G. Burton Wood Papers, 1908-1987
Predominant Dates: 1946-1975
The G. Burton Wood Papers document Wood's professional work as the Director of the Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station from 1966 to 1975 and as an agricultural economist. The collection includes trip and meeting files, speeches, and reference materials. Wood was a faculty member in agricultural economics at Oregon State University from 1951 until his retirement in 1975.
ID: MSS Wood
Extent: 2.7 cubic feet
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Statement on Description:
This finding aid replaces a stub record created in 2012. Administrative Regulations for Oregon Agricultural College that were assembled by E.P. Jackson have been removed from the collection and transferred to the President's Office Records of William Jasper Kerr (RG 013 - SG 7).
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[Date of Acknowledgement: December 2023]
Preferred Citation: G. Burton Wood Papers (MSS Wood), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note:
The materials were donated to the University Archives by Wood's daughter, Pat Gregory, in 1998.
Container List
- Series 1: Trip and Meeting Files, 1950-1987 Add to Shelf
Series 1 comprises the bulk of the collection and documents conferences, meetings, and events that Wood attended in his role as an agricultural economist and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station. As Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Wood represented Oregon State University at special events throughout the state of Oregon, in meetings of Oregon commodity groups, and in regional agricultural associations and advisory groups. The bulk of the records are for 1966-1975. This series includes materials assembled by Wood pertaining to agriculture in Turkey as part of an Oregon State University contract with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to advise on the organization and coordination of agricultural research and extension programs and the development and prospects for agriculture in Turkey - especially production of wheat and other cereal grains.
This series references Squaw Butte Experiment Station. This experiment station is now known as the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center.
- Box-Folder 1.01: USAID (United States Agency for International Development) Weed Control Project Meeting, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.02: Agricultural Bankers Spring Conference Talk, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.03: Fall Agricultural Conference Meeting, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.04: Agricultural Research Foundation Investment Committee Meeting, 1987 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.05: Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) Governing Board, 1970-1971 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.06: Agricultural Research and Advisory Council Meeting, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.07: Albers Milling Co. Conference Meeting, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.08: American Arbitration Association, 1964-1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.09: American Bankers Association, 1971-1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.10: ASCS (Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service) Conference Trip Folder, 1975 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.11: Beef Cattle Day, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.12: Beef Cattle Field Day Meeting, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.13: Branch Station Superintendents Meeting, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.14: Community Banker Workshop, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.15: Crop Science Field Day, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.16: Department Heads Meeting, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.17: Interim Committee of ESCOP (Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy) Trip Folder, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.18: Annual Summer Meeting of Experiment Station Superintendents, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.19: Farm and Ranch Executive Seminar, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.20: Governmental Affairs Committee, Corvallis Chamber of Commerce, 1963-1965 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.21: Governmental Affairs Committee Chamber of Commerce, 1965-1966 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.22: Grape Wine Research Meeting, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.23: Annual Meeting of Gresham Cooperative, 1975 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.24: Jefferson County Livestock Association Meeting, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.25: Meeting with Mark T. Buchanan, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.26: Mint Oil Handling Evaluation and Recommendations, 1958-1962 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.27: Mint, Personal, 1958-1960 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.28: National Agricultural Outlook Conference, 1971 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.29: Twenty-First Annual Meeting of the National Research Council's Agricultural Research Institute, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.30: National Rural Development Conference, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.31: Northeast Regional Center for Cultural Development Trip Folder, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.32: Netarts Program and Graduate Student Budgets, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.33: Northwest Agricultural Show Talk, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.34: Northwest Food Processers Association Liaison Research Committee Meeting, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.35: Northwest Regional Meeting of Deans and Directors, 1974-1975 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.36: Meeting of the Nursery Industry, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.37: Oregon Agricultural Research and Advisory Council Meeting, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.38: Oregon Branch Experiment Station, Review Committee, Closure, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.39: Oregon Poultry Industries Association Meeting, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.40: Oregon Rural Areas Development Committee Meeting Talks, 1970 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.41: Oregon Turkey Improvement Association Meeting, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.42: Ornamentals Laboratory Dedication, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.43: OSU and USAID Contract for Weed Control Trip Folder, 1974 Add to Shelf
- USAID (United States Agency for International Development)
- Box-Folder 1.44: Pacific Northwest Agricultural Chemical Credit Conference Talk Trip, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.45: Pacific Northwest Conference on Agricultural Trade with Japan Meeting, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.46: Pacific Northwest Farm Forum Trip Folder, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.47: Annual PCA (Production Credit Association) Directors' and Managers' Meeting, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.48: Pear Bureau Meeting, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.49: Planning Session for Joint Meeting of WSRAC (Western Social Research Advisory Committee) and Extension Rural Development Group Trip Folder, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.50: Rangeland Resources Advisory Board Spring Meeting, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.51: Regional Bankers Agriculture Conference Meeting, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.52: Review of Agriculture Services to Outlying Islands Trip Folder, 1975 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.53: Scoggin Dam Meeting, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.54: Seattle Cedargreen, Personal Basic Data, 1950-1960 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.55: Seattle Cedargreen Report, 1960 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.56: Spring Agricultural Conference Trip Folder, 1974-1975 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.57: Squaw Butte Experiment Station Advisory Committee Meeting, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.58: Squaw Butte Beef Cattle Field Day, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.59: Superintendent's Annual Meeting, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.60: Southwest Washington Weed Association Meeting, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.61: Spring Agricultural Representative Conference, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.62: Tri-State Research Coordination Meeting, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.01: Turkey Agriculture Materials for Trip Folder, 1967-1973 Add to Shelf
