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Fisheries and Wildlife Department Photographs, 1938-1986

By Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen.

Collection Overview

Title: Fisheries and Wildlife Department Photographs, 1938-1986

Predominant Dates: 1948-1969

ID: P 179

Primary Creator: Oregon State University. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

Extent: 2.6 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Fisheries and Wildlife Department Photographs consist of images taken and assembled by the department that document fisheries and wildlife students, faculty, teaching, and research at Oregon State University, especially the research activities of the Oregon Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit.

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

Scope and Content Notes

The Fisheries and Wildlife Department Photographs consist of images taken or assembled by the department that document students and faculty as well as the teaching and research programs in fisheries and wildlife. The bulk of the photographs were separated from the Fisheries and Wildlife Department Records (RG 190) and include photographs of big game field trips conducted by the department; a fish pond field day in Jefferson County in 1968; and several Oregon Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit projects.

The big game field trip photographs are primarily group photographs of the students and faculty that participated in the annual trips; they also depict locations visited during the trips as well as guest leaders. The fish pond field day was sponsored by the Extension Service for a group of third graders at the Roy Stevenson farm in Jefferson County; the students may include Native American children from Warm Springs.

The Oregon Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit photographs depict projects pertaining to waterfowl, pheasants, duck and geese hunting, and antelope.

The collection also includes images of Fisheries and Wildlife alumnus Don Carr receiving the Distinguished Service Cross in 1971; Thomas G. Scott, department chair, presenting an award for best paper at the Oregon Wildlife Society meeting to Eleanor Horvitz; and a field trip to the Murderer's Creek deer range.

The collection consists predominantly of b/w prints and negatives; there are a few color prints included.

An addition to the Fisheries and Wildlife Department Photographs (Accession 2011:067) consists of images taken by Fisheries and Wildlife faculty that were used for instruction regarding fish identification and classification. In addition to various fish species, these slides document hatchery facilities, aquaculture operations, the harvesting of fish/clams, dams, fish ladders, and drawings outlining anatomical features of fish. Numbering 4583 images in total (4383 slides and 200 negatives), these photos were shot primarily by Carl Bond and Howard Horton, but also by D.W. Linn and D. J. Neff. Many of the fish reflected in these slides were caught or managed in Oregon, though a number of the images were taken outside the U.S. in places such as Thailand, Brazil, Japan, India, Korea, Yemen, Australia, and Chile. Images of OSU facilities portrayed in these slides include the Ichthyology Lab, the fish specimen collection, the Oyster Lab at Yaquina Bay, and Nash Hall during its construction. Also found in this transfer is a cassette tape sound recording designed to be played with the largemouth bass anatomy slide presentation and a listing of the classification of fishes.

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

Biographical / Historical Notes

The Fish, Game and Fur Animal Management Department was created in 1935 under the jurisdiction of the School of Agriculture. Roland E. Dimick was the first department chair, a position he held until 1963. The department operated the OSC Experimental Fur Farm from 1937 to 1957 and also established field stations on Protection and Eliza Islands in Puget Sound and a fisheries lab at Yaquina, Oregon. The department's name was changed to Fish and Game Management in 1936, and in 1964 was renamed Fisheries and Wildlife. Thomas G. Scott was department chair from 1963 to 1972.

The Oregon Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit was established in 1935 as a cooperative venture between the U.S. Biological Survey, the American Wildlife Institute, the Oregon State Game Commission, and Oregon State College. Arthur Einarson, U.S. Biological Survey research biologist, served as Unit Leader from 1935 to 1957, directing its graduate training and research programs. The unit was discontinued in 1961.

Administrative Information

Accruals: Additions to the collection are expected.

More Extent Information: 402 photographs, 4,383 slides and 200 negatives; 3 boxes

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The photographs were transferred by the Fisheries and Wildlife Department in several accessions between 1981 and 1998.

Related Materials: The Fisheries and Wildlife Department Records (RG 190) include extensive documentation of the research conducted by the Oregon Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit. The collection of Fisheries and Wildlife Department faculty, including the Carl E. Bond Papers (MSS Bond) and Roland Eugene Dimick Papers (MSS Dimick) provide further documentation of research and teaching activities. Several collections in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center contain images pertaining to fisheries and wildlife, including the Herman T. Bohlman Photograph Collection (P 202), William L. Finley Papers (MSS Finley), E.E. Wilson Photographic Collection (P 101), and the Pacific Northwest Stream Survey Collection (MSS PNWStream).

Preferred Citation: Fisheries and Wildlife Department Photographs (P 179), 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: Preliminary container list available online.

Creators

Oregon State University. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Oregon Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit
Oregon State College. Department of Fish and Game Management
Oregon State College. Department of Fish, Game, and Fur Animal Management
Oregon State College. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Oregon State University. Cooperative Extension Service

People, Places, and Topics

Game and game-birds--Oregon.
History of Science
Natural Resources
Oregon Multicultural Archives
Oregon State University--Faculty.
Oregon State University--Students.
Oregon State University. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Pheasants--Oregon.
Pronghorn--Oregon.
Scott, Thomas G. (Thomas George)
University History
Wildlife conservation--Oregon.
Wildlife management areas--Oregon.

Forms of Material

Film negatives.
Photographic prints.


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