oregon State Yank Collection. Materials documenting the work of student journalists at Oregon State College are available in the Hope Chamberlin Newspaper Columns, the Journalism Department Records (RG 091), and the Theta Sigma Phi (Alpha Eta Chapter) Records. Other issues of the Lamplighter are available in the Publications Collections (PUB 10-13d). The Archives' collections include many scrapbooks documenting student life. Of particular note for this time period (later 1930s) are the Associated Men's Halls Scrapbook, Cauthorn Club Records (RG 109), and Daniel P. and Doris Dow Murphy Papers.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • College environment--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • College student newspapers and periodicals--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Football--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Greek letter societies--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Journalism--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.

Corporate Names

  • Oregon State College--Football.
  • Oregon State College--Students.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Dance cards.
  • Ephemera.
  • Menus.
  • Photographs.
  • Scrapbooks.