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Colleges for Oregon's Future Collection, 1959-1977

By Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen.

Collection Overview

Title: Colleges for Oregon's Future Collection, 1959-1977

Predominant Dates: 1959-1964

ID: MSS CFOF

Primary Creator: Colleges for Oregon's Future

Extent: 0.25 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Colleges for Oregon's Future Collection documents the efforts of this citizen organization to promote the needs of higher education in Oregon, especially bond measures for building construction.

Scope and Content Notes

The Colleges for Oregon's Future Collection documents the activities of this citizen organization to promote the needs of higher education in Oregon, especially the passage of bond measures for building construction in 1960 and 1964. The collection include brochures and booklets outlining the projected increase in student enrollment during the 1960s and the resulting needs for additional facilities and funding; press releases and news bulletins; a speaker's kit; a packet for the 1964 State Committee Meeting; and a County Committee Chair notebook for the 1964 campaign. The collection also includes a program and press releases for the 1966 Symposium on Post-High School Education sponsored by Colleges for Oregon's Future; the symposium materials include transcripts of discussion programs that were broadcast on television in 1966.

Biographical / Historical Notes

Colleges for Oregon's Future was established in the late 1950s as a non-partisan citizen organization to increase public understanding of the needs of higher education in Oregon. The organization remained active through the 1970s. The organization partnered with the Oregon State System of Higher Education to prepare educational and information materials. Former Oregon Governer Charles A. Sprague served as state chairman of Colleges for Oregon's Future in 1964; Ursel Narver was chair in the 1970s.

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 1 box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: These materials were assembled from various sources as part of the Memorabilia Collection. In 2012, the materials were separated from the Memorabilia Collecton to form this collection.

Related Materials: Other materials pertaining to Colleges for Oregon's Future are can be found in the President's Office Records (RG 013), KOAC Records (RG 015), Extension Service Records (RG 111), and College of Agricultural Sciences Records (RG 158). The KOAC-TV Films (FV 207) include films produced for the Colleges for Oregon's Future program. Materials documenting this program are also held by other repositories, including the Oregon Historical Society (Charles A. Sprague Papers) and the University of Oregon (Presidents Johnson and Hawk and Jones and Flemming).

Preferred Citation: Colleges for Oregon's Future Collection (MSS CFOF), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Creators

Colleges for Oregon's Future
Sprague, Charles A. (Charles Arthur) (1887-1969)

People, Places, and Topics

College buildings--Oregon.
College facilities--Oregon--Planning.
Colleges for Oregon's Future
Education, Higher--Oregon.
Oregon State System of Higher Education
Oregon State University--Buildings
Political campaigns--Oregon.
Universities and colleges--Law and legislation--Oregon.
Universities and colleges--Oregon--Finance.
University History


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