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Accession 2009:110 (Received 2009-12-30)
University Housing and Dining Services (RG 145)
0.10 cubic foot; 1 file folder
This accession consists of materials documenting the process of researching
and selecting a name for the campus dormitory built in 2002 known as Carrie
Halsell Hall. Made up of correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, and
policy statements, these records also refer to other names considered
for the new building, including: Alice Biddle, Abigail Duniway, Ava Pauling,
Helen Gilkey, and Marian Anderson.
Carrie Halsell Ward graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1926
with a degree in commerce and went on to pursue a career as an instructor
at colleges in Virginia, Oklahoma, Georgia, and South Carolina. At the
Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute in 1930, Halsell helped to found
the Alpha Eta chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Halsell was one
of the first African-Americans to attend OAC. She died in 1989.
See also accession 2009:066
Accession 2009:109 (Received 2009:109)
Budgets and Planning (RG 125)
0.85 cubic foot; 1 archives box and 1 document box
This accession is made up of materials generated by the Office of Budgets and Planning. In addition to statistical reports documenting academic and classified staff salary and tenure information, this transfer includes Education and General Fund Budget Reports for fiscal years 2005-2010, budget exhibits for fiscal year 2010, notes reflecting the compilation of employee data, and items from the Business, Finance, and Human Resources Administrative Computing Subcommittee.
See also accession 2009:095
Accession 2009:108 (Received 2009-12-16)
Urban League of Portland (MSS)
0.10 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This addition to the Urban League of Portland Records consists of a study produced by the League entitled "The State of Black Oregon: Charting the Course to Equality" and images for a slide show presentation celebrating the 60th anniversary of the League in 2005. The study includes an executive summary and a press release announcing some of the findings of the study. There is also a copy of the program for the 2009 Equal Opportunity Day Awards Dinner, where the League released the study. Made up of a total of 142 slides, the images depict past League presidents, events, previous locations of League offices in Portland, local African-American owned businesses, meetings, and programs managed by the League such as the Multicultural Senior Center
Other Urban League of Portland records
Accession 2009:107 (Received 2009-12-08)
Office of Multicultural Affairs (RG 225)
3.4 cubic feet; 4 archives boxes
This accession consists of materials generated and collected by the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) documenting the work of the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Planning Committee and the President's Board of Visitors for Minority Affairs at OSU (BOV). In addition to meeting minutes and agendas, this transfer contains bylaws, correspondence, event programs, flyers, membership rosters, newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, publications, reports, and tickets. This accession also includes a history of tributes at OSU organized in honor of MLK Jr. Made up of about 510 images in total (320 prints and 190 negatives), the photographs depict the annual MLK Peace Breakfast, OMA staff, unidentified cultural center events, and a holiday gathering of BOV members. Among those pictured in the photographs are Phyllis Lee, Elaine Luttrull, Melanie Spraggins, and Lisa Taylor.
Accession 2009:106 (Received 2009-12-08)
English Language Institute (RG 234)
4.7 cubic feet; 6 archives boxes
This accession consists of materials generated by the English Language Institute (ELI) that document English instruction programs for international students. In addition to cooperative agreements and reports reflecting these programs, this transfer contains CDs, a certificate, correspondence, curriculum materials, DVDs, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, photograph albums, publications, reports, scrapbooks, and videotapes. Also included among these materials are "memory books" that summarize students' impression of their experience in ELI. Information in these printed volumes include accounts of daily activities, perceptions on the differences between American and Japanese cultures, favorite aspects of the program, and the host families. Consisting of 1666 photographs in total (753 prints, 275 slides, and 638 negatives), the images and albums depict ELI students on fieldtrips throughout Oregon, ELI instructors/staff, graduation ceremonies for ELI students, ELI offices, students with host families, ELI holiday parties, and classroom instruction of ELI coursework. Other than promotional spots for the ELI program, the 19 VHS videotapes contain footage of student presentations, Toyo University, and a party for students in the YWCA Language and Culture Program. The 5 DVDs and 7 CDs document student presentations, program fieldtrips, classroom instruction, and ELI parties. The scrapbooks pertain to ELI news and student activities illustrated through photographs, newspaper clippings, flyers, and brochures.
Accession 2009:105 (Received 2009-12-08)
Graduate School (RG 16)
5.7 cubic feet; 6 archives boxes
This accession consists of materials documenting accreditation reviews of OSU graduate programs. In addition to self study reports, this transfer also contains correspondence, notes, and publications. Information in these records include faculty vitas, program curricula, and details regarding space/facilities used by the programs.
Accession 2009:104 (Received 2009-12-03)
Extension Service (RG 111)
0.40 cubic foot; 1 document and 1 20x24 oversize box
This accession consists of materials generated by the Oregon 4-H Advisory Council and several 4-H program development committees and include bylaws, meeting minutes, memoranda, and overview reports. Among the programs documented in these committee records include creative arts development, shooting sports, mechanical science, small animals, computer development, volunteer staff development, and special populations. Other materials in this transfer include correspondence, handbooks, and reports pertaining to the management of 4-H records, videotapes on 4-H topics available for lending, animal science projects, youth worker orientation, camp counselor training, and 4-H trivia. The reports include annual reports of the 4-H Foundation and Oregon 4-H Latino outreach activities. Drawings and other examples of production design work for various 4-H publications were also found in this transfer.
See also accessions-2009:073; 2009:044; 2009:036; 2009:029, and 2009:022
Accession 2009:103 (Received 2009-11-25)
Pacific Northwest Seed and Nursery Catalog Collection (MSS)New
0.65 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession is made up of catalogs generated by nursery and seed companies
based in Oregon and Washington. Featuring seeds for vegetables, fruits,
and flowers, these catalogs include a number of varieties (esp. tomatoes)
developed by OSU researchers such as Jim Baggett. Some of the businesses
reflected in these catalogs are listed below:
Abundant Life Seeds, Deep Diversity, Earth's Rising Nursery, Fall Creek
Farm and Nursery, Goodwin Creek Gardens, Greengable Farms, Irish Eyes
and Garden City Seeds, Kalmia Farm, Northwoods Wholesale Nursery, Oregon
Exotics Nursery, Peace Seeds, Territorial Seed Company, Thyme Garden Herb
Company, and Wild Garden Seed.
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Accession 2009:102 (Received 2009-11-24)
Merrifield, John T. and Virginia E., Collection (MSS)New
1.7 cubic feet; 2 archives boxes and 1 16x20 and 1 12x17 oversize boxes
This accession consists of materials reflecting the lives of alumni John T. and Virginia E. Merrifield and includes artifacts, a babybook, certificates, correspondence, curriculum vitae, notebooks, plaques, publications, scrapbooks, sound recordings, and a student paper. Primarily pertaining to John's career as a civil engineer and involvement in various professional organizations, these materials also document the Merrifields' student experience at OSC and their family. Assembled by Virginia, the two scrapbooks contain correspondence, event programs, photographs, newspaper clippings, and publications that document John's engineering career and the military service of Virginia's father Arthur Broderson in World War I. Reflecting the childhood of Kathy Merrifield (one of John and Virginia's two daughters), the babybook is housed in a box that also includes examples of Kathy's art, newspaper clippings, and a photograph. Some of the correspondence sent to Kathy after John's funeral in 2007 contain stories from friends and co-workers about John. The items illustrating the Merrifields' student experience consist of a paper by John on the sewage system of Corvallis and a notebook generated by Virginia for a class in shorthand. As a student, John submitted this paper to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and received a year of membership for free in ASCE when his report was selected as the best student paper. The artifacts consist of a wallet designed by Arthur Broderson for John and a registered professional engineer "stamp." Comprised of two cassette tapes, the sound recordings document the funeral service for John in 2007.
Alumni John T. ('42) and Virginia (Broderson) Merrifield ('41) married in 1942. After a stint in the Navy during World War II, John returned to Corvallis to work as an engineer for CH2M Hill where Virginia was also employed as a secretary. In 1948, the Merrifields settled in Portland where John began a long and distinguished career as a civil engineer with the firm of Moffatt, Nichol, & Bonney. Retiring as vice president of the firm in 1989, John designed a number of prominent structures for the company that include, in Portland alone, the Memorial Coliseum, the Morrison Bridge, the Hilton Hotel, and Good Samaritan Hospital. Actively involved in a number of engineering organizations, such as the Structural Engineers of Oregon, Oregon Building Congress, and the American Society of Civil Engineers, John held leadership roles in most of these groups. Both John and Virginia died in 2007.
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Accession 2009:101 (Received 2009-11-23)
Library (RG 9)
0.15 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession is made up of two guestbooks documenting visitors to the Mary J. L. McDonald Collection and Rare Book Room in the Oregon State College Library. The room was established in 1934 and named in honor of McDonald after she donated several hundred volumes to the Library in commemoration of George Peavy's appointment as president of OSC. A longtime supporter of the College of Forestry, McDonald also donated to OSC large tracts of forest land north of Corvallis that became the McDonald-Dunn Research Forests.Today, the McDonald collection is part of the Special Collections division of the OSU Library and the McDonald endowment continues to purchase rare and unique books for the collection.
See also accession 2009:030
Accession 2009:100 (Received 2009-11-13)
Trout, E. Dale, Papers (MSS)
0.10 cubic foot; 1 20x24 oversize box
This addition to the Trout Papers is made up of two photographic prints mounted on a folded board panel. Untitled with only Trout's signature and a date, the two images depict a bird hovering close to the water along a rocky shoreline and the smoke stacks of a ship in operation.
See also accession 2009:086
Accession 2009:099 (Received 2009-11-09)
Wilkins, Bill, Papers (MSS)
2 cubic feet; 2 archives boxes and 1 20x24 oversize box
This addition to the Bill Wilkins Papers is made up of books, business cards, certificates, correspondence, a DVD, military medals, name badges, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, plaques, a poster, speeches, and a sign from Wilkins' office at the Federal Aviation Administration. Documenting Wilkins' involvement on the State Aviation Board and other organizations, about half of this transfer pertains to Wilkins' military service in the U.S. Air Force and his work in organizing reunion gatherings of Ellington Air Force Base Navigator Training School graduates (52-09) and book reviews for the Air Force Navigators and Observers Association newsletter. Also reflected in these records is Wilkins' involvement in the OSU Retirement Association and co-sponsorship of the event "Celebrating Three Decades of Enlightened Leadership." The speeches address the 2000 presidential election, classical economic theories, and the book "The Post-American World." The three images depict Wilkins in portrait poses with one that includes his wife Caroline. The DVD contains recordings from retirement seminar presentations.
See also accession 2009:094
Accession 2009:098 (Received 2009-11-05)
Student Affairs (RG 102)
4 cubic feet; 4 archives boxes
This accession consists of files documenting the administration of student organizations and clubs at OSU and is mostly made up of annual recognition forms, constitutions, and correspondence. Reflecting the membership and mission of over 400 different student groups, these records are arranged in alphabetical order by organization and represent a variety of interests: religious, political, recreational, academic, ethnic/cultural, honorary, and professional development. Materials reflecting the Talons Honorary Society in these records also include meeting minutes, membership rosters, flyers, and newsletters.
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Accession 2009:097 (Received 2009-10-26)
OSU Mom's Club Records (MSS)
0.40 cubic foot; 1 document box and 1 archives box
This addition to the OSU Mom's Club Records is made up of annual reports, brochures, bylaws, constitutions, correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, membership directories, a newsletter, newspaper clippings, survey materials, and a button. Collected by club president and Junction City unit member Janet Harper, these materials reflect general administrative activities of the club as well as interaction with the OSU Foundation, a survey of members about the scholarship fund, the club's dedication of a new Trysting Tree on campus, and nomination of club member Kathleen Huston as "Oregon Mother of the Year." Also found in this transfer are materials pertaining to reunions organized by Harper of former residents of the Pines cooperative house.