- 1 of 3 folders
- Box-Folder 2.02: Turkey Agriculture Materials for Trip Folder, 1967-1973 Add to Shelf
- 2 of 3 folders
- Box-Folder 2.03: Turkey Agriculture Materials for Trip Folder, 1967-1973 Add to Shelf
- 3 of 3 folders
- Box-Folder 2.04: U.S. Bank Agri-Business Talk Meeting, 1972-1975 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.05: U.S. National Bank Fall Agriculture Conference Meeting, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.06: Veterinary Medicine Isolation Facility Dedication, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.07: Western Farmers Association Meeting, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.08: Western Region Area Development Research Center Meeting, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.09: Western Regional Extension Committee Meeting, 1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.10: Western Regional Planning Meeting, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.11: W-113 Western Regional Technical Research Committee Meeting Trip Folder, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.12: W-113 Technical Committee, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.13: W-114 Annual Meeting Trip Folder, 1975 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.14: Winegrowers Council Meeting, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.15: Winegrowers Council of Oregon Meeting, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.16: WSRAC Meeting Trip Folder, 1973 Add to Shelf
- WSRAC (Western Social Research Advisory Committee)
- Box-Folder 2.17: WSRAC Meeting Trip Folder, 1973-1974 Add to Shelf
- WSRAC (Western Social Research Advisory Committee)
- Box-Folder 2.18: WSRAC Meeting Trip Folder, 1974 Add to Shelf
- WSRAC (Western Social Research Advisory Committee)
- Box-Folder 2.19: WSRAC Meeting, 1974 Add to Shelf
- WSRAC (Western Social Research Advisory Committee)
- Box-Folder 2.20: Yamhill Chamber of Commerce Harvest Dinner Meeting, 1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.21: Personal Notes on Others' Talks, 1965-1973 Add to Shelf
- Series 2: Speeches and Presentations, 1946-1970 Add to Shelf
- Series 2 consists of speeches and presentations given by Wood on a variety of topics at conferences and meetings; typed and reproduced speeches as well as handwritten outlines are included. Most of the speeches are from 1969-1970. Topics addressed include: markets for agricultural commodities, challenges of agricultural research especially in the context of Experiment Stations, the beef cattle industry in the Pacific Northwest, potato marketing and pricing, irrigation, the future of agriculture in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest; agricultural credit, and the commercialization of agriculture ("big agriculture").
- Box-Folder 2.22: Speeches Given, 1946-1970 Add to Shelf
- Series 3: Reference Materials, 1908-1984 Add to Shelf
- Series 3 consists of publications, reports, and reference materials received and assembled by Wood. They include publications by governmental and non-governmental organizations, Experiment Station materials, and newspaper clippings. The materials represent a wide range of topics including economic and agricultural forecasts, farmers cooperatives, the role of land grant colleges and universities, and agricultural research administration especially through Experiment Stations. This series also includes a 1908 postcard to Mrs. E.P. Jackson, Wood’s mother-in-law, as well as several photographs taken in the 1960s-1970s of groups that may include Wood. Materials pertaining to a committee studying the feasibility of a proposed OSU golf course are included. A directory from 1970 demonstrates Wood's professional contacts.
- Box-Folder 2.23: Agricultural Research Foundation Publications, 1983-1984 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.24: Curriculum, Ornamentals Short Course (Horticulture), 1959-1966 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.25: Department Reviews, 1968 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.26: Directories, 1969-1970 Add to Shelf
- Includes Deans of Agriculture, Experiment Station Directors, Other Departments, Branch Stations, Extension services, Oregon Agriculture Commodity and Farm Organization, Senate and House Comittees, ESCOP (Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy),WSRAC (Western Social Research Advisory Committee), WAERC - ERC (Western Agricultural Economics Research Council), USDA, and Northwest Soil and Water Conservation
- Box-Folder 2.27: Feasibility of a Proposed OSU Golf Course, 1978 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.28: Materials Relating to the Industrialization of Agriculture, 1967-1968 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.29: Materials Shared with Wood, 1961-1975 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.30: Materials Shared with Wood, 1967-1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.31: Newspaper Clippings- Farm Subsidies and Picking a University President, 1967-1968 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.32: Oregon Experiment Station Materials, 1973-1975 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.33: Oregon Commodity Data Sheets, 1967-1968 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.01: Others' Materials and Papers Presented, 1963-1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.02: Others' Materials and Papers Presented, 1966-1975 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.03: Papers by Others, 1961-1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.04: Photographs, circa 1965-1975 Add to Shelf
- Includes a photgraph of Roy Young with a field trip group (circa 1965) and 4 other photographs of unidentified groups (which may include Wood). Several of the photographs are by R. W. Henderson. One is a color print.
- Box-Folder 3.05: Photographic postcard to Mrs. E.P. Jackson, 1908 Add to Shelf
- Postcard from E.P. Jackson to Mrs. E.P. Jackson, parents of Wood's wife Ramona Wood (nee Jackson)
- Box-Folder 3.06: Publications and Materials by Government Agencies, 1960-1980 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.07: Publications and Materials by Government Agencies, 1962-1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 4.01: Publications and Materials by Government Agencies, 1967-1974 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 4.02: Publications and Materials by Non-Government Organizations, 1960-1976 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 4.03: Publications and Materials by Non-Government Organizations, 1965-1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 4.04: Quality and Food Task Force, 1974-1975 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 4.05: Report on Effects of Effluents on Flavor of Salmon Fish, 1966 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 4.06: Reprinted Publications, 1956-1968 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 4.07: A Review of the Pacific Northwest White Wheat Futures Contract, Report to the Governor, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 4.08: Western Agricultural Economics Association Publication, 1983 Add to Shelf