By Maya Bergmann and Elizabeth Nielsen
Collection Overview
Title: President's Office General Subject File, 1905-1963
Predominant Dates: 1920-1949
ID: RG 013 - SG 06
Primary Creator: Oregon State University. Office of the President
Extent: 2.7 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: The President's Office General Subject File is arranged in 29 series: 1. Association of Land Grant Colleges, 1940-1959; 2. Colleges and Universities, 1941-1959; 3. City of Corvallis, 1936-1938; 4. State System of Higher Education, 1911-1947; 5. Information and Inquiries, 1940-1956; 6. National Defense Program, 1940-1949; 7. Northwest Regional Council, 1940-1948; 8. Oregon State College, 1905-1963; 9. Oregon State Government, 1937-1942; 10. United States Government, 1914-1948; 11. Financial File, 1915-1945; 12. Audit Reports, 1913-1958; 13. Budgets, 1912-1947; 14. Budget Reports, 1903-1944; 15. Reports, 1927-1955; 16. Staff Data, 1907-1956; 17. Miscellaneous Reports, 1922-1956; 18. Buildings, 1926-1947; 19. Special Reports, 1933; 20. Association of American Universities, 1922-1926; 21. Reference File, 1908-1950; 22. Miscellaneous, 1912-1964; 23. Curriculum, 1931-1964; 24. Appointment Notices, 1919-1960; 25. Briefs, 1913-1941; 26. OSC Student Life - Intercollegiate Athletics, 1949-1960; 27. American Council of Education, 1943-1955; 28. Military, 1917-1950; and 29. Military Records, 1913-1923.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
Abstract
The President's Office General Subject File consists of microfilmed records documenting the administration and functioning of Oregon State University - primarily during the 1920s through 1940s, and including materials pertaining to World War II.
Scope and Content Notes
The President's Office General Subject File consists of microfilmed records documenting the administration and functioning of Oregon State University - primarily during the 1920s through 1940s. The collection includes extensive materials pertaining to the impact of the Great Depression of the late 1920s and 1930s as well as World War II on Oregon State College.
Series 8 is the largest and most comprehensive series and documents the academic programs of the College, student activities and athletics, the Agricultural Experiment Station, the Extension Service, and other research and outreach programs.
Other series document the finances of the insitution, the physical campus, and relationships between Oregon State and other colleges and universities, Oregon state government, and the federal government.
Biographical / Historical Notes
Since its designation as a land-grant institution of higher learning in 1868, Oregon State University has had 21 presidents, including 6 acting presidents. They have been William A. Finley, 1865-1872 (Finley was appointed president of the university's predecessor institution, Corvallis Academy, in 1865); Joseph Emery, acting, 1872; Benjamin L. Arnold, 1872-1892; John D. Letcher, acting, 1892; John M. Bloss, 1892-1896; H. B. Miller, 1896-1897; Thomas M. Gatch, 1897-1907; William Jasper Kerr, 1907- 1932; George W. Peavy, acting, 1932-1934, president, 1934-1940; Frank L. Ballard, 1940-1941; Francois A. Gilfillan, acting, 1941- 1942; August L. Strand, 1942-1961; James H. Jensen, 1961-1969; Roy A. Young, acting, 1969-1970; Robert W. MacVicar, 1970-1984; John V. Byrne, 1984-1995; Paul G. Risser, 1996-2002; Timothy P. White, 2002-2003 (acting); Edward John Ray, 2003-2020; F. King Alexander, 2020-2021; and Rebecca L. Johnson, 2021-2022 (acting).
The president is the chief executive officer of the university. From 1868 to 1929 the president reported to the college's Board of Trustees/Regents. Since the creation of the Oregon University System (formerly the Oregon State System of Higher Education) in 1929, the president has reported to the System's chancellor.
Administrative Information
More Extent Information:
180 microfilm boxes
Statement on Access:
Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note:
These materials were transferred to the University Archives in the 1960s and 1970s and microfilmed by the Archives.
Related Materials:
SCARC's holdings include myriad collections documenting the work of past OSU presidents and the President's Office as an entity, in a wide variety of formats.
Photographs of OSU presidents are available in the Presidents of Oregon State University Photographic Collection (P 001) and the President's Office Photographs (P 092) as well as many other photographic groups. Moving images of the presidents are available in the President's Office Motion Picture Film and Videotapes (FV 092). SCARC's manuscripts collections include the personal papers of several OSU Presidents; these include the William A. Finley Scrapbook (MSS FinleyWA), John McKnight Bloss Collection (MSS Bloss), F. A. Gilfillan Papers (MSS Gilfillan), George W. Peavy Papers (MSS Peavy), Roy A. Young Papers (MSS YoungRA), the Robert W. MacVicar Papers (MSS MacVicar), and the Paul G. Risser Papers (MSS Risser). The largest extant group of William Jasper Kerr's papers can be found in the Edwin T. Reed Papers (MSS Reed). Materials pertaining to August L. Strand and James A. Jensen are included in the Fred M. Shideler Papers (MSS Shideler).
President's Office publications (PUB 247) are also available in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center. Various files in the OSU Memorabilia Collection (MSS MC) also contain information on the OSU presidents.
Additional collections documenting the State Board/System of Higher Education include the Oregon State Board of Higher Education Records (RG 130), the Contract Administration Records (RG 212), the Oregon Higher Education Oral Histories Collection (OH 046), and the Registrar’s Office Records (RG053 - SG 1). Additional collections documenting the Association of Land Grant Colleges include the Alice L. Edwards Papers (MSS EdwardsAlice), the John V. Byrne Papers (MSS Byrne), the Edwin T. Reed Papers (MSS Reed), and the Maud Wilson Papers (MSS WilsonM). Additional collections documenting Budget/Annual Reports include the Academic Affairs Records (RG 022), the Business Affairs Records (RG 017), and the Finance and Administration Records (RG 131).
See also: The OSU Presidents Online Exhibit, featuring images and biographical sketches of OSU Presidents from 1865 to the present.
Preferred Citation:
President's Office General Subject File (RG 013 - SG 06), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Creators
Oregon State University. Office of the President
Ballard, Frank L. (Frank Llewellyn) (1891-1971)
Gatch, Thomas M. (Thomas Milton) (1833-1913)
Gilfillan, F. A. (Francois Archibald) (1893-1983)
Jensen, James H.
Kerr, William Jasper, 1863-1947
Oregon State Agricultural College. Office of the President
Oregon State College. Office of the President
Peavy, George Wilcox (1869-1951)
Strand, A. L. (August Leroy) (1894-)
People, Places, and Topics
Agricultural Experiment Station
American Council of Education
Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.)
Association of American Universities
Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
College presidents--Oregon--Corvallis.
Corvallis (Or.)
Education, Higher--Oregon.
KOAC (Radio station : Corvallis, Or.)
Military education--Oregon--Corvallis.
National Defense Program
Oregon State Agricultural College--Curricula
Oregon State Agricultural College. School of Agriculture
Oregon State Board of Higher Education
Oregon State College
Oregon State College--Curricula.
Oregon State College. Office of the President
Oregon State College. Physical Plant
Oregon State College. School of Agriculture
Oregon State College. School of Business and Technology
Oregon State College. School of Engineering
Oregon State College. School of Forestry
Oregon State College. School of Home Economics
Oregon State Government
Oregon State System of Higher Education
Oregon State University--Administration.
Oregon State University--Curricula.
Oregon State University--Finance.
Oregon State University--Sports.
Oregon State University--Students.
Oregon State University. School of Agriculture
Oregon State University. School of Business and Technology
Oregon State University. School of Engineering
Oregon State University. School of Forestry
Oregon State University. School of Home Economics
OSC Student Life - Intercollegiate Athletics
Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
United States. Air Force
United States. Army
United States. Navy
United States Government
Universities and colleges--Curricula--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History
World War, 1914-1918.
Forms of Material
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Association of Land Grant Colleges, 1940-1959
- Series 1 consists of materials related to Oregon State College’s participation in the Association of Land Grant Colleges (now the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities), including general information, correspondence within the association, and information on federal legislation.
