Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1885-present (Creation)
Extent
95 linear feet
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This collection is made up of various genres and recorded mediums capturing academic life in and involving Linfield College/University in Oregon and abroad. The total series count is seven: 1885-1939, 1940-1969, 1970-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-2012; Portraits, Trustees, and Campus Buildings; and Professional Photographers. Series 1 through 5, arranged by decade, narrates student life through photographs, glass lantern slides, and negatives. Series 6 is organized to complement the very broad span of years its portrait, landscape, and architectural photographs represent. Series 7 is dedicated to several dozen boxes of photographs, clip art, slides, and negatives, as produced by professional Oregon photographers and the Office of Institutional Advancement.
System of arrangement
Arranged in 7 series: 1. 1885-1939. 2. 1940-1969. 3. 1970-1979. 4. 1980-1989. 5. 1990-2012. 6. Portraits, Trustees, and Campus Buildings. 7. Professional Photographers. Arranged in 123 boxes, 75 binders, and a card catalogue, and expected to grow.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Access is by appointment only. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright information for collection films is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the researcher.
Languages of the material
English
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Generated finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Collected by the Linfield Archives beginning in 2011.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Jereld R. Nicholson Library, Linfield University
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
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Notes element
Specialized notes
- Processing information: Processed by archives specialist Shaterah Hall, with the assistance of archivist Rachael Cristine Woody.
- Processing information: Input into AtoM by Irene Taylor, 2026.
- Citation: Linfield Photograph Collection. Jereld R. Nicholson Library. Linfield University, McMinnville, Oregon. Deposited by Mardi Mileham, 2014.
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Sources used
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Linfield University (Subject)