Don E. McIlvenna Papers, 1970-1978

Title: Don E. McIlvenna Papers, 1970-1978

Predominant Dates: 1974-1978

ID: MSS McIlvenna

Primary Creator: McIlvenna, Don Edward (1929-)

Extent: 1.6 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Don E. McIlvenna Papers consist predemoninantly of materials created and assembled by McIlvenna pertaining to a faculty salary report of the Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts faculty in the 1970s. McIlvenna was a faculty member in the OSU History Department from 1965 until his retirement in 1995.

Scope and Content Notes

The Don E. McIlvenna Papers consist of materials generated and assembled by McIlvenna in his work as an Oregon State University faculty member. The bulk of the materials document the research and writing, with his History Department colleague Darold Wax, of a report on faculty salaries in the Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts, An Essay on the Collegial Relationship: Salary Symbols and Services in the College of Liberal Arts; the campus debate sparked by its release; and subsequent changes at OSU. In addition to statistical data and various drafts of the report, the Papers include correspondence, grant proposals, newspaper clippings, notes, publications and reports, and McIlvenna's testimony before the State Board of Higher Education in 1976 The materials document a review of the College of Liberal Arts' instructional program by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education and the Board's 1976 reversal of the 1932 ban on graduate programs in social sciences and humanities at OSU.

The collection also includes clippings pertaining to the establishment of a interdisciplinary graduate program in Northwest Studies; student evalutions of McIlvenna's teaching; and a conference paper.

Biographical / Historical Notes

Don E. McIlvenna was on the faculty of the Oregon State University History Department from 1965 until his retirement in 1995; his speciality was American diplomatic history. McIlvenna earned his bachelor's degree from Sacramento State College (1952), his M.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1966. He died in 2007.

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 2 boxes

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: Materials were transferred from the History Department in 2007.

Related Materials: The College of Liberal Arts Records (RG 143) include materials from the Dean's Office, primarily for the 1960s through early 1970s, as well as the records of individual departments in the college, including the History Department. The Special Collections and Archives Research Center holdings also include the papers of several history faculty members, including the John B. Horner Papers (MSS Horner), David B. King Papers (MSS KingD), and William G. Robbins Papers (MSS Robbins).

Preferred Citation: Don E. McIlvenna Papers (MSS McIlvenna), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: This collection is not fully processed; this guide is preliminary.

Creators

People, Places, and Topics

History--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon.
McIlvenna, Don Edward, 1929-
Oregon State Board of Higher Education
Oregon State System of Higher Education
Oregon State University. College of Liberal Arts
Oregon State University. Department of History
Universities and colleges--Faculty--Salaries, etc.--Oregon.
University History