- Reel 2-3: General, 1948-1959
- Reel 3-4: Circular Letters, 1947-1959
- Reel 4a: Correspondence, 1940-1947
- Reel 4b: Committee of Necrology, 1944-1945
- Reel 4c: National Defense Program, 1940
- Reel 4d: Federal Legislation, 1943-1946
- Series 2: Colleges and Universities, 1941-1959
- Series 2 consists of materials related to institutes in the higher education system. This series includes general information, information about higher education associations and conferences, and materials on the North Pacific College of Oregon. This series also has one sub-series, which contains materials associated with the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference (PCAC).
- Reel-Folder 4.1: General, 1942-1953
- Reel-Folder 5.1: General, 1953-1959
- Sub-Series 1: Pacific Coast Athletic Conference (PCAC), 1950-1959
- Reel-Folder 5.2a: General, 1950-1959
- Reel-Folder 5.2b: Gift and dinner for President Sproul's 25th as president of University of California, 1955-1956
- Reel-Folder 6.2c: Conference Letters, Bulletins and Reports, 1954-1959
- Reel-Folder 6.2d: Summary and survey reports, 1953-1957
- Reel-Folder 6.2f: Minutes of Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1 of 2), 1951-1958
- Reel-Folder 6.2g: Presidents' Council, 1956
- Reel-Folder 7.2e: Report for Rules Enforcement, 1954-1956
- Reel-Folder 7.2f: Minutes of Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (2 of 2), 1951-1958
- Reel-Folder 7.3: Pacific Coast Association of Collegiate Registrars, 1945-1954
- Reel-Folder 7.4: Pacific Northwest Conference of Higher Education, 1942-1948
- Reel-Folder 7.5: North Pacific College of Oregon, 1941
- Reel-Folder 7.6: Correspondence, 1945-1951
- Reel-Folder 7.6a: Tri-Party Conference and Correspondence, 1945-1951
- Series 3: City of Corvallis, 1936-1938
- Series 3 consists of two folders pertaining to the City of Corvallis. These folders contain materials about the City Water Works Marys Peak Watershed project, as well as correspondence with the city school board.
- Reel-Folder 7.1: City Water Works - Marys Peak Watershed Project, 1936-1937
- Reel-Folder 7.2: School Board - Correspondence, 1938
- Series 4: State System of Higher Education, 1911-1947
- Series 4 consists of materials associated with Oregon’s State System of Higher Education. In addition to documenting the administration of the KOAC radio station, this series also includes seven sub-series: 1. State Board of Higher Education; 2. Executive Council Committees; 3. Interinstitutional Curriculum Committee; 4. Organization - “Commerce” Program; 5. Organization; 6. Graduate Division; and 7. Chancellor’s Office.
- Reel-Folder 7.1a: KOAC - Granger Station, 1911-1947
- Reel-Folder 7.1b: KOAC - KOY Case, 1938-1939
- Reel-Folder 7.1c: KOAC - Radio Advisory Council, 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 8.1d: KOAC - Operations and Maintenance, 1939-1941
- Reel-Folder 8.2: Extension - General KOAC, 1938-1940
- Reel-Folder 8.2b: Extension - General Correspondence, 1928-1944
- Reel-Folder 8.3: Academic Rank - Interinstitutional Offices, 1940
- Reel-Folder 8.4: Comptroller - Statistics, 1940-1946
- Sub-Series 1: State Board of Higher Education, 1929-1945
- Reel-Folder 8.5a: Members - Groesbeck proposal, 1940-1941
- Reel-Folder 8.5b: Members - Correspondence, 1940-1945
- Reel-Folder 8.5c: Committees - Correspondence, 1930-1931
- Reel-Folder 8.5d: Correspondence, 1929-1933
- Sub-Series 2: Executive Council Committees, 1933-1947
- Reel-Folder 8.6a: Admission Standards Committee, 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 9.6b: Coordination of health activities, 1940-1941
- Reel-Folder 9.6c: Difference in out-patient policy, 1941
- Reel-Folder 9.6d: Lower Division Committee, 1942-1945
- Reel-Folder 9.6e: Marine Biology, Institute of, 1933-1947
- Reel-Folder 9.6f: Military credit for military service, 1940-1945
- Reel-Folder 9.6g: Interinstitutional Radio Course Servey Committee, 1942
- Reel-Folder 9.6h: Selective Service Committee, 1941
- Reel-Folder 9.6i: Standardization - clerical and secretarial salaries, 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 9.6j: Teacher Education Survey Committee, 1940
- Reel-Folder 9.6k: Wage increase - physical plant employees, 1941
- Reel-Folder 9.7: Executive Council Minutes, 1942-1946
- Sub-Series 3: Interinstitutional Curriculum Committee, 1934-1946
- Reel-Folder 9.8a: Course changes, 1935-1946
- Reel-Folder 9.8b: Fee Committee, 1934
- Reel-Folder 9.9: Student Fee Controversy, 1935-1936
- Reel-Folder 9.10a: Survey, 1926-1932
- Reel-Folder 10.10b: Organization subsequent to survey - Equipment transfers, 1932-1936
- Reel-Folder 10.10c: Survey commission proposals, 1931
- Reel-Folder 10.11: Resolutions resulting from college-university committee conferences, 1931
- Reel-Folder 10.12: Monies from state to OSC, 1911-1930
- Sub-Series 4: Organization - "Commerce" Program, 1941-1943
- Reel-Folder 10.13a: Correspondence, 1941-1943
- Reel-Folder 10.13b: Memorandums and statements, 1941-1943
- Reel-Folder 10.13c: Promotion Committee, 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 10.13d: Survey of land grant colleges, 1942
- Reel-Folder 10.13e: Surplus clippings
- Sub-Series 5: Organization, 1931-1941
- Reel-Folder 10.14a: Finances, 1931-1932
- Reel-Folder 10.14b: General, 1933-1940
- Reel-Folder 10.14c: Curricular survey, 1941
- Reel-Folder 10.14d: Science questionnaire
- Reel-Folder 10.14e: Extra copies of correspondence
- Reel-Folder 10.14f: Science - OSC vs. U of O, 1940-1941
- Reel-Folder 10.14g: Medical School Relationship, 1940-1943
- Reel-Folder 10.15a: University of Oregon Medical School, 1934-1942
- Reel-Folder 11.15a: University of Oregon Medical School, 1943-1945
- Reel-Folder 11.15b: University or Oregon - Correspondence, 1934-1947
- Sub-Series 6: Graduate Division, 1939-1941
- Reel-Folder 11.16a: Correspondence, 1939
- Reel-Folder 11.16b: Degree granting to staff members, 1941
- Reel-Folder 11.16c: Operative Organization, 1940-1941
- Reel-Folder 11.17: Summer Sessions, 1941-1947
- Sub-Series 7: Chancellor's Office, 1936-1946
- Reel-Folder 11.18a: Building repair program, 1945-1946
- Reel-Folder 11.18b: Correspondence, 1939-1945
- Reel-Folder 11.18c: Marine's barracks, 1946
- Reel-Folder 11.18d: War activities, 1942-1943
- Reel-Folder 11.18e: System Wartime Council, 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 11.18f: Inventory, 1936
- Series 5: Information and Inquiries, 1940-1956
- Series 5 consists of two reels of material documenting information requested by or from the President’s Office, and inquiries made to or by the President’s Office, ranging from 1940-1956.
- Reel 11: Information and Inquiries, 1940-1947
- Reel 12: Information and Inquiries, 1947-1956
- Series 6: National Defense Program, 1940-1949
- Series 6 consists of materials associated with the National Defense Program. This includes materials documenting the U.S. Office of Education’s, the State of Oregon’s, and the U.S. Government’s involvement with the program. Notably, it also includes communications with the Navy and War Departments during World War II.