See also accession 2009:090
Accession 2009:096 (Received 2009-10-16)
OSU Bands Moving Images Collection (P 104)
0.60 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession consists of eight reels of film documenting the OSU Marching Band performing half-time shows at athletic events. Information regarding the particular manuevers, themes, and dates of the performances is available on the film cannisters. In addition to the word "beavers" , the band formations documented in these films also make reference to the topics of changing women's dress styles, air pollution, the moon landing, conservation, atomic energy research, western movies, and "sounds from the scriptures."
Accession 2009:095 (Received 2009-10-13)
Budgets and Planning (RG 125)
0.60 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession consists of employment summary reports generated by the Office of Budgets and Planning. Organized by year and month, these reports break down the data by type of employee (academic, classified, student, etc.), employment with the OSU Extension Service, FTE status, and gender.
See also accession 2009:109
Accession 2009:094 (Received 2009-10-12)
Wilkins, Bill, Papers (MSS)
1.6 cubic feet; 2 archives and 1 12x17 oversize box
This addition to the Bill Wilkins Papers primarily reflects Wilkins' service in the U.S. Air Force and is made up of correspondence, a doctoral dissertation, DVDs, military records, photographs, and a scrapbook. Documenting Wilkins' service in the Air Force and his family life in Texas, the scrapbook contains photographs, letters, coins, newspaper clippings, event programs, patches, swizzle sticks, a silk painting, receipts, and a map outlining the global routes traveled by Wilkins during his military service. In the correspondence, Wilkins describes his tour of service during the Korean War as a member of the Air Force Tactical Reconnaissance Wing to his parents and sister. In addition to portrait shots, the photographs (numbering 48 prints in total) depict Wilkins in the military and as a young man hanging out with neighborhood friends. The dissertation, "Effects on the Economy of Venezuela of Actions by the International Petroleum Industry and United States Regulating Agencies" reflects Wilkins' doctoral work at the University of Texas. The two DVDs feature Wilkins talking about the Oregon State Flying Club and his own passion for flying.
See also accession 2009:099
Other Papers from Bill Wilkins
Accession 2009:093 (Received 2009-10-01)
Associated Students of OSU (RG 11)
0.70 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession consists of materials generated by the ASOSU Judicial Board which document the review of complaints about possible constitutional violations regarding: student election campaigns, the allocation of student incidental fee funds, and the legislative process. In addition to correspondence outlining requests for judicial review and the resulting decisions made by the board, this transfer includes budgetary information, constitutions, manuals, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, and procedural guidelines. Among the issues covered in these records include student fee funding for OSPIRG (Oregon Student Political Interest Research Group) and the formation of a bicameral congress with separate graduate and undergraduate senates. Also reflected are appeals of decisions made by the board and periodic reviews of the constitution.
See also Accessions-2009:059 and 2009:055
Accession 2009:092 (Received 2009-10-01)
Sea Grant (RG 201)
0.80 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession is made up of Sea Grant Program Plans/Proposals that detail budgetary information, program management, and research projects funded by Oregon Sea Grant.
See also accessions-2009:047 and 2009:025
Accession 2009:091 (Received 2009-09-30)
OSU Pride Center (RG 236)
0.25 cubic foot; 1 document box
This accession consists of materials collected and generated by staff and students at the OSU Pride Center and includes correspondence, flyers, notes, a manual, and program evaluations. Much of this transfer reflects resource center coordinator and staff training and is made up of notes, procedural statements, training handouts, information about various campus services, and a manual. This accession also includes a packet of information compiled by students and sent to several Student Affairs administrators on campus. Entitled "Improving Support Services for LGBTQQIA Students at OSU," this packet includes personal experience statements, position descriptions, results of the Queer Student Summit, and a program proposal for the establishment of the Queer Resource Center. Other materials found in this transfer include correspondence and guidelines for the Pride Center Advisory Board.
Accession 2009:090 (Received 2009-09-29)
OSU Mom's Club Records (MSS)
0.90 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This addition to the OSU Mom's Club records is made up of materials generated by the club's state board as well as several regional units such as the Junction City/Harrisburg/Monroe chapter; the Beaverton/Aloha/Sunset chapter and the Eugene/Springfield chapter. Documenting club administration, membership management, Mom's Weekend planning, and fundraising events organized by its various regional branches, these records include: annual reports, bylaws, constitutions, correspondence, financial statements, flyers, meeting minutes, membership directories, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and buttons. In addition to depicting fundraising events organized by the various regional units (such as the Scandinavian Festival breakfasts coordinated by the Junction City chapter) the photographs also document state board meetings, social gatherings, and active members such as Janet Harper. Numbering 60 prints in total, the scrapbooks also contain photographs. A few items reflecting the work of the OSU Dad's Club board were also found in this transfer.
See also accession 2009:097
Accession 2009:089 (Received 2009-09-24)
Alumni Association Photographs (P 17)
0.10 cubic foot; 1 document box
This accession consists of photographic images collected by the Alumni Association that were originally taken by a number of sources including: Robert Henderson, Gene Kenney (Oregon Highway Travel Bureau), George Criteser, and W.F. McCulloch. Made up of 384 images in all (311 slides/transparencies, 25 prints, and 48 negatives) these photographs document campus buildings, class reunions, campus events, athletic games, items made by students in Industrial Arts classes, and scenic Oregon landscapes. Among the events depicted in these images include the construction of the Radiation Center, a University Theatre production, and a parade honoring the centennial of OSU in 1968. A roll of 35mm negative film found in its original plastic case has been kept with these images. These negatives correspond to prints documenting class reunion activities. Also included in this transfer are slide presentation scripts and notes from Robert Henderson and "Scram" Graham.
Alumni Relations (RG 35)
0.15 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession consists of materials generated and collected by the Alumni Association that document class reunion gatherings for the classes of 1915, 1916, and 1929. There is also the publication, "The Columbia River's Ellis Island: The Story of Knappton Cove" by alumna Nancy Bell Anderson ('60) and two sound recordings on reel-to-reel tapes. The reels contain recordings of the songs: "Hail to Old OSC", "OSC Medley", "Alma Mater", and "Toast to the Team."
Alumni Association Moving Images Collection (P 17)
0.05 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession is made up of a reel of 16mm film documenting the crowning of the 1959 homecoming queen.
Intercollegiate Athletics (RG 7)
0.05 cubic foot; 2 file folders
This accession consists of programs for the following four games:
OSC vs. Southern California, October 5, 1940 (football)
OSC vs. University of Oregon, October 13, 1945 (football)
OSC vs. Washington State Univ., November 17, 1945 (football)
OSU vs. Stanford, February 13, 1970 (men's basketball)
Accession 2009:088 (Received 2009-09-22)
Triad Club Records (MSS)
0.10 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This addition to the Triad Club Records is made up of membership/officer lists, photographs, and two printing blocks with the club logo.The two photographic prints and one slide image depict group shots of members in 1951 and the first club picnic.
Accession 2009:087 (Received 2009-09-21)
Animal Sciences Department (RG 189)
0.05 cubic foot; 1 12x17 oversize box
This accession is made up of property records for three land parcels in Lake County, Oregon that are currently part of the Harvey Ranch. The deeds were issued by the U.S. General Land Office as donation land claims to William Harvey, Milton Riggs, and J.S. Woolery.
In 1987, Glenn and Mildred Harvey, both Oregon State University graduates, made a gift of their 97,000-acre southeastern Oregon ranch to OSU's College of Agricultural Sciences. Today, the property in Paisley continues to function as both a working ranch and a teaching and research laboratory, where OSU students and faculty study rangeland and watershed management.
See also accession 2009:019
Accession 2009:086 (Received 2009-09-17)
Trout, E. Dale., Papers (MSS)
0.90 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This addition to the E. Dale Trout Papers primarily reflects a training program in x-ray science and engineering developed by Trout and funded by the U.S. Bureau of Radiological Health. Most of the materials documenting this program consist of instructor course manuals and reports prepared for training seminars on topics such as the sensitometric properties of x-ray films and screens; a system for periodic testing of film processing, and control of radiographic quality. Three of the manuals directly correspond to 500-level coursework in various radiological topics that were offered by the OSU General Science department. Annual reports summarizing this training program were also found in this accession. Other materials in this transfer include article reprints, contracts, correspondence, a handbook, newspaper clippings, a speech, and surveys requesting feedback from students who took x-ray science courses.
Accession 2009:085 (Received 2009-09-16)
Koski, Arthur, Papers (MSS)New
0.50 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession consists of materials generated and collected by alumnus and health and physical education professor Arthur Koski and is made up of correspondence, a film, game programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, publications, student body cards, swim meet summaries, team rosters, and two scrapbooks. The materials primarily document Koski's career as coach of the men's swimming teams and their performance at meets dating mostly from 1949 to 1959. The images depict swim meets and group shots of the team with Koski in some of the photographs.The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, swim meet results, speech notes, and a greeting card. In addition to informational brochures that reference Koski and the swimming program as well as other athletic facilities on campus, the publications include a workbook for a physical education course on fitness written by OSU faculty Bill Winkler and Richard Cramer. The film, "Teaching Beginning Swimming", is an instructional production Koski worked on while on a Fulbright Scholarship in Finland.
Graduating from with a bachelor's degree in science in 1949, William
Arthur Koski returned to campus in 1950 to fill a position as instructor
in the Department of Physical Education for Men. In 1952, Koski began
to re-build the then dormant men's swimming program and in his role as
coach helped the teams (often dubbed the Mermen) win titles at the NCAA
Northern division level and at the Far Western swim meet. As a researcher,
Koski studied the pulmonary physiology of non-smoking adults and conducted
a national survey of college health education departments. Adminstratively,
Koski served as Assistant Dean and Head Advisor of the School of Health
and Physical Education. Koski retired in 1984.
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Accession 2009:084 (Received 2009-09-14)
Spike, Mary, Papers (MSS)New
0.30 cubic foot; 1 12x17 oversize box
This accession is made up of a scrapbook and other materials generated and collected by alumna Mary Spike that reflect her student experience at Oregon State College. The items in this transfer include: dance cards, event programs, greeting cards, lecture notes, nametags, newspaper clippings, photographs, publications, and a three-ring binder autographed by fellow alumni. The images document Mary and friends on campus as well as her Sigma Kappa sisters and fellow pharmacy students.The lecture notes pertain to courses in general chemistry (206) and economic geography. In addition to Spike's student handbook, the publications include a copy of the OSC literary magazine "The Manuscript" and programs for dance performances, theatrical productions, and homecoming weekend events. Detached pages from the scrapbook, the binder, lecture notebooks, and various loose items found in this accession are all stored in the same box with the scrapbook.
Raised in Echo, Oregon, Mary Marcella Spike attended Oregon State College from 1931 to 1934 and studied for a degree in pharmacy. After OSC, Mary taught school and married in 1935. She passed away in 2008.
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Accession 2009:083 (Received 2009-09-10)
Barstow, Dennis, Photographs (P 280)New
0.05 cubic foot; 1 file folder
This accession is made up of 40 photographic slides of images taken by College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS) hydrographic technician Dennis Barstow that document research aboard the OSU research vessels "Cayuse", "Wecoma", "Acona", "Yaquina" and the "Paiute." Primarily reflected in these images are two projects: the installation of the research Totem off the Oregon coast near Newport and coastal upwelling ecosystems analysis. Among the COAS faculty featured in these images include: Adriana (Jane) Huyer, Jay Simpkins, Chris Moser, Rich Schramm, Dennis Root, George Morrison, Cliff Williams, Bob Still, Kathryn Brooksforce, and Jack Query. In addition to the slides, this transfer also includes a cd containing scans of the slides (saved as high-resolution TIFF files) and a paper document of the slides printed out with caption information.
