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1. E. E. Wilson in his OAC cadet uniform
E. E. Wilson in his OAC cadet uniform
Description
Eddy Elbridge Wilson was born in Corvallis in 1869 and was a student at Oregon State when the school was still known as Corvallis College. He graduated in 1889. Later an attorney and bank executive, Wilson was heavily involved with numerous campus and community organizations, as well as the State Game Commission. He twice served on the OAC board of regents -- from 1906 to 1915 and from 1924 to 1929. Wilson died in 1961.
2. Pernot family, September 1, 1881
Pernot family, September 1, 1881
Description
Eugene, Emile, Lucie, Henry, and Charles.
3. "Andrew B. Kidder watering plants at OAC"
"Andrew B. Kidder watering plants at OAC"
Description
Interior of greenhouse, Oregon Agricultural College
4. Two unidentified men posing together in a game room
Two unidentified men posing together in a game room
Description
Bovill Opera House (?)
5. Two unidentified men posing together in a game room
Two unidentified men posing together in a game room
Description
Bovill Opera House (?)
6. Invitation to the cornerstone-laying event for the new college building
Invitation to the cornerstone-laying event for the new college building
Description
This building is Benton Hall today.
7. Men forking hay and a horse pulling a hay rake on the college farm, OAC class of 1889
Men forking hay and a horse pulling a hay rake on the college farm, OAC class of 1889
8. Flooded house at confluence of Willamette and Mary's Rivers, circa 1885
Flooded house at confluence of Willamette and Mary's Rivers, circa 1885
9. Corvallis College building
Corvallis College building
Description
The building had been remodeled and expanded in 1876 in order to accommodate a year-round preparatory department and an additional faculty member. Much of the lumber for the addition was donated by a member of the board of trustees, R. W. Brock of Corvallis.
10. OAC class of 1881
OAC class of 1881
Description
Identified from left to right are Ida Burnett, Elmer E. Charman, Miss Jessie Taylor, and T. Leonard Charles [?]. Ida Burnett, later Ida Callahan, served as principal of OAC's preparatory department (1894-95), as Dean of Women (1906-07), and as an instructor of English from 1896 until her death in 1932. Callahan Hall is named for her.