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By Elizabeth Nielsen
Title: Oregon Sea Grant Communications Moving Images, 1973-1991
ID: FV 185 - SG 3
Primary Creator: Oregon Sea Grant Communications
Extent: 38.0 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: The Oregon Sea Grant Communications Moving Images are arranged in 4 series: 1. Final Productions, 1973-1981; 2. Accession 2000:100, 1980-1991; 3. Accession 2003:083, 1980-1991; and 4. Accession 2014:047, 1975-1989.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
The Oregon Sea Grant Communications Moving Images consist of final productions as well as extensive raw footage and film elements used in those motion picture films and others produced by Oregon Sea Grant. The motion picture films pertain to marine resources, oceanographic research, and wildlife in Oregon and were produced from the mid-1970s through early 1990s. Jim Larison was producer and/or filmmaker for most of these film productions. The following films are represented in the collection by final productions and/or raw footage and film elements: Oregon Trawler (1973-1975); Columbia River Gillnetters (circa 1975); Sea Grant: Marine Resources (circa 1975); Mammals of the Sea (1980); Gray Whale: A Radio Tagging Experiment (1980); Estuary: Columbia’s Link with the Sea (1981-1982); The Art of Identifying Canada Geese (circa 1980s), Sagebrush Country (1987), Exploring Seafloor Hot Springs on the Juan de Fuca Ridge (1988); and Oregon’s Ocean (1991).
Of note in the collection is footage of ALVIN manned submersible dives off the Oregon coast in the mid-1980s and several public service announcements. While the bulk of the collection consists of 16 mm final productions, film elements, and raw footage, the collection also includes 3 open-reel videotape masters.
Several of the final productions have been digitized from videotape versions and are available for viewing online.
The OSU Sea Grant program was established on February 20, 1968 as a result of the National Sea Grant Program and College Act of 1966. It was the first and largest of three programs set up at that time. Its mission was to develop "an understanding and appreciation of how to live with the ocean and how to manage the coastal zone." The program has focused on five areas: marine extension, education and training, seafood research, coastal environments, and public policy analysis. It is cooperatively funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, by the State of Oregon and local communities, and by private industry.
Sea Grant Communications produces books, reports, brochures, and newsletters as well as videos and DVDs that interpret, reflect, and promote the work of Sea Grant-funded research.
Jim Larison began his work at Oregon State University in 1978 as Assistant to the Director for Communications of Oregon Sea Grant. He became the Director of Sea Grant Communications in 1983, a position he held until about 1994.
More Extent Information: approximately 350 film reels and 3 open reel videotapes; 30 boxes and 27 film cans
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: Materials were transferred to the former University Archives and the Special Collections and Archives Research Center in several accessions from 1991 through 2014, primarily from Sea Grant Communications. The bulk of the materials were received in 2000, 2003, and 2014.
Related Materials: Other moving image materials created and assembled by Oregon Sea Grant Communications are described in separate collections: Oregon Sea Grant Communications Videotapes and DVDs (FV 185 - SG 1) and Farmers of the Sea Motion Picture Film Production (FV 185 - SG 2). The Sea Grant College Program Records (RG 201) and the Sea Grant College Program Photographs (P 185) document the administration and research, outreach, and education programs of the Oregon Sea Grant program. Other moving images documenting marine resources and research and wildlife conservation are available in the Extension and Experiment Station Communications Moving Images (FV 120); Experiment Station Communications Films (FV 132), and the Hatfield Marine Science Center Videotapes (FV 254). The College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Motion Picture Films and Videotapes (FV 203), the "Oceanography: The Making of a Science" Videotapes (FV 236), and the Charles Osterberg Motion Picture Films (FV 284) provide additional visual documentation of oceanographc research in Oregon and beyond.
Preferred Citation: Oregon Sea Grant Communications Moving Images (FV 185 - SG 3), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Processing Information: This collection is not fully processed and this guide is preliminary. Some materials that were previously part of this collection when it was originally described in 2009 have been transferred to separate collections -- Oregon Sea Grant Communications Videotapes and DVDs (FV 185 - SG 1) and Farmers of the Sea Motion Picture Film Production (FV 185 - SG 2) -- and the collection identifer for this collection changed from "FV 185" to "FV 185 - SG 3" for the remaining materials. An item-level film log for some of the materials in Series 3 as well as as preliminary container list prepared in 2009 for this collection are available in the collection's central file and upon request.
Finding Aid Revision History: This guide replaces a former preliminary guide (with the collection identifier "FV 185") that was placed online in 2009.
Oregon Sea Grant Communications
Larison, Jim (James R.)
Coastal ecology--Oregon.
Coastal zone management--Oregon.
Columbia River Estuary (Or. and Wash.)
Estuaries--Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Fisheries--Oregon.
Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge (Or.)
History of Science
Marine ecology--Oregon.
Marine mammals.
Marine resources--Oregon.
Natural Resources
Oceanography--Research--Oregon.
Oregon State University--Research.
Oregon State University. Sea Grant College Program.
Pacific Coast (Or.)
Pronghorn--Oregon.
University History
Wildlife research--Oregon.
Motion pictures (visual works)
Silent films.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Series 3 consists of production elements and raw footage for several Sea Grant motion picture film productions that were received by the University Archives as Accession 2003:083. The materials are housed in 20 boxes and 6 film cans. The final productions represented in the series are Oregon’s Ocean (1991), The Art of Identifying Canada Geese (circa 1980s), Sagebrush Country (1987) about Hart Mountain, and Gray Whale: A Radio Tagging Experiment (1980). The Hart Mountain footage includes imagery of antelope, mule deer, bighorn sheep, sage grouse, cattle ranching, and stream restoration. The footage of Oregon’s Ocean includes the Oregon coast, whale watching, Boiler Bay and Depoe Bay, shore birds, intertidal zones, salmon trolling, and ALVIN submersible dives off the Oregon coast.
The series also includes raw footage and film elements identified as Riches from the Sea, Soviet Fishery, Living Ocean, and Lawless Sea. Footage identified as Riches from the Sea was used for a production with the National Geographic Society Educational Films Division. The film Lawless Sea was not completed.
An item-level film log describing the footage included for Sagebrush County, Riches from the Sea, and Oregon’s Ocean is available in the collection central file and upon request. Four of the final productions have been digitized from videotape versions and are available for viewing online.
Series 4 consists of 16 mm film productions, public service announcements, raw footage, and open reel videotape masters that were received by the Special Collections and Archives Research Center as Accession 2014:047. The materials are housed in 2 boxes and 4 film cans. The final productions represented in this series include Oregon Trawler (1975), Columbia River Gillnetters (circa 1975), Estuary: Columbia’s Link with the Sea (1981), and Mammals of the Sea (circa 1980). The series also includes undated public service announcements about abandoned seal pups (3 copies) and shrimp. Raw footage includes Gulf of Mexico shrimp trawls, and crab meat extraction. Open reel videotape masters of two film productions – Exploring Seafloor Hot Springs on the Juan de Fuca Ridge (1988) and Estuary: Columbia’s Link with the Sea – are part of this series.
Several of the final productions have been digitized from videotape versions and are available for viewing online.
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