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Speech Communication Department Records, 1918-1996View associated digital content.

Predominant Dates: 1930-1975
The Speech Communication Department Records document speech instruction at Oregon State University; speech, debate, and drama activities, especially during the 1920s through 1950s; and the activities of Earl W. Wells as a faculty member and department chair. Speech courses have been taught at Oregon State since its establishment in the late 1860s. The Speech Department was founded in 1920; Earl Wells was department chair from 1952 to 1962.
ID: RG 181
Extent: 1.25 cubic feet
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Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation: Speech Communication Department Records (RG 181), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note: The records were transferred to the University Archives in several accessions from 1970 through 2005.
Acquired: Additions to the collection are expected.
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Subgroup 1: Microfilmed Records, 1921-1969 Add to Shelf
Subgroup 1 consists of microfilmed Speech Department records documenting speech, debate, and drama activities; the work of Earl. W. Wells as faculty member and department chair; and department administration. The records are primarily for the 1930s thru 1950s and include correspondence, reports, speeches, and orations.
Series 1: Orations, 1921-1962 Add to Shelf
Series 1 consists of the texts of orations given at contests by Oregon State students as well as students from other regional colleges and universities.
Reel-Folder 1.1: 1921-1930 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.2: 1931-1932 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.3: 1932-1933 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.4: 1933-1934 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.5: 1934-1935 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.6: 1935-1936 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.7: 1936-1937 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.8: 1937-1938 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 2.8: 1937-1938 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 2.9: 1938-1939 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 2.10: 1939-1940 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 2.11: 1940-1941 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 2.12: 1941-1942 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 2.13: 1942-1943 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 2.14: 1943-1944 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 2.15: 1944-1945 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 2.16: 1945-1946 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 2.17: 1946-1947 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 2.18: 1947-1948 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 2.19: 1948-1949 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 2.20: 1949-1950 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 2.21: 1950-1951 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 3.21: 1950-1951 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 3.22: 1951-1952 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 3.23: 1952-1953 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 3.24: 1955-1956 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 3.25: 1956-1957 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 3.26: 1957-1958 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 3.27: 1958-1959 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 3.28: 1959-1960 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 3.29: 1960-1961 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 3.30: 1961-1962 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.30: 1961-1962 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.31: Oratorical Contest Speeches, 1931-1948 Add to Shelf
Series 2: Speeches, 1923-1948 Add to Shelf
Series 2 consists of speeches presented by Oregon State students at forensics competitions.
Sub-Series 1: Extempore Speeches, 1923-1938 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.32: 1923-1931 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.33: 1931-1932 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.34: 1932-1933 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.35: 1933-1934 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.36: 1934-1935 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.37: 1935-1936 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.38: 1936-1937 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.39: 1937-1938 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 2: After-Dinner Speeches, 1938-1948 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.40: 1938-1939 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.41: 1939-1940 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.42: 1940-1941 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.43: 1941-1942 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.44: 1942-1943 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.45: 1943-1944 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.46: 1944-1945 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.47: 1945-1946 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.48: 1946-1947 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.49: 1947-1948 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.50: Auto Accident Prevention Contest, 1935 Add to Shelf
Contest for freshmen extempore speaking.
Series 3: Debates, 1930-1956 Add to Shelf
Series 3 includes reports of each debating season for the 1930s through mid 1950s documenting the members of the men's and women's debate squads, the number of debates each squad participated in, and the number of debates that were won by Oregon State squads. The series also includes information about the participation of Oregon State squads in the annual West Point Debates.
Reel-Folder 4.51: Season Reports for Debate Squads, 1930-1956 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.52: Radio Debates, 1937 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.53: West Point Debates, 1947-1951 Add to Shelf
Series 4: Army Specialized Training Program, 1943 Add to Shelf
Series 4 consists of syllabi, correspondence, and related materials pertaining to speech training in AST 111.
