President's Office Records of William Jasper Kerr, 1907-1964

Container List

Series 1: General Reference File, 1922-1940 Add to Shelf

Series I contains reports, correspondence, notes, and clippings related to agriculture in Oregon. The material spans the latter portion of Kerr's career at Oregon Agricultural College and his time as the state's Chancellor of higher education. Subjects referenced in this series include agricultural and industrial production, marketing and sales, construction, public works, agricultural sciences, college and government employees, trade law, and government organizations.

UnitID: Series I

Reel-Folder 80.1: Oregon Production Statistics, 1933-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.2: Production in Oregon and Washington, 1934-1936 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.3: Oregon Private Marketing Firms, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.4: Marketing Agreements - Oregon, 1936-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.5: Cauliflower Marketing Agreements - Oregon, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.6: Hops Stabilization Program, 1935-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.7: Walnut Control Board, 1936 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.8: Marketing Cooperative, 1932-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.9: Oregon Agricultural and Industrial Marketing Study, 1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.10: Marketing Organizations in Oregon and Washington, 1936-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.11: Cooperative Organizations - Summary Agriculture and Lumber, 1935-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.12: Hood River Apple Growers Association, 1934-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.13: Interstate Associated Creameries, 1934-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.14: Northwest Dried Food Association, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.15: Oregon Growers Union, 1937-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.16: Oregon Prune Control Board Incorporated, 1936 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.17: Oregon-Washington Pear Bureau, 1936 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.18: Oregon-Washington-California Pear League Inc., 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.19: Pacific Cooperative Poultry Producers, 1937-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.20: Pacific Wool Growers, Portland, Oregon, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.21: Southern Oregon Sales Inc., Medford, Oregon, 1937-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.22: Tillamook County Creamery Association, 1935-1937 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.18: "Oregon's Problem in Maketing Agricultural & Industrial Products", 1938 Add to Shelf

