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During the early fall of 1998, I made contact with Therese Graf Tanalski
when I was searching for family members of deceased Hall of Fame
members. Therese grew up in Corvallis, attended OSU, and married a 1944
CE graduate, Theodore T. Tanalski.
During my conversations and correspondence with Mrs. Tanalski she
indicated that she had a collection of letters written by her father, Sam Graf,
from the period 1903 to 1920. Sam was a pre-freshman in 1903 and a senior
faculty member by 1920. These letters are a wonderful documentation of life
at OAC/OSC and in Corvallis during this period.
The letters were transcribed by Laurie Dockendorf during 1999/2000.
Laurie also scanned many of the sketches Sam made in the margins of his
letters. The college is very grateful to Laurie for the care and attention she
has given to this project.
-Chris Bell
May 17, 2000 |
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