Reel-Folder 4.54: General Add to Shelf
Series 5: Intercollegiate Forensic Association of Oregon, 1932-1962 Add to Shelf
Series 5 consists of documents of the Intercollegiate Forensic Association of Oregon, which included representatives from colleges and universities throughout the state. The Association sponsored forensics contests and activities.
Reel-Folder 4.55: Directories, Bulletins, and Minutes Add to Shelf
Series 6: Activities Reports, 1928-1958 Add to Shelf
Series 6 consists of annual reports of dramatics and forensics activities at Oregon State, including the number of participating students; results of forensics competitions; plays performed; and number of attendees at dramatic productions.
Reel-Folder 4.56: 1928-1929 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.57: 1929-1930 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.58: 1930-1931 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.59: 1931-1932 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.60: 1932-1933 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.61: 1934-1935 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.62: 1935-1936 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.63: 1936-1937 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.64: 1937-1938 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.65: 1938-1939 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.66: 1939-1940 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.67: 1940-1941 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.68: 1941-1942 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.69: 1942-1943 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.70: 1943-1944 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.71: 1944-1945 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.72: 1945-1946 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.73: 1946-1947 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.74: 1947-1948 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.75: 1948-1949 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.76: 1949-1950 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.77: 1950-1951 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.78: 1951-1952 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.79: 1952-1953 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.80: 1953-1954 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 4.81: 1954-1955 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.81: 1954-1955 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.82: 1955-1956 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.83: 1956-1957 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.84: 1957-1958 Add to Shelf
Series 7: Correspondence of Earl W. Wells, 1922-1967 Add to Shelf
Series 7 consists of correspondence received and sent by Earl W. Wells in his role as a Speech Department faculty member as well as department chair. The series also includes some personal correspondence for Wells, such as that for the Corvallis Rose Society.
Reel-Folder 5.85: Miscellaneous Current, 1961-1962 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 1: Miscellaneous Past, 1922-1961 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.86: Volume I, 1922-1933 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.87: Volume II, 1935-1940 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.88: Volume III, 1940-1950 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.89: Volume IV, 1950-1961 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.90: Radio and Television, 1954-1958 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.91: Publishing Companies, 1927-1937 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.92: NDEA Brochure Copy, 1966-1967 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 2: Speech Faculty, 1954-1962 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.93: 1954-1955 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.94: 1955-1956 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.95: 1956-1957 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.96: 1957-1958 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.97: 1958-1959 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.98: 1959-1960 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.99: 1961-1962 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.100: President Jensen, 1962 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.101: C.B. Mitchell's Personal Correspondence, 1925-1943 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 3: Colby - Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1952-1961 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.102: 1952-1953 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.103: 1953-1954 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.104: 1954-1955 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.105: 1955-1956 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.106: 1956-1957 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.107: 1957-1958 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.108: 1958-1959 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.109: 1959-1960 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.110: 1960-1961 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.111: Equipment - General, 1956-1961 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.112: Speech Aptitude and Proficiency Test, 1948-1952 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.113: Speech Correction Extension Vol. I, 1927-1950 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.114: Western Speech Association Vol. III, 1950-1960 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.115: American Association of University Professors, 1946-1962 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.116: American Forensic Association, 1958-1961 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.117: American Red Cross, 1936-1947 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.118: American Speech and Hearing Association, 1936-1963 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.119: Century Club, 1936-1957 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.120: Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Relief, 1936-1946 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.121: Clinical Staff, 1948-1955 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.122: Committee on Scholarship, 1938-1940 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.123: Committee on Teacher Selection, 1940-1948 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.124: Corvallis Boy Scouts, 1936-1938 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.125: Corvallis Camp Fire Girls, 1937-1941 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.126: Corvallis Rose Society, 1958-1960 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.127: Corvallis Summer Recreation and Educational Program, 1935-1937 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 4: Delta Sigma Rho Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 5.128: Volume I, 1926-1949 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.128: Volume I, 1926-1949 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.129: Volume II, 1951-1955 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.130: Volume III, 1955-1961 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.131: Democratic Party, 1955-1960 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.132: Educational Activities Committee, 1951-1955 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.133: Faculty Council, 1957-1961 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.134: Future Farmers of America, 1936-1960 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.135: Franklin Parent - Teachers Association, 1931-1932 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.136: Faculty Men's Club, 1957-1962 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.137: Graduate Division, 1960 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.138: Inland Empire Education Association, 1928-1930 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.139: Intercollegiate Forensic Association of Oregon, 1931-1961 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.140: Liberal Arts Division, 1949-1962 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.141: Order of the Spoon, 1929-1939 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.142: Oregon High School Extempore Speaking and Interpretation Contests, 1925-1932 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.143: Oregon High School Speech League, 1942-1951 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.144: Oregon Speech and Hearing Association, 1949-1962 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.145: Oregon Speech Association, 1931-1950 Add to Shelf
Series 8: Reader's File, 1931-1969 Add to Shelf
Series 8 consists of department correspondence arranged as reader's files. The correspondence documents the administration of the department, primarily during the 1950s and 1960s.
