Gwil Evans photographic collection, 1930-1968 (bulk 1947-1963).

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Gwil Evans photographic collection, 1930-1968 (bulk 1947-1963).

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This extensive photographic collection consists of photographs taken by the staff of the Oregon State College (and later Oregon State University) News Bureau. The collection documents the full range of University programs and activities and includes images of campus buildings and development; student life; instruction and research; faculty, staff, and alumni; and Extension Service programs especially for the post-World War II period through the early 1960s.

ca. 3000 prints and 5000 negatives.

Oregon State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7679043

Oregon State University Libraries

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Bailey, Sam H.

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Oregon State College

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Oregon State College. News Bureau.

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Several individuals were affiliated with the News Bureau during the time period represented by this collection and probably were responsible for taking these photographs: John Burtner (until his death in 1950), Fred Shideler, Sam Bailey, Fred Casper Zwahlen, and Gwil Evans. The collection is named the Gwil Evans Photographic Collection because Evans probably made arrangments for transfer of the collection to the Archives in the mid-late 1960s. From the description of Gwil Evans photo...

Zwahlen, Fred C., 1924-

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Shideler, Fred Merle.

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Shideler was born in Girard, Kansas in 1904. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Kansas State College in 1927 and an MA in education from Oregon State College in 1941. In 1929, he began a career at OSU that spanned 41 years. He started as a journalism instructor and an assistant in the OSC News Bureau. Shideler was promoted to assistant professor and journalism department head in 1932; to associate professor in 1939; and to professor in 1944. From January through March 1944 he worke...

Evans, Gwilym Owen

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Oregon State university

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Burtner, John C. 1895-

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Oregon State College. Federal Cooperative Extension Service

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On July 24, 1911, Oregon Agricultural College's Board of Regents organized the Oregon Extension Service in response to requests from citizens of Oregon for assistance (particularly in agriculture) from the college. In May of 1914, nearly three years after Oregon had established its Extension Service, President Woodrow Wilson signed the federal Smith-Lever law, which provided federal money for the establishment of extension services in all states for developing off-campus programs, primarily in a...

Oregon State University. News Bureau.

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