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Oregon State College Preview and Promotional Booklets, 1938-1960

By Elizabeth Nielsen

Collection Overview

Title: Oregon State College Preview and Promotional Booklets, 1938-1960

ID: PUB 010-24j

Primary Creator: Oregon State College.

Extent: 0.1 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: The Oregon State College Preview and Promotional Booklets are arranged in two series:  1. Preview, 1938-1948 and 2. Promotional Booklets, 1942-1960.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Oregon State College Preview and Promotional Booklets consist of annual publications in magazine format with many photographic illustrations that provide a preview for incoming students of the new academic year and promote Oregon State College to potential new students.

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

Scope and Content Notes

The Oregon State College Preview and Promotional Booklets consist of annual publications in magazine format with many photographic illustrations that provide a preview for incoming students of the new academic year and promote Oregon State College to potential new students.  These were published in the years preceding, during, and following World War II and reflect the changing audience of new and potential students at Oregon State College during these years.

The Preview publication was written, edited, and published in the fall for incoming students by the Beaver yearbook staff.  In addition to the academic calendar and a campus map, these publications include guidance regarding wardrobes and campus fashion and articles about campus traditions, sororities and fraternities, and student government.

The promotional booklets provide information about academic programs; student activities; and, especially for issues published during and immediately following World War II, military programs and services for veterans.

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

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 1 box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: These publications were received by the Library at the time of publication and by the University Archives beginning in the 1960s.

Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center has numerous collections documenting the student experience at Oregon State College including other student publications, scrapbooks and other collections assembled by students, and materials documenting the administration of student activities and programs.  Many student publications are available online in the Historical Publications of Oregon State University digital collection, including the Beaver yearbook.

Preferred Citation: Oregon State College Preview and Promotional Booklets (PUB 010-24j), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: Items in another publication collection (PUB 378 - This is Oregon State introductory booklets) as well as issues of the Preview magazine in the History of OSU book collection were transferred into this publication collection in May 2018 in the course of physical processing and description of this collection.

Creators

Oregon State College.

People, Places, and Topics

College publicity--Oregon--Corvallis.
College students--Conduct of life
College students--Oregon--Corvallis--Social life and customs.
College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Oregon State College--Students.
Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Preview, 1938-1948
Series 1 consists of an annual publication previewing the Oregon State College year.  The magazine was written, edited, and published in the fall by the Beaver yearbook staff of that academic year for incoming freshmen to provide “a concrete picture of the college they are about to adopt as their home for the next four years”.  The issues include the academic calendar; a campus map; sports schedules; guidance regarding wardrobes and campus fashion; and articles about campus traditions, sororities, fraternities and living groups, student government, and student activities.
Box-Folder-Item 1.1.01: Pre Views of the Oregon State Year, 1938
Box-Folder-Item 1.1.02: Previews of the Oregon State Year, 1939
Box-Folder-Item 1.1.03: Previews of the Oregon State Year, 1940
Box-Folder-Item 1.1.04: Oregon State Preview, 1941
Box-Folder-Item 1.1.05: Preview Oregon State College, 1942
Box-Folder-Item 1.1.06: Preview The College Year at Oregon State, 1943
Box-Folder-Item 1.1.07: Preview the College Year at Oregon State, 1944
Box-Folder-Item 1.1.08: Oregon State Preview Year 1946-47, 1946
Box-Folder-Item 1.1.09: Preview Oregon State Year 1947-48, 1947
Box-Folder-Item 1.1.10: Have You Met Benny Beaver? An Introduction to Oregon State College, 1948
Series 2: Promotional Booklets, 1942-1960
Series 2 consists of promotional booklets published by Oregon State College from the 1940s to 1960.  They provide information about student government; academic programs; living groups; student activities; and especially, for issues published during and immediately following World War II, military programs and services for veterans.
Box-Folder-Item 1.2.1: This is Oregon State, 1942
Box-Folder-Item 1.2.2: This is Oregon State, 1944
Box-Folder-Item 1.2.3: It's Your Tomorrow at Oregon State, 1945
Box-Folder-Item 1.2.4: Going to College? Consider Oregon State, circa 1949
Box-Folder-Item 1.2.5: What Oregon State Offers You ..., 1950
Box-Folder-Item 1.2.6: College Now? Oregon State Presents an Answer ..., 1951
Box-Folder-Item 1.2.7: Your Campus Years at Oregon State, 1958
Box-Folder-Item 1.2.8: Through the Year at Oregon State, 1960

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