Dennis Barstow started his career at OSU as a research assistant for the Oceanography Department in 1962. He later served as a hydrographic technician on a number of projects for COAS, including "The Buoy Group" which developed deep-sea mooring techniques and instruments. Barstow specialized in the calibration of temperature sensors for many of these projects. Much of his research took place aboard OSU oceanographic research vessels as well as those from other institutions. Barstow retired in 1994.
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Accession 2009:082 (Received 2009-09-10)
Jaramillo, Annabelle, Papers (MSS)
3.6 cubic feet; 4 archives boxes
This addition to the Annabelle Jaramillo Papers consists of materials
generated and collected by Jaramillo in the course of her work as Benton
County Commissioner and involvement on various govern-mental boards
and community organizations. Primarily made up of publications and reports,
this transfer also includes corres-pondence, meeting minutes, newspaper
clippings, notes, resolutions, and speeches. Among the organizations
represented in these records include the National Environmental Justice
Advisory Council, the Community Services Consortium, Oregon Progress
Board, the Association of Oregon Counties Public Lands and Natural Resources
Committee, the Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs, and the OSU President's
Board of Visitors for Minority Affairs. Topics documented in these records
include: environmental racism, cleanup of industrial brownfield sites,
the impact of contaminated fish upon Native American communities, same-sex
marriage, land use planning, and legislation regarding police discrimination
in the use of traffic stops.
Serving as Benton County Commissioner since 2000, Jaramillo won re-election
in 2008 for another four-year term on the commission.
Other Papers of Annabelle Jaramillo
Accession 2009:081 (Received 2009-09-08)
Larson, Elmer, Papers (MSS)New
0.08 cubic foot; 1 document box
This accession is made up of a notebook, photographs, and class rosters generated and collected by alumnus Elmer G. Larson that reflect his student experience and attendance of alumni reunions. The notebook documents lab experiments from a chemistry class Larson took in 1928. Of the three photographic prints in this transfer, one depicts Larson in a group shot at a class reunion while the two appear to be group shots of a non-OSU organization (Masons?).
Born in Astoria and raised in North Bend, Oregon, Elmer G. Larson (also known as Al) graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from Oregon Agricultural College in 1930. A member of the Sigma Pi Fraternity, Larson was involved in a number of honorary societies on campus that included the societies for mechanical engineering and forensics. After college Larson settled in Portland, where he formed the Blue Bus Company, which offered mass transit service to and within Portland suburbs. In 1970, Tri-Met took over the company.
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Accession 2009:080 (Received 2009-09-03)
Oregon State System of Higher Education (RG 130)
0.50 cubic foot; 2 document boxes
This accession consists of Fee Books generated by the Oregon State System of Higher Education that contain schedules and policies for tuition rates, annual housing/board fees, and various resource fees at OSU and the six other universities and colleges in the OSSHE system. These publications are organized by academic year.
Accession 2009:078 (Received 2009-09-02)
Scheel, Jean, Photographs (P 279)New
ca. 1945-1983
0.35 cubic foot; 1 document box
This accession is made up of photographic images taken by Extension Service Assistant Director Jean Scheel that document his career in Extension, involvement in the Rotary Club, and interest in the photography of Oregon landscapes. The images also reflect Ada Scheel's (Jean's wife) participation in local and national garden clubs. Totaling 730 images in all (690 slides, 39 prints, and 1 negative), these images include portrait shots, exterior/interior views of the Scheel residence, an elk hunting party (Silvies Club), a flower arrangement exhibition, meetings and conferences, various types of flora, and a depiction of Scheel in the Army Signal Corps during World War II. Oregon landscapes represented in these images include shots of the coast (Ecola, Shore Acres) and snow in the Willamette Valley. Newspaper clippings, certificates, invitations, and other non-photographic materials that were also found in this transfer pertain to Jean and Ada's Rotary Club involvement.
Jean W. Scheel came to campus in 1946 to fill the post of specialist in information methods for the Extension Service. Within a year, the Extension Service re-assigned Scheel as assistant to the director, a position he held until retiring in 1971. Prior to OSU, Scheel worked for the Kansas State University Extension Service from 1934 to 1942. Active in the Rotary Club, Scheel served as president of the Corvallis chapter in 1966-1967 and later as a district governor. Scheel died in 2008.
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Accession 2009:076 (Received 2009-09-02)
Strain, Douglas C., Papers (MSS)
0.10 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This addition to the Douglas Strain Papers is made up of the book "A Passion for Quality: The First Fifty-Five Years of Electro Scientific Industries" and the DVD "The Everyday Philanthropist." The book, written by Marshall Lee, details Strain's creation of the Electro Scientific Industries company. Documenting Strain's life and involvement in community organizations and philanthropy, the DVD includes interviews with Strain and his daughter Barbara. The DVD was produced by OSU and received a bronze "Telly Award."
See also accession 2009:067
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Accession 2009:075 (Received 2009-08-26)
Henley, Elizabeth W., Collection (MSS)New
0.15 cubic foot; 1 document box
This accession consists of poems, photographs, publications, and newspaper clippings documenting the writings and life of English Department professor Elizabeth W. Henley. Three of Henley's poems are handwritten and typed out on sheets of paper while others are featured in three published anthologies that were found in this transfer. In addition to portraits of Henley, the photographs (totalling eight prints in all) also depict members of Henley's family and her residence in Corvallis at 826 NW 34th Street.
Born in Bellingham, Washington, Elizabeth W. Henley taught at the University
of Washington, Hunter College, and Portland State College before coming
to Corvallis in 1959 to work as a professor in the English Department.
Active in the OSU Poetry Association on campus, Henley's poems have
been published in a number of magazines and anthologies.
Henley died in 1981.
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Accession 2009:074 (Received 2009-08-26)
Research Office (RG 170)
6 cubic feet; 6 archives boxes
This accession consists of records generated and collected by the Technology Transfer Office that reflect technology patents developed at OSU that expired or were closed during fiscal year 2009. Primarily made up of confidential disclosure agreements (CDAs) and material transfer agreements (MATs), this accession includes article reprints, contracts, correspondence, invention disclosure forms, newspaper clippings, patent applications, press releases, reports. Among the products and processes that are documented in these records include: the detoxification of toxicants by anaerobic organisms, seed thresher machinery, the detection of tracheal mites in honeybees, cheese production, and doubly-fed motor control.
Accession 2009:073 (Received 2009-08-21)
Extension Service (RG 111)
0.80 cubic foot; 1 20x24 oversize box
This accession is made up of architectural plans and drawings for various agricultural structures that were compiled and bound into a ledger by the Extension Service as a part of an "Oregon State Building and Equipment Plan Service." Generated mostly by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the OSU Department of Agricultural Engineering, the 67 plans featured in this ledger include specifications for the construction of the following structures: dairy barns, smoke houses, nut driers, grain elevators, rural community halls, potato houses, hay sheds, and sheep dipping vats.
See also accessions-2009:044, 2009:036, 2009:029, and 2009:022
Accession 2009:072 (Received 2009-08-17)
Rauch, Augy H., Collection (MSS)New
2.4 cubic feet; 3 archives boxes
This accession consists of reference materials collected by alumnus Augy Rauch as a part of his work in research and development with the U.S. Plywood Corporation in Lebanon (Oregon) and Seattle. Made up primarily of articles, studies, patent information, conference papers, and publications, this transfer includes several research reports from the OSU Department of Forest Products. Reports and correspondence reflecting Rauch's own research for U.S. Plywood Corp. can also be found interspersed throughout these materials. Research documented in these reports and publications pertain to the testing and manufacture of various wood products (such as hardboard, fiberboard, plywood, veneer, structural particleboard), use of wood glues, and sources of wood from Southeast Asia and South America. August Rauch graduated from the OSC School of Foresty in 1941.
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Accession 2009:071 (Received 2009-08-17)
Health and Human Performance, College of. (RG 31)
1.3 cubic feet; 2 archives boxes
This accession consists of scrapbooks assembled by staff and students in the Department of Physical Education for Women that document activities organized by the department, the Women's Athletic Association, and the Women's Recreation Association. In addition to intramural athletic contests, dance performances, campus swimming clubs, and annual events such as the "fun fest" and the spring festival, these scrapbooks also contain information about department faculty, students, and the merger of the two physical education departments (women's and men's) into a single department in 1972. Primarily made up of newspaper clippings, the scrapbooks also include greeting cards, photographs, event programs, and flyers. Also found in this transfer are minutes from Physical Education Department meetings and records from the Department of Physical Education for Women Alumnae Association.
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Accession 2009:070 (Received 2009-08-11)
Fred, Tooley, Photographs (P 278)New
0.03 cubic foot; 1 file folder
This accession consists of photographic images taken and collected by alumnus Fred Tooley that document members of the Class of 1911, campus buildings, Tooley's dormroom, "junior flunk" day, and commencement ceremonies that included the annual alumni banquet. Tooley is pictured in three group shots of the 1911 Class and one featuring him in cap and gown with his mother. Made up of 16 prints in total, this transfer includes two postcards Tooley sent to his sister and Floyd Mason. Also found in this accession is a program for a golden jubilee reunion in 1961 which lists Tooley as having given a presentation on "memories of college days."
Tooley graduated with a degree in horticulture in 1911. He married fellow alumnus Hattie Joy Mason ('14), who is pictured in the group shot of alumni taken in 1961 at the golden jubilee reunion.
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Accession 2009:069 (Received 2009-08-10)
Burt, Larry, Papers (MSS)New
17 cubic feet; 17 archives boxes
This accession consists of materials generated and collected by Larry Burt which reflect his work as professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics and director of the Western Agricultural Banking School (WABS). In addition to Extension publications authored by Burt and documentation of WABS, this transfer also includes correspondence, course materials, manuals, meeting minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, overhead transparencies, reports, sound recordings, survey materials, theses, and videotapes. Among the topics addressed in these materials include: farmers markets, grass burning research, marketing management, and the impact of income of taxes upon agricultural businesses. Items relating to Burt's instruction of Agricultural and Resource Economics classes include sylabi, outlines, course handouts, and exam blanks. Courses represented in these materials include: Management in Agriculture (AREC 211), Agricultural Marketing (AREC 311), and Agricultural Personnel Management (AREC 476). Made up of 83 cassette tapes, the sound recordings document sessions from Pacific Northwest Direct Marketing Conferences. The four VHS videotapes consist of the two titles: "The Entrepreneur's Guide to Planning a Business" and "Sewing for Profit."
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Accession 2009:068 (Received 2009-08-07)
Morita, Richard V., Papers
0.10 cubic foot; 2 file folders
This addition to the Richard Morita Papers consists of materials documenting Morita's career in microbiology and oceanography research and includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, and photographs. In addition to Morita's receipt of awards, these materials reflect his interaction with colleague Claude Zobell, review of research proposals, and donation of books to the OSU Library. The two photographs depict Morita engaged in research activities, one of which appears to be part of field research he did on the Bikini Atoll in 1950.
Accession 2009:067 (Received 2009-07-29)
Strain, Douglas C., Papers (MSS)New
16 cubic feet; 16 archives boxes
This accession is made up of materials generated and collected by Douglas C. Strain that document his work with the Electro-Scientific Industries Corporation (ESI), participation on various boards and committees, involvement in professional societies, presentations to groups, and receipt of awards/honors. This transfer contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, notebooks, photographs, publications, sound recordings, speeches, and videotapes. Records from ESI include annual reports, newsletters, board meeting minutes, and financial information. Numbering about 850 images in total (700 slides and 150 prints), the photographs depict self portrait shots of Strain, family vacations, ESI employees, Strain as a child, and graphics prepared for metric education and other slide presentations by Strain. The sound recordings consist of eight cassette and one reel-to-reel tape pertaining to Strain family history, the Harris Trust, and the 1969 Instrument Society of America conference. The three videotapes contain footage of a 1991 trip to Hawaii and the retirement of ESI employee Jack Burraston. Materials reflecting Clayton Strain's ('15) student experience at OSU and association with the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity and Umatilla Club there were also found in this transfer. OSU-related items include commencement programs, photographs, and lists of alumni for class reunions.
