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William Jasper Kerr delivering a speech commemorating the completion of the campus gates

Date
  • 1941-05
Description
  • Wrought iron gates for the entrance to Oregon State College were constructed in Portland under the supervision of O. B. Dawson as a federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) project and completed in the late 1930s. A successful campaign was conducted in the spring of 1940 to raise $1500 for installation of the gates; the gates were installed at 10th and Madison in 1940 and dedicated in May 1941. In 1953, the gates were moved to 11th and Campus Way. Formerly the president of Oregon State College, William J. Kerr was retired by the time this presentation was made. Seated to Kerr's left are E. C. Sammons of the State Board of higher Education; Frederick M. Hunter, chancellor of the Oregon State System of Higher Education; and Albert D. Taylor, who developed Oregon State's 1926 and 1945 campus plans.
Inscription
  • "Kerr speaks at Gate Dedication, Women's Weekend, May 9, 1941."
Subject
Work Type
Location
Identifier
  • HC1477
Repository
Local Collection Name
Institution
Submission Date
  • 07/19/2017
Modified
  • 12/02/2022
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 College presidents http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028315
2 Kerr, William Jasper, 1863-1947 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96021389
3 Gates http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85053505
4 negatives (photographs) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300127173
5 Corvallis >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5720727/
6 Oregon State University. Libraries http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00020491
7 Harriet's Photograph Collection, 1868-1996 (P HC) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/p_hc
8 Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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