- Sub-Series 1: U.S. Office of Education, 1940-1943
- Reel-Folder 12.1a: Correspondence, 1940-1943
- Reel-Folder 12.1b: Engineering, science, and defense management training program, 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 12.1c: National Conference of University Presidents, 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 12.2: Regional commission of college problems - Pacific, 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 12.3: Requests for Information - Surveys - Preliminary, 1941
- Reel-Folder 13.3: Request for information - Surveys - Preliminary, 1941-1943
- Reel-Folder 13.3b: Requests for information - Miscellaneous, 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 13.4: National research defense committee - Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1941-1947
- Reel-Folder 13.5: National research council, Office of Scientific Personnel, 1941-1943
- Reel-Folder 13.6: Federal Recruiting Services, 1940-1947
- Sub-Series 2: State of Oregon, 1940-1947
- Reel-Folder 13.7a: State Nutrition Committee, 1940-1945
- Reel-Folder 13.7b: Correspondence, 1942-1947
- Reel-Folder 13.8: Selective Service System - Correspondence, 1941-1947
- Reel-Folder 13.9: War Manpower Commission - Correspondence, 1942-1947
- Reel-Folder 13.10: War Production Board - Correspondence, 1941-1944
- Reel-Folder 13.11: Correspondence, 1941-1946
- Reel-Folder 13.12: United Service Organizations, 1941
- Reel-Folder 13.13: Labor, U.S. Dept. of - Safety Engineering Defense Program, 1941
- Reel-Folder 13.14: Navy Department - Correspondence, 1942
- Reel-Folder 13.15: War Department - Correspondence, 1941-1944
- Sub-Series 3: U.S. Government, 1944-1949
- Reel-Folder 13.16a: Departments - housing - expediter, 1949
- Reel-Folder 13.16b: Legislation - military training, 1944-1948
- Series 7: Northwest Regional Council, 1940-1948
- Series 7 consists of two folders of materials documenting the work of the Northwest Regional Council, including correspondence and publications.
- Reel-Folder 13.1: Correspondence, 1940-1948
- Reel-Folder 13.2: Publications, 1944-1948
- Series 8: Oregon State College, 1905-1963
- Series 8 consists of 42 sub-series pertaining to Oregon State College. These sub-series document all aspects of the college, including: administration; finances and administration; the President's Office; annual budget; biennial budget; committees; councils; Board of Regents; legislature; Federal Extension Service; institutional services; staff; Associated Students; student life and welfare; campus events; educational activities; Educational Activities Board; living organizations; Agricultural Extension Station; School of Agriculture; School of Business and Technology; School of Engineering; School of Engineering and Industrial Arts; School of Forestry; School of Home Economics; lower division departments; architects; intercollegiate sports (athletics); scholarships; gifts; Mary McDonald’s bequest; the OSC Foundation; research; the physical plant and campus buildings; war activities; Army Specialization Training Program (e.g. payroll and budget, program, and curricula); and contracts.
- Sub-Series 1: Administration, 1911-1945
- Reel-Folder 13.1a: Commencement Week Committee, 1943-1945
- Reel-Folder 13.1b: Inventory, 1941
- Reel-Folder 13.1c: Millage (1 of 2), 1920
- Reel-Folder 14.1c: Millage (2 of 2), 1920-1922
- Reel-Folder 14.1d: Name of college, 1926-1937
- Reel-Folder 14.1e: Patterson-Swartz controversy, 1934
- Reel-Folder 14.1f: Pinkerton Detective Agency, 1928
- Reel-Folder 14.1g: Referendum consolidation, 1911-1914
- Reel-Folder 14.1h: Smoking, 1922-1939
- Sub-Series 2: Finance and Administration, 1951-1957
- Reel-Folder 14.2a: Bulletins, 1951-1957
- Reel-Folder 14.2b: Correspondence, 1951-1957
- Reel-Folder 14.3: Dean of Administration - Commencement speakers, 1945-1947
- Sub-Series 3: President's Office, 1926-1953
- Reel-Folder 14.4a: Invitations (Dean of Administration), 1944-1953
- Reel-Folder 14.4b: Post war plans, 1944
- Reel-Folder 14.4c: Redecorating the president's office, 1948
- Reel-Folder 15.4d: Requisitions - forms and correspondence, 1941-1946
- Reel-Folder 15.4e: Room assignments, 1940-1945
- Reel-Folder 15.4f: Surplus property, 1944-1948
- Reel-Folder 15.4g: Advisory Committee to Select President, 1939
- Reel-Folder 15.4h: Biennial reports, 1941-1946
- Reel-Folder 15.4i: Closing hours for campus buildings, 1942
- Reel-Folder 15.4j: Inventories, 1926-1938
- Reel-Folder 15.5: President A.L. Strand - Correspondence, 1943-1948
- Reel-Folder 15.6: Ballard Statements
- Reel-Folder 15.7: Statements of Dr. F.A. Gilfillan, 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 15.8: Inventory, 1940
- Sub-Series 4: Annual Budget, 1941-1947
- Reel-Folder 15.9a: Correspondence, 1941-1946
- Reel-Folder 15.9b: Equipment reserve funds, 1943-1947
- Sub-Series 5: Biennial Budget, 1940-1945
- Reel-Folder 15.10a: Data (1 of 2), 1940
- Reel-Folder 16.10a: Data (2 of 2), 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 16.10b: Correspondence, 1943-1945
- Reel-Folder 16.11a: Supplementary budget report, 1940-1941
- Reel-Folder 16.11b: Blanket salary increase, 1943
- Reel-Folder 16.11c: Operating budget and correspondence, 1941-1942
- Sub-Series 6: Committees, 1913-1947
- Reel-Folder 16.12a: Curriculum Committee, 1943-1945
- Reel-Folder 16.12b: Evaluation and Improvement of Instruction Committee, 1945-1947
- Reel-Folder 16.12c: Faculty Organization Committee, 1944-1945
- Reel-Folder 16.12d: Gasoline Rationing Committee, 1942-1944
- Reel-Folder 16.12e: General College Committee, 1938-1939
- Reel-Folder 16.12f: Health and Sanitation Committee, 1934-1944
- Reel-Folder 16.12g: Intercollegiate Athletics Committee, 1940-1944
- Reel-Folder 16.12h: Honor in Academic Work Committee, 1934-1941
- Reel-Folder 16.12i: Honorary Fraternities Committee, 1934-1944
- Reel-Folder 16.12j: Load-hour Evaluations Committee, 1944-1945
- Reel-Folder 16.12k: Married Student Committee, 1945
- Reel-Folder 16.12l: Military Service Committee, 1942-1943
- Reel-Folder 16.12m: Nutrition Committee - campus, 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 16.12n: Physical Education Exemptions Committee, 1942
- Reel-Folder 16.12o: Post War Students Housing Committee, 1944
- Reel-Folder 16.12p: Radio Hour Committee, 1938-1942
- Reel-Folder 16.12q: Retirement Program Committee, 1944
- Reel-Folder 16.12r: Selection and Certification of Teachers, 1938-1944
- Reel-Folder 16.12s: Selective Service Committee, 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 16.12t: Student Affairs Committee, 1913
- Reel-Folder 16.12u: Student Interest Committee, 1944-1947
- Reel-Folder 16.12v: Student Personnel Committee, 1934-1944
- Reel-Folder 16.12w: Veteran's Committee, 1944
- Sub-Series 7: Councils, 1932-1948
- Reel-Folder 16.13a: Administrative Council - honorary degrees, 1942-1948
- Reel-Item 16.13.1: Correspondence, 1932-1934
- Reel-Folder 16.13b: Curriculum Council, 1935-1938
- Reel-Folder 16.13c: Curriculum Council - course changes, 1941-1946
