Barometer Campus Newspaper, 1896-2014
The Barometer Campus Newspaper consists of Oregon State University’s student-published newspaper and documents the full range of campus programs and activities, as well as local and regional news and events. The first issue -- The College Barometer -- was published in March 1896 in a magazine format. In 1906, a weekly publication in a newspaper format was launched and by 1923 the Daily Barometer was published every weekday during the academic year.
Many issues of the Barometer are available online in Oregon Digital. Comprehensive digitization of the campus newspaper began in 2020 and will continue until completed; issues are added to the site regularly.
ID: PUB 015-11b
Extent: 2.0 cubic feet
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Statement on Description:
The former University Archives created microfilm reels 1-26 in the 1960s-1970s; in 1982, the Oregon Newspaper Project at the University of Oregon microfilmed 20 bound volumes of the Barometer that are identified as reels 27-46. The Oregon Newspaper Project continued microfilming of the Barometer through 2014, when microfilming of the campus newspaper was suspended. The University Archives had security copies of reels 1-50 created from use copies in the early 1990s; beginning with reel 51, the Oregon Newspaper Project provided security reels to Oregon State University that are maintained by the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.
Bound issues of the Barometer from the 1906-1907 and 1908-1909 thru 1913-1914 academic years were un-bound in 2020 for digitization and the issues retained for this archival collection.
Original issues of the newspaper from the 1990s to early 2000s that had been retained by the University Archives and described in earlier inventories and guides were removed from the collecton in 2020 to be used for digitization.
Preferred Citation: Barometer Campus Newspaper (PUB 015-11b), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note:
The Barometer Campus Newspaper was received regularly on distribution by the University Archives from the 1960s through 2011 and by the Special Collections and Archives Research Center beginning in 2014.
Container List
- Series 1: Original Issues, 1896-1970 Add to Shelf
- Series 1 consists of selected original published issues of the Barometer spanning from the early years in a magazine format to publication as a daily newspaper. Most of these issues are held as part of this collection because of notable headlines or events that are chronicled in the paper. All original published issues are available in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center's History of OSU Book Collection with the call number LH1 .O7.
- Box-Folder 1.1: Commencement Edition, June 1896 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.2: 1897 and 1898 issues, 1897-1898 Add to Shelf
- Includes the October 1897, February 1898, and June 1898 issues.
- Box-Folder 1.3: Souvenir Edition, June 1900 Add to Shelf
- 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.4: 1903-1904 issues, 1903-1904 Add to Shelf
- Includes the November 1903, December 1903, March 1904, April 1904, and June 1904 issues.
- Box-Folder 1.5: 1905 issues, 1905 Add to Shelf
- Includes the January 1905 and May 1905 issues.
- Box-Folder 1.6: Souvenir Number, June 1905 Add to Shelf
- 2 copies
- Box-Folder 1.7: 1905 issues, 1905 Add to Shelf
- Includes October 1905, November 1905, and December 1905 issues.
- Box-Folder 1.8: 1906 issues, 1906 Add to Shelf
- Includes January 1906, February 1906 (Military Issue), April 1906, and May 1906.
- Box-Folder 1.9: Football Number, 1907 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.1: 1906-1907 issues, 1906-1907 Add to Shelf
- Issues published weekly from September 22, 1906 thru June 8, 1907. One issue each month was designated as the "monthly issue" and includes more reports from Oregon Agricultural College clubs and organizations. The March 16, 1907 issue includes an article about the 11th anniversary of the Barometer.
- Box-Folder 2.2: 1908-1909 issues, 1908-1909 Add to Shelf
- Includes issues from September 28, 1908 thru June 15, 1909.
- Box-Folder 2.3: 1909-1910 issues, 1909-1910 Add to Shelf
- Includes issues from October 5, 1909 thru June 11, 1910.
- Box-Folder 3.1: 1910-1911 issues, 1910-1911 Add to Shelf
- Includes issue for October 1, 1910 thru June 10, 1911. Began semi-weekly publication with the December 4th issue.
- Box-Folder 3.2: 1911-1912 issues, 1911-1912 Add to Shelf
- Includes issues for September 30, 1911 thru June 5, 1912.
- Box-Folder 3.3: 1912-1913 issues, 1912-1913 Add to Shelf
- Includes issues for September 25, 1912 thru June 4, 1913.
- Box-Folder 3.4: 1913-1914 issues, 1913-1914 Add to Shelf
- Includes issues for September 24, 1913 thru June 3, 1914. The April 1st isse was the Scandal Number and the May 12th issue was the Miner's Edition.
- Box-Folder 4.1: Selected issues from 1915-1929, 1915-1929 Add to Shelf
- Consists of 23 issues of the Barometer published in 1915-1929 including the Co-Ed edition which was published in May from 1915 thru 1918.
- Box-Folder 4.2: Selected issues from 1932-1941, 1932-1941 Add to Shelf
- Consists of 6 issues of the Daily Barometer published in 1932-1941; several issues have front-page stories pertainng to Oregon State Presidents, William Jasper Kerr and George Peavy.
