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By Finding aid prepared by Karl McCreary and Elizabeth Nielsen. Updated May 2016.
Title: American Fisheries Society Oregon Chapter Records, 1963-2014
Predominant Dates: 1975-2000
ID: MSS AFS
Primary Creator: American Fisheries Society. Oregon Chapter
Extent: 8.0 cubic feet. More info below.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
The American Fisheries Society Oregon Chapter Records document the research, education, and public policy activities of the organization in addressing the protection of fish populations and habitats. The Oregon Chapter was established in 1964 as a professional organization of fisheries and aquatic science professionals.
The CDs and floppy disks described in this series require migration to a digital format and are not immediately available for patron use. Please see the SCARC "Accessing Audio-Visual Content" policy for more information.
The American Fisheries Society Oregon Chapter Records document the activities of the Oregon Chapter and include bylaws, CDs, conference proceedings, correspondence, floppy diskettes, handbooks, meeting minutes, membership lists, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, a plaque, policy statements, questionnaires, reports, and resolutions. The Records reflect the Chapter's work in addressing the protection of fish populations and habitats and document the review of national forest management plans, sponsorship of legislation, filing of petitions for endangered species listing of fish, collection and analysis of data, and policy statements and testimony in response to legislative bills and projects. Various issues that impact fisheries health are addressed in the materials, including salvage logging, hydroelectric development, reservoir draw down, and tax incentives for riparian zones. The collection also includes proceedings from annual meetings of the Oregon Chapter and the American Fisheries Society Western Division.
The photographs consist of 107 images (104 negatives and 3 prints) depicting the 1983 American Fisheries Society Oregon Chapter meeting held at Oregon State University. The collection includes 4 floppy diskettes and 3 CDs that contain slide presentations on the Chapter's history, proceedings of a cutthroat trout symposium, scholarship information, the Chapter's Code of Ethics, the annual meeting handbook, and computer programs for managing data and conducting Chi-square statistical tests.
An addition to the collection (Accession 2014:039) is made up of a conference program, nametags, pens, plaques, and posters. These materials primarily document the 2014 annual meeting where the 50th anniversary of the chapter was celebrated. Both the posters and the program contain information about the chapter's history, including a list of past presidents and meeting traditions like the wolf eel gavel, the red dress, and the broken oar award. The six plaques are "outstanding chapter awards" bestowed to the Oregon Chapter.
Two additions to the collection in 2016 (Accession 2016:039 and 2016:052) include one box from the AFS Oregon Chapter Watershed Classification / Aquatic Biodiversity Subcommittee of the Natural Production Committee that contains correspondence, data, data analysis, and corrections arranged geographically, drafts and reviews, and print databases for Westside and Eastside. Accession 2016:052 included three scrapbooks: the Historian’s Handbook, that documents the Chapter’s history from 1963-1984; programs and photographs from annual meetings from 1986-1992; an album with photographs from annual meetings and some stories, 1963-1998.
The CDs and floppy disks described in this series require migration to a digital format and are not immediately available for patron use. Please see the SCARC "Accessing Audio-Visual Content" policy for more information.
More Extent Information: 107 photographs, 4 floppy disks, 3 CDs, 2 scrapbooks; 9 boxes, including 1 oversize box
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: The materials were donated to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center by the Oregon Chapter in 2013.
Related Materials: The Fisheries and Wildlife Department Records (RG 190), Fisheries and Wildlife Department Photographs (P 179), and the Fisheries and Wildlife Films and Videotapes (FV 243) document fisheries research and teaching conducted at Oregon State University. The Special Collections and Archives Research Center's holdings also include the collections of Fisheries and Wildlife Department faculty including the Carl E. Bond Papers (MSS Bond) and the Roland Eugene Dimick Paper (MSS Dimick). The Sea Grant College Program Records (RG 201) also include information about fisheries research and management in Oregon. The Pacific Northwest Stream Survey Collection (MSS PNWStream) documents an extensive survey of the Columbia River and its tributaries conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the 1930s-1940s.
Preferred Citation: American Fisheries Society Oregon Chapter Records (MSS AFS), 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.
American Fisheries Society. Oregon Chapter
American Fisheries Society
American Fisheries Society. Western Division
American Fisheries Society
American Fisheries Society. Oregon Chapter
Estuarine area conservation--Oregon.
Fisheries--Oregon.
Fishes--Conservation--Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Fish habitat improvement--Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Natural Resources
Pacific salmon--Ecology--Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Watershed management--Oregon.
Watersheds--Oregon.
Born digital.
Compact discs.
Film negatives.
Floppy disks.
Photographic prints.
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