- Reel-Folder 16.13d: Faculty Council - general, 1945-1948
- Reel-Folder 16.13e: Graduate Council, 1935-1940
- Reel-Folder 16.13f: Graduate Council, PhD degrees - home economics and engineering (1 of 2), 1944
- Reel-Folder 17.13f: Graduate Council, PhD degrees - home economics and engineering (2 of 2), 1944
- Reel-Folder 17.13g: Post-war Council, 1943
- Reel-Folder 17.13h: Industrial Research Council, 1943-1946
- Sub-Series 8: Board of Regents, 1905-1929
- Reel-Folder 17.14a: Correspondence with members, 1916-1929
- Reel-Folder 17.14b: Committees, 1907-1912
- Reel-Folder 17.14c: Joint meeting with University of Oregon
- Reel-Folder 17.14d: Powers and policies - board and president, 1905-1910
- Reel-Folder 17.14e: Treasurer's report, 1909-1911
- Reel-Folder 17.14f: Report of president of college to members, 1906-1929
- 1924 report also available in Subgroup 7
- Sub-Series 9: Legislature, 1943-1945
- Reel-Folder 17.15a: Correspondence, 1943
- Reel-Folder 17.15b: Staff members attendance in Salem, 1943-1945
- Reel-Folder 17.15c: Legislation, 1945
- Sub-Series 10: Federal Extension Service, 1914-1947
- Reel-Folder 17.16a: Correspondence, 1917-1947
- Reel-Folder 17.16b: KOAC, 1923-1932
- Reel-Folder 17.16c: Legislation, 1914-1915
- Reel-Folder 17.16d: Marketing, 1922
- Reel-Folder 17.16e: Rural citizenship training, 1941
- Reel-Folder 17.16f: Tennessee Valley Authority Contract, 1940
- Reel-Folder 17.16g: War food production and conservation, 1944
- Sub-Series 11: Institutional Services, 1940-1947
- Reel-Folder 17.17: Business office, 1940-1946
- Reel-Folder 17.18: Office of the Registrar (1 of 2), 1940-1945
- Reel-Folder 18.18: Office of the Registrar (2 of 2), 1945-1947
- Sub-Series 12: Staff, 1930-1963
- Reel-Folder 18.19: Personnel Adjustments, 1936-1945
- Reel-Folder 18.20a: Applications appointment of president, 1939-1942
- Reel-Folder 18.20b: Carry-over adjustments, 1945
- Reel-Folder 18.20c: Commendations, 1940-1950
- Reel-Folder 18.20d: Complaints, 1940-1945
- Reel-Folder 18.20e: Deanship - School of Pharmacy, 1944
- Reel-Folder 18.20f: Faculty Advisory Council proposals, 1942
- Reel-Folder 18.20g: Military personnel, 1930-1943
- Reel-Folder 18.20h: Army personnel, 1940-1962
- Reel-Folder 18.20i: Navy personnel, 1949-1963
- Reel-Folder 18.20j: Air science personnel, 1949-1963
- Reel-Folder 18.20k: Miscellaneous academic (1 of 2), 1955-1958
- Reel-Folder 19.20k: Miscellaneous academic (2 of 2), 1958-1960
- Reel-Folder 19.20l: Oregon State Employee's Association, 1943-1954
- Reel-Folder 19.20m: Organizations - American Association of University Professors, 1951-1956
- Reel-Folder 19.20n: Presidential recommendations, 1942-1945
- Double listed on original content guide as 19.20n: RETAKE - Presidential recommendation (1942-1945)
- Reel-Folder 19.20o: Retirement program, 1941-1955
- Double listed on original content guide as 19.20o: RETAKE - Retirement program (1941-1955)
- Reel-Folder 19.20p: Salaries - Correspondence, 1942-1947
- Reel-Folder 19.20q: Salaries - Statistics and data, 1941-1958
- Reel-Folder 19.20r: Salaries - Reduction and restoration, 1932-1937
- Reel-Folder 19.20s: Services lost because of referendum, 1931-1932
- Reel-Folder 20.20t: Traffic Violations, 1948
- Reel-Folder 20.20u: Unemployment relief fund deductions, 1931-1934
- Sub-Series 13: Associated Students, 1911-1947
- Reel-Folder 20.21a: Correspondence, 1911-1947
- Reel-Folder 20.21b: Freshman bonfire, 1940-1942
- Reel-Folder 20.21c: Homecoming, 1940-1947
- Reel-Folder 20.21d: Concerts and Lectures Committee, 1945-1946
- Sub-Series 14: Students, 1935-1949
- Reel-Folder 20.22a: Correspondence, 1935-1949
- Reel-Folder 20.22b: Japanese-American Students, 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 20.22c: Veteran's Administration rehabilitation program, 1943-1946
- Sub-Series 15: Student Life and Welfare, 1917-1957
- Reel-Folder 20.23a: Miscellaneous, 1929-1947
- Reel-Folder 20.23b: Administrative regulations, 1917-1931
- Reel-Folder 20.23c: Alumni Association, 1940-1947
- Reel-Folder 20.23d: Educational funds, P.E.O. Sisterhood, 1940-1942
- Reel-Folder 20.23e: Emergency housing (1 of 2), 1945-1946
- Reel-Folder 21.23e: Emergency housing (2 of 2), 1946-1957
- Reel-Folder 21.23f: Emergency housing - operating contracts, 1946-1947
- Sub-Series 16: Campus Events, 1926-1952
- Reel-Folder 21.24a: AAS Meeting, 1951-1952
- Reel-Folder 21.24b: Agricultural economic conference, 1945-1946
- Reel-Folder 21.24c: Correspondence, 1936-1942
- Reel-Folder 21.24d: Diamond jubilee, 1943
- Reel-Folder 21.24e: Home Economics - 50th Anniversary, 1939-1940
- Reel-Folder 21.24f: Senior day and education exhibtion, 1926-1929
- Sub-Series 17: Educational Activities, 1928-1947
- Reel-Folder 21.25a: Band, 1940
- Reel-Folder 21.25b: Concert series, 1940-1947
- Reel-Folder 21.25c: Publications, 1928-1947
- Sub-Series 18: Educational Activities Board, 1935-1947
- Reel-Folder 21.26a: Minutes of meetings, 1938-1939
- Reel-Folder 21.26: Correspondence, 1935-1947
- Reel-Folder 21.27: Alumni, 1943-1945
- Reel-Folder 21.28: Convocations and Lecture Committee
- Reel-Folder 21.28a: Convocations, 1940-1945
- Reel-Folder 21.29: Clubs and Associates - Correspondence, 1941
- Reel-Folder 21.30: Honors Societies - Correspondence, 1935
- Reel-Folder 21.31: Professional and Departmental Societies - Correspondence, 1935
- Reel-Folder 21.32: Dormitories - Correspondence, 1941-1946
- Reel-Folder 21.33: Fraternities - Correspondence, 1912
- Sub-Series 19: Living Organizations, 1942-1946
- Reel-Folder 21.34a: Correspondence, 1942-1946
- Reel-Folder 21.34b: War-time housing, 1943-1946
- Reel-Folder 21.34c: Fraternity contracts (1 of 2), 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 22.34c: Fraternity contracts (2 of 2), 1944-1946
- Reel-Folder 22.34d: Fraternity contract releases, 1944
- Reel-Folder 22.35: Curricula - Standardization of degrees, 1936-1940
- Reel-Folder 22.36: Health Service - Correspondence, 1930-1940
- Reel-Folder 22.37: Religious education
- Reel-Folder 22.38: Religion - School of missionaries, 1928-1939
- Reel-Folder 22.39: Naming of Roads and Areas, 1939
- Reel-Folder 22.40: Oregon Apple Company - Correspondence, 1912
- Reel-Folder 22.41: Oregon Fellowship - Correspondence, 1941-1943
- Sub-Series 20: Agricultural Experiment Station, 1909-1946
- Reel-Folder 22.42a: Buildings - construction and repair, 1946
- Reel-Folder 22.42b: Correspondence, 1912-1939
- Reel-Folder 22.42c: Branch Station leases, 1925-1945
- Reel-Folder 22.42d: Eastern Oregon Dry-farming Station, 1909-1935
- Reel-Folder 22.42e: Hood River Branch Station, 1937
- Reel-Folder 22.42f: Medford Branch Station, 1934
- Reel-Folder 22.42g: Pendleton Branch Station, 1937
- Reel-Folder 22.42h: Umatilla Branch Station, 1913-1938
- Reel-Folder 22.42i: Deep well irrigation project, 1929-1940
- Reel-Folder 22.42j: Seed testing laboratory, 1909-1915
- Sub-Series 21: School of Agriculture, 1912-1946
- Reel-Folder 22.43a: Budget transfers, 1944-1946
- Reel-Folder 22.43b: Division of Animal Industries, 1912-1938
- Reel-Folder 22.43c: Fish and Game Management, 1935-1946
