Gilkey Gilkey collection, circa 1926-1936

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Gilkey Gilkey collection, circa 1926-1936

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Photographs and papers relating to Dr. Gordon W. Gilkey and the Gilkey family of Oregon. Includes original sketches by Gordon Gilkey made when he was a student.

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Gilkey, Gorden

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Gilkey family.

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Gilkey, Gordon

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Gordon Waverly Gilkey (1912-2000) was a gifted etcher and printmaker. Gilkey was born in Albany, Oregon, and during the 1930s he served as a student art teacher at Albany College. In 1936, he graduated from the University of Oregon with a Master's of Fine Arts degree, and in 1937, Gilkey was selected to document the 1939 World’s Fair in New York as its official artist. During World War II, Gilkey was assigned command of a military unit that attemped to minimize the theft and destruction of Europ...