Alternate Format: Also in reel 80.23

Reel-Folder 80.24: Research Production and Marketing - Reports, Correspondence, Memoranda and other material, 1936-1939 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.25: Report of Agricultural Investigating Committee - Governor Martin, 1937-1939 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 80.26: Oregon Marketing, 1939-1940 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.27: Agricultural and Industrial Marketing, 1937-1939 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.28: Marketing Miscellaneous, 1937-1940 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.29: Services of Oregon State Agricultural College in Marketing Oregon Products, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.30: Marketing Report Miscellaneous Editorials, 1935, 1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.31: Marketing Report Miscellaneous News Stories, 1935-1939 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.32: Marketing - Chancellor Hunter, 1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.33: Marketing Report Oregon Journal Editorials, 1935-1939 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.34: Marketing Report Oregon Journal News Stories, 1935-1939 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.35: Marketing Report The Oregonian Editorials, 1935-1939 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.36: Marketing Report The Oregonian News Stories, 1937-1939 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.37: "What the State Does in Educational Preparatin for Marketing", 1939 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.38: Division of Marketing State Board of Higher Education, 1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.39: By-products - Culls, 1935-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.40: Cooperative Organization Problems, 1930-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.41: Farm Purchasing Associations, 1935-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.42: Food Preparation, 1935-1936 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.43: Brand Names, undated Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.44: Flax Seed and Flax Fiber Possibilities, 1936-1940 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.45: Industrial Uses for Farm Products, 1934-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.46: Industrial Uses for Farm Products - Power Motor Alcohol, 1934-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.47: Irrigation, 1934-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.48: "Possibilities for Livestock Fattening in Oregon", 1936 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.49: Merchandising, 1936-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.50: Milk Distribution Problems, 1936-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.51: Other Domestic Market Outlets, 1936-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.52: Packaging, 1936-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.53: Processing, 1934-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.54: Producer - Consumer Sales Campaigns, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.55: Prune Industry in Oregon - Governor Sprague, 1939-1940 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.56: Special Prune Committee - Glenn Hogg, Chairman, 1939-1940 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.57: Marketing Conference State System of Higher Education - Governor Sprague, 1939-1940 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.58: Marketing Oregon Prunes, 1931, 1938-1940 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.59: Grading of Agricultural Products, 1936-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.60: Sugar Beet Industry, 1936-1940 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.61: Transportation, 1936-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.62: Unfair Trade Practices, 1936-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.63: Agricultural Engineering Foundation - San Francisco, California, Oswold Wilson, Mngr., 1937-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.64: Ashland Chamber of Commerce, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.65: Bonneville Dam Project, 1937-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.66: Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange, Inc. Ithaca, New York, 1936 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.67: Dairy Cooperative Association, Portland, Oregon, 1936-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.68: Eugene Fruit Growers Exchange, 1935-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.69: Farm Security Administration (Resettlement Administration), 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.70: Federal Farm Board, 1930 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.71: Fruit Growers League, Medford, Oregon, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.72: Winter Pears--Henry Hartman, 1935-136 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.73: Idaho Department of State, Boise, Idaho, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.74: National Emergency Council, 1936 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.75: National Farm Chemurgic Council, Dearborn, Michigan, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.76: National Youth Administration, 1935-1936 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.77: Oregon State Planning Board, 1936-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.78: Pacific Northwest Advisory Board, 1937-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.79: Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission, 1935-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.80: Portland Chamber of Commerce - Lumber Products, 1935 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.81: Social Science Research Council, undated Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.82: U.S. Forest Service, 1936-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.83: Population Developments, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.84: General Correspondence, 1933-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.85: J.R. Beck, 1936 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.86: H.K. Benson, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.87: "Preliminary Study for Proposed Bonneville Industries", undated Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.88: A.G.B. Bouquet, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.89: W.D. Bristol, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.90: L.R. Breithaupt, Extension Agricultural Economist, 1935-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.91: Gordon G. Brown, Hood River Experiment Station, 1935 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.92: W.S. Brown, 1936-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 81.93: Paul Carpenter, 1936-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.93: Paul Carpenter (continued), 1936 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.94: R.L. Clark, Bodine and Clark Commission Company, 1936 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.95: Berkeley Davis, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.96: William Einzig, Great Western Malting Company Inc., 1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.97: A.E. Engbretson, 1936-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.98: Eric Englund, 1936-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.99: A.C. Forrester, Industrial Distilleries, 1935-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.100: Dan D. Freeman, Oregon Manufacturer's Association, 1936 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.101: O.G. Hughson, 1935-1936 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.102: G.R. Hyslop, 1936-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.103: E.R. Jackman, Oregon State College, 1937-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.104: Arthur S. King, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.105: George M. Knox, Hood River County Assessor, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.106: L.L. Laws, 1940 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.107: Earl G. Mason, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.108: Victor P. Morris, 1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.109: Harry L. Riches, Marion County Agent, 1936 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.110: J. L. Taylor, Vale Chamber of Commerce, 1937-1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.111: I. H. Vanwinkle, Attorney General, 1938 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.112: E.H. Wiegand, 1936-1937 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.113: Walter C. Winslow, 1938 Add to Shelf

Reel 180: American Association of University Women, 1922-1927 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.1: Emergency Board Request for Extension Service & Experiment Station, 1930 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.2: Statement of Services Lost to the Institution & State for the Year 1931-32, December 1931 Add to Shelf

Series 2: Correspondence, 1907-1935 Add to Shelf

Series II includes correspondence relating to the management and operation of Oregon Agricultural College. The series contains correspondence between William Jasper Kerr, OAC faculty, the Association of American Universities, students, figures associated with the institution, and the general public. Topics include equipment and materials for college use, reports from faculty members, the donation of a McCormick Reaper replica, legislation impacting OAC, Extension Service programming, faculty appointments, and budget matters.

UnitID: Series II

Reel 82: Microfilmed Correspondence, 1907-1929 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.3: General Correspondence, 1907, 1930-1935 Add to Shelf

Series 3: Clippings, 1908-1935 Add to Shelf

Series III is comprised of newspaper clippings relating to Oregon Agricultural College. Subjects include state educational funding, college attendance, faculty activities and research, development of the campus, and OAC's curricular offerings. The series contains both photocopies and a selection of original clippings.