- Reel-Folder 22.43d: Poultry Husbandry, 1934
- Reel-Folder 22.43e: Dairy Products Laboratory, 1941-1946
- Sub-Series 22: School of Business and Technology, 1940-1948
- Reel-Folder 22.44a: General, 1941-1948
- Reel-Folder 22.44b: Secretarial Science, 1940-1946
- Reel-Folder 22.45: Business and Industry - Correspondence
- Reel-Folder 22.46: School of Education (1 of 2), 1927-1947
- Reel-Folder 23.46: School of Education (2 of 2), 1947-1948
- Sub-Series 23: School of Engineering, 1908-1948
- Reel-Folder 23.47a: Correspondence, 1908-1939
- Reel-Folder 23.47b: Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, 1942-1948
- Reel-Folder 23.47c: Civil Engineering, 1941-1947
- Reel-Folder 23.47d: Electrical Engineering, 1941-1948
- Reel-Folder 23.47e: Industrial Arts and Engineering, 1940-1948
- Reel-Folder 23.47f: Mechanical Engineering, 1934-1946
- Reel-Folder 23.47g: Mining Engineering, 1934-1946
- Sub-Series 24: School of Engineering and Industrial Arts, 1941-1948
- Reel-Folder 23.48a: Correspondence, 1941-1948
- Reel-Folder 23.48b: Purchase of surplus property, 1944-1947
- Sub-Series 25: School of Forestry, 1940-1947
- Reel-Folder 23.49a: Correspondence, 1941-1947
- Reel-Folder 23.49b: Forest Products Laboratory, 1941-1947
- Reel-Folder 23.49c: Ten-year program, 1940
- Reel-Folder 23.49d: Investigation of School of Forestry, 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 23.49e: Forestry Investigation - Correspondence, 1941-1943
- Reel-Folder 23.49f: Biographical data, Gilfillan's Survey, 1940-1943
- Sub-Series 26: School of Home Economics, 1940-1947
- Reel-Folder 23.50a: Budget additions and transfers, 1940-1946
- Reel-Folder 23.50b: Instruction, 1940-1947
- Reel-Folder 23.50c: Nursery School - Federal (1 of 2), 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 24.50c: Nursery School - Federal (2 of 2), 1944-1946
- Reel-Folder 24.51: School of Mines, 1923-1942
- Reel-Folder 24.52: School of Pharmacy - Special File, 1944
- Reel-Folder 24.53: School of Science - Correspondence, 1934-1946
- Reel-Folder 24.54: School of Science - Chemistry Department, 1936-1946
- Sub-Series 27: Lower Division, 1932-1949
- Reel-Folder 24.55a: Art, 1940-1947
- Reel-Folder 24.55b: English, 1941-1945
- Reel-Folder 24.55c: Landscape Architecture, 1941-1945
- Reel-Folder 24.55d: Music, 1932-1949
- Reel-Folder 24.55e: Speech Department, 1942-1947
- Sub-Series 28: Architects, 1909-1938
- Reel-Folder 24.56a: Olmsted Brothers, 1909-1910
- Reel-Folder 24.56b: Taylor, A.D., 1923-1938
- Reel-Folder 24.57: Division of Physical Education - Correspondence, 1932-1948
- Sub-Series 29: Intercollegiate Sports (Athletics), 1941-1945
- Reel-Folder 24.58a: Football games, 1941
- Reel-Folder 24.58b: Rose Bowl game, 1942
- Reel-Folder 24.58c: Football game season, 1945
- Reel-Folder 24.59: Intercollegiate Athletics Board - Correspondence (1 of 2), 1934-1945
- Reel-Folder 25.59: Intercollegiate Athletics Board - Correspondence (2 of 2), 1945-1946
- Reel-Folder 25.60: Library - Correspondence, 1934-1947
- Reel-Folder 25.61: Libraries, Museums and Herbarium, 1934-1940
- Reel-Folder 25.62: Gifts and Grants
- Reel-Folder 26.62c: Scholarships - General, 1947-1961
- Sub-Series 30: Scholarships, 1920-1961
- Reel-Folder 26.62d: Max Tucker - Cascade Plywood Corporation, 1950-1956
- Reel-Folder 26.62e: Multnomah Angler's and Hunter's Club, 1941-1943
- Reel-Folder 26.62f: Oregon State Scholarship, 1958-1959
- Reel-Folder 26.62g: Miscellaneous Scholarships, 1923-1947
- Reel-Folder 26.62h: Rhodes Scholarship Committee, 1945-1964
- Sub-Series 31: Gifts, 1916-1957
- Reel-Folder 26.63a: Aeronautical Laboratory, 1944-1945
- Reel-Folder 26.63b: Lillan Frances Jensen Memorial Fund, 1944-1945
- Reel-Folder 26.63c: Prefabrication Engineering Company, 1944-1945
- Reel-Folder 26.63d: Miscellaneous, 1916-1946
- Reel-Folder 26.64: Loan Funds - Pharmaceutical Equipment Fund, 1925-1932
- Reel-Folder 26.65: Prizes and Awards - Miscellaneous, 1913-1940
- Reel-Folder 26.66: Gifts and Grants - General, 1947-1957
- Sub-Series 32: Mary McDonald - Bequest, 1922-1949
- Reel-Folder 26.67a: Early negotiations and information - her life (1 of 2), 1922-1930
- Reel-Folder 27.67a: Early negotiations and information - her life (2 of 2), 1949
- Reel-Folder 27.67b: Will and correspondence - estate, 1935-1938
- Reel-Folder 27.67c: Books and lands, 1928-1936
- Reel-Folder 27.67d: Coos County property
- Reel-Folder 27.67e: Lake County property
- Reel-Folder 27.68: Memorial Book Fund, 1943-1959
- Sub-Series 33: OSC Foundation, 1947-1957
- Reel-Folder 28.69: Correspondence, 1947-1957
- Reel-Folder 28.69a: General, 1947-1957
- Reel-Folder 28.69b: Gifts and Miscellaneous, 1947-1957
- Reel-Folder 28.69c: McGuire - Corvallis fund, 1950-1952
- Reel-Folder 28.69d: Milam fellowship, 1950
- Reel-Folder 28.69e: Founder member certificates, 1952-1954
- Reel-Folder 28.69f: Trustees, 1955-1957
- Sub-Series 34: Research, 1931-1948
- Reel-Folder 28.70a: Bonneville Power Administration, 1944-1948
- Reel-Folder 28.7ob: Forest products research, 1944-1945
- Reel-Folder 28.70c: Life insurance, medical research fund, 1946
- Reel-Folder 28.70d: Martin-Dennis research fellowships, 1940-1945
- Reel-Folder 28.70e: Nutrition Foundation, 1942-1943
- Reel-Folder 28.70f: Office of Naval Research, 1947
- Reel-Folder 28.70g: Pantothenic acid project, 1936-1939
- Reel-Folder 28.70h: Standard Oil Company of California fellowships, 1937-1940
- Reel-Folder 28.70i: Tobacco By-products and Chemical Corporation, 1940-1945
- Reel-Folder 28.70j: U.S. Government, Army - Air Force, 1945-1946
- Reel-Folder 28.70k: War Department, 1936-1937
- Reel-Folder 28.70l: Williams-Waterman Research Grant, 1941-1947
- Reel-Folder 28.70m: Anti-thiamine activities of plant materials, 1947
- Reel-Folder 28.70n: Combat of dietary diseases, 1943-1946
- Reel-Folder 28.70o: Miscellaneous, 1931-1940
- Sub-Series 35: Physical Plant - Buildings, 1909-1945
- Reel-Folder 28.71a: Agricultural engineering
- Reel-Folder 28.71b: Agricultural Hall
- Reel-Folder 28.71c: Miscellaneous Agriculture
- Reel-Folder 28.71d: Chemistry
- Reel-Folder 28.71e: Commerce
- Reel-Folder 28.71f: Crewhouse
- Reel-Folder 28.71g: Dairy and hog barns
- Reel-Folder 29.71h: Dormitories
- Reel-Folder 29.71i: Engineering Lab
- Reel-Folder 29.71j: Ferguson House
- Reel-Folder 29.71k: Food technology
- Reel-Folder 29.71l: Greenhouse
- Reel-Folder 29.71m: Horse barn
- Reel-Folder 29.71n: Library
- Reel-Folder 29.71o: Memorial Union
- Reel-Folder 29.71p: Old hospital
- Reel-Folder 29.71q: Pharmacy
- Reel-Folder 29.71r: Physics
- Reel-Folder 29.71s: Poultry
- Reel-Folder 29.71t: Saddle horse barn
- Reel-Folder 29.71u: Shepard
- Reel-Folder 29.71v: Snell Hall
- Reel-Folder 29.71w: Stock judging pavilion
- Reel-Folder 29.71x: Veterinary
- Reel-Folder 29.71y: Waldo
- Reel-Folder 29.71z: Women's building
- Reel-Folder 29.71aa: Women's dorm
- Reel-Folder 29.71bb: Miscellaneous
- Sub-Series 36: Physical Plant, 1911-1942
- Reel-Folder 29.72a: Campus maintenance, 1922-1938
- Reel-Folder 29.72b: Building program