- Box-Folder 4.3: Selected issues from 1943-1964, 1943-1964 Add to Shelf
- Consists of 36 issues of the Daily Barometer published in 1943-1964 -- primarily issues published in the post-war years of 1947-1951. One issue, published on Saturday November 23, 1963, pertains to President John F. Kennedy's assasination.
- Box-Folder 4.4: Selected issues from 1969-1970, 1969-1970 Add to Shelf
- This folder includes about 20 issues of the Daily Barometer published in the summer of 1969 and during the 1969-1970 academic year that document student protests during this period.
- Series 2: Microfilmed Issues, 1896-2014 Add to Shelf
- Series 2 consists of 102 reels of 35 mm microfilm of issues of the Barometer Campus Newspaper through 2014. Issues of the Summer Barometer are not included for all years on the microfilm. On some reels, the issues are not in exact chronological order. The Valley Library's microfilm collection also includes a full run of the microfilmed Barometer. Security copies of the microfilm (which are camera negatives for more recent reels) are held by the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.
- Reel 01: March 1896 - May 1904, 1896-1904 Add to Shelf
- Reel 02: May 1904 - April 26, 1911, 1904-1911 Add to Shelf
- Reel 03: April 29, 1911 - October 12, 1917, 1911-1917 Add to Shelf
- Reel 04: October 16, 1917 - September 23, 1922, 1917-1922 Add to Shelf
- Reel 05: September 23, 1922 - May 22, 1924, 1922-1924 Add to Shelf
- Reel 06: May 23, 1924 - May 11, 1926, 1924-1926 Add to Shelf
- Reel 07: May 12, 1926 - April 18, 1928, 1926-1928 Add to Shelf
- Reel 08: April 19, 1928 - March 12, 1930, 1928-1930 Add to Shelf
- Reel 09: March 13, 1930 - March 2, 1932, 1930-1932 Add to Shelf
- Reel 10: March 3, 1932 - April 5, 1934, 1932-1934 Add to Shelf
- Reel 11: April 6, 1934 - May 30, 1936, 1934-1936 Add to Shelf
- Reel 12: August 18, 1936 - May 27, 1938, 1936-1938 Add to Shelf
- Reel 13: May 27, 1938 - May 11, 1940, 1938-1940 Add to Shelf
- Reel 14: May 14, 1940 - May 20, 1942, 1940-1942 Add to Shelf
- Reel 15: May 21, 1942 - March 1, 1946, 1942-1946 Add to Shelf
- Reel 16: March 1, 1946 - May 6, 1948, 1946-1948 Add to Shelf
- Reel 17: May 7, 1948 - October 1, 1949, 1948-1949 Add to Shelf
- Reel 18: September 30, 1949 - April 4, 1953, 1949-1953 Add to Shelf
- Reel 19: April 3, 1953 - May 24, 1955, 1953-1955 Add to Shelf
- Reel 20: May 25, 1955 - January 31, 1958, 1955-1958 Add to Shelf
- Reel 21: February 1, 1958 - May 24, 1960, 1958-1960 Add to Shelf
- Reel 22: May 25, 1960 - February 24, 1962, 1960-1962 Add to Shelf
- Reel 23: February 27, 1962 - November 21, 1963, 1962-1963 Add to Shelf
- Reel 24: November 22, 1963 - November 23, 1965, 1963-1965 Add to Shelf
- Reel 25: November 30, 1965 - June 1, 1967, 1965-1967 Add to Shelf
- Reel 26: June 21, 1967 - May 9, 1969, 1967-1969 Add to Shelf
- Reel 27: September 25, 1968 - March 5, 1970, 1968-1970 Add to Shelf
- Reel 28: March 6, 1970 - May 7, 1971, 1970-1971 Add to Shelf
- Reel 29: May 11, 1971 - July 18, 1972, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
- Reel 30: July 20, 1972 - May 2, 1973, 1972-1973 Add to Shelf
- Reel 31: May 3, 1973 - February 6, 1974, 1973-1974 Add to Shelf
- Reel 32: February 7, 1974 - October 28, 1974, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Reel 33: October 29, 1974 - August 12, 1975, 1974-1975 Add to Shelf
- Reel 34: September 25, 1975 - May 6, 1976, 1975-1976 Add to Shelf
- Reel 35: May 7, 1976 - February 17, 1977, 1976-1977 Add to Shelf
- Reel 36: February 18, 1977 - November 9, 1977, 1977 Add to Shelf
- Reel 37: May 10, 1977 - May 12, 1978, 1977-1978 Add to Shelf
- Reel 38: May 13, 1978 - November 30, 1978, 1978 Add to Shelf
- Reel 39: December 1, 1978 - April 25, 1979, 1978-1979 Add to Shelf
- Reel 40: April 26, 1979 - November 12, 1979, 1979 Add to Shelf
