Buildings Photographic Collection (P 16)
1880-2002 (inclusive); 1910-1970 (bulk)
2.1 cubic feet; approx. 1230 prints, 130 negatives, and 80 nitrate negatives


College Gymnasium, ca. 1915. The building now known as the Gladys Valley Gymnastics Center was built in 1898 and served a variety of functions through the early 1900s, including armory, gymnasium, and examination hall. It later served as Mitchell Playhouse before being converted back into a gymnasium in the early 1990s.
[OSU Archives P16:824]

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains photographs of Oregon State University buildings, grounds, and facilities as well as a limited number of images of other notable buildings in Corvallis. The collection also includes approximately 20 line drawings of buildings located on other Oregon University System campuses.


Forms

The collection includes a wide variety of formats, but the bulk of the collection consists of black and white prints, many of which are 5x7 or smaller. Among the formats are 28 glass negatives (including one 11x14 image); 10 lantern slides; and 2 autochromes. There are also line drawings, zinc etchings, postcards, and cyanotypes. In addition to the autochromes, other color images include 35-mm negatives and prints; slides; and 4x5 positive transparencies. There are very few original negatives in the collection. The collection includes prints for only 2 of the glass negatives. The collection also contains approximately 80 nitrate negatives, most with corresponding black and white prints. The nitrate negatives are stored separately.


Organization and Arrangement

All of the images have been assigned individual item numbers (P16:1-1356).


Related Materials

Other images of the Oregon State University campus, buildings, and grounds are available in Harriet's Collection and the News and Communications Services (P 57), Gwil Evans (P 82), Facilities Services (P 199), and Budgets and Planning (P 200) Photographic Collections.

Container Note

The collection is housed in the following containers:

five document boxes

one 12x17 oversize box

one 16x20 oversize box

one 20x24 oversize box

one 23x30 oversize box

one 5x7 glass negative box

one 8x10 glass negative box

one autochrome box

one lantern slide box

one oversize map drawer

Inventory

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