- Reel-Folder 29.72c: Armory, 1940-1941
- Reel-Folder 29.72d: Auditorium, 1938
- Reel-Folder 29.72e: Chemistry vault, 1941
- Reel-Folder 29.72f: Harold Smiley - Death, 1916
- Reel-Folder 29.72g: Agricultural lands, 1920-1940
- Reel-Folder 29.72h: Lands - Campus grounds, 1921-1942
- Reel-Folder 29.72i: Lands - Leases, 1922-1937
- Reel-Folder 29.72j: Land purchases, 1911-1939
- Reel-Folder 29.72k: Land purchases - Sigma Chi and Gibson, 1934-1939
- Reel-Folder 29.72l: Telephone exchange, 1936-1939
- Reel-Folder 29.72m: Water, 1927-1940
- Reel-Folder 30.73: Military Science and Tactics - Correspondence, 1907-1946
- Reel-Folder 30.74a: Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps - Correspondence, 1945-1946
- Reel-Folder 30.74b: Naval Science - Navy V12, 1945-1946
- Sub-Series 37: War Activities, 1940-1951
- Reel-Folder 30.75a: Administration - Equipment purchases, 1944
- Reel-Folder 30.75b: Agriculture, School of, 1942-1943
- Reel-Folder 30.75c: Alumni, 1942-1943
- Reel-Folder 30.75d: Correspondence, 1941-1951
- Reel-Folder 30.75e: Engineering, School of, 1940-1945
- Reel-Folder 30.75f: Civilian pilot training, 1940-1941
- Reel-Folder 30.75g: Engineering, science management and war training program, 1941-1945
- Reel-Folder 30.75h: Military science and tactics (ROTC), 1942
- Reel-Folder 30.75i: Office of coordinator, 1942
- Reel-Folder 30.75j: 114th Cavalry headquarters, 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 30.75k: Physical Education, Division of, 1942
- Reel-Folder 30.75l: Physical Plant, 1942
- Reel-Folder 30.75m: Recommendations for U.S. Service, 1940-1943
- Reel-Folder 30.75n: Registrar, 1942
- Reel-Folder 30.75o: Reports to Chancellor, 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 30.75p: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, 1944-1945
- Reel-Folder 30.75q: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1941-1945
- Reel-Folder 30.75r: Science, 1943-1946
- Reel-Folder 31.75s: Engineering, 1941-1947
- Reel-Folder 31.75t: Victory (Navy) program, 1942-1946
- Reel-Folder 31.75u: Students, 1942
- Reel-Folder 31.75v: Student war loans program, 1942-1943
- Reel-Folder 31.75w: Women, Dean of, 1942
- Sub-Series 38: Payrolls and Budgets - Army Specialized Training Program, 1943-1946
- Reel-Folder 31.76a: Correspondence, 1943-1946
- Reel-Folder 31.76b: Severance pay cases only, 1944
- Reel-Folder 31.76c: Individual payroll analysis (1 of 3), 1943
- Reel-Folder 32.76c: Individual payroll analysis (2 of 3), 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 33.76c: Individual payroll analysis (3 of 3), 1944
- Sub-Series 39: Army Specialized Training Program, 1943-1946
- Reel-Folder 33.77a: Administration Correspondence, 1943-1946
- Reel-Folder 33.77b: Remarks to instructors, 1943-1946
- Reel-Folder 33.77c: Requisitions and finances, 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 33.77d: Staff, 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 33.77e: Student personnel, 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 33.77f: Unsatisfactory progress report, 1945
- Sub-Series 40: Contracts, 1943-1946
- Reel-Folder 33.78a: Correspondence, 1943-1946
- Reel-Folder 33.78b: Contracts only, 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 34.78c: Contracts - Statements renderer, 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 34.78d: Contract data, 1943-1945
- Reel-Folder 34.78e: Working data only, 1943-1945
- Reel-Folder 34.78f: Fraternity houses, 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 34.78g: ROTC only, 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 34.78h: Contract manuals, 1943-1945
- Sub-Series 41: Army Specialized Training Program - Curricula
- Reel-Folder 34.79a: Contract manuals and curriculum material
- Reel-Folder 34.79b: Administration, 1944
- Reel-Folder 34.79c: Aeronautical engineering, 1943
- Reel-Folder 34.79d: Correspondence, 1943
- Reel-Folder 34.79e: Miscellaneous material, 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 34.80: Material submitted to Col. Herman Beukema - Army Specialized Training Program - Schools and Departments (1 of 2), 1943
- Reel-Folder 35.80: Material submitted to Col. Herman Beukema - Army Specialized Training Program - Schools and Departments (2 of 2), 1943
- Sub-Series 42: Materials submitted, 1943-1948
- Reel-Folder 35.80a: Dormitories, Department of, 1943
- Reel-Folder 35.80b: Engineering, School of, 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 35.80c: Equipment rented from PDC, School of Engineering, 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 35.80d: Physical Education, Department of, 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 35.80e: Physical Plant, 1944
- Reel-Folder 35.80f: Services - Physical Plant, 1943-1948
- Reel-Folder 35.80g: Services - Light and poser, 1943-1948
- Reel-Folder 35.81a: War Department - General, 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 35.81b: Ninth service command, 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 35.81c: Miscellaneous, 1943-1944
- Series 9: Oregon State Government, 1937-1942
- Series 9 is comprised of materials associated with the Oregon State government. This series consists of documents related to state commissions, as well as the Holman Congressional delegation, and the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI).
- Reel-Folder 35.1: Congressional delegation - Holman, Rufus C. (Senator), 1940-1942
- Reel-Folder 35.2: Game Commission, 1938
- Reel-Folder 35.3: Geology and Mineral Industries, Department of, 1937-1939
- Reel-Folder 35.4: Liquor control commission, 1939-1940
- Reel-Folder 35.5: Unemployment Compensation Commission - Board of Mobilization of Labor, 1941
- Series 10: United States Government, 1914-1948
- Series 10 consists of materials associated with the United States government. This series is divided into two sub-series, which cover independent offices and establishments such as the U.S. Office of Education, and the Work Projects Administration; and the War Department, with materials dating to after the United States entered World War II.
- Reel-Folder 35.1: Bonneville Power Administration - Regional advisory council, 1944-1946
- Sub-Series 1: Independent offices and establishments, 1931-1947
- Reel-Folder 35.2a: Education, U.S. Office of, 1931-1947
- Reel-Folder 35.2b: National Youth Administration, 1940-1943
- Reel-Folder 35.2c: Surplus War Property Division, 1944-1945
- Reel-Folder 35.2: Work Projects Administration, 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 35.3: Legislation, 1914-1944
- Reel-Folder 35.4: Navy Department, 1941-1948
- Reel-Folder 35.5: Treasury Department, Bureau of Internal Revenue, 1940-1942
- Sub-Series 2: War Department, 1941-1946
- Reel-Folder 35.6a: Camp Adair, 1942-1943
- Reel-Folder 35.6b: Cantonment site, Selection of, 1941
- Reel-Folder 35.6c: Correspondence, 1941-1946
- Reel-Folder 36.6d: Special orders, 1941-1943
- Series 11: Financial File, 1915-1945
- Series 11 consists of two reels of budget and financial information, and dating between 1915 to 1945.