Born in Spokane and educated at the California Institute of Technology, Douglas C. Strain worked as a design engineer of pH meters, spectrophotometers, and other medical and communication instrumentation. In 1953, he established Electro Scientific Industries (ESI) in Portland, Oregon, a company specializing in the manufacture of precision instrumentation and laser fabrication systems. Strain served as the president of ESI from 1953 until 1980. Involved in a number of professional societies and advisory bodies, Strain actively supported a number of higher education projects in Oregon that included building campaigns at OSU and Portland State University. Strain died in 2008. Clayton Strain is Douglas' father and co-founder of ESI.
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Accession 2009:066 (Received 2009-07-24)
University Housing and Dining Services (RG 145)
0.35 cubic foot; 1 document box
This accession consists of materials generated and collected by University Housing and Dining Services that is made up of annual/quarterly reports, a DVD, newsletters, newspaper clippings, press releases, residence hall handbooks, and a guestbook. Among the handbooks is a guide, "Housing Opportunities at OSU," showing room layout configurations in the various dorm and cooperative houses at OSU. The DVD features a 15-minute film based on the TV show "Trading Rooms" in which two OSU dorm rooms are re-decorated by other students.The guestbook documents visitors to McNary Hall for several events in 1964, 1965, and 1986.
See also accession 2009:110
Accession 2009:065 (Received 2009-07-23)
Kolbe, Ed, Research Notebook (MSS)New
0.15 cubic foot; 1 document box
This accession consists of a notebook compiled by Sea Grant commercial fisheries engineer Ed Kolbe that reflects his research on fishing trawler doors. In addition to correspondence between Kolbe and fishing equipment companies and other researchers, this transfer also contains newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, product literature, and articles copied from various magazines and journals. The notebook is divided into sections by particular type of trawler door (bottom, midwater, and combination bottom/midwater) and contains a table of contents. Other OSU faculty represented in this notebook include R. Barry Fisher. This research was part of Sea Grant's Fishing Gear and Methods Development Program.
Edward Robert Kolbe came to OSU in 1974 to fill a position as a commercial fishing/aquaculture systems engineer. Affiliated with Extension Sea Grant and the Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station, Kolbe worked on a range of projects from frozen storage of seafood to a heating process geared specifically toward the development of surimi. In addition to the campus in Corvallis and the Hatfield Marine Science Center, Kolbe has worked for OSU at the Food Innovation Center in Portland and the Seafood Lab in Astoria.
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Accession 2009:064 (Received 2009-07-23)
International Education (RG 164)
1.6 cubic feet; 2 archives boxes
This accession consists of records generated by the Office of International Education which document the application and approval of international scholars for permanent immigrant status. Restricted to International Education staff or by approval of the University Archivist.
Accession 2009:063 (Received 2009-07-16)
Garrison, Vera and Olsen, John, Collection (MSS)New
0.20 cubic foot; 1 document box
This accession consists of items collected by alumni Vera Garrison and John Olsen that document their student experiences at Oregon State College. Made up of commencement materials, dance cards, game programs, greeting cards, a map, newsletters, newspaper clippings, receipts, ticket stubs, and student handbooks, this collection reflects Vera and John's involvement in greek life (the Delta Zeta sorority and Sigma Phi Sigma fraternity, respectively), graduation from OSC in 1939, and attendance at musical, dance, and athletic (football and basketball) events on campus.
Both Vera Evelyn Garrison and John William Olsen received undergraduate degrees in 1939. Vera, who also served as president of her sorority, studied secretarial science. John got a degree in engineering and was a diving champion for the OSC swim team. After College, Vera and John married and settled in Nyssa, Oregon.
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Accession 2009:062 (Received 2009-07-15)
Poultry Science Department (RG 182)
0.25 cubic foot; 1 20x24 oversize box
This accession consists of a certificate awarded to Oregon Agricultural State College for its exhibit on poultry production at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. The framed certificate represents the gold medal level of honors for the exposition, which commemorated the opening up of the Panama Canal.
Accession 2009:061 (Received 2009-07-13)
Harriet's Photograph Collection
0.01 cubic foot; 1 file folder
This accession consists of a photographic print depicting three women identified as "kitchen help" for Oregon Agricultural College. The image most likely documents the inside of Cauthorn Hall, one of two dormitories on campus during the time. Constructed as a men's residence hall in 1892, the building still stands and is currently known as Fairbanks Hall. This image is classified under Harriet's number #43.
Accession 2009:060 (Received 2009-07-10)
Extension Faculty and Staff Oral History Project (OH 14)
0.01 cubic foot; 1 file folder
This accession is made up of materials documenting interviews with Linda Modrell as a part of an oral history project of OSU Extension Faculty and Staff. In addition to a release agreement and a list of questions, this transfer includes three digitally recorded sound files of the interviews. These recordings will be eventually featured online as streaming media files. Copies of these recordings will be made available to patrons upon request.
Alumnus Linda Modrell worked for the Extension Service and the College of Agricultural Sciences as a business services manager off and on from 1961 to 1989. She also worked on health policy at the state level, which included the development of the Oregon Health Plan and the Family Health Assistance Program. Modrell currently serves as a Benton County Commissioner.
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Accession 2009:059 (Received 2009-06-29)
Associated Students of OSU (RG 11)
8.2 cubic feet; 8 archives boxes and 1 20x24 oversize box
This accession consists of materials generated and collected by the Associated Students of OSU (ASOSU) that reflect the work of student government at OSU and includes records from the senate branch, various committees and task forces, the ASOSU Student Advocate, and members of the executive branch. In addition to documenting the legislative process and approval of organizational budgets funded by student fees, these materials also pertain to other ASOSU activities that include: revisions of the constitution, involvement with the Oregon Student Association, interaction with state and federal lawmakers, conducting of surveys, monitoring elections, and participation in community organizations focused on issues such as law enforcement and mass transit.The subject files contain correspondence, publications, reports, and various other reference materials documenting ASOSU campaigns and projects relating to financial aid legislation, textbook prices, university policies/procedures, campus child care services, and student health insurance. Also included in this transfer is a display of objects set into a wooden frame that pertains to a bookplate honoring ASOSU's support of the Valley Library Campaign and a poster for the 2009 OSU Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.
See also accession 2009:055 and 2009:093
Accession 2009:058 (Received 2009-06-29)
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority Photographs (P 277)New
1918-ca. 1963
0.25 cubic foot; 1 16x20 oversize box
This accession consists of six photographic prints documenting the Beta Tau Beta Club and the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority at Oregon State. Two of the images depict the membership of the club in 1918, while the other four portray the various Corvallis houses where the club and sorority resided. Most of those pictured in the photographs are identified.
First organized in Waldo Hall in 1915, the Beta Tau Beta Club became one of the first local sororities at Oregon State a year later in 1916. Two years after it's formation, BTB became a chapter of the national sorority, Gamma Phi Beta. The chapter disbanded in 1997.
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Accession 2009:057 (Received 2009-06-25)
Sigma Delta Chi Honorary Society-OSU Chapter (MSS)New
0.35 cubic foot; 1 document box
This accession consists of materials generated by the OSU chapter of the Sigma Delta Chi Honorary Society (for journalism students) and is made up of a constitution, correspondence, membership rosters, publications, and reports. In addition to member management, the correspondence also documents a high school annual contest sponsored by the chapter, the Sigma Delta Chi scholarship award, and letters from the national secretary. The reports generated by the Oregon State chapter list members, treasurers' information, and meeting speakers/topics. There are also reports from the national secretary that were distributed at the 1931 convention. Among the publications in this transfer is a collection of poems and humor featured in the campus newspaper that the chapter published as the booklet "Selections from Smudge from the Pot."
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Journalism Department (RG 91)
0.40 cubic foot; 1 document box and 1 archives box
This accession consists of materials generated and collected by the Journalism Department that document accreditation review and curricular development. In addition to reports prepared as a part of the accreditation process, this transfer also includes syllabi of journalism courses, a Category I proposal for a graduate degree program in scientific and technical communication, and curricular requests submitted to the Oregon State System for Higher Education.
Accession 2009:056 (Received 2009-06-24)
Fisheries and Wildlife (RG 190)
3.5 cubic feet; 4 archives boxes
This accession consists of materials documenting the development of distance education courses by the OSU Fisheries and Wildlife Department. In addition to reflecting the collection of resource material in the form of images, newspaper clippings, and publications, these records also pertain to the process of research, image selection, and the writing of lecture "scripts" for the courses. Primarily relating to the development of the course "Multicultural Perspectives in Natural Resources" (FW 340), two other classes are represented in these records: Landscapes of the Columbia Basin" (FW 470/570); and the "Biology of Birds." The images assembled as resource material consist of photographic slides (about 600 in total) and photocopies of historic photographs and documents from various archival sources. Videotapes featuring lectures from the three courses were also included in this transfer. Made up of 36 tapes in total (20 VHS and 16 digital video cassettes), the video footage also documents interviews with various subjects (particularly Native American) about western history, culture, and landscapes.
Accession 2009:055 (Received 2009-06-24)
Associated Students of OSU (RG 11)
0.70 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession consists of materials generated by the Associated Students
of OSU (ASOSU) that include bills/resolutions, budget requests/proposals,
bylaws, confirmation statements, constitutions, correspondence, handbooks,
meeting minutes and agendas, notes, statutes, and student guidebooks.
Primarily reflecting the work of the Graduate and Undergraduate Senates,
these records also document other ASOSU bodies such as the Student Government
Committee, Executive Committee, Student Academic and Activities Committee,
and the Committee on Committees. Among specific issues addressed in
these records include student fee funds for the OSU Queer Resource Center
and the "Raising Reser" project for expanding the stadium.
See also accession 2009:059 and 2009:093
Accession 2009:054 (Received 2009-06-22)
Stout, Ben, Papers (MSS)New
5.6 cubic feet; 6 archives boxes
This accession consists of materials collected and generated by Ben Stout that documents his work for the National Council of the Paper Industry for Air and Stream Improvement Inc. (NCASI), publication of research, conference and workshop presentations, interaction with other academic colleagues, and peer review of research. The materials in this transfer are comprised of article reprints, correspondence, maps, newspaper clippings, notes, publications, reports, and research data. Topics reflected in Stout's writings and presentations include forest monitoring programs, declines in pine growth, forest growth simulation, and height-diameter studies of trees as a sign of site productivity. Correspondents represented in these papers reflect a mix of fellow academics, foresters, governmental agencies, natural resource oriented organizations, and State Representative Liz VanLeeuwen. Reference materials making up about one-third of this accession and consist of reports, publications, newspaper clippings, maps, and articles that document a variety of forestry, ecology, and resource management topics. In addition to the controversy of listing the spotted owl and marbled murrelet as protected endangered species in Oregon, topics covered in these materials include: global warming, historical overviews of the timber industry in Oregon, the Harvard Research Forest, and the cumulative effects of forest practices in Oregon.