Reel-Folder 6.146: Bulletins: Business Office, 1956-1957 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 1: Business Office, 1956-1960 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.147: 1956-1959 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.148: 1959-1960 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 2: Colby - Dean of Liberal Arts, 1946-1952 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.149: 1946-1950 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.150: 1950-1951 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.151: 1951-1952 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 3: Faculty - Other, 1950-1959 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.152: 1950-1951 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.153: 1951-1952 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.154: 1953-1954 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.155: 1954-1955 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.156: 1955-1956 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.157: 1958-1959 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 4: Lemon - Dean of Administration, 1951-1954 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.158: 1951-1952 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.159: 1953-1954 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 5: Miscellaneous, 1948-1959 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.160: 1948-1950 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.161: 1951-1952 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.162: 1952-1953 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.163: 1954-1955 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.164: 1955-1956 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.165: 1958-1959 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.166: Self Evaluation Report II, circa 1960 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.167: Other Institutions, 1951-1952 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.168: Physical Plant, 1950-1953 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 6: President Strand, 1931-1952 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.169: 1931-1951 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.170: 1951-1952 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 7: Zeran - Dean of Education, 1952-1961 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.171: 1952 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.172: 1961 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 8: Chronological Reader's File, 1963-1969 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.173: September 1963 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.174: October 1963 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.175: November 1963 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.176: December 1963 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.177: January 1964 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.178: February 1964 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.179: March 1964 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.180: April 1964 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.181: May 1964 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.182: June 1964 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.183: July 1964 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.184: August 1964 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.185: September - October 1964 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.186: November 1964 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.187: December 1964 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.188: January 1965 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.189: February 1965 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.190: March 1965 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.191: April 1965 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.192: May 1965 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.193: June 1965 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.194: July 1965 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.195: August 1965 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.196: September 1965 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.197: October 1965 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.198: November 1965 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.199: December 1965 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.200: January 1966 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.201: February 1966 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.202: March 1966 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.203: April 1966 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.204: May 1966 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.205: June 1966 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.206: September 1966 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.207: October 1966 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.208: December 1966 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.209: January 1967 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.210: February 1967 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.211: March 1967 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.212: April 1967 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.213: May 1967 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.214: June 1967 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.215: July 1967 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.216: August 1967 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.217: September 1967 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.218: October 1967 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.219: November 1967 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 6.220: December 1967 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.220: December 1967 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.221: January 1968 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.222: February 1968 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.223: March 1968 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.224: April 1968 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.225: May 1968 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.226: June 1968 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.227: July 1968 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.228: August 1968 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.229: September 1968 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.230: October 1968 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.231: November 1968 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.232: December 1968 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.233: January 1969 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.234: February 1969 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.235: March 1969 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.236: April 1969 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.237: May 1969 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.238: June 1969 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 7.239: December 1969 Add to Shelf
Series 9: Report on the Forensic and Dramatic Activities at Oregon State College, 1938 Add to Shelf
Series IX consists of a report documenting the speech, debate, and drama activities of the department during the 1920s and 1930s.