- Reel 36: Budgets and Financial Information (1 of 2), 1915-1940
- Reel 37: Budgets and Financial Information (2 of 2), 1941-1945
- Series 12: Audit Reports, 1913-1958
- Series 12 is comprised of audit reports. This includes both internal audits of, for example, Associated Students and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics; and external audits, including those submitted to the State Board of Higher Education and the State Auditing Department.
- Reel-Folder 37.1a: Correspondence reports with State Board of Higher Education Curricula, 1914-1915
- Reel-Folder 37.1b: Report of curricula to the State Board of Higher Education, 1940-1941
- Reel-Folder 37.2: Associated Students (1 of 2), 1925-1928
- Reel-Folder 38.2: Associated Students (2 of 2), 1929-1936
- Reel-Folder 38.3: Educational activities, 1936-1958
- Reel-Folder 38.4: Intercollegiate Athletics, Department of, 1936-1958
- Reel-Folder 38.5-6: OSC Memorial Union, 1947-1948
- Reel-Folder 38.6: Department of Visual Instruction, 1935-1958
- Reel-Folder 38.7: Stadium Campaign Fund, 1951-1952
- Reel-Folder 38.8: Audit Report (State Auditing Department), 1932-1933
- Reel 38: Audit Reports with Special Reports on the Department of Superintendent of Buildings, 1913
- Reel-Folder 38.9: OSAC report on the organization of the Superintendent of Buildings Department, 1932-1933
- Reel-Folder 38.10: A Study of the Costs of Instruction for U of O and OSC, 1933
- Reel-Folder 38.11: Audit Reports of Oregon State Agricultural College, 1926-1931
- Reel-Folder 38.12: Audit Reports to State of Oregon Department of Higher Education (1 of 2), 1931-1938
- Reel-Folder 39.12: Audit Reports to State of Oregon Department of Higher Education (2 of 2), 1938-1958
- Series 13: Budgets, 1912-1947
- Series 13 consists of budget materials for the university. This series includes three sub-series: 1. Extension Service Budgets; 2. Oregon State System of Higher Education; and 3. Budgets, including those for the Central Experiment Station Farm Maintenance, Branch Station funds, and the Gymnasium Fee fund.
- Reel-Folder 39.1: Budgets - Manuscripts, memorandums and salaries (1 of 3), 1928-1930
- Reel-Folder 40.1: Budgets - Manuscripts, memorandums and salaries (2 of 3), 1930-1934
- Reel-Folder 41.1: Budgets - Manuscripts, memorandums and salaries (3 of 3), 1935-1946
- Sub-Series 1: Extension Service (Budgets), 1913-1945
- Reel-Folder 41.2: Extension Service (Budgets), 1930-1932
- Reel-Folder 41.2a: Biennial reports, 1913-1916
- Reel-Folder 41.2b: Annual reports, 1914-1924
- Reel-Folder 41.2c: Budgets (1 of 2), 1914-1935
- Reel-Folder 41.2d: Fund budgets (1 of 2), 1936-1945
- Reel-Folder 42.2c: Budgets (2 of 2), 1914-1935
- Reel-Folder 42.2d: Fund budgets, 1936-1945
- Reel-Folder 42.2e: County budgets (1 of 2), 1918-1942
- Reel-Folder 43.2e: County budgets (2 of 2), 1918-1942
- Reel-Folder 43.2f: Extension service project outlines, 1914-1917
- Reel-Folder 43.4: School of Agriculture and Branches Budgets, 1938-1947
- Reel-Folder 43.5: Science - Budgets and Budget Reports (1 of 2), 1936-1943
- Reel-Folder 44.5: Science - Budgets and Budget Reports (2 of 2), 1936-1943
- Reel-Folder 44.6: Resident Instruction - Budget Reports, 1923-1937
- Sub-Series 2: Oregon State System of Higher Education, 1936-1943
- Reel-Folder 44.7: Operating Budget, 1937-1943
- Reel-Folder 44.8a: Budget emergencies reports, 1936-1937
- Reel-Folder 44.8b: Emergency budget additions, OSC, 1936-1941
- Reel-Folder 44.8c: Emergency equipment, 1938
- Reel-Folder 44.9: OSAC Financial Reports, 1933
- Reel-Folder 44.10: Budget Summaries and Personnel Adjustments, System of Higher Education (1 of 2), 1933-1937
- Reel-Folder 45.10: Budget Summaries and Personnel Adjustments, System of Higher Education (2 of 2), 1937-1945
- Paper copy of report for 1934/35 fiscal year can be found in Subgroup 7.
- Reel-Folder 45.11: Budget Statements - Educational Activities, 1941-1946
- Reel-Folder 45.12: Budget Statements - Intercollegiate Athletics, 1941-1945
- Reel-Folder 45.13: Budgets of OSC, 1912-1918
- Sub-Series 3: Budgets, 1918-1945
- Budgets for Central Experiment Station (1918-1943), Farm Maintenance (1920-1938), Branch Station funds (1920-1928), and the Gymnasium Fee fund (1922-1927).
- Reel-Folder 46.13: Budgets of OSC (1 of 9), 1918-1928
- Reel-Folder 47.13a: Budgets of OSC (2 of 9), 1928-1933
- Reel-Folder 47.13b: Budgets of OSC (3 of 9), 1933-1936
- Reel-Folder 48.13: Budgets of OSC (4 of 9), 1936-1937
- Reel-Folder 49.13: Budgets of OSC (5 of 9), 1937-1939
- Reel-Folder 50.13: Budgets of OSC (6 of 9), 1939-1941
- Reel-Folder 51.13: Budgets of OSC (7 of 9), 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 52.13: Budgets of OSC (8 of 9), 1942-1944
- Reel-Folder 53.13: Budgets of OSC (9 of 9), 1943-1945
- Reel-Folder 53.14: Budgets - Experiment Station Funds (1 of 2), 1918-1931
- Reel-Folder 54.14: Budgets - Experiment Station Funds (2 of 2), 1931-1943
- Series 14: Budget Reports, 1903-1944
- Series 14 is comprised of budget reports. This series covers a variety of budgets, including the budgets for the janitorial staff, income and expenditure reports, and salary and financial material. There is also one sub-series, which contains campus-level budget materials.
- Reel-Folder 54.1: Budget Data Reports, 1903-1927
- Reel-Folder 54.2: Report of OSAC to the Secretary of State, 1916-1920
- Reel-Folder 54.3: OSC Budget Reports, 1943-1944
- Reel-Folder 54.4: Clerical Exchange Reports, 1934-1940
- Reel-Folder 54.5: Budget Reports - Schools and Agencies (1 of 2), 1932-1933
- Reel-Folder 55.5: Budget Reports - Schools and Agencies (2 of 2), 1933-1935
- Sub-Series 1: Budget Reports, 1931-1939
- Reel-Folder 56.5: Budget Reports (Schools and Agencies), 1934-1936
- Reel-Folder 56.6a: Necessary janitorial budgets, 1937-1939
- Reel-Folder 56.6b: Repair and remodeling budget reports, 1938-1939
- Reel-Folder 56.6c: Campus maintenance budget, 1938-1939
- Reel-Folder 56.6d: Physical Plant and Superintendent of Buildings budgets and reports, 1932-1934
- Reel-Folder 56.6e: Monthly financial reports - Physical Plant, 1931-1932
- Reel-Folder 56.6f: Report of income and expenditures (1 of 2), 1931-1932
- Reel-Folder 57.6f: Report of income and expenditures (2 of 2), 1931-1932
- Reel-Folder 57.6g: Salary and financial material, 1932-1933
- Series 15: Reports, 1927-1955
- Series 15 consists of reports including those documenting the Department of Personnel Reports and Supervised Teaching, Experiment Stations, and the Lower Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
- Reel-Folder 57.1: Department of Personnel Reports, 1952-1955
- Reel-Folder 57.2: Department of Supervised Teaching, 1940-1942
- Reel-Folder 57.3: School of Engineering, 1945
- Reel-Folder 57.4: Experiment Station Reports, 1930-1944
- Reel-Folder 57.5: Library Reports, 1942-1954
- Reel-Folder 57.6: Lower Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1933
- Reel-Folder 57.7: Housing and Employment Service, 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 57.8a: KOAC radio, 1927-1933
- Reel-Folder 57.8b: Oregon on Parade, 1940
- Reel-Folder 57.9: Sanitary Inspector Training and Sanitarians Short Course, 1937-1953
- Reel-Folder 57.10: Waterworks Short Course, 1953
- Reel-Folder 57.11: Six Year Development Program for Division of Animal Industries, 1939-1944
- Series 16: Staff Data, 1907-1956
- Series 16 consists of data collected about university staff. This data covers topics such as staff statistics and salary information, a list of regular employees and staff with academic rank, and enrollment statistics.
