Catherine "Celeste" Campbell was the youngest daughter of Ira Lane Campbell and Idaho J. (Cogswell) Campbell. Her father was the co-owner (with his brother John Campbell), publisher and editor of the Daily Eugene Guard newspaper, the precusor of the Register-Guard newspaper of today.
She attended the public schools in Eugene and graduated from the Eugene High School, one of the two out-standing honor students. In 1926, she received her B.A. from the University of Oregon in Romance Languages. She obtained her B.M. in music (piano) in 1928. During the Summer of 1927, she traveled to most of the capitals of Europe. In January 1931, she visited the Hawaiian Islands with her mother. On the U of O campus, she was active in Mu Phi Epsilon, national music honorary and in Pi Lambda Theta, national education honorary.
In 1923, she joined the Portland Mazamas, and climbed Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and Mt. Jefferson. In Sept. 1925, she hiked the Oregon Skyline Trail, from the McKenzie Pass to Diamond Lake. Later, she joined the Eugene Obsidians and climbed the Three Sisters and Diamond Peak, becoming an Obsidian Princess in 1939. In 1949, she and a niece, Bonnie Johnson, climbed (alone) Mt. Lassen.
From 1932 to 1942, she taught music, piano and voice, (after 1933) at her home at 1833 Fairmount Blvd., Eugene.
During World War II, Celeste worked continuously at the Eugene Filter Air Warning Service under the U.S. Air Force as well as doing some Air Observation Work. She was a member of the Red Cross Motor Corps. and spent many hours assembling surgical dressings at the main office. She, along with the help of many area children, assisted in surgical dressings for the Red Cross by picking over spagnum moss. Also, she had one band of helpers who went out into the country and saved fruit by picking it and bringing it in to town, where the mothers canned it for the war effort.
She drove a tractor on her cousin's dairy farm, about 22 miles north of Eugene for two complete summers (or a total of 12 months in all, often working all night (13 hours at a time.)
In the fall of 1943, she took a paid job, as secretary to Howard Morriam in the Office of Defense Transportation in the Eugene Armory. On June 13, 1944, she began work at the University of Oregon in the Physical Plant Dept., becoming a Clerk-Typist I under Civil Service. July 1, 1953, she transferred to the University of Oregon Telephone Exchange Office where she was a P.B.X. Operator I.
Celeste belonged to the Eugene Shakespeare Club and the Eugene Fortnightly Club, the Natural History Club, the Lane County Pioneer Society, & The State Association of University of Women. She enjoyed all of nature, birds, trees, flowers, animals and weather, also was an observational astronomer. She spent as much time as possible in the mountains or at the ocean.
Celeste and her sister, Eva Frazer Johnson assembled, compiled and typed the Mary Gay Cogswell Pioneer Cemetery paper on the pioneer families of A.J. Campbell, John Cogswell, Martin Baker Gay & Jacob Frazer.
The house at 252 Pearl Street, Eugene, that Celeste Campbell's grandparents, John and Mary Frances (Gay) Cogswell, built in 1892 was owned by the Campbell family for over 100 years. In 1993 Myra and Roger Plant purchased the home, completely renovating it and opening it to the public as a bed & breakfast inn.
Celeste Campbell never married. As a benefactor, the Campbell Senior Center in Eugene is named in her honor.
She attended the public schools in Eugene and graduated from the Eugene High School, one of the two out-standing honor students. In 1926, she received her B.A. from the University of Oregon in Romance Languages. She obtained her B.M. in music (piano) in 1928. During the Summer of 1927, she traveled to most of the capitals of Europe. In January 1931, she visited the Hawaiian Islands with her mother. On the U of O campus, she was active in Mu Phi Epsilon, national music honorary and in Pi Lambda Theta, national education honorary.
In 1923, she joined the Portland Mazamas, and climbed Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and Mt. Jefferson. In Sept. 1925, she hiked the Oregon Skyline Trail, from the McKenzie Pass to Diamond Lake. Later, she joined the Eugene Obsidians and climbed the Three Sisters and Diamond Peak, becoming an Obsidian Princess in 1939. In 1949, she and a niece, Bonnie Johnson, climbed (alone) Mt. Lassen.
