Honors Program Records, 1962-1991
The Honors Program Records consist of the administrative and student related records of the Oregon State University Honors Program from initial efforts in the mid-1960s to its closure, due to budget cuts, in 1991.
Access to some materials in Series 1, all of Series 5, and all of Series 10 are restricted due to the presence of confidential information. For more information about access to restricted materials, please see our Guide to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.
Items from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.
Container List
- Series 1: Administrative Files, 1969-1991 Add to Shelf
Series 1 consists of administrative paperwork such as generic student application forms and program information letters. This series also includes some general statistical information and support data about the Honors Program, including a revised copy of the Honors Student Association Constitution dated January 1969.
Access to the "List of Active Honors Program Students," "Senior Projects/Theses," and "Statistics and Summaries - UHP Students" files are restricted due to the presence of confidential information. All requests for access to this material should be directed to the University Archivist.
- Box-Folder 1.1: Application Forms, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.2: Form Letters, 1989-1991 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.3: Honors Dormitory, 1989 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.1: RESTRICTED: List of Active Honors Program Students, 1988-1990 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.2: RESTRICTED: Senior Projects/Theses, 1986-1990 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.4: Sketch of Beaver by Don Poole, 1991 Add to Shelf
- Sub-Series 1: Statistics and Summaries, 1987-1991 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.5: Statistics and Summaries, 1987-1991 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.3: RESTRICTED: Statistics and Summaries - UHP Students, 1991 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.6: Support Data, 1969-1990 Add to Shelf
- Series 2: Annual Letters to the President, 1980-1991 Add to Shelf
- Series 2 consists of photocopies of letters to the OSU President listing the school, dean, department, department head and individual faculty who volunteered their time and expertise to the University Honors Program during the previous academic year. There are also photocopies of the letters which were sent to the department heads recognizing the efforts of individual department faculty who had volunteered their time to the Honors Program.
- Box-Folder 1.7 Add to Shelf
- Series 3: Committees, 1969-1987 Add to Shelf
- Series 3 consists of annual reports, class schedules, memorandum, minutes, newsletters and other materials related to the work of the University Honors Program Committee. In addition to overseeing the general administration of the Honors Program, the Honors Committee was also responsible for approving program applicants and monitoring their progress while in the program. Included is a file from the Honors Program Task Force which met during the 1986-1987 academic year to develop recommendations for restructuring the program following the retirement of Program Director, Margaret Meehan, in June 1985.
- Box-Folder 1.8: University Honors Program Committee, 1969-1971 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.9: University Honors Program Committee, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.10: University Honors Program Committee, 1985-1986 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.11: Honors Program Task Force, 1986-1987 Add to Shelf
- Series 4: Director Files, 1965-1973 Add to Shelf
- Series 4 consists of materials compiled by various directors to assist them in managing the Honors Program. The Director's Notebook appears to be a ready reference of sorts outlining the student programs, courses, colloquia and individual department guidelines for students participating in the program. Weber's files document his participation on the Honors Committee.
- Box-Folder 1.12: Director's Notebook, 1968-1969 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.13: Director's Notebook, 1968-1973 Add to Shelf
- Sub-Series 1: Leonard Weber's Files, 1965-1972 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.14: General Files, 1968-1971 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.15: Honors Committee, 1965-1966 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.16: Honors Committee, 1966-1968 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.17: Honors Committee, 1968 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.18: Honors Committee, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
- Series 5: RESTRICTED: Graduates, 1968-1991 Add to Shelf
Series 5 consists of annual listings of students in the OSU Honors Program. The names are organized alphabetically and often include the school and department where each student is enrolled.
Access to all materials in Series 5 is restricted due to the presence of confidential information. For more information about access to restricted materials, please see our Guide to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.
- Box-Folder 3.4: RESTRICTED Add to Shelf
- Series 6: Planning Reports, 1974-1991 Add to Shelf
- Series 6 consists of photocopied lists of the colloquia offered through the Honors Program for a specific term. The name of the instructor, department or profession, and class location are also included.
- Box-Folder 1.19 Add to Shelf
- Series 7: Publications, 1968-1991 Add to Shelf
- The publications include brochures, newsletters, and schedules. The brochures describe the Honors Program and give instructions for completing a thesis. The newsletters were published by honors students. The schedules describe honor colloquia and seminars offered each quarter.
- Box-Folder 1.20: Brochures, circa 1980-1991 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.21: Newsletters, 1968-1971 Add to Shelf
- Item 1: The Quick and the Dead, 1968-1971 Add to Shelf
- Item 2: Ecotrip, 1969-1970 Add to Shelf
- Item 3: WIIAN, 1970-1971 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.22: Schedules, 1968-1976 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.23: Schedules, 1977-1979 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.24: Schedules, 1980-1983 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.1: Schedules, 1984-1987 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.2: Schedules, 1988-1991 Add to Shelf
- Series 8: Slide-Tape Program, circa 1973 Add to Shelf
- The Slide-Tape Program consists of a recorded narration on audiocassette and 58 color slides about the Honors Program. It includes images campus scenes, classrooms, and laboratories; students; and faculty.
- Box-Folder 2.3: Slide-Tape Program, circa 1973 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.4: Slide-Tape Program, circa 1973 Add to Shelf
- Series 9: Student Organization (Facets of Honor), 1988-1989 Add to Shelf
- Series 9 consist of materials mainly related to the "My Last Lecture" series which was organized by the Facets of Honor, a student organization of the University Honors Program. The premise of the lecture series was that if this was a presenter's last public speech, what ideas or principles would they feel were most important to share with the audience.
- Box-Folder 2.5 Add to Shelf
- Series 10: RESTRICTED: Theses, 1969-1991 Add to Shelf
Series 10 consists of theses completed by honors program students. The bulk of the materials are available on microfilm, which have been inventoried. Oversize materials, photographs, sound recordings, and computer disks are available in original format.
Access to all materials in Series 10 is restricted due to the presence of confidential information. For more information about access to restricted materials, please see our Guide to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.
- Box-Folder 3.5-4.1: RESTRICTED: Theses Add to Shelf
- Reel 1-6: RESTRICTED: Theses Add to Shelf
- Series 11: Photographs, 1962 Add to Shelf
- The photographs consist of 3 b/w prints depicting Honors Program students in science. The images were published in the 1962 publication Honors Program - School of Science (CM62:18).
- Box-Folder 2.6: Photographs, 1962 Add to Shelf