Harry C. Patton collection of Oregon State College memorabilia, 1914-1971 (bulk 1914-1941).

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Harry C. Patton collection of Oregon State College memorabilia, 1914-1971 (bulk 1914-1941).

The Harry C. Patton Collection of Oregon State College Memorabilia consists of items assembled by Patton and his daughter, Shirley Elizabeth Patton, and son-in-law, Jacob Wimer Bigham, Jr. The collection includes yearbooks, dance cards, pennants, patches, and other memorabilia. The 1915 and 1916 Orange and 1918 Beaver yearbooks are part of the collection and document Patton's student years at Oregon Agricultural College. An Oregon Agricultural College pennant from the 1910s is also included. Dance cards, patches, a cap, and earmuffs acquired and assembled by Shirley and Jacob during their student years at Oregon State College in the late 1930s through early 1940s are included. A felt patch with the inscription Helonskis, Corvallis, Ore. and a profile of Marys Peak was created by the Helonskis Ski Club, which operated a ski tow and ski hut on Marys Peak. Oregon State (O) patches are also part of the collection. A pennant commemorating the 1957 Rose Bowl football game has Rose Bowl game buttons and a 1961 homecoming button affixed to it. A 1971 brochure about Peavy Hall is also included.

3 boxes, including 1 oversize box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8087207

Oregon State University Libraries

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Rose Bowl (Football game)

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Patton, Harry D., 1918-2002

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Harry Clifford Patton, from Macleay, Oregon, attended Oregon Agricultural College in the mid-1910s and graduated in 1917 with a BS in logging engineering. Patton's daughter, Shirley Elizabeth Patton, enrolled at Oregon State College in 1938 and completed a BS in Secretarial Science in 1943. Harry C. Patton's son-in-law, Jacob Wimer Bigham, Jr. also attended Oregon State College. Bigham, from Oregon City, attended OSC from 1938 to 1941, studying engineering. He did not earn a degree from Oregon S...

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Oregon Agricultural College

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