From 1932 to 1942, she taught music, piano and voice, (after 1933) at her home at 1833 Fairmount Blvd., Eugene.
During World War II, Celeste worked continuously at the Eugene Filter Air Warning Service under the U.S. Air Force as well as doing some Air Observation Work. She was a member of the Red Cross Motor Corps. and spent many hours assembling surgical dressings at the main office. She, along with the help of many area children, assisted in surgical dressings for the Red Cross by picking over spagnum moss. Also, she had one band of helpers who went out into the country and saved fruit by picking it and bringing it in to town, where the mothers canned it for the war effort.
She drove a tractor on her cousin's dairy farm, about 22 miles north of Eugene for two complete summers (or a total of 12 months in all, often working all night (13 hours at a time.)
In the fall of 1943, she took a paid job, as secretary to Howard Morriam in the Office of Defense Transportation in the Eugene Armory. On June 13, 1944, she began work at the University of Oregon in the Physical Plant Dept., becoming a Clerk-Typist I under Civil Service. July 1, 1953, she transferred to the University of Oregon Telephone Exchange Office where she was a P.B.X. Operator I.
Celeste belonged to the Eugene Shakespeare Club and the Eugene Fortnightly Club, the Natural History Club, the Lane County Pioneer Society, & The State Association of University of Women. She enjoyed all of nature, birds, trees, flowers, animals and weather, also was an observational astronomer. She spent as much time as possible in the mountains or at the ocean.
Celeste and her sister, Eva Frazer Johnson assembled, compiled and typed the Mary Gay Cogswell Pioneer Cemetery paper on the pioneer families of A.J. Campbell, John Cogswell, Martin Baker Gay & Jacob Frazer.
The house at 252 Pearl Street, Eugene, that Celeste Campbell's grandparents, John and Mary Frances (Gay) Cogswell, built in 1892 was owned by the Campbell family for over 100 years. In 1993 Myra and Roger Plant purchased the home, completely renovating it and opening it to the public as a bed & breakfast inn.
Celeste Campbell never married. As a benefactor, the Campbell Senior Center in Eugene is named in her honor.
Catherine "Celeste" Campbell was the youngest daughter of Ira Lane Campbell and Idaho J. (Cogswell) Campbell. Her father was the co-owner (with his brother John Campbell), publisher and editor of the Daily Eugene Guard newspaper, the precusor of the Register-Guard newspaper of today.
She attended the public schools in Eugene and graduated from the Eugene High School, one of the two out-standing honor students. In 1926, she received her B.A. from the University of Oregon in Romance Languages. She obtained her B.M. in music (piano) in 1928. During the Summer of 1927, she traveled to most of the capitals of Europe. In January 1931, she visited the Hawaiian Islands with her mother. On the U of O campus, she was active in Mu Phi Epsilon, national music honorary and in Pi Lambda Theta, national education honorary.
In 1923, she joined the Portland Mazamas, and climbed Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and Mt. Jefferson. In Sept. 1925, she hiked the Oregon Skyline Trail, from the McKenzie Pass to Diamond Lake. Later, she joined the Eugene Obsidians and climbed the Three Sisters and Diamond Peak, becoming an Obsidian Princess in 1939. In 1949, she and a niece, Bonnie Johnson, climbed (alone) Mt. Lassen.
From 1932 to 1942, she taught music, piano and voice, (after 1933) at her home at 1833 Fairmount Blvd., Eugene.
During World War II, Celeste worked continuously at the Eugene Filter Air Warning Service under the U.S. Air Force as well as doing some Air Observation Work. She was a member of the Red Cross Motor Corps. and spent many hours assembling surgical dressings at the main office. She, along with the help of many area children, assisted in surgical dressings for the Red Cross by picking over spagnum moss. Also, she had one band of helpers who went out into the country and saved fruit by picking it and bringing it in to town, where the mothers canned it for the war effort.
She drove a tractor on her cousin's dairy farm, about 22 miles north of Eugene for two complete summers (or a total of 12 months in all, often working all night (13 hours at a time.)
In the fall of 1943, she took a paid job, as secretary to Howard Morriam in the Office of Defense Transportation in the Eugene Armory. On June 13, 1944, she began work at the University of Oregon in the Physical Plant Dept., becoming a Clerk-Typist I under Civil Service. July 1, 1953, she transferred to the University of Oregon Telephone Exchange Office where she was a P.B.X. Operator I.
Celeste belonged to the Eugene Shakespeare Club and the Eugene Fortnightly Club, the Natural History Club, the Lane County Pioneer Society, & The State Association of University of Women. She enjoyed all of nature, birds, trees, flowers, animals and weather, also was an observational astronomer. She spent as much time as possible in the mountains or at the ocean.
Celeste and her sister, Eva Frazer Johnson assembled, compiled and typed the Mary Gay Cogswell Pioneer Cemetery paper on the pioneer families of A.J. Campbell, John Cogswell, Martin Baker Gay & Jacob Frazer.
The house at 252 Pearl Street, Eugene, that Celeste Campbell's grandparents, John and Mary Frances (Gay) Cogswell, built in 1892 was owned by the Campbell family for over 100 years. In 1993 Myra and Roger Plant purchased the home, completely renovating it and opening it to the public as a bed & breakfast inn.
Celeste Campbell never married. As a benefactor, the Campbell Senior Center in Eugene is named in her honor.
She attended the public schools in Eugene and graduated from the Eugene High School, one of the two out-standing honor students. In 1926, she received her B.A. from the University of Oregon in Romance Languages. She obtained her B.M. in music (piano) in 1928. During the Summer of 1927, she traveled to most of the capitals of Europe. In January 1931, she visited the Hawaiian Islands with her mother. On the U of O campus, she was active in Mu Phi Epsilon, national music honorary and in Pi Lambda Theta, national education honorary.
In 1923, she joined the Portland Mazamas, and climbed Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and Mt. Jefferson. In Sept. 1925, she hiked the Oregon Skyline Trail, from the McKenzie Pass to Diamond Lake. Later, she joined the Eugene Obsidians and climbed the Three Sisters and Diamond Peak, becoming an Obsidian Princess in 1939. In 1949, she and a niece, Bonnie Johnson, climbed (alone) Mt. Lassen.
From 1932 to 1942, she taught music, piano and voice, (after 1933) at her home at 1833 Fairmount Blvd., Eugene.
During World War II, Celeste worked continuously at the Eugene Filter Air Warning Service under the U.S. Air Force as well as doing some Air Observation Work. She was a member of the Red Cross Motor Corps. and spent many hours assembling surgical dressings at the main office. She, along with the help of many area children, assisted in surgical dressings for the Red Cross by picking over spagnum moss. Also, she had one band of helpers who went out into the country and saved fruit by picking it and bringing it in to town, where the mothers canned it for the war effort.
She drove a tractor on her cousin's dairy farm, about 22 miles north of Eugene for two complete summers (or a total of 12 months in all, often working all night (13 hours at a time.)
In the fall of 1943, she took a paid job, as secretary to Howard Morriam in the Office of Defense Transportation in the Eugene Armory. On June 13, 1944, she began work at the University of Oregon in the Physical Plant Dept., becoming a Clerk-Typist I under Civil Service. July 1, 1953, she transferred to the University of Oregon Telephone Exchange Office where she was a P.B.X. Operator I.
Celeste belonged to the Eugene Shakespeare Club and the Eugene Fortnightly Club, the Natural History Club, the Lane County Pioneer Society, & The State Association of University of Women. She enjoyed all of nature, birds, trees, flowers, animals and weather, also was an observational astronomer. She spent as much time as possible in the mountains or at the ocean.
Celeste and her sister, Eva Frazer Johnson assembled, compiled and typed the Mary Gay Cogswell Pioneer Cemetery paper on the pioneer families of A.J. Campbell, John Cogswell, Martin Baker Gay & Jacob Frazer.
The house at 252 Pearl Street, Eugene, that Celeste Campbell's grandparents, John and Mary Frances (Gay) Cogswell, built in 1892 was owned by the Campbell family for over 100 years. In 1993 Myra and Roger Plant purchased the home, completely renovating it and opening it to the public as a bed & breakfast inn.
Celeste Campbell never married. As a benefactor, the Campbell Senior Center in Eugene is named in her honor.
