Office of Admissions Records, 1961-2009

Container List

Series 1: Admissions Office, 1976-1990 Add to Shelf

Series 1 consists of materials documenting the administration of the Admissions Office, during the years that Wallace Gibbs was director. In addition to budget reports and procedures for employee evaluations and promotion and tenure for student affairs faculty, the annual summary reports provide information on recruiting activities, new student programs, and interactions of the Admissions Office with other campus units, including International Education, Financial Aid, Graduate School, and the Educational Opportunities Program.

Box-Folder 1.1: Budget reports, 1981-1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.2: Changes in admissions, 1989-1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.3: Employee Evaluation Procedures and Promotion and Tenure Guidelines, 1987-1988 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.4: Noon-hour telephone coverage, 1987-1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.5: Productivity study, 1988 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.6: Annual Summary reports, 1976-1990 Add to Shelf

Series 2: College Admissions Counselors Associations, 1982-1990 Add to Shelf

Series 2 consists of certificates and publications of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC) and Pacific Northwest Association of College Admissions Counselors. Oregon State University was a member of both organizations.

Box-Folder 1.7 Add to Shelf

Series 3: College Fairs, 1985-1995 Add to Shelf

Series 3 documents recruitment efforts at college fairs throughout the United States, staffed primarily by Oregon State University alumni volunteers. The records include lists of fairs attended, evaluation forms completed by the alumni volunteers, correspondence, and photographs of the Oregon State table at several of the fairs.

Box-Folder 1.8: College fair representative's information and handouts, 1992-1995 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.9: College Fair Evaluation Forms, 1989-1992 Add to Shelf

Includes 7 color prints from T.K. Gorman High School, Tyler, Texas, college fair, 1991.

Box-Folder 1.10: Survey results, 1990-1992 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.11: Western Association for College Admission Counselors college fairs, 1992-1994 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.12: Seattle National College Fair, 1985-1988 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.13: Fall 1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.14: Fall 1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.15: Winter and Spring 1990 Add to Shelf

Includes 2 color prints from Torrance School District College Fair, Torrance, California.

Box-Folder 1.16: Fall 1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.17: Fall 1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.18: Winter and Spring 1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.19: Fall 1992 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.20: Fall 1992 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.21: Winter and Spring 1992 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.22: Fall 1993 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.23: Fall 1993 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.24: Winter and Spring 1993 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.25: Fall 1994 Add to Shelf

Includes one color print from Torrance School District College Fair, Torrance, California.

Box-Folder 1.26: Winter and Spring 1994 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.27: Winter and Spring 1995 Add to Shelf

Series 4: Kay Conrad's Files, 1961-1991 Add to Shelf

Series 4 consists of materials from the files of Kay Conrad. The bulk of the records document the AAUW Senior Woman Recognition Award and other student organizations with which Conrad was associated.

Box-Folder 2.1: American Association of University Women (AAUW) Senior Woman Recognition Awards, 1975-1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.2: Brochures and Clippings, 1961-1971 Add to Shelf

Includes a Beaver Preview brochure; newspaper clipping and brochure about the new Administration Building; and an inventory of Conrad's office furniture and supplies.

Box-Folder 2.3: Order of the Omega, 1976-1981 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.4: Talons, 1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.5: 1995 Add to Shelf

Includes a review of a sampling of Oregon high school students to determine how many planned to enrolled at Oregon State University.

Series 5: Correspondence, 1967-1990 Add to Shelf

Series 5 consists of correspondence written and received by Wallace Gibbs and Kay Conrad as well as correspondence pertaining to advanced standing procedures and the Mapping Your Education publication.

Box-Folder 2.6: Wallace E. Gibbs, 1979-1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.7: Registrar's Winter/Spring newsletters, 1988-1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.8: Mapping Your Education (MYE) publication, 1967-1981 Add to Shelf

Resource book published annually with informatoin about 2- and 4-year colleges in Oregon and Washington.

Box-Folder 2.9: Revised Advanced Standing procedures, 1973 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.10: Interinstitutional Admissions and Recruitment (IAR) Committee meeting at Oregon Institute of Technology, 1988 Add to Shelf

Series 6: Enrollment and Retention, 1964-1999 Add to Shelf

Series 6 consists of Enrollment and Retention Committee Records, reports, and related materials documenting admissions statistics, enrollment, and retention of Oregon State students.

Box-Folder 2.11: Enrollment and Retention Committee, 1980 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.12: Enrollment and Retention Committee, 1980-1982 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.13: Enrollment management reports, 1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.14: Enrollment, matriculation, and graduate applicant data, 1969-1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.15: Enrollment Projections for 1985-86 through 1990-91 report, 1986-1999 Add to Shelf

Prepared by Oregon State System of Higher Education.

