Edgar Raymond Shepard letters, 1900-1915.

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Edgar Raymond Shepard letters, 1900-1915.

Letters written by Edgar Raymond ("Ray)" Shepard to his family while he was a student at Oregon Agricultural College (1897-1901), the University of Oregon (1901-1902), and Harvard University (1904-1906) and while employed in Georgia and Washington, D.C. The collection also includes a few letters written by his brother, Claiborne Lockley ("Clay") Shepard, to his parents. The letters describe their activities as students at Oregon Agricultural College and Ray Shepard's subsequent education and work. Of special note are references to their involvement with the YMCA.

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Oregon State University Libraries

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Oregon Agricultural College

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Shepard, Claiborne Lockley, 1883-1906.

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Shepard, Edgar Raymond, 1880-

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Alumnus and faculty member, Edgar Raymond ("Ray") Shepard attended Oregon Agricultural College for 4 academic years (1897/98 through 1900/01) and received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1901. He attended the University of Oregon for one year (1901/02) and earned an M.S. degree from Harvard University in about 1906. He worked in Columbus, Georgia for several years and then returned to Oregon Agricultural College as an Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering from 1909 until...

Young Men's Christian Association (Oregon Agricultural College)

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