- Reel-Folder 57.1a: Staff statistics and salary lists (1 of 2), 1907-1923
- Reel-Folder 58.1a: Staff statistics and salary lists (2 of 2), 1923-1949
- Reel-Folder 58.1b: Salary ranges and averages, 1940-1955
- Reel-Folder 58.2a: List of regular employees, 1931-1940
- Reel-Folder 58.2b: Staff with academic rank, 1947-1956
- Reel-Folder 58.3: Letters to Staff: 1924 and memorandums, 1932-1935
- Reel-Folder 58.4: Units of Instruction (1 of 2), 1930
- Reel-Folder 59.4: Units of Instruction (2 of 2), 1930
- Reel-Folder 59.6: U.S. Department of Interior - Enrollment, salaries and income, 1920-1932
- Reel-Folder 59.7: Miscellaneous salary data and degrees, 1921-1927
- Series 17: Miscellaneous Reports, 1922-1956
- Series 17 consists of miscellaneous reports. This series has one sub-series, State Board of Higher Education, as well as other reports that cover a variety of topics, including the scope of Land-Grant Schools Curriculum, Summer Sessions, and Oregon State College and University of Oregon comparative data.
- Sub-Series 1: State Board of Higher Education, 1931-1954
- Reel-Folder 59.1a: Chancellor's reports, 1938-1946
- Reel-Folder 59.1b: Investments - Endowment, loans and property, 1945-1954
- Reel-Folder 59.1c: Other reports, 1931-1945
- Reel-Folder 59.2: OSAC Inspection, 1922
- Reel-Folder 59.3: Biennial Reports Departments - Biennial Reports for the President (1 of 2), 1933-1940
- Reel-Folder 60.3: Biennial Reports Departments - Biennial Reports for the President (2 of 2), 1940-1942
- Reel-Folder 60.4: OSC - U of O Comparative Data, 1932-1939
- Reel-Folder 60.5: Relationship at Medical School to System, 1938-1941
- Reel-Folder 60.6: Conference of the Student as a Factor in His Education, 1946
- Reel-Folder 60.7: Teaching Loads, 1930-1940
- Reel-Folder 60.8: Summer Sessions, 1942-1949
- Reel-Folder 60.9: Miscellaneous Reports, 1931-1945
- Reel-Folder 60.10: Agricultural Experiment Stations Committee of State Board - Minutes, 1940
- Reel-Folder 60.11: The Third Chemistry Institute - Pacific Coast, 1956
- Reel-Folder 60.12: The Curricular Scope of the Land Grant Institutions, 1944
- Series 18: Buildings, 1926-1947
- Series 18 consists of information about campus buildings. This includes information on building improvements, and building programs (e.g. Ten Year Capital Outlay). Also included are blueprints for the Armory dating to 1945.
- Reel-Folder 60.1: Taylor Campus Improvement Program, 1926-1930
- Reel-Folder 60.2: Ten Year Capital Outlay Program, 1931-1947
- Paper copy of 1931-1940 Program Report can be found in Box 5.
- Reel-Folder 60.3a: Building program, 1940-1947
- Reel-Folder 60.3b: Building survey, 1944
- Reel-Folder 60.3c: Building program, armory - blueprints, 1945
- Series 19: Special Reports, 1933
- Series 19 consists of two folders associated with special reports. Folder 1 houses a special report from the Board of Higher Education in 1933, while Folder 2 houses the OSAC investigation and criticism of the special report.
- Reel-Folder 60.1: Special Report - Board of Higher Education, 1933
- Reel-Folder 60.2: Reports of OSAC on Investigation and Criticism of Above, 1933
- Series 20: Association of American Universities, 1922-1926
- Series 20 is comprised of one folder of materials from the Association of American Universities, and documents the work of the Committee on Classification of Colleges.
- Reel-Folder 60.1: Committee on Classification of Colleges, 1922-1926
- Records can also be found in Box 5.
- Series 21: Reference File, 1908-1950
- Series 21 consists of three reference files documenting reports of the Registrar’s Office, and enrollment statistics.
- Reel-Folder 60.1: Registrar's Report (1 of 2), 1908-1941
- Reel-Folder 61.1: Registrar's Report (2 od 2), 1941-1942
- Reel-Folder 61.2: Registrar's Office: Statistics - Enrollment, 1946-1950
- Series 22: Miscellaneous, 1912-1964
- Series 22 comprises miscellaneous materials. These materials cover a wide range of topics, from the university Administrative Code to the National Economic Council. Notably, this series includes one sub-series, which relates to the American Legion.
- Reel-Folder 61.1: Air Youth of America, Correspondence, 1941
- Reel-Folder 61.2: Peace Corps Training Program, 1964
- Reel-Folder 61.3: American Farm Bureau Association, 1941-1942
- Sub-Series 1: American Legion, 1940-1949
- Reel-Folder 61.4a: General Correspondence, 1940-1947
- Reel-Folder 61.4b: Beaver Boy's State, 1941-1949
- Reel-Folder 61.4c: Girl's State, 1941
- Reel-Folder 61.5: Cattle and Horse Raisers Association, 1948
- Reel-Folder 61.6: Citizen's Committee on Displaced Persons, 1947-1949
- Reel-Folder 61.7: Information - Requests for, 1912-1937
- Reel-Folder 61.8: Miscellaneous Offerings, 1931-1932
- Reel-Folder 61.9: National Economic Council, 1947-1948
- Reel-Folder 61.10: Oregon Journal - Industrial Research Program, 1944-1946
- Reel-Folder 61.11: Oregon State Congressional Delegation, 1942-1956
- Reel-Folder 61.12: Oregon State Departments - Education Correspondence, 1940-1948
- Reel-Folder 61.13a: Reports to and from the State Board of Higher Education, 1931-1932
- Reel-Folder 61.13b: Administrative Code, 1934
- Reel-Folder 61.14: Production and Transportation of fuel from sawmill refuse, 1942
- Reel-Folder 61.15: Summary of Progress Reports - ASEE Committee on Improvement of Teaching
- Reel-Folder 61.16: Legislative Investigation Committee, 1916
- Reel-Folder 61.17: Supplementary Report of OSAC, 1929
- Reel-Folder 61.18: Special Committee Reports OSC, U of O, 1931
- Reel-Folder 61.19: School of Science - Functions and Status, 1938
- Reel-Folder 61.20: Replies from Research Questionnaire, 1944
- Reel-Folder 61.21: OSC Convocations - 75th, 1943
- Series 23: Curriculum, 1931-1964
- Series 23, Curriculum, documents the work of the Curriculum Committee, including its reports and proposals. Also included are lists of Oregon State College and University of Oregon courses. This series includes one sub-series, Studies of Facts and Figures, which comprises study data for various schools and topics (e.g. Art and Architecture, Extension and summer schools, Journalