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Employment Records, circa 1910 - 1989

By Elizabeth Nielsen

Collection Overview

Title: Employment Records, circa 1910 - 1989

ID: RG 290

Primary Creator: Oregon State University

Extent: 10.0 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: The Employment Records are arranged in one series: 1.  Personnel Files Microfiche Jackets, circa 1910 - 1989.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Employment Records document the employment of faculty and staff by Oregon State University and its predecessor institutions through 1989.  These records are in the form of microfiche film jackets.

Access to these records is restricted due to the presence of confidential information. For more information about access to restricted materials, please see our Guide to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.

Scope and Content Notes

The Employment Records document the employment of faculty and staff by Oregon State University and its predecessor institutions.  The records are comprised of microfiche film jackets with personnel documents for individual employees.  The collection includes documents from the early 1910s until 1989, when a different system for management of the University's personnel files was implemented.  These records only include documents for graduate students who were employed as graduate teaching assistants or graduate research assistants.  No other student employees are represented in these records.

Various document types are part of the microfiche jackets, including applications, resumes, and curriculum vitae; notices of appointment; personnel action forms; leave reports; biographical forms; correspondence; clippings, including some obituaries; and sabbatical leave applications and reports.

Creation of the microfilm jacktets was a joint venture of the University Archives and the administrative units responsible for personnel management.  Original personnel documents were microfilmed by the University Archives in batches that included multiple employees.  The microfilm of documents for an individual were cut apart from others and stuffed into the microfiche jacket for that individual.  Diazo duplicates of the jackets were made periodically for offices that needed access to the employment records, such as Academic Affairs and the Office of Human Resources.

Biographical / Historical Notes

In the late 1980s, Oregon State University employed about 5500 faculty and staff -- a substantial increase from a few hundred employees in the early 20th century.

Author: Elizabeth Nielsen

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 40 boxes

Statement on Access: Access to these records is restriced due to the presence of confidential information. For more information about access to restricted materials, please see our Guide to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.

Acquisition Note: The personnel files microfiche jackets were created and maintained by the former University Archives in collaboration and conjunction with the Office of Human Resources, Academic Affairs, and other Oregon State administrative units.  As of 2018, they are considered part of the historical archival collections of the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.

Related Materials: Biographical information about Oregon State University employees is available in the News and Communications Services Records (RG 203).  Additional employment and payroll records are part of the Payroll (RG 289), Business Affairs (RG 017), and Human Resources (RG 126) Records.

Preferred Citation: Employment Records (RG 290), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: For some of these microfiche jackets, the adhesive has begun to fail  In those cases, the fiche have been placed in individual paper sleeves.

Creators

Oregon State University
Oregon Agricultural College
Oregon State Agricultural College
Oregon State College.

People, Places, and Topics

Oregon Agricultural College--Employees.
Oregon Agricultural College--Faculty.
Oregon State Agricultural College--Employees
Oregon State Agricultural College--Faculty.
Oregon State College--Employees.
Oregon State College--Faculty.
Oregon State University--Employees.
Oregon State University--Faculty.
Universities and colleges--Oregon--Corvallis--Employees.
Universities and colleges--Oregon--Corvallis--Faculty.
University History

Forms of Material

Microfiche.


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