Receiving forestry degrees from West Virginia University and Harvard, Benjamin Stout worked as the manager of Harvard's Black Rock Research Forest from 1950 until 1958. Involved in the study of hardwood silviculture, biophysical relationships in trees, and analysis of complex ecological systems, Stout continued his career at Rutgers University (1959-1978) and then served as dean of the School of Forestry at the University of Montana (1978-1985). In 1985 Stout came to Oregon to assume the position as national manager of the Air Quality/Forest Health program of NCASI in Corvallis. Retiring from NCASI in 1988, Stout remained active in research and writing, holding a courtesy appointment in the OSU College of Forestry from 1988 to 2002. In addition to a number of journal articles and reports, Stout also authored the book "The Northern Spotted Owl-An Oregon View." Stout died in 2007.
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Accession 2009:053 (Received 2009-06-19)
OSU Home Economics Alumni Association (MSS)
0.20 cubic foot; 1 document box
This addition to the OSU Home Economics Alumni Association records is made up of brochures, bylaws, correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, membership lists, newsletters, and treasurer's reports. Aside from details of the administration of the association, these materials document long-range planning, fundraising, reunion programs, and the Bates Hall Family Study Center.
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Accession 2009:051 (Received 2009-06-18)
Army ROTC (RG 58)
0.50 cubic foot; 1 14x18 oversize box
This accession consists of a scrapbook made up of photographs and newspaper clippings reflecting the Army ROTC program in 1966/67. In addition to group and portrait shots of cadets in uniform, the scrapbook images and clippings document various groups within the program including the Black Bayonet Drill Team, the Raiders, the Drum and Bugle Corps, the Rifle Team, and the Army ROTC Women's Sponsor Corps. Activities depicted in the photographs include spring field exercises, summer camp, drill competitions, and classroom instruction. Two illustrations in the style of the "Peanuts" comic strip are also featured in this scrapbook.
Accession 2009:050 (Received 2009-06-16)
Williams, Gerald, Collection (MSS)
ca. 1870-2003
0.80 cubic foot; 2 index boxes; 1 1217 oversize box and 1 archives box
This addition to the Gerald Williams Collection is made up of photographic images collected by Williams that include postcards, tintypes, stereographs, and photographic prints. Numbering about 500 images in total, the views in this transfer primarily document natural landscapes throughout Oregon and Washington, but also include town streetscapes, logging/fishing activities, hot springs resort areas, bridges, and wildlife. Among the Oregon geographical sites featured in these images include the Siltez River, Crater Lake, the Oregon Caves, and the Columbia Gorge. Other subjects of interest among these images include depictions of U.S. Army Spruce Production Division logging camps, a CCC camp near Mist, Oregon, sites relating to U.S. presidents, and a series of views commemorating Ezra Meeker and Oregon Trail Monuments across the country. Some of the postcards are images taken by Medford photographer Frank Patterson.The eight tintypes are portraits of unidentified people. This transfer also includes a film and 3 ticket stubs for U.S. presidential inaugural events. The film reel is an episode of the TV show "Lassie" entitled "Cry of the Wild."
Accession 2009:049 (Received 2009-06-12)
Madsen, Victor, Papers (MSS)New
1.8 cubic feet; 2 archives boxes
This accession consists of materials generated by Physics Professor Victor Madsen reflecting his research and teaching career. Primarily made up of research notes, this transfer also includes article reprints, conference papers/presentations, correspondence, exam questions, lecture notes, reference materials, and research data. Topics of research covered in these materials include inelastic scattering, charge-exchange reactions, the Ramsauer Model for netron total cross sections, and causality with noncausal optical potentials. Course materials in the form of lecture notes and exam questions represent physics classes 462, 478, 569, and 656.
Coming to the Physics Department in 1963, Victor A. Madsen began his career at OSU working with other physicists on the OSU Cyclotron. Madsen's most noteworthy research involved the analysis of inelastic scattering and charge-exchange reactions. In addition to an induction into the American Physical Society in honor of his work, Madsen also received the Milton Harris Award in Basic Research at OSU in 1985. He frequently collaborated with scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Forschungszentrum (Germany). As an instructor, Madsen is recognized as an innovator in teaching through the use of participatory student projects in his mathematical physics courses. After retiring in 1997, Madsen remained active on campus as a teacher and administrator. He died in 2008.
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Accession 2009:048 (Received 2009-06-01)
University Publications (P 94)
2 cubic feet; 2 Archives boxes
This accession consists of photographic images taken by University Publications staff for use in various brochures, banners, reports, and websites. Made up of about 3500 photographs in total (3000 slides/transparencies, 400 negatives, 100 prints/proof sheets), these images depict faculty, students, campus buildings, scenic landscapes throughout Oregon, student cultural events, and views of the OSU Cascades campus in Bend. About half of the images in this transfer are portrait shots of OSU faculty/staff and students many of which are identified by name. There are also images described as "graphic elements" that portray a variety of posed objects and activities representing academic disciplines, agriculture, and texture.
Accession 2009:047 (Received 2009-05-26)
Sea Grant Program (RG 201)
1 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession is made up of press releases generated by the OSU Sea Grant program that were distributed through the OSU News and Communications Office and issued as announcements to be read on radio stations. Clippings from various Oregon newspapers about Sea Grant projects and general oceanic research by OSU faculty were also found in this transfer.
See also accessions- 2009:025 and 2009:092
Accession 2009:046 (Received 2009-05-20)
College of Forestry (RG 139)
24 cubic feet; 23 archives boxes, 1 20x24 oversize box, and map folders
This accession consists of materials generated and collected by the OSU College of Forestry that document the administration and history of the McDonald-Dunn, Blodgett, and other research forests. This transfer includes a certificate, contracts, correspondence, handbooks, land deeds, maps, meeting minutes, oral history transcripts, publications, reference materials, reports, research data, sound recordings, and student theses. In addition to reflecting research projects undertaken in the forests, these records also pertain to timber harvests coordinated by the college, educational program planning, the development of trail systems, habitat/ecosystem conservation management, the renovation of historic structures, and inventory of historical resources within and in the region of the research forests. Also documented in these materials is Peavy Arboretum's history as a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp and function at one point as the state arboretum. The reference materials include information about the Kalapuya and Luckiamute Indians of the region. Comprised of a total of 83 cassette tapes, the sound recordings document oral history interviews with residents of Soap Creek Valley, faculty of the college, and people involved in local timber operations.The maps primarily document various features in the McDonald/Dunn Forest, including: timber types, stream locations, parcels of land acquired to expand the forest, timber harvests, planting plans, ammunition "duds" found near Camp Adair, and areas of tree blown down by the Columbus Day Storm of 1962. Some of the maps of Peavy Arboretum were generated while the region served as a CCC camp and the nursery for the State of Oregon.
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College of Forestry (P 61)
3.4 cubic feet; 4 archives boxes and 1 document box
This accession consists of photographic images generated and collected by the College of Forestry that reflect the management and history of the research forests administered by OSU. Made up of about 6000 photographs in total (3000 slides, 2500 prints, and 500 negatives), these images document various activities in the McDonald-Dunn and Blodgett Research Forests that include: archaeological work, stream surveys, tours of the forest by staff, classification of plant/flower species, tree harvesting operations, and owl research. Aerial views of the McDonald-Dunn Forest and the surrounding Corvallis area taken in 1936 and 1944 were also found in this transfer. Another series of aerial photographs in this accession depict a variety of lumber mills in Oregon, Washington, California, and Montana. These images also include historical views of the McDonald-Dunn Forest during its function as Camp Arboretum (a Civilian Conservation Corps Camp) as well as farms and communities in the region such as Soap Creek Valley. Most of these images were collected through oral history projects with local residents, alumni of Camp Arboretum, and College of Forestry staff.
Accession 2009:045 (Received 2009-05-18)
Henderson, Robert W., Papers (MSS)
2 cubic feet; 2 archives boxes; 1 12x10 and 1 20x24 oversize
This accession is an addition to the Robert W. Henderson Papers documenting
Henderson's work for the Agricultural Experiment Station as well as
his experience as an undergraduate at Oregon State in the 1930s. Materials
include correspondence, event programs, newspaper clippings, photographs,
publications, reports, sound recordings, speeches, student papers, and
tags for photographer access to events. Nearly half of this accession
pertains to Henderson's work as chief advisor for the cooperative research
program between Oregon State College and Kasetsart University in Thailand
from 1959 to 1960. These items include correspondence and news clppings
about articles and essays by Henderson critical of American foreign
aid programs in Thailand. Respondents documented in these letters include
political figures Richard Nixon, Wayne Morse, and Hubert Humphrey. The
early development of the Peace Corps Program is also addressed in these
materials. Correspondence pertaining to Henderson's work with the USDA
Rubber Plant Investigations Lab and Cornell University during World
War II can also be found in this transfer.
Numbering a total of about 500 images (350 prints and 150 negatives),
the photographs depict Thai visitors to OSU engaged in dance, agricultural
research in Thailand, the OSU Marching Band playing at football games,
views of campus, OSU band practice, and Hillary Clinton's visit to OSU
in 1996. The sound recordings mostly document Agricltural Research and
Advisory Council and Triad Club meetings and are made up of 6 cassette
tapes and one reel-to-reel tape. Items from Henderson's student years
include class notes, research papers, a grade report, a flyer for his
presidential candidancy, photographs, and event programs of campus activities.
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Kofoid, Orville, Journals (MSS)New
0.10 cubic foot; 1 document box
This accession is made up of four journals maintained by alumnus and associate professor in civil engineering Orville Kofoid that reflect his work as an engineer. Many of the entries in these journals describe Kofoid's consultancy work on concrete strength analysis in bridges, warehouses, piers, and other structures in the Puget Sound and Portland region. These diaries also contain details recorded by Kofoid regarding his non-work life: lawn work, car maintenance, social engagements, and home construction projects.
Born in Portland, Oregon in 1909, Orville Kofoid graduated from Oregon State College in 1932 with a BS in civil engineering. Working for the Oregon State Highway Department from 1932 until 1939, Kofoid occasionally worked on projects at OSC "on loan" from the state. From 1940 to 1946, Kofoid worked for the 13th Naval District Headquarters (Seattle) In 1947, Kofoid came back to Corvallis to work as an associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department, a post he held until 1966.
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Accession 2009:044 (Received 2009-05-13)
Extension Service (RG 111)
0.65 cubic foot; 2 document boxes
This accession consists of materials documenting participation in state and national organizations by 4-H program coordination staff and is made up of correspondence, meeting minutes, notes, publications, reference materials, reports, and presentations. Among the organizations and projects reflected in these records include: the Oregon Center for Career Development in Childhood Care and Education; the National School-Age Care Alliance; the Oregon School-Age Care, Enrichment and Recreation Project; the Coalition of Community Learning Centers; the Governor's Commission on Youth; and the Ford Family Foundation. Also found in this transfer is a copy of the Annual 4-H Youth Development Enrollment report for fiscal year 1995.
See also accessions - 2009:022; 2009:029; and 2009:036
4-H Photographs (P 146)
0.50 cubic foot; 1 archives box and 1 16x20 oversize box
This accession consists of photographs taken by Extension Service staff that document participation in 4-H activities such as the annual National 4-H Congress, the "Know Your State Government" program, and various other programs thoroughout Oregon. Made up of 191 images in total (56 prints, 8 negatives, and 127 slides), about 23 of the photographs were drymounted for display and include captions. These images pertain to National 4-H Congresses and the "Know Your State Government" program. The remaining prints, negatives, and slides document participation in gardening (Wildlife Stewards?), animal management (chickens and rabbits), and arts/crafts programs.
Century Club Records (MSS)
0.05 cubic foot; 1 file folder
This addition to the Century Club Records is made up of the slide presentation "Can't Do Without OSU." Produced by the club as a promotional tool for the university, the presentation includes a script, letter from club president Art Koski, and an order form. The presentation consists of 80 slides in total.