UnitID: Series III

Box-Folder 1.4: General, 1908-1909 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.5: General, 1910 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.6: General, 1911 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.7: General, 1912 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.8: General, 1913 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.9: General, 1932 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.10: General, 1935 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.11: General, undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.3: Selected originals of newspaper clippings, 1909-1911, 1932 Add to Shelf

Series 4: Oregon State Board of Higher Curricula, 1925-1941 Add to Shelf

Series IV contains official reports and statements made by Oregon Agricultural College to the Oregon State Board of Higher Curricula between 1925 and 1941. The series also contains an outline of a plan for dividing programmatic efforts between the University of Oregon and OAC.

UnitID: Series IV

Box-Folder 1.12: Brief, Oregon State Agricultural College to the Oregon State Board of Higher Curricula, May 18, 1925 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.13: Outline of a Suggested Division of Work Between University of Oregon and Oregon State Agricultural College, June 5, 1925 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.14: Report to the Board of Higher Curricula, April 27, 1928 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.15: "Statement of Oregon State Agricultural College to the State Board of Higher Curricula", May 2, 1928 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.16: "Statements by Representatives of Oregon State College Before Curricula Committee of State Board of Higher Education", December 8, 1941 Add to Shelf

Series 5: Resolutions Adopted by State Board of Higher Education, 1935 Add to Shelf

This series is comprised of a document entitled "Resolutions Adopted July 22, 1935, by the State Board of Higher Education Regarding Dr. Kerr, Retiring Chancellor."

UnitID: Series V

Reel 82 Add to Shelf

Series 6: Biography of William Jasper Kerr Add to Shelf

This series is comprised of an excerpt from Edwin T. Reed's William Jasper Kerr, A Biography.

UnitID: Series VI

Reel 82 Add to Shelf

Series 7: Publications, 1908-1964 Add to Shelf

Series VII contains publications authored by William J. Kerr and members of Oregon Agricultural College between 1908 and 1964. Topics include the importance of Home Economics during wartime, the construction of the Memorial Union, higher education in Oregon, and the state of land grant institutions. The series also contains programs and materials from the dedication of the Kerr Library.

UnitID: Series VII

Reel-Folder 82.1: OSC - Illustrated Booklets, 1929-1930 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.2: Relations of Land-Grant Colleges to State University, 1908 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.3: OAC - Sources of Income and Departments of Instruction, 1908 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.4: National Education Association - Session at Harvard, 1910 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.5: Some Land Grant College Problems, 1910 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.6: Education and the World War, 1917 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.17: The Spirit of the Land Grant Institution, 1931 Add to Shelf

Alternate Format: Also in Reel 82.7

Reel-Folder 82.8: Recent Experiences - Centralized Control of Higher Education in Oregon, 1933 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.9: Phi Kappa Phi Journal, 1934 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.18: Oregon Problems in Marketing Agriculture and Industrial Products, 1938 Add to Shelf

Alternate Format: Also in Reel 82.10

Reel-Folder 82.11: William Jasper Kerr - dedication of Library address, 1964 Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.12: Letter to State Board of Higher Education, 1931 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.19: Administrative Regulations, 1921 Add to Shelf

Series 8: OSC - U of O Controversy, 1937 Add to Shelf

Series VIII is comprised of a memo drafted by Godfrey Vernon Cospon regarding the reorganization of Oregon Agricultural College and the University of Oregon and the ensuing controversy.

UnitID: Series VIII

Reel 82 Add to Shelf

Series 9: Reports to the Board of Regents, 1909-1929 Add to Shelf

This series contains reports to the Board of Regents summarizing the state of Oregon Agricultural College between 1909 and 1914. The series also contains a report for 1929.

UnitID: Series IX

Reel 82: Reports, 1909-1914 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.20: Report to the Board of Regents, 1929 Add to Shelf

Series 10: Reorganization, 1931-1932 Add to Shelf

This series is comprised of materials relating to the reorganization of Oregon Agricultural College and the University of Oregon in 1931-1932. The contents of this series relate to the reassignment of subject specialities, programs, faculty, and funding between the two universities.