Reel-Folder 7.240: Report on the Forensic and Dramatic Activities at Oregon State College since the Establishment of the Department of Speech, Fall 1920 to Spring 1938 Add to Shelf
Subgroup 2: Paper Records, 1918-1996 Add to Shelf
Subgroup 2 consists of Speech Communication Department Records in paper form documenting the curriculum, policies and procedures, faculty, and student activities of the department. Of special note are records of Delta Sigma Rho, the national honorary society for students in speech communications, and the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Institute in English on Advance Communications Skills held at Oregon State in 1967.
Series 1: Correspondence, 1952-1985 Add to Shelf
Series 1 consists of correspondence received and sent from the department and documents the policies and procedures of the department, facilities, faculty, and courses. The fall letter to the Speeech Department from Earl W. Wells, Department Chair, introduces new and returning faculty, summarizes department policies and procedures, and lists advising responsibilities.
Box-Folder 1.1: Fall letter to members of Speech Department, 1952-1961 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.2: Policy and Historical, 1955-1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.3: General Speech Department Correspondence, 1968-1985 Add to Shelf
Series 2: Delta Sigma Rho Records, 1920-1975 Add to Shelf
Series 2 consists of records of the Oregon State University chapter of Delta Sigma Rho, the national honorary society for students in speech communications. The records include constitutions, correspondence, membership lists, initiation rituals, and financial records.
Box-Folder 1.4: Account ledger and finances, 1931-1947 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.5: Correspondence, 1920-1934 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.6: Correspondence, 1954-1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.7: Initiation rituals, 1941-1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.8: Membership lists, 1929-1953 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.9: Procedures and constitutions, 1966-1975 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.10: Sample membership cards, 1932-1953 Add to Shelf
Series 3: History of the Speech Department, 1918-1989 Add to Shelf
Series 3 consists of research notes on the history of the department compiled by Thurston Doler. The notes include correspondence as well as photocopies from the Beaver yearbook. Several short essays on the history of the Speech Department are also part of the series.
Box-Folder 1.11: Research notes, 1918-1989 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.12: Essays, 1966-1982 Add to Shelf
Series 4: Minutes of Speech Department Meetings, 1959-1970 Add to Shelf
Series 4 consists of minutes of department meetings and compilations of the minutes of the Executive Committee and the Department Staff. These compilations consists of copies of the minutes that have been clipped and re-assembled by topic. A list of topics is in the front of the first folder for each. The Executive Committee minutes include materials relevant to the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Institute at OSU in 1967.
Box-Folder 1.13: Department meeting, 1959-1960 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.14: Executive committee, 1964-1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.15: Executive committee, 1964-1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.16: Staff meetings, 1964-1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.17: Staff meetings, 1964-1970 Add to Shelf
Series 5: National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Institute in English: Advanced Communication Skills, 1965-1968 Add to Shelf
Series 5 consists of the records of an National Defence Education Act (NDEA) Institute in English on Advance Communication Skills offered at Oregon State University. The 8-week course, from June 26 through August 18, 1967, was attended by 32 junior and senior high school English and Speech teachers. The program focussed on the multiple and interdisciplinary aspects of human communication skills. The records include the proposal, plan of operation, and final report; course materials; correspondence; brochures and clippings; lists of participants; and a group photograph of the participants.