Box-Folder 2.16: Profile of New Students entering OSU in Fall 1964, 1964 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.17: Retention study, 1982 Add to Shelf

Series 7: Orientation Programs, 1985-1998 Add to Shelf

Series 7 documents orientation programs offered for new Oregon State students during the summer and at the beginning of academic terms. A book of readings and exercises for the OSU Odyssey orientation course is also included. Orientation booklets and brochures are avaialable in IX. Publications.

Box-Folder 2.18: Freshman and transfer orientation, 1993-1994 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.19: New Student Week, 1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.20: OSU Odyssey ALS 111 class book, 1998 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.21: Fall orientation, 1988 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.22: Winter orientation, 1985-1995 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.23: Spring orientation, 1989-1994 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.24: Summer Send-Off packet, 1992 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.25: Student Orientation Advising Program (SOAP), 1994 Add to Shelf

Series 8: Oregon High School Principal/Counselor Interview Day, 1986-1994 Add to Shelf

Series 8 consists of records of the annual event for Oregon High School principals and counselors on the Oregon State campus, during which the principals and counselors received information about the academic and student programs at Oregon State and met with Oregon State students from their respective high schools. Representatives of Oregon Native American tribes also attended these events. Photographs of the 1986 event are included.

Box-Folder 2.26: 1986 Add to Shelf

Includes 16 color prints.

Box-Folder 2.27: 1987 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.28: 1988 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.29: 1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.30: 1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.1: 1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.2: 1992-1994 Add to Shelf

Series 9: Publications, 1984-2009 Add to Shelf

Series 9 consists of publications for recruitment and orientation of new students to Oregon State. The publications provide information about academic programs, student activities, student support services, and the Oregon State campus. The series includes two issues of the viewbook that were produced on CD-ROM. Reference access to these materials is available upon request. Please see SCARC's "Accessing Audio-Visual Content" for more information.

Box-Folder 6.1: Academic Programs Booklets, 1988-1992 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.2: Student Orientation Advising Handbook, 1988-1998 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.3: Summer Orientation Advising Program (SOAP), 1989-1998 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.4: New Student Week, 1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.5: Parent and Parent/Family Handbooks, 1990-2000 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.6: 1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.7: 2000 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.8: Viewbook, 1988-2001 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.9: Viewbook, 2005-2006 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.10: Viewbook -- CD-ROM version, circa 1998-2000 Add to Shelf

Reference access to this viewbook is available upon request. Please see SCARC's "Accessing Audio-Visual Content" for more information.

Extent: 2 CDs

Box-Folder 6.11: Entering OSU brochures, 1985-1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.12: Transferring to OSU brochures, 1984-2001 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.13: Brochures and Pamphlets, 1988-1996 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.1: Posters, 1988-2005 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.2: Application Forms, 1990-1993 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.3: Counselor Update, 1986-1996 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.4: The Orange and Black magazine, Fall 2008 - Spring 2009 Add to Shelf

Series 10: Recruitment Out-of-State, 1985-1993 Add to Shelf

Series 10 documents recruitment activities in California, Idaho, Nevada, and Washington, primary by Admissions Office staff and includes travel itineraries, evaluations, and related materials.

Box-Folder 3.3: California, Nevada, Washington recruitment schedules, 1985-1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.4: California Transfer Day, 1993 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.5: Recruitment in Idaho, 1990-1993 Add to Shelf

Series 11: Residency, 1969-1993 Add to Shelf

Series 11 consists of policies, procedures, committee records, correspondence, and related documentation pertaining to residence classification for payment of in-state or out-of-state tuition and tuition agreements with universities in other states.

Box-Folder 3.6: Appeal or Review Procedure for Residence Classification at Oregon State University, 1983 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.7: Tuition cooperative agreements, 1977-1990 Add to Shelf

Between Oregon State University, Washington State University, and University of Idaho.

Box-Folder 3.8: Tuition reciprocity, 1983-1993 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.9: Residency Committee, 1969-1990 Add to Shelf

Series 12: Reports, 1966-1997 Add to Shelf

Series 12 includes reports providing detailed information about admissions to Oregon State from the late 1960s through 1990s, long-range planning reports and documents, and reports of policies and studies. The Annual Admissions Reports provide summary data on new students (freshmen and transfer) entering during the fall term such as location of high school or college attended previously, test scores, high school grade point average, and advance placement status. A consultant's review of the Admissions and Registar's Offices conducted in 1985 is included. Many of the reports provide statistical information about ethnic minority students.