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Accession 2009:043 (Received 2009-05-11)
KOAC Radio and Television (RG 15)
0.08 cubic foot; 1 file folder
This accession consists of a bound volume collecting biographical profiles of faculty at Oregon State College, the University of Oregon, Southern Oregon State College, Eastern Oregon State College, and the Oregon Normal School (currently Western Oregon University). Prepared as a series called "Who's Who on the Faculties" for announcement on the KOAC radio station, these profiles contain colorful descriptions of their subjects that include information on their educational backgrounds, hobbies, personalities, and research. Among the 34 OSC faculty featured in these profiles include the followng: George Hyslop, Kate Jameson, Frank Magruder, Lucy Lewis, Edwin Reed, Sara Watt Prentiss, Adolph Ziefle, Paul Maris, and J. L. Fairbanks.
See also accessions-2009:014 and 2009:038
Accession 2009:042 (Received 2009-05-11)
Mattley, Leroy G., Papers (MSS)New
0.04 cubic foot; 4 file folders
This accession consists of materials generated and collected by alumnus Leroy Mattley and includes speech debate programs, notes about the President's Cup prize for debate, certificates of matriculation, and a letter. The letter pertains to Mattley's acceptance to Michigan Agricultural College for graduate study. Hailing from Lewisville in Polk County, Oregon, Leroy Mattley graduated with an undergraduate degree in 1902. He studied agriculture and mechanical engineering.
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Accession 2009:041 (Received 2009-05-06)
OSU Folk Club (MSS)
2.3 cubic feet; 2 23x31 oversize boxes
This addition to the OSU Folk Club Records consists of 11 display panels created in honor of the club's centennial in 2008. The panels document various club events, interest groups within the organization, the club's scholarship for OSU students, club officers, the downtown Corvallis thrift shop operated by members, and grant funds to community groups made by the club. Primarily made up of newspaper clippings reproduced and dry mounted on foamcore, the panels also contain photographic prints and graphs. Also included in this transfer are two copies of a brochure for the club's May lucheon where the panels were presented and a framed photograph of an early club meeting.
Accession 2009:040 (Received 2009-05-05)
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (RG 173)
0.15 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession is made up of copies of the OSU School of Oceanography "Exposure" Newsletter, which highlight developments in ocean technology research.
Accession 2009:039 (Received 2009-04-27)
Entomology Department (RG 27)
0.70 cubic foot; 2 6x8 index card boxes
This accession consists of handwritten and typed notes generated by Entomology Extension Agents and department faculty documenting field observations of insects in various locales throughout Oregon, donated specimens received by the college, and reports by farmers of crop and plant infestations. Arranged roughly in alphabetical order by the Latin name (but sometimes by the common name) of the insects, the notes describe various physical details such as coloring, size, life cycle, mating habits, and the flora affected. In addition to the physiology and behavior of the insects, these notes also contain information on pesticide formulations/experiments, pest surveys, geographical distribution, and drawings/sketches of the insects and the impact of their infestation. Farms referenced in these notes are identified by owner and nearest town. Among the entomologists represented in the notes include Louis Gentner, A. L. Lovett, H.F. Wilson, and J. Wilcox.
Accession 2009:038 (Received 2009-04-22)
KOAC-Radio and Television (RG 15)
2.7 cubic feet; 3 archives boxes
This accession is made up of materials generated and collected by the KOAC radio and TV stations that consist of award certificates/plaques, correspondence, historical outlines, maps, newspaper clippings, notes, policy notebooks, program/operators' logs, press releases, publications, reports, scripts, and a speech. Among the subjects addressed in these records include: radio program development, KOAC radio anniversary observances, coverage of OSU athletic events, the conversion to color TV-coverage, interaction with Oregon Public Broadcasting, and legal action against an Arizona radio station over frequency space. About half of the correspondence is made up of letters of support (originally called fan mail) to the KOAC radio station when faced with budget cuts that threatened it's closure in 1932. The maps outline KOAC broadcasting coverage. Documenting the World War II era, the program logs include details regarding the suspension of radio broadcasting following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
See also accessions-2009:014 and 2009:043
KOAC Photographs (P 207)
0.70 cubic foot; 2 document boxes and 1 lantern slide box
This accession consists of photographic images taken by James Morris and other KOAC staff that document operations at the KOAC radio and TV stations on campus. Made up of about 700 images in total (350 prints, 301 negatives, 28 slides, 21 glass lantern slides), the photographs depict live KOAC radio/TV broadcasts, KOAC staff, equipment in the studios at Covell Hall, associated radio facilities such as the transmitter tower, scenes from various "School of the Air" programs, electrical and other technical information on charts/graphs, station identification imagery, and shots from the 50th anniversary celebration for the station in 1972. In addition to portraits of James Morris, there are also images of Morris' wife and son at their home in Corvallis as well as what appears to be shots from a trip outside of the U.S. Also included in this transfer are 8x10 publicity stills of musicians, actors, and radio personalities that reflect National Public Radio programming.
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Accession 2009:037 (Received 2009-04-20)
OSU Home Economics Club (MSS)New
1.6 cubic feet; 1 archives box and 1 20x24 oversize box
This accession consists of materials generated by the OSU Home Economics Club that includes constitutions, correspondence, event brochures, financial records, flyers, a guestbook, handbooks, meeting minutes, membership lists, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, scrapbooks, and reports. In addition to documenting club membership and activities such as the Home Economics Spring Honors luncheon and the silver tea fundraiser, these materials also reflect various club committee activity pertaining to tours, program planning, faculty relations, and finance. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, minutes, and event brochures. Meeting minutes can also be found in notebooks compiled annually by the club presidents. Some of the materials in this transfer dating from the 1960s and 1970s refer to the club as a student chapter of both the Oregon Home Economics Association and the American Home Economics Association.
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Accession 2009:036 (Received 2009-04-16)
Extension Service (RG 111)
1.3 cubic feet; 1 archives box, 1 document box, and 1 20x24 oversize
This accession consists of materials generated and collected by Extension Service staff at the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Primarily made up of annual reports documenting Warm Springs Reservation Extension activities, this transfer also includes a comprehensive plan, contracts, cooperative agreements, an exhibit panel, a guestbook, newspaper clippings, photographs, research reports, and a student thesis. Among the agreements and contracts is a memorandum of understanding between the Warm Springs tribes and OSU signed in 1991. The research detailed in the reports pertain to water resources and education. Other than group shots of the Warm Springs Extension staff, the 6 photographic prints depict tribal youth researching cattle.The thesis, authored by OSU Forest Science student Dawn Anzinger, is entitled: "Big Huckleberry Ecology and Forest Succession in the Mount Hood National Forest and Warm Springs Reservation." The exhibit panel contains a caption for the "Warm Springs Stockman" publication and two attached Extension circulars.
See also accessions-2009:022 and 2009:029
Accession 2009:035 (Received 2009-04-01)
Betts, Frederick, Scrapbook (MSS)New
0.45 cubic foot; 1 14x18 oversize box
This accession consists of a scrapbook assembled by alumnus Frederick Betts that documents his student experience at Oregon Agricultural College. Primarily made up of photographs, the scrapbook also contains dance cards, decals, event programs, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, receipts, report cards, and student election campaign materials. Much of the scrapbook reflects Betts' involvement with the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity and includes views of the SPE house (both interior and exterior shots), Betts' frat brothers, SPE's winning Homecoming parade float, the house mother, and the ceremony of "bowing before the ghost." Other items relating to SPE include newsletters and materials collected at the fraternity's national conclave meeting in Seattle. There are also images in the scrapbook that depict a football game, flooding in downtown Corvallis, cadet formations, a snowball fight, a track and field event, crew practice, and recreation on the Willamette/Mary's Rivers. Raised in Seattle, Betts studied business at Oregon Agricultural College during the 1926/27 and 1927/28 school years.
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Accession 2009:034 (Received 2009-03-27)
Oregon Stater Photographs (P 195)
0.50 cubic foot
This accession consists of photographic images taken by OSU Alumni Association staff for use in the Oregon Stater alumni magazine. Made up of about 1450 images in total (500 prints, 650 negatives, and 300 slides), these photographs document various events organized by the OSU Alumni Association that include class reunions, alumni award recognition ceremonies, regional picnic gatherings, and association board meetings. Other campus activities depicted in these images include the construction of the CH2M Hill Alumni Center, OSU Hawaii Club Luau Night, a student demonstration/boycott of OSU, dedication of the Stevens Natatorium, launch of the research vessel Wecoma, athletic contests, commencement ceremonies, and Homecoming Weekend activities. Alumni and faculty documented in these images include: Paul Risser, Bill Tomsheck, "Scram" Graham, Warren Washington, Bob Reichart, and Pierre Bowman.
Alumni Relations (RG 35)
0.50 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession consists of materials reflecting the publication of the Oregon Stater alumni magazine and includes correspondence, drafts of articles, newspaper clippings, notes, reference materials, and sound recordings. In addition to documenting the process of designing the layout for the Oregon Stater and the logistics of getting them printed/mailed, these records also pertain to story research, budgetary management, and the business plan involved in the conversion of the Oregon Stater to a magazine format. Made up of 8 cassette tapes, the sound recordings document interviews with alumni Dan Poling and Dean Pape; "Scram" Graham's retirement party; basketball games; campus radio in 1958; and a performance by the "Heckart Lodge Trio."
OSU Alumni Association Moving Images Collection (P 17)
0.40 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession is made up of 12 VHS videotape recordings of campus events generated by the OSU Alumni Association and the Office of University Advancement. In addition to documenting focus group research of OSU alumni and donors, these tapes also depict E.B. Lemon Award dinners, a diversity training workshop, OSU Hawaii Club's Luau Night, and the rededication of a plaque at the Phi Delta house honoring Bill Corvallis and Stanley McGuire. There is also a tape containing footage of the 1957 Rose Bowl game and a film produced by the Alumni Association about Douglas Strain entitled "The Everyday Philanthropist."
Accession 2009:031 (Received 2009-03-17)
OSU Foundation (RG 144)
0.20 cubic foot; 1 document box
This accession consists of publications and planning documentation generated by the OSU Foundation that reflect the Campaign for OSU fundraising drive. Pertaining to the campaign launch and gala event on October 26th 2007, the planning records were compiled and placed into a notebook that includes presenter scripts, event timelines, seating diagrams, invitations samples, a cd featuring images of the event, a program, a dinner menu, a concept storyboard layout, and details of the anticipated "guest experience" at the event. The publications include a copy of the Winter 2008 edition of the "Oregon State" alumni magazine and brochures about the campaign individually oriented toward each of OSU's major colleges.
OSU Foundation Photographs (P 178)
0.05 cubic foot; 1 document box and 1 12x17 oversize box
This accession is made up of photographs collected by the OSU Foundation that document the Trysting Tree Golf Course and alumni Bill Tomsheck and Cappi Brown. Numbering 37 prints and 22 negatives in all, the images of the golf course primarily depict its construction and 1988 dedication. Among these images are two display panels featuring five views of the dedication ceremony mounted onto board that include caption information.The images of Tomsheck and Brown are portrait shots. Photographs of unidentified people visiting the wreck of the Peter Iredale near Astoria on the Oregon Coast were also found. Their connection to Tomsheck and Brown is not specified.
OSU Foundation Moving Images Collection (P 178)
0.02 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession is made up of a DVD produced by the OSU Foundation on the history of the Trysting Tree Golf Course entitled "Trysting Tree Golf Club: 20th Anniversary." Featuring commentary by former OSU President John Byrne, horticulture professor Tom Cook, a current member of the Woman's Golf Team, and Corvallis Councilman Hal Brauner, the DVD details the historical development of the course and it's support of the OSU Turf Management Program. The running time is about 6 minutes.
