Oregon State University Bands Motion Picture Films and Videotapes, 1968-1991

Title: Oregon State University Bands Motion Picture Films and Videotapes, 1968-1991

ID: FV 104

Primary Creator: Oregon State University. Department of Music

Extent: 1.35 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Oregon State University Bands Motion Picture Films and Videotapes consist of recordings of OSU Marching Band shows at OSU football games and a 1979 Oakland Raider football game as well as a 1991 interview with James Douglass about the elimination of the marching band. The videotapes include VHS videocassetes and 1/2" open reel-to-reel videotape; the films are 16 mm color.

An addition to the OSU Bands Motion Picture Films (Accession 2009:096) consists of eight reels of film documenting the OSU Marching Band performing half-time shows at athletic events. Information regarding the particular maneuvers, themes, and dates of the performances is available on the film canisters. In addition to the word "beavers", the band formations documented in these films also make reference to the topics of changing women's dress styles, air pollution, the moon landing, conservation, atomic energy research, western movies, and "sounds from the scriptures."

Accruals: Additions to the collection are expected.

More Extent Information: 10 films and 18 videotapes; 2 boxes

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The motion picture films and videotapes were transferred from the Music Department in 1999.

Related Materials: Other materials pertaining to the OSU bands, including sound recordings, are available in the Music Department Records (RG 148), the Music Department Photograph Collection (P 137), the OSU Bands Photographs (P 104), and the OSU Memorabilia Collection (MSS MC).

Preferred Citation: Oregon State University Bands Motion Picture Films and Videotapes (FV 104), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: This collection is not fully processed; this guide is preliminary.

Other URL: A preliminary container list was created for this collection on or before November 14, 2014.

Oregon State University. Department of Music
Douglass, James

Marching bands--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History

Motion pictures (visual works)
Video recordings (physical artifacts)