Lower Division Records, 1929-1951
Predominant Dates: 1931-1933
The Lower Division Records contain correspondence, meeting minutes and notes, and reports that document the organization and establishment of a Lower Division curriculum at Oregon Agricultural College. A portion of the records were assembled by Mahlon Ellwood Smith, Dean of the Lower Division from 1932 until his retirement in 1949.
ID: RG 119
Extent: 0.16 cubic feet
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation: Lower Division Records (RG 119), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note:
The microfilmed materials were received in the 1960s by the University Archives. The bulk of the paper records were transferred from the Memorabilia Collection in 1991; a small addition was transferred from the History Department in 1995.
Container List
- Series 1: Lower Division Organization, 1929-1947 Add to Shelf
- Series 1 consists of microfilmed materials prepared or assembled by M. Ellwood Smith, Dean of the School of Basic Arts and Sciences, pertaining to the organization and establishment of a Lower Division curriculum at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC). It contains regulations governing the operations of interinstitutional deans and directors in the fields of minor work at OAC and the University of Oregon; multiple studies pertaining to Lower Division organization as well as procedures for its establishment at other universities; and correspondence between Dean M. Ellwood Smith and individuals and organizations, including Registrar E. B. Lemon, President W. J. Kerr and the Administrative Council, regarding the reorganization of the Lower Division. The bulk of the materials were created in 1932-1933. The series also includes later correspondence regarding Lower Division summer session classes and other Lower Division matters.
- UnitID: Series 1
- Reel 1 Add to Shelf
- Series 2: Meeting Minutes, 1940 Add to Shelf
- Series 2 consists of microfilmed minutes documenting a meeting about the general controversy between the University of Oregon and Oregon State College relative to courses taught in the Lower Division at each school as well as reference to the entire controversy.
- UnitID: Series 2
- Reel 1 Add to Shelf
- Series 3: Program Establishment Records, 1931 Add to Shelf
- Series 3 consists of memos, correspondence, and reports pertaining to the proposal for establishment of Lower Division curricula at Oregon Agricultural College. The collection contains reports and correspondence produced by Dean Peavy of the School of Forestry, Dean Hance of the School of Mines, Dean Milam of the School of Home Economics, Dean Ziefle of the School of Pharmacy, Dean Rogers of the School of Engineering and Dean Smith of the School of Basic Arts and Sciences describing the effect that a requirement of Lower Division curricula would have on existing curricula as well as the logistics of organizing Lower Division curricula at OAC. It also contains notes from Board of Higher Education meetings, documents describing credit requirements at OAC and contemporary universities, budgetary and general information related to the activities and administrative organization of a number of the Schools at OAC, and memos and reports pertaining to the effectiveness of training received by graduates of the College in a number of fields.
- UnitID: Series 3
- Box-Folder 1.1 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.2 Add to Shelf
- Series 4: Biennial Report, 1942-1944 Add to Shelf
- Series 4 consists of a biennial report describing the activities of the Lower Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences in the Oregon State System of Higher Education in the 1942-1944 biennium. The bulk of the report discusses the Army Specialized Training Program.
- UnitID: Series 4
- Box-Folder 1.3 Add to Shelf
- Series 5: Lower Division Faculty Correspondence, 1944-1951 Add to Shelf
- Series 5 consists of correspondence with and pertaining to the following Lower Division faculty: Ramona E. Berry, Lulu Garrett, A. Grajdanzev, Boyd F. Huff, Rolf W. Ordal, Clarence C. Hulley, Wentworth S. Morris, Sidney Phillips, and Lawrence Tyler. Several of these faculty were instructors in the Army Specialized Training Program during the war years.
- UnitID: Series 5
- Box-Folder 1.4 Add to Shelf