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Staff Newsletter, 1961-2009View associated digital content.

The Staff Newsletter consists of the weekly publication for Oregon State University faculty and staff published from 1961 through 2009 as The Staff Newsletter, OSU This Week, OSU This Summer, and LIFE@OSU.  The newsletter includes articles, announcements, and news of campus-wide interest.  The Faculty Senate minutes were published as an appendix to the newsletter during the 1960s and 1970s.

Items from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.

ID: PUB 008-22a
Extent: 3.25 cubic feet
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Scope and Content Notes
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Arrangement
Preferred Citation: Staff Newsletter (PUB 008-22a), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note: These newsletters were received on distribution by the University Archives from the 1960s through 2009.
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Series 1: Staff Newsletter, 1961-1987 Add to Shelf
Series 1 consists of the weekly Staff Newsletter for employees of Oregon State University.  The Newsletter was published weekly during the academic year and approximately 35 issues were published in the volume for each academic year.  The Staff Newsletter included announcements and news of campus-wide interest; reports regarding budgets, academic programs, gifts and grants received, and other campus programs and activities; a calendar of campus events; and announcements of new faculty and administrators.  This series includes bound volumes (with an index for the issues in that volume) for 1961-1962 thru 1973-1974 as well as some individual (unbound) issues for those years.  The Faculty Senate minutes were distributed as an appendix to the Staff Newsletter and are included in this series for the 1969-1970 academic year (volume 9)  through 1973-1974 (volume 13).  Only one issue of the Staff Newsletter from the academic years 1974-1975, 1975-1976, and 1976-1977 is available in this series.  Those issues are available in the History of OSU book collection.
Box-Folder 1.1: Volume 1, 1961-1962 Add to Shelf
Bound volume; includes index for this volume.
Box-Folder 1.2: Individual issues from volume 1, 1961-1962 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.3: Volume 2, 1962-1963 Add to Shelf
Bound volume; includes index for this volume.
Box-Folder 1.4: Individual issues from volume 2, 1962-1963 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.5: Volume 3, 1963-1964 Add to Shelf
Bound volume.  Includes an index for this volume and an addendum about the 1963 tax referral published by the OSU Federation.
Box-Folder 1.6: Individual issues from volume 3, 1963-1964 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.1: Volume 4, 1964-1965 Add to Shelf
Bound volume includes index for this year.
Box-Folder 2.2: Individual issues from volume 4, 1964-1965 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.3: Volume 5, 1965-1966 Add to Shelf
Bound volume includes index for this year.
Box-Folder 2.4: Individual issues from volume 5, 1965-1966 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.1: Volume 6, 1966-1967 Add to Shelf
Bound volume with index for this year.
Box-Folder 3.2: Volume 7, 1967-1968 Add to Shelf
Bound volume with index for this year.
Box-Folder 3.3: Individual issues from volume 7, 1967-1968 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.4: Volume 8, 1968-1969 Add to Shelf
Bound volume with index for this year.
Box-Folder 3.5: Individual issues from volume 8, 1968-1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.6: Volume 9, 1969-1970 Add to Shelf
Bound volume with index of the newsletter for this year.  Also include Faculty Senate minutes and index to the minutes for 1969-1970.
Box-Folder 4.1: Individual issues from volume 9, 1969-1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.2: Volume 10, 1970-1971 Add to Shelf
Bound volume with index; also includes Faculty Senate minutes and index for 1970-1971.
Box-Folder 4.3: Individual issues from volume 10, 1970-1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.4: Volume 11, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
Bound volume.
Box-Folder 4.5: Individual issues from volume 11, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
Includes Faculty Senate minutes for the May 25, 1972 meeting (meeting 287).
Box-Folder 5.1: Volume 12, 1972-1973 Add to Shelf
Bound volume with index for this year; also includes Faculty Senate minutes and index of minutes for 1972-1973 meetings.
Box-Folder 5.2: Individual issues from volume 12, 1972-1973 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.3: Volume 13, 1973-1974 Add to Shelf
Bound volume with index of the staff newsletter; also includes Faculty Senate minutes and index for meetings during 1973-1974.
Box-Folder 5.4: Individual issues from volume 13, 1973-1974 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.5: April 22, 1976 Staff Newsletter, 1976 Add to Shelf
Volune 15, no. 27.