Accession 2009:030 (Received 2009-03-13)
Library (RG 9)
0.02 cubic foot; 1 file folder
This accession consists of a slide presentation orienting students to the services and resources of the OSU Library that was prepared by the Self Learning Center in the College of Forestry. Made up of 78 images in total, the slides mostly depict students doing research at various places in the library and include examples of catalog cards and floor plan layouts.There was no script found for this presentation.
Accession 2009:029 (Received 2009-03-12)
Extension Service (RG 111)
3.5 cubic feet; 2 suitcase/trunk units and 1 20x24 oversize box
This accession consists of tabletop displays developed by the Extension Service for use by the 4-H Program as travelling educational tools. Three of the four displays illustrate handicraft techniques (puppet-making, leather, and fiber arts), while the other pertains to methods in fusible tailoring. In addition to panels containing text captions and examples of tailored fabric samples and craftwork, the display "kits" also include leader guides/handbooks and photographs depicting kids making crafts. Most of the images are housed in two albums though a few are separately framed in mats. Also included in this transfer is a proclamation from Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski declaring October 2004 as "4-H in Oregon Month."
See also accession 2009:022
Accession 2009:027 (Received 2009-03-04)
Morris, Jimmie, Collection (MSS)
ca. 1925-1968
0.20 cubic foot; 1 archives box and 1 film box
This addition to the Jimmie Morris Collection consists of a film and photographic materials taken and collected by KOAC Program Director Jimmie Morris. Made up of a total of 73 images (57 slides, 15 prints, and 1 negative), the photographs document KOAC radio and TV operations that include shots of radio broadcasts from the Oregon State Fair, live filming in the KOAC studios, screen wording for KOAC-TV programs, radio transmission equipment, and the campus offices of the Division of Continuing Education (DCE) Books section. Among the KOAC and DCE staff depicted in these images include: Bill McGrath, Betty Patapof, Bev Chilcolt, Gladys Chambers, Bill Smith, Shirley Howard, John McDonald, Helen Dates, Ainslee Bricker, and Jimmie Morris. Other photographs in this transfer were probably taken by Morris as a student in the 1920s and depict card stunts during a football game and rook bonfire construction. Entitled "Focus on ETV," the 32-minute film shows examples of collaboration between classroom teachers and educational TV programs taught by "TV teachers." Jimmie Morris serves as main commentator and narrator of the film. A use copy of this film is available on DVD to view in the Archives Reference Room.
Accession 2009:026 (Received 2009-03-03)
Waldron, Rodney, Papers (MSS)
0.40 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This addition to the Rodney Waldron Papers consists up of a framed letter from Katharine Jefferts Schori, a photograph album, a scrapbook, and a written narrative by Waldron about his military service in World War II entitled "True Tales of a Typewriter Commando." Primarily made up of photographs documenting retirement parties for Waldron, the scrapbook also contains two hand-made booklets honoring Waldron's service to the OSU Library "Sir Rodney Retires, (or) The Last Rod' n Real: A Vignette" and "The Ace Awes 'Em Again and Again." The images in the album also depict retirement events, but also include postcards and notecards showing campus buildings and the Benton County Courthouse.The letter from OSU alumnus Schori to Waldron also contains two newspaper clippings about her position as head of the U.S. Episcopal Church and her OSU connections.
Accession 2009:025 (Received 2009-02-20)
OSU Sea Grant Program (RG 201)
26 cubic feet; 26 archives boxes
This accession is made up of materials documenting projects adminstered by the Oregon Sea Grant Program and includes correspondence, grant proposals, newspaper clippings, photographs, publications, and reports. Organized into general subject areas such as aquaculture, biotechnology, coastal processes/hazards, international programs, and marine product development, these records reflect a wide range of research topics that include: fish disease, fishing gear development, ocean law, fishing population assessment, economics of the boating industry, tsunami studies, and marine safety training. An inventory listing various details of these projects including title, principle investigator(s), funding amount, duration, and related projects is available.
See also accessions-2009:047 and 2009:092
Accession 2009:024 (Received 2009-02-19)
The Thermometer Newspaper (PUB 10-22Z21)
0.10 cubic foot; 1 16x20 oversize box
This accession is made up of 7 editions of "The Thermometer" and "The Seismograph-Thermometer" newspaper. Published by the Sigma Delta Chi Journalism Honorary Society, these newspapers were printed on April Fool's Day (April 1) and intended to be a satire of the OSC Daily Barometer.
Accession 2009:023 (Received 2009-02-17)
Design and Human Environment (RG 28)
1 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession consists of materials generated by the Department of Design and Human Environment and is made up of correspondence, curriculum proposals, flyers, meeting minutes and agendas, mission statements, notes, and reference materials. In additon to faculty and department meetings, these records also document department long range planning.
Accession 2009:022 (Received 2009-02-13)
Extension Service (RG 111)
1.7 cubic feet; 2 archives boxes
This accession consists of publications generated by the Extension Service for use by the 4-H program. Covering a variety of topics such as electricity, forestry, woodcraft, cooking, dog care, horse judging, photography, nutrition education, tractors/agricultural equipment, and the 4-H shooting sports program, the publications are oriented toward 4-H youth members as well as instructional leaders and include guides and other curriculum materials.
Accession 2009:021 (Received 2009-02-12)
Eltzroth, Merlin, Papers (MSS)
0.20 cubic foot; 1 document box
This addition to the Merlin Eltzroth Papers consists of a copy of Eltzroth' self-published memoirs "Here, There, and Eltzwhere." With the narrative organized chronologically by decade, the book details various aspects of Merlin's life from childhood growing up in Ohio to his involvement with the birding community in Corvallis. About one-third of the book documents Merlin's years in Corvallis beginning with his arrival in 1971 to attend OSU. Sections relating to OSU include descriptions of Merlin's life as an older student after retirement from the Air Force, his friendship with various OSU faculty, participation in classes as a guest lecturer, Beaver sports highlights, and involvement in bird-related research for the university.
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Accession 2009:020 (Received 2009-02-06)
Bailey, George, Papers (MSS)New
29.5 cubic feet; 30 archives boxes
This accession consists of materials documenting research by Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Professor George Bailey and various OSU faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral students working under his direction. The overall focus of the research is the study of dietary cancer prevention agents and how their mechanisms of action react in trout to the carcinogens of Aflatoxin B1 and Dibenzo(a,l,)pyrene (DBP). The agents examined in this research for their preventative properties are chlorophylls (more specifically, chlorophyllin) and indoles. Research on zebrafish is also reflected in these records. In addition to laboratory notebooks, this transfer also includes correspondence, drafts of articles, manuals, photographic images, reference materials, research data, and theses. The notebooks contain a combination of research data, procedures for lab experimentation (such as PCR), and reference materials. The data includes sequenced gels containing DNA information. Mostly containing microscopic views of trout specimens under study and chlorophyll, the 207 photographic slides also depict research data charted/graphed, and lab researchers at work. In the inventory, box contents are listed with the name of researcher, types of materials, and the subject matter of the research, with notebook or file titles in quotes. Aflatoxin research pre-dating Bailey's arrival in 1979 can be found in this transfer in the notebooks of Patricia Loveland, Norman E. Pawlowski, and David Jones.
Coming to OSU in 1979 to assume a post as assistant professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology, George Bailey researched the role of dietary phtyochemicals in inhibiting cancer growth using both trout and human models. Continuing studies that had began at OSU in the 1960s with the carcinogen aflatoxin and rainbow trout, Bailey's major contribution to the research was the discovery that chlorophyllin acts to inhibit aflatoxin uptake in the body. In addition to serving as director of the of the OSU Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center from 1985 to 2002, Bailey sat on the faculty advisory committee that helped to establish the Linus Pauling Institute at OSU in 1996. Recognized for his service to the university, Bailey was honored with the title of Distinguished Professor in the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology in 1998. He retired in 2008.
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Accession 2009:019 (Received 2009-02-06)
Animal Sciences Department (RG 189)
0.07 cubic foot; 1 document box
This accession is made up of a record book maintained by OAC Herdsman Lon Rycraft that documents Oregon Agricultural College's dairy cattle herd. Reflecting birth, death, and breeding information about the herd spanning from 1907 to 1920, the book lists the cows/calves by name and number. Included inside the book is a recipe for the feed mixture given to the cattle.
See also accession 2009:087
Accession 2009:018 (Received 2009-02-04)
Spencer, Nettie, Papers (MSS)
0.10 cubic foot; 1 document box
This addition to the Nettie Spencer Papers is made up of a primer in the Anglo-Saxon language (old English) that Nettie used as a student at Corvallis State Agricultural College. In addition to translations of words and passages written in the text by Spencer, the reader also contains sketches of flowers and plants and notations reflecting Nettie's colorful thoughts about her teachers, the class, the language itself, and her fellow classmates, whom she ranks according to "meanness."
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Accession 2009:017 (Received 2009-01-23)
Crop and Soil Science Department Videotapes (P 134)New
0.60 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession is made up of videotapes documenting lectures from three seminar courses on the topic of sustainable agriculture. Featuring presentations from a variety of OSU faculty, these three courses are entitled: "Sustainable Agriculture" (CSS 199), "Issues in Sustainable Agriculture" (CSS 199), and "Sustainable Agriculture-Cropping Systems" (CSS 499/599). Three other videotapes found in this transfer consist of the following: "How to Prepare and Deliver a Videotaped Lecture," "Noxious Weeds of Oregon: A Growing Concern," and "Stored Grain Management." There is a total of 26 tapes in all.
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Accession 2009:016 (Received 2009-01-23)
Academy for Lifelong Learning Records (MSS)New
0.90 cubic foot; 1 archives box
This accession consists of materials generated by the Academy for Lifelong Learning (ALL) and is made up of agreements, brochures, course catalogs, correspondence, financial records, historical outlines, meeting minutes, membership lists, newspaper clippings, procedural statements, and treasurer's reports. About one-third of these records are labeled and arranged by academic term and document various details about courses offered during that particular quarter such as: the number of students registered/attended, equipment needs, a summary of course goals, and instructor name. Topics addressed in the correspondence include: organizational retreats, interaction between ALL and the OSU Alumni Association, and media publicity. In addition to the ALL Advisory Board, meeting minutes in this transfer were also generated by the OSU Alumni Association/ALL Council and the ALL Curriculum Committee.
Formed in 2002 to offer educational opportunities to any interested "mature adult" in the community, the self-funded and membership-driven Academy for Lifelong Learning is affiliated with the OSU Alumni Association. With instructors drawn from the membership of the academcy and the OSU community, the five general topic areas of the courses offered through the academy are: world cultures, fine arts, issues/ideas, science, and history/politics/philosophy.
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Accession 2009:015 (Received 2009-01-23)
1.8 cubic feet; 2 archives boxes
This accession consists of materials generated and collected by the Technical Outreach Service for Communities (TOSC) and Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Communities Programs. Documenting several TOSC-TAB projects in California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona where assistance was requested in the re-development and cleaning of contaminated properties, this transfer is primarily made up of reports and correspondence. The following sites are represented in these records: Univar-USA facilities (Los Angeles and Commerce, California); Quemetco Inc. facility (City of Industry, California); Eugene Railyard (Oregon); Remco Hydraulics Facility (Willits, California); Landsburg Mine site (Ravensdale, Washington); U.S. Air Force Plant 42 (Palmdale, California); Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine (Clear Lake, California); North Island Naval Air Station (Coronado, California); BNSF Railyard (Skykomish, Washington); Marine Corps Air Station (Tustin, California); Ford Ord (California); and South Phoenix, Arizona. Other records included in this transfer pertain to national TOSC-TAB conferences, the 2005 Oregon Brownfields Conference, the 2003 annual report for the Hazardous Substance Research Center-Western Region, and a Oregon DEQ brownfields needs assessment survey.
