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Annual Cruise, 1921-2000

By Elizabeth Nielsen

Collection Overview

Title: Annual Cruise, 1921-2000

Predominant Dates: 1921-1975

ID: PUB 010-12a

Primary Creator: Oregon State University. College of Forestry

Extent: 1.25 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Annual Cruise was published each academic year from 1920 through 1975 by the Forestry Club as a yearbook for Oregon State forestry students and alumni.  The College of Forestry published three issues of the Annual Cruise at the close of the 20th century in 1996, 1999, and 2000.  The publication includes articles on forestry topics, information about and photographs of forestry students and faculty, reports of Forestry Club activities, alumni news, and updates on current research activities.

All of the yearbooks in this collection and the 1920 Forest Club Annual are available online.

Scope and Content Notes

The Annual Cruise was published each academic year from 1920 through 1975 by the Forestry Club as a yearbook for Oregon State forestry students and alumni.  The College of Forestry published three issues of the Annual Cruise in 1996, 1999, and 2000.  The publication includes articles on forestry topics, information about and photographs of forestry students and faculty, reports of Forestry Club activities, alumni news, and updates on current research activities.

This collection includes all the yearbooks, beginning with the 1921 volume.  All of the yearbooks in this collection and the 1920 Forest Club Annual are available online.

Biographical / Historical Notes

The Forestry Club was organized in 1906, the same year that a 4-year course in forestry was first offered at Oregon Agricultural College.  The first yearbook was published in the spring of 1920 with the title Forest Club Annual.  In the fall of 1920, the club held a contest to find a more appropriate name.  Roger D. Healy, then a junior in forestry, suggested The Annual Cruise and that name was adopted.  The yearbook ceased publication with the 1975 volume.  A brief and sporadic revival 20 years later resulted in the publication of yearbooks in 1996, 1999, and 2000 by the College of Forestry.

Author: Elizabeth Nielsen

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 2 boxes

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The yearbooks were transferred to the University Archives and, more recently the Special Collections and Archives Research Center, in numerous accessions from the 1960s through 2015.

Related Materials: All of the yearbooks in this collection and the 1920 Forest Club Annual are available online.  The 1920 Forest Club Annual is available in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center's History of the Pacific Northwest book collection.  The Forestry Club Records (RG 039) and the College of Forestry Records (RG 139) include extensive materials pertaining to the academic and research programs of the College of Forestry.  Some of the photographs published in the Annual Cruise are available in the College of Forestry Photograph Collection (P 061).

Preferred Citation: Annual Cruise (PUB 010-12a), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information:

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[Date of Acknowledgement: November 2024]

Creators

Oregon State University. College of Forestry
Oregon State College. School of Forestry
Oregon State University. School of Forestry

People, Places, and Topics

Clubs--Oregon--Corvallis.
College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Forestry schools and education--Oregon--Corvallis.
Forests and forestry--Oregon--Periodicals.
Natural Resources
Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
Oregon State College--Students.
Oregon State University--Students.
Oregon State University. School of Forestry
University History


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