UnitID: Series X

Reel-Folder 82.1: Agriculture Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.2: Architecture - Landscape Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.3: Art Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.4: Brief - Educational Survey Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 82.5: Budgetary Material Add to Shelf

Alternate Format: Also found in Box 5

Reel-Folder 83.5: Budgetary Material (continued) Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.6: Building Projects - Self-financing Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.7: Commerce Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.8: Cost data Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.9a: Curricula Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.9b: Curricula Committee Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.10a: Dormitories Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.10b: Director of Dormitories Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.11: Education Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.12: Enrollment Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.13: Extension - Radio, Summer School, Research Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.14: Extra Compensation for Staff Members Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.15: Field of Higher Education Developed in Oregon Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.16: Graduate Work Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.17: High School Relations Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.18: Home Economics Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.19: Journalism and News Service Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.20: Library Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.21: Lower Division Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.22: Military Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.23: Miscellaneous Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.24: Mines Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.25: Music Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.26: Normal Schools Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.27: Personnel (Deans and Directors) and Location of School Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.28: Pharmacy Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.29: Physical Education Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.30: Press Bureau and Editor's Office Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.31: Public Speaking Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.32a: Budgetary and Financial Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.32b: Attitudes of University People Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.32c: Executive Secretary's Prerogatives and Authority Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.32d: Methods of Procedure Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.32e: Miscellaneous Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.33: Research Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.34: Rural Organization - College, University Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.35a: Salary Analysis and Personnel Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.35b: Salary Cuts Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.36: Science Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.37: Social Science Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.38: Student Welfare - Housing, Deferred Pledging Add to Shelf

Reel-Folder 83.39: U of O Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.1: Brief, Oregon State Agricultural College to the Oregon State Board of Higher Education Regarding the Survey of Oregon State Institutions of Higher Learning, April 18, 1931 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.2: Supplementary Brief, Oregon State Agricultural College to the State Board of Higher Education, In Reply to the Twelve Briefs of the University of Oregon Dated April 20, 1931, April 27, 1931 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.3: Second Supplementary Brief, Oregon State Agricultural College to the State Board of Higher Education, In Reply to the Eleven Resolutions Proposed by the University of Oregon, May 1, 1931, May 13, 1931 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.4: Reply to Dean Faville's Brief on the Commerce School Problem from Oregon State Agricultural College to Oregon State Board of Higher Education, May 24, 1931 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.5: Joint Statement to the State Board of Higher Education Submitted by the Presidents of the State University and the State College, May 27, 1931 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.6: Survey of Public Higher Education in Oregon, 1931 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.7: Course Changes Proposed for 1931/32 Catalog, 1931 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.8: Survey Commission Working Documents, 1931-1932 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.9: Survey Commission Working Documents, undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.10: "A Study of Facts and Figures Bearing on Music", 1932 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.11: "Basic Data Showing Existing Conditions in the Science Departments of Oregon State College", 1932 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.12: "Revised Budgetary Estimates for Eighteen Month Period July 1, 1931 to December 31, 1932", 1931 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.13: Institutional Budget, 1932-1933 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.2: Science Departments, Oregon State College, Cost of Instruction per Course and by Departments, 1931-1932 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.1: Report to the Oregon State Board of Higher Education Curricula Committee on Vocational Education and Teacher Training, February 1932 Add to Shelf

Series 11: College Surveys, 1928-1930 Add to Shelf

This series is comprised of four bound volumes relating to surveys of land grant institutions conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Education. It includes one volume of completed portions of the survey for Oregon Agricultural College, one volume providing a detailed report of the state of higher education in Oregon, and two volumes of results of the survey from other institutions across the United States.

UnitID: Series XI

Box-Item 3.1: Oregon State College to U.S. Bureau of Education: Land-Grant College Survey., 1928 Add to Shelf

Box-Item 3.2: Survey of Oregon State Institutions of Higher Learning as Made by the United State Office of Education, Department of the Interior., 1930 Add to Shelf

Box-Item 4.1: Survey of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, U.S. Department of the Interior Bulletin. Volume 1., 1930 Add to Shelf

Box-Item 4.2: Survey of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, U.S. Department of the Interior Bulletin. Volume 2., 1930 Add to Shelf