Sub-Series 1: Correspondence, 1966-1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.18: Dr. Milton Valentine's NDEA Institute correspondence, 1966-1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.19: Exhibit requests, 1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.20: General correspondence, 1967-1968 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.21: Participant and alternate rejection letters, 1967 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 2: Course Materials, 1965-1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.22: Psychology of Reading, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.23: Various courses, 1965-1967 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 3: Finances, 1966-1968 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.24: 4 Column Book, 1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.25: Dr. Valentine's expenditure receipts and related correspondence, 1966-1968 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.26: Stipend information and related correspondence, 1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.27: Newspaper clippings and brochures, 1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.28: Participant lists, 1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.29: Participant group photograph, 1967 Add to Shelf
Extent: 2 prints and 1 120 negative
Sub-Series 4: Reports, 1965-1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.30: Plan of Operation, 1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.31: Proposal for NDEA Summer Institute in Advanced Communication Skills, 1965-1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.32: Final Report, 1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.33: Schedules, 1967 Add to Shelf
Series 6: Committees, Organizations, and Conferences, 1933-1989 Add to Shelf
Series 6 consists of the records of department committees, student organizations, and conferences and includes materials pertaining to forensics at Oregon State during the 1930s-1950s.
Box-Folder 1.34: Curriculum Committee, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.35: Dramatics Committee, 1959 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.36: Executive Committee, 1969-1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.37: Oregon High School Drama Conference, 1959-1963 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.38: Oregon Speech Association, 1960 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 1: Forensics, 1933-1954 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.39: Associated Students, Forensic Division - accounting ledger, 1934-1949, Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.40: Intercollegiate Forensic Tournament of Champions, 1950-1952 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.41: Pacific Forensic League events, 1933-1954 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.42: Philosophies Committee, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.43: Seminars Committee - School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1961 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.44: Speech Chair Search Committee, 1988-1989 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.45: Television Committee, 1958 Add to Shelf
Series 7: Publications, 1940-1996 Add to Shelf
Series 7 includes the program for the Model United Nations of the Far West 40th annual session; clippings; and a newsletter to theater departments at Oregon community colleges regarding a theater festival.
Box-Folder 1.46: Model United Nations 40th Annual Session conference book, 1990 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.47: Newspaper Clippings, 1940-1996 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.48: Oregon Community College Festival newsletter, 1977 Add to Shelf
Series 8: Reports, 1949-1974 Add to Shelf
Series 8 consists of reports, primarily from the 1950s and early 1960s, documenting the academic programs and activities of the Speech Department.
Box-Folder 2.1: Accreditation - Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools, 1960 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.2: Annual Reports, 1957-1962 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.3: Biennial Reports, 1956-1962 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.4: The Philosophy and Future of Drama at Oregon State College, circa 1961 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.5: Policies and Procedures, 1960s-1974 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.6: Report on Extempore, Impromptu, Experimental, and Discussion at Oregon State College, 1949-1950 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.7: Report on the Model United Nations of OSU, 1964 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.8: Speech Screening Test, 1954-1960 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.9: Text Evaluation, circa 1962 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.10 Add to Shelf
Item 1: Student Speech Activities at Oregon State College, undated Add to Shelf
Item 2: A Statement on Operational Principles for the Department of Speech, undated Add to Shelf
Item 3: Future Quarters for Department of Speech at Oregon State College, undated Add to Shelf
Series 9: Scrapbook, 1964-1970 Add to Shelf
Series 9 consists of a scrapbook assembled by the Speech Communication Department documenting Oregon State University theater productions, KBVR-TV programs, workshops, department faculty news, campus free-speech regulations, and a performance by a visiting San Francisco Mime Troupe. The scrapbook is predominantly newspaper clippings; it also includes brochures and flyers. The scrapbook was originally housed in a three-ring binder.
Extent: 2 folders
Box-Folder 2.11: Scrapbook, 1964-1968 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.12: Scrapbook, 1968-1970 Add to Shelf
Series 10: Subject Files, 1948-1961 Add to Shelf
Series 10 consists of materials documenting speech courses and activities pertaining to live television. The series also includes biographical information for Paul Knoll, a Speech Department faculty member from 1927 until his death in 1957.
Box-Folder 2.13: Biographical file on Paul X. Knoll, 1948-1957 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.14: Speech 111 course materials, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.15: Television - live, 1961 Add to Shelf
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