By Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen.
Title: Wanda F. Hardin Fruits Memoir, 2007
ID: MSS Fruits
Primary Creator: Fruits, Wanda F. Hardin
Extent: 0.05 cubic feet. More info below.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
The Wanda F. Hardin Fruits Memoir, Living the Dream, documents Fruits' experiences from 1946 through 1950 as a student at Corvallis High School and Oregon State College. In her memoir, Fruits describes her experiences living in Corvallis as a high school and college student; summer jobs picking fruit and working in agricultural fields; working as a fire lookout for the Douglas Forest Protective Association at Ward's Butte near Roseburg for several summers; living arrangements at the Heather Rae Cooperative House; and participation in activities at Westminster House. The memoir includes references to Fruits' coursework at Oregon State, her impressions of the Memorial Union, social activities, and her participation in a Vitamin C research study.
The memoir includes numerous reproductions of photographs depicting Fruits and her husband and family; fellow students and student activities; her work as a fire lookout; and Corvallis and campus scenes.
More Extent Information: 1 box
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: This volume was donated to the Archives in 2008 by Fruits' daughter.
Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center holdings include many collections that document student life in the years immediately following World War II including the Jacquelin F. Holland Papers (MSS Holland), Wilson H. Foote Photographs (P 268), and the Richard W. Gilkey Photographs (P 252).
Preferred Citation: Wanda F. Hardin Fruits Memoir (MSS Fruits), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Fruits, Wanda F. Hardin
College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Corvallis High School (Corvallis, Or.)
Douglas Forest Protective Association
Fire lookout stations--Oregon--Douglas County.
Fruits, Wanda F. Hardin
Housing, Cooperative--Oregon--Corvallis.
Local History
Natural Resources
Oregon State College--Students.
Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
Student housing--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History
Women--Oregon--Corvallis.
Women fire lookouts--Oregon.
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