Box-Folder 3.10: Advanced Tuition Deposit Survey Summary, Fall, 1993 Add to Shelf

Sub-Series 1: Annual Admissions Reports, 1966-1997 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.11: 1966-1967 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.12: 1970-1977 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.13: 1977-1986 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.14: 1986-1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.15: 1997 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.16: Reports on Application for Admission, 1967-1969 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.17: Reports on Application for Admission, 1970-1974 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.18: Reports on Application for Admission, 1975-1979 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.19: Reports on Application for Admission, 1980-1981 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.20: Reports on Application for Admission, 1981-1984 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.21: Reports on Application for Admission, 1984-1992 Add to Shelf

Sub-Series 2: Stan Berry Reports Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.22: Foreign Student Admissions, 1975 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.23: Review of Admissions and Registrar's Offices, 1985 Add to Shelf

Sub-Series 3: Freshman Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.1: Academic Performance Reports for New Freshman Entering, 1987/88 - 1989/90 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.2: Oregon First-time Freshman, High School Enrollment, 1985-1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.3: Institutional Capabilities Assessment, March, 1986 Add to Shelf

Sub-Series 4: Planning Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.4: Creating the Future: A Plan for Beginning the '90s, 1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.5: Division of Student Affairs Long Range Planning - Long Range Plan 1986-1989, July 1, 1986 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.6: OSU Long Range Plan 1986-1989 revisions, updates, and comments, 1986-1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.7: A Strategic Plan for the OSSHE: 1987-1993, April 23, 1986 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.8: Post High-School Plans: Class of 1989 - Ethnic Group Summaries Add to Shelf

Sub-Series 5: State of Oregon Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.9: Admission Policy reports, 1989-1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.10: Oregon Research on Education College Choices: 1993 report, August, 1994 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.11: Report of students by high schools and state, Fall, 1992 Add to Shelf

Series 13: Students - Graduate, International, and Minority, 1964-2000 Add to Shelf

Series 13 consists of correspondence, policies, reports, and related documentation pertaining to the admission of graduate, post-baccalaureate, international, and minority students. Of special note are materials pertaining to programs for improving recruitment of minority students, including achievement awards. The reports in Subseries 2 are available online at the links below.

Sub-Series 1: Graduate and Post-Baccalaureate, 1964-1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.12: Graduate admissions, 1964-1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.13: Graduate admissions, 1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.14: Post-Baccalaureate, 1965-1974 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.15: International Baccalaureate program, 1985-1995 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.16: International Students - Estimated Budget Costs for 2001/2002, 2000 Add to Shelf

Sub-Series 2: Minority Students, 1984-1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.17: Improving minority recruitment, 1984-1988 Add to Shelf

Item 1: Report on Utilization of 5% Admissions Policy 1982-83 and 1983-84, 1984 Add to Shelf

Item 2: Programs for Enhancing Ethnic and Racial Minority Student Enrollment and Graduation in the Oregon State System of Higher Education, 1985 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.18: Minority awards, enrollment, and recruitment, 1987-1990 Add to Shelf

Item 1: Minority Student Enrollment and Graduation Trends: A Report to the Board, 1989 Add to Shelf

Series 14: Undergraduate Admissions Committee, 1972-1989 Add to Shelf

14Series XIV consists of the records of the Undergraduate Admissions Committee, primarily policies, procedures, minutes, agendas, correspondence and related materials. Subject files pertaining to the 5% Special Admit and Experimental Modification of Admission Requirements (EMAR) programs provide information about programs for ethnic minority students and the Educational Opportunities Program. A 1979 summary of the Educational Opportunities Program from this series is available online.

Box-Folder 4.19: Committee Files, 1972-1979 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.20: Committee Files, 1980-1984 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.21: Committee Files, 1985-1986 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.22: Committee Files, 1986-1988 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.23: Committee Files, 1988-1989 Add to Shelf

Sub-Series 1: Educational Opportunities Program, 1972-1982 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.24: 5% Special Admit pilot program, 1981-1982 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.25: Experimental Modification of Admission Requirements (EMAR), 1972-1981 Add to Shelf

Series 15: Photographs, circa 1980s Add to Shelf

Series 15 consists of color photographic prints assembled by the office for recruiting and promotional purposes. The prints include images of campus buildings and scenes; students and student activities, including special events such as Mom's Weekend and commencement; recreational sports and intramurals; athletics; and the Benny the Beaver mascot. Images of baseball, men's and women's basketball, football, gymnastics, and rowing (crew) athletes and events are included. Of special note are several images of ethnic minority students; bicycles; and snow on campus.

Extent: 93 color prints

Box-Folder 5.1: Memorial Union and Campus views and activities, 1980-1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.2: Photograph Album pages, 1980-1985 Add to Shelf