Box-Folder 5.6: Volume 17, 1977-1978 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.7: Volume 18, 1978-1979 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.8: Volume 19, 1979-1980 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.9: Volume 20, 1980-1981 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.10: Volume 21, 1981-1982 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.1: Volume 22, 1982-1983 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.2: Volume 23, 1983-1984 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.3: Volume 24, 1984-1985 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.4: Volume 25, 1985-1986 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.5: Volume 26, 1986-1987 Add to Shelf
Through March 1987.
Series 2: OSU This Week, 1987-2008 Add to Shelf
Series 2 consists of OSU This Week, the weekly faculty and staff newsletter for Oregon State University, that was published weekly during the academic year, with approximately 35 issues published per year.  The new title, OSU This Week, debuted in April 1987.  Beginning in September 1994, the publication transitioned to a tabloid-sized format on newsprint.  OSU This Week included articles about initiatives and programs at Oregon State; announcements of upcoming campus-wide events; notices of import to faculty and staff; a list of academic and classified staff vacancies; and information and campus buildings and facilities, especially new structures and major modifications.  Notices of retirements, deaths, honors, and appointments were also included.  The newsletter was printed on Tuesdays (with a submission deadline the previous Friday), distributed through campus mail on Wednesdays, and arrived in campus mailboxes on Thursdays.  Most of the issues of OSU This Week are available online in Oregon Digital.
Box-Folder 6.6: Volumes 26 and 27, 1987-1988 Add to Shelf
Beginning with first issue of OSU This Week in April 1987 and continuing through the 1987-1988 academic year.  Includes the Faculty Senate minutes for the March 3, 1988 meeting (meeting 447).
Box-Folder 6.7: Volume 28, 1988-1989 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.8: Voume 29, 1989-1990 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.9: Volume 30, 1990-1991 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.10: Volume 31, 1991-1992 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.11: Volume 32, 1992-1993 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.12: Volume 33, 1993-1994 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 7.1: Volume 34, 1994-1995 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 7.2: Volume 35, 1995-1996 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 7.3: Volume 36, 1996-1997 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 7.4: Volume 37, 1997-1998 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 7.5: Volume 38, 1998-1999 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 7.6: Volume 39, 1999-2000 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.1: Volume 40, 2000-2001 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.2: Volume 41, 2001-2002 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.3: Volume 42, 2002-2003 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.4: Volume 43, 2003-2004 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.5: Volume 44, 2004-2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 9.1: Volume 45, 2005-2006 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 9.2: Volume 46, 2006-2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 9.3: Volume 47, 2007-2008 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 9.4: Final issue of OSU This Week, 2008 Add to Shelf
The last issue of OSU This Week was published on September 11, 2008 based on feedback from faculty and staff.
Series 3: OSU This Summer, 1993-2008 Add to Shelf
Series 3 consists of the summer staff newsletter, OSU This Summer.  Two or three issues of the newsletter were published each summer beginning in 1993 and continuing through 2008.  As with its sibling publication, OSU This Week, the format changed to a tabloid-size on newsprint in 1995.  The content included announcements of new initiatives and appointments of new administrators; stories about Oregon State facuty and staff; and calendar notices of upcoming campus-wide events. Most of the issues of OSU This Summer are available online in Oregon Digital.
Box-Folder 6.13: Volumes 1 and 2, 1993-1994 Add to Shelf
One issue for 1993 (July) and 3 issues for 1994 (June, July, and August).
Box-Folder 9.5: Volumes 3 thru 10, 1995-2008 Add to Shelf
Two or three issues published during the summer.
Series 4: LIFE@OSU, 2008-2009 Add to Shelf
Series 4 consists of LIFE@OSU, the official newsletter for employees at Oregon State University, that was produced in print every other week during the academic year.  The content was also available online through an interactive website.  This color publication featured stories of the people and programs of Oregon State University and included limited announcements and calendar notices.  Production of a print publication ceased with the August 13, 2009 issue and LIFE@OSU transitioned to an online-only publication.
Box-Folder 9.6: Volume 1, 2008-2009 Add to Shelf
Nineteen issues published twice per month from September 2008 through August 2009.
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