- Reel 41: November 12, 1979 - April 1, 1980, 1979-1980 Add to Shelf
- Reel 42: April 2, 1980 - October 16, 1980, 1980 Add to Shelf
- Reel 43: October 17, 1980 - February 18, 1981, 1980-1981 Add to Shelf
- Reel 44: February 19, 1981 - August 11, 1981, 1981 Add to Shelf
- Reel 45: September 24, 1981 - January 18, 1982, 1981-1982 Add to Shelf
- Reel 46: January 19, 1982 - March 10, 1982, 1982 Add to Shelf
- Reel 47: April 1, 1982 - October 6, 1982, 1982 Add to Shelf
- Reel 48: October 7, 1982 - February 16, 1983, 1982-1983 Add to Shelf
- Reel 49: February 17, 1983 - August 11, 1983, 1983 Add to Shelf
- Reel 50: September 22, 1983 - January 23, 1984, 1983-1984 Add to Shelf
- Reel 51: January 24, 1984 - May 25, 1984, 1984 Add to Shelf
- Reel 52: May 30, 1984 - November 30, 1984, 1984 Add to Shelf
- Reel 53: December 3, 1984 - April 29, 1985, 1984-1985 Add to Shelf
- Reel 54: April 30, 1985 - November 12, 1985, 1985 Add to Shelf
- Reel 55: November 13, 1985 - April 14, 1986, 1985-1986 Add to Shelf
- Reel 56: April 15, 1986 - November 4, 1986, 1986 Add to Shelf
- Reel 57: November 5, 1986 - April 20, 1987, 1986-1987 Add to Shelf
- Reel 58: April 21, 1987 - October 39, 1987, 1987 Add to Shelf
- Reel 59: November 2, 1987 - May 10, 1988, 1987-1988 Add to Shelf
- Reel 60: May 11, 1988 - February 16, 1989, 1988-1989 Add to Shelf
- Reel 61: February 17, 1989 - November 9, 1989, 1989 Add to Shelf
- Reel 62: November 10, 1989 - August 23, 1990, 1989-1990 Add to Shelf
- Reel 63: September 20, 1990 - April 23, 1991, 1990-1991 Add to Shelf
- Reel 64: April 24, 1991 - March 3, 1992, 1991-1992 Add to Shelf
- Reel 65: March 4, 1992 - February 19, 1993, 1992-1993 Add to Shelf
- Reel 66: February 22, 1993 - February 14, 1994, 1993-1994 Add to Shelf
- Reel 67: February 15, 1994 - June 3, 1994, 1994 Add to Shelf
- Reel 68: June 23, 1994 - June 2, 1995, 1994-1995 Add to Shelf
- Reel 69: June 22, 1995 - June 7, 1996, 1995-1996 Add to Shelf
- Reel 70: June 26, 1996 - May 6, 1997, 1996-1997 Add to Shelf
- Reel 71: May 7, 1997 - June 5, 1998, 1997-1998 Add to Shelf
- Reel 72: June 24, 1998 - June 4, 1999, 1998-1999 Add to Shelf
- Reel 73: June 23, 1999 - December 1999, 1999 Add to Shelf
- Reel 74: January 2000 - June 2000, 2000 Add to Shelf
- Reel 75: July 2000 - December 2000, 2000 Add to Shelf
- Reel 76: January 2001 - June 2001, 2001 Add to Shelf
- Reel 77: July 2001 - December 2001, 2001 Add to Shelf
- Reel 78: January 2002 - June 2002, 2002 Add to Shelf
- Reel 79: June 26, 2002 - December 6, 2002, 2002 Add to Shelf
- Reel 80: January 2003 - June 2003, 2003 Add to Shelf
- Reel 81: July 2003 - December 2003, 2003 Add to Shelf
- Reel 82: January 2004 - August 2004, 2004 Add to Shelf
- Reel 83: September 2004 - June 2005, 2004-2005 Add to Shelf
- Reel 84: June 2005 - December 2005, 2005 Add to Shelf
- Reel 85: January 2006 - June 2006, 2006 Add to Shelf
- Reel 86: June 2006 - December 2006, 2006 Add to Shelf
- Reel 87: January 2007 - June 2007, 2007 Add to Shelf
- Reel 88: June 2007 - November 2007, 2007 Add to Shelf
- Reel 89: January 2008 - June 2008, 2008 Add to Shelf
- Reel 90: July - December 2008, 2008 Add to Shelf
- Reel 91: January 2009 - June 2009, 2009 Add to Shelf
- Reel 92: July 2009 - December 2009, 2009 Add to Shelf
- Reel 93: January 2010 - June 2010, 2010 Add to Shelf
- Reel 94: June 23, 2010 - December 3, 2010, 2010 Add to Shelf
- Reel 95: January 2011 - June 2011, 2011 Add to Shelf
- Reel 96: July 2011 - December 2011, 2011 Add to Shelf
- Reel 97: January 10, 2012 - June 17, 2012, 2012 Add to Shelf
- Reel 98: June 27, 2012 - December 31, 2012, 2012 Add to Shelf
- Reel 99: January 1, 2013 - June 7, 2013, 2013 Add to Shelf
- Reel 100: June 26, 2013 - December 6, 2013, 2013 Add to Shelf
- Reel 101: January 7, 2014 - June 14, 2014, 2014 Add to Shelf
- Reel 102: June 25, 2014 - December 5, 2014, 2014 Add to Shelf