Harold Troxel Vedder Photograph Collection, 1913-1916

Processing Note

The photographs in Series I were originally affixed to a scrapbook and were removed from the scrapbook by Archives' staff in 1990 soon after the materials were received.

We acknowledge that materials in SCARC collections and the language that describes them may be harmful. We are actively working to address our descriptive practices; for more information please see our SCARC Anti-Racist Actions Statement online.

The archivist-prepared description of this collection uses the phrase "Civil War" to refer to the long-standing athletic rivalry between Oregon State University and the University of Oregon. A history of this athletic rivalry, and use of the phrase "Civil War" to describe it, is available online in The Origins of the "Civil War" Football Game blog post.

In June 2020, Oregon State University President Edward J. Ray announced that the term "Civil War" will no longer be used by either university because it "represents a connection to a war fought to perpetuate slavery."

We acknowledge the racism represented by the use of this phrase and the harm it may cause our users. In order to provide historical context and to enable standardized searching and access across our collections, we have retained the use of this phrase in the collection description.

[Date of acknowledgement: November 2021]

Acquisition Information

The photographs were donated to the Archives by Vedder's daughter, Valera Weir, in 1990.

Related Materials

A newspaper clipping about the drowning death of Guy Oliver, which was received with the photographs, is available in the Memorabilia Collection (MC-Oliver, Guy). The Archives' holdings include many collections of photographs assembled by students during the 1910s, such as the A. Freeman Mason Scrapbook, Willetta Moore Photograph Album (P 269), and Marshall S. Wright Photograph Album (P 276).