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Office of New Student Programs Records, 1943-1980View associated digital content.

Predominant Dates: 1965-1980
The Office of New Student Programs Records document the coordination of annual orientation events and tours for prospective students and incoming freshmen to OSU. The collection includes brochures, correspondence, meeting minutes, posters, reports, and a sound recording.
ID: RG 279
Extent: 3.5 cubic feet
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Scope and Content Notes
Biographical / Historical Notes
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Arrangement
Preferred Citation: Office of New Student Programs Records (RG 279), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note: These materials were transferred to the University Archives from 1977 through 1991. They were initially described as part of the Office of Student Affairs Records until 2017 when they were separated and processed as a new record group.
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Container List

Series 1: Annual Reports, 1976-1980 Add to Shelf
Series 1 is made up of annual reports prepared by the Office of New Student Programs.
Box-Folder 1.1: Annual Reports, 1976-1980 Add to Shelf
Series 2: Correspondence, 1963-1979 Add to Shelf
Series 2 consists of correspondence and memoranda sent and received by New Student Program Directors Dan Poling and J. Franz Haun. Topics addressed in this series include: research of other universities' summer orientation programs, policies for the recruitment of minority and women students, and the OSU Retirees Group.
Box-Folder 1.2: Correspondence, 1963-1979 Add to Shelf
Series 3: Committees, 1961-1976 Add to Shelf
Series 3 documents the work of two committees: the High School-College Relations Committee and the New Student Programs Committee. In addition to meeting minutes and agendas, this series contains annual reports, bylaws, constitutions, correspondence, handbooks, activity logs for event preparation, membership rosters, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, survey materials.
Box-Folder 1.3: High School-College Relations Committee, 1961-1964 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.4: High School-College Relations Committee, 1964-1966 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.5: High School-College Relations Committee, 1967-1968 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.1: High School-College Relations Committee, 1963-1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.6: High School-College Relations Committee, 1968-1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.7: High School-College Relations Committee, 1968-1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.8: High School-College Relations Committee, 1969-1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.9: High School-College Relations Committee, 1969-1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.01: High School-College Relations Committee, 1970-1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.11: High School-College Relations Committee, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.12: High School-College Relations Committee, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.13: High School-College Relations Committee, 1973-1976 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.14: New Student Programs Committee, 1963-1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.15: New Student Programs Committee, 1967-1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.16: New Student Programs Committee, 1969-1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.17: New Student Programs Committee, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
Series 4: Programs, 1943-1980 Add to Shelf
Series 4 contains documentation of programs, tours, and other orientation activities organized for new students and their parents. These materials reflect program planning, interaction with registrants, event publicity, and statistical compilation. Among the records included in this series are brochures, correspondence, financial statements, flyers, notes, photographs, summary reports. The photographs consists of two prints. One depicts a group of students at one of the 1969 Summer Orientation and Advising Program tours and the other is a stock image of students playing frisbee. The latter one was used for the 1973 Beaver Open House brochure.
Box-Folder 1.18: Beaver Preview and Open House, 1953-1967 Add to Shelf
The Beaver Open House materials date from 1963 to 1967.
Box-Folder 1.19: Beaver Open House, 1968-1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.1: Beaver Open House, 1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.2: Beaver Open House, 1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.3: Beaver Open House, 1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.4: Beaver Open House, 1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.5: Beaver Open House, 1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.6: Beaver Open House, 1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.2: Beaver Open House, 1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.7: Beaver Open House, 1973 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.8: Beaver Open House, 1973 Add to Shelf
This folder contains a photograph.
Box-Folder 2.9: Beaver Open House, 1974 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.10: Beaver Open House, 1975 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.11: Beaver Open House, 1975 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.12: Beaver Open House, 1976-1978 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.13: Beaver Open House, 1979-1980 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.14: Fall Orientation Program, 1970-1979 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.15: New Student Week, 1943-1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.16: Procedures For Program and Event Planning, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.17: Spring Orientation Program, 1971-1980 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.18: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.19: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.20: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1969 Add to Shelf
This folder contains a photograph.
Box-Folder 3.1: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.2: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.3: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.4: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1970-1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.5: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.6: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.7: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.8: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.9: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.10: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.11: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.12: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1973 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.13: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1973 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.14: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1974 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.15: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1975 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.16: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1975 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.17: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1976 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.1: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1977 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.2: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1978 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.3: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1979 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.4: Tutorial Program, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.5: Winter Orientation Program, 1969-1980 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.3: Winter Orientation Program, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.4: Posters, 1955-1980 Add to Shelf
Series 5: OSU Dad's and Mom's Clubs, 1967-1980 Add to Shelf
Series 5 reflects the involvement of New Student Programs Directors on the OSU Dad's and Mom's Clubs. Primarily pertaining to the dispersal of student scholarships offered by the clubs, this series is made up of annual reports, brochures, correspondence, financial reports, flyers, meeting minutes, membership rosters, newspaper clippings, and lists of scholarship winners.
Box-Folder 4.6: OSU Dad's and Mom's Clubs, 1967-1973 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.7: OSU Dad's and Mom's Clubs, 1973-1980 Add to Shelf
Series 6: Prospective Student Visitation Statistics, 1977-1980 Add to Shelf
Series 6 consists of statistics compiled by the New Student Programs Office that reflect visits to campus by prospective students. Organized by month, the data includes the total number of students who contacted the New Student Programs Office, the number of visitors as a part of groups, and the geographic areas represented by visitors.
Box-Folder 4.8: Prospective Student Visitation Statistics, 1977-1980 Add to Shelf
Series 7: Sound Recording, 1969 Add to Shelf
Series 7 is made up of a reel-to-reel sound recording documenting an evaluation of the 1969 Summer Orientation and Advising Program by student advisors involved in the orientation sessions. The length of the recording is not described.
Box-Folder 4.9: Sound Recording, 1969 Add to Shelf