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Campus life in the 1950s photographs

Over 200 original photographs that document the athletic history of Oglethorpe University from the 1920s to the present.

More About This Collection

Creator
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)

Publisher
Visual Arts collection, Oglethorpe University Archives, Atlanta, Ga.

Date of Original
1950/1959

Location
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798

Medium
photographs
visual works

Description
The Oglethorpe archives had a wealth of beautiful images added to its collection by Edmund Bator (class of '53) and Martha Mayson Bator ('51). During his time at Oglethorpe, Edmund worked as a photographer for the Yamacraw yearbook, and many of the images he donated to the archives appear in the yearbooks. The images offer a rare glimpse into life during the vibrant years of the early 1950s at Oglethorpe. Activities documented include basketball, the Black and White Ball, the Boar's Head Ceremony, buildings, campus scenes, the Capping Ceremony, cheerleaders, the children's Christmas Party, the Christmas Formal, choir performances, dormitory scenes, graduation, the Sadies Hawkins Dance, intramural sports, the Lord and Lady Oglethorpe Ball, the bibrary, the Masquerade Ball, a modern dancing class, student scenes, and Philip Weltner.

Metadata URL
http://cdm16310.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p265801coll4

Rights Holder
Digital image copyright 2007, Oglethorpe University. All rights reserved. For more information, contact the Director of the Library, Philip Weltner Library, Oglethorpe University, 4484 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA 30319.

Holding Institution
Philip Weltner Library. Archives