Accession 2009:014 (Received 2009-01-22)
KOAC-Radio and Television (RG 15)
0.20 cubic foot; 1 document box
This accession is made up of teaching guides generated for KOAC's "School of the Air" radio broadcast programs. Oriented toward elementary school instruction and containing episode summaries, an outline of ideas presented, and suggestions for pre-broadcast/follow-up activities, the subjects covered in these guides include: arts and crafts, astronomy, health, basic science, and Americans of note throughout history. KOAC program guides were also found in this transfer.
See also accession 2009:038
Accession 2009:013 (Received 2009-01-21)
Williams, Gerald, Collection (MSS)
3.2 cubic feet; 4 archives boxes; 1 12x17 oversize box; 1 map folder
This addition to the Gerald Williams Collection consists of materials collected by Williams in the course of researching and writing a history of the U.S. Forest Service in Region 6 (Pacific Northwest). Mostly made up of reference materials such as articles, newspaper clippings, notes, oral history recordings and transcripts, press releases, publications, reports, and theses, this accession also includes correspondence, maps, photographs, signage, and a photograph album. The oral histories and narratives document the lives of Forest Service employees and include four sound recordings on cassette tape of interviews with Richard Costley. In addition to histories of National Forests in the Pacific Northwest, other subjects relating to the Forest Service among the reference materials include forest fire control, Native American reservation lands, forest management policies, and timber harvested from Forest Service lands. Official Forest Service issued procedural guides, form booklets, and notebooks were also found in this transfer. Consisting of 7 prints in all, the photos pertain to milling activity at Toledo and Newport, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington for the U.S. Army Spruce Production Division. The photograph album contains images taken for the Forest Service Equipment Development Center by J. Malcolm Greaney that depict Forest Service smokejumpers and other personnel engaged in forest fire control, the development center building in Missoula, trail work, and examples of equipment developed by the center. Photocopies of covers from the Equipment Development Center newsletter that feature some of Greney's images were included with the album.
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Accession 2009:012 (Received 2009-01-21)
Colegio Cesar Chavez Collection (MSS)
0.04 cubic foot; 1 12x17 oversize box
This addition to the Colegio Cesar Chavez Collection consists of a certificate and letter to Art Olivo from Governor Victor Atiyeh documenting his appointment to the Oregon Occupational Information Coordinating Committee. Art Olivo worked on the campus of the Colegio as the groundskeeper/caretaker and he received this letter and appointment while living there with his family.
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Accession 2009:011 (Received 2009-01-16)
Extension and Experiment Station Communications (RG 69)
3.6 cubic feet; 3 archives boxes and 1 document box
This accession is made up of materials reflecting the management of OSU Extension publications by the Office of Extension and Experiment Station Communications. About half of these records document the process of accounting for and resupplying lost titles after a 1992 fire of the Industrial Building destroyed 90% of the publication inventory. Consisting primarily of index cards, inventories, and reports tracking publication quantities, titles, and other details, this transfer also contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and publications. One of the subjects covered in the correspondence is the lawsuit that OSU filed against Snyder Roofing for damages in the fire. In addition to the paper records, this transfer also includes three videotape recordings that document the fire.
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Extension and Experiment Station Comm. Photographs (P 120)
0.15 cubic foot; 1 document box
This accession consists of photographic images documenting the 1992
fire at the Industrial Building which destroyed the OSU printing facility
and 90% of the Extension publication inventory. Made up of a total of
91 images (84 slides and 7 prints), the photographs are a combination
of views of the fire being brought under control and the scorched aftermath
of the building as a gutted structure.
Five of the prints are mounted on foam core and appear to have been
displayed at some point. Also included in this transfer is a undated
instructional slide presentation on the process of planning out the
writing and layout of an Extension publication.
Accession 2009:010 (Received 2009-01-16)
Searcy, Thomas B., Ranch Property Records (MSS)New
0.20 cubic foot; 1 document box
This accession is made up of records reflecting the ownership by the Searcy-Pinkerton family of a parcel of land originally homesteaded by Thomas B. Searcy in 1889. In addition to mortgage paperwork, these records include warranty deeds, tax payment receipts, promissory notes, and materials reflecting interaction between Thomas and the Pacific Co-operative Wool Growers and the Moro Grain Growers Association. Arranged in chronological order and housed in plastic sleeves in a three-ring binder, the records document a range of property transactions from the acquisition of the property to the lease of the land to Dean and Margaret Pinkerton in 1961.The binder includes an inventory of the documents as well as photocopies of the originals. Situated in Sherman County near Moro, Oregon, the parcel is described as located at the Southwest quarter of section 14, township 2 South range 17 East.
Born in Missouri in 1859, Thomas B. Searcy resided on his ranch in Sherman County with wife Lena until his death in 1934. Lena was a member of the Sheldon Pioneer family from the Carleton (Oregon) area. She graduated from McMinneville College (present day Linfield College) and was teaching in Sherman County when she met Thomas Searcy.
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Accession 2009:008 (Received 2009-01-13)
Merryfield, Fred, Papers (MSS)New
1.4 cubic feet; 2 archives boxes and 1 20x24 oversize box
This accession consists of materials generated and collected by alumnus and Engineering Professor Fred Merryfield and includes article reprints, certificates, conference papers, correspondence, course materials, licenses, meeting minutes, membership cards, newspaper clippings, photographs, plaques, publications, reports, and technical drawings. In addition to documenting Merryfield's work at CH2M Hill, these records also reflect his career as engineering professor, his publication of research, involvement on the State Water Resources Board, and membership on the State Planning Board Advisory Commmittee on Stream Purification. Items pertaining to OSU include reports about the Pacific Northwest Regional Pollution Control Laboratory and the sanitary engineering program in the College of Engineering. The correspondence relates to honors received by Merryfield, his organizational involvement, and the construction of his house at 3513 Willamette Avenue in Corvallis. The publications include items from the American Water Works Association, descriptions of CH2M Hill projects, and handbooks used by Merryfield in his work and in the service during World War II. One of the reports is a study of Willamette River pollution Merryfield co-authored as a part of the OSC Engineering Experiment Station.The drawings were produced as a part of Merryfield's work at CH2M Hill and mostly document plans and studies for municipal sewage treatment facilities and water systems for the towns of Forest Grove, Eugene, McMinnville, Toledo, Corvallis, and Hood River. Drawings for an Oaklawn Memorial Park in Corvallis were also found in this transfer.
Born in 1900 in England, Fred Merryfield came to the U. S. after serving
as a pilot for the Royal Air Force in World War I and completed his
undergraduate education in civil engineering at Oregon Agricultural
College in 1923. Specializing in the study of sanitary
(what would later be considered environmental) engineering, Merryfield
taught for the College of Engineering from 1927 until 1966. With fellow
Oregon State alumni Holly Cornell, Jim Howland, and Thomas Hayes, Merryfield
help to found the consulting firm CH2M Hill in 1946. With a particular
focus on sewage treatment projects and water engineering problems, Merryfield
became well known as an advocate for pollution control and abatement,
which lead to his appointment by the governor to the State Water Resources
Board in 1955. Merryfield died in 1977.
Full finding aid available in PDF format.
EAD finding aid available in Northwest Digital Archives.
Accession 2009:007 (Received 2009-01-12)
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity (Memorabilia Collection)
0.05 cubic foot; 1 file folder
This accession is made up of materials collected by Alumnus Frank Roehr that reflect his participation in the Kappa Theta Rho Fraternity (later incorporated as a chapter of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity) and includes two petition reports, a photograph, and a certificate. Presented to the national office and various chapters of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity with the hope that "our alumni be made eligible for initiation", the petitions describe the membership, history, traditions, financial situation, and residence of Kappa Theta Rho. The petitions also describe Greek life at Oregon Agricultural College as well as the college's academic programs, campus grounds, and other student organizations. Portrait shots of Roehr are featured in the photograph and the 1921 petition. The certificate of appreciation was presented to Roehr in 1965 by the Gamma Mu Alumni Association of Beta Theta Pi.
Kappa Theta Rho organized in 1914. In 1923, the house was granted affiliation with Beta Theta Phi as the Gamma Mu chapter. Frank Roehr graduated in 1922 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
Accession 2009:006 (Received 2009-01-12)
Walls, Robert, Papers (MSS)New
2.7 cubic feet; 2 archives boxes and 2 document boxes
This accession consists of sound recordings collected and generated by Music Director Robert Walls that document performances by the OSU choral groups the Choralaires, the OSU Chorus, A Cappella Choir, Glee Club, and the Madrigals. Made up of 114 recordings in total (64 reel to reel tapes, 46 vinyl discs, and 4 cds), the performances documented in these recordings include a variety of Christmas concerts, tributes to the state of Oregon, classical pieces (Bach and Mozart), a solo broadcast on KOAC radio, songs about Oregon State College, and selections from the Choralaires' tours of Europe in 1971 and 1973. There are also two recordings from workshops in gospel spiritual music at OSU that were by directed by Jester Hairston in 1961 and 1963. Solo performances by alumni Jerry Christopherson and Marilyn Powell are featured among these recordings. In addition to performances from the Choralaires' European concerts, the four cds contain music from the two vinyl recordings: "Within a Vale of Western Mountains" and "The Robert B. Walls Years: 1947-1974." Walls' narration of the "Names of Oregon" is featured on the recording of the 1959 Oregon Centennial tribute album "The Face of Oregon." Also included in this transfer are three handbooks on music conducting, notation, and harmony that were owned by Walls.
Born in Idaho and educated in North Dakota, Robert Walls came to Oregon State College in 1947 to assume posts as professor and director of the Music Department. Specializing in the instruction and direction of the university choral groups, Walls formed the Choralaires to highlight the most talented singers from the larger men's and women's choruses. Retiring from the Music Department in 1974, Walls was recognized with the OSU Alumni Distinguished Professor Award that same year. He died in 1997.
Use copies of some of the vinyl recordings in this accession that were transferred to CD are available elsewhere in other OSU Archives' collections. Titles include: "Songs of OSC," "Within a Vale of Western Mountains," and "The Face of Oregon."
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Accession 2009:005 (Received 2009-01-09)
Music Department Photographs (P 137)
0.50 cubic foot; 1 document box and 1 16x20 oversize box
This accession consists of photographs taken by the Music Department that document university choral groups such as the OSU Choir, the University Singers, and the OSU Jazz Choir. Numbering 104 prints and 11 negatives in all, about half of the images are made up of group shots of the choirs while the others depict choral group members performing on and off campus, practicing in Benton Hall, on tour in Asia, engaged in theatrical performances, and involved in opera workshops. OSU Choir Director Kathryn Olson is featured in some of these photographs. Also included in this transfer is a photograph album documenting activities at an off-campus choir group retreat.
Accession 2009:004 (Received 2009-01-07)
Holmes, Zoe Ann, Photographs (P 270)
0.07 cubic f00t; 1 document box
This addition to the Zoe Ann Holmes Photograph Collection consists of images taken by Emeritus Nutrition Professor Holmes and is made up of 53 photographic prints, 62 negatives, 4 cds, and a spiral bound guide featuring digital images in printed form. The prints and negatives depict various details of the OSU Women's Building and its surrounding landscape that were shot for use in a quilting project.The digital images in the guide primarily reflect activities and people in the Nutrition and Foods Management Department and document class projects, student research, seminars and symposia, an open house for the OSU Meat Laboratory, staff retirements and birthdays, an examination of food service equipment, and the Strawberry Festival in Lebanon. Among the faculty and staff pictured in the guide include Maret Traber, Virginia Harger, Zoe Ann Holmes, Linda Evans, Frank Kessel, and Beryl Zondagh. The cds contain electronic copies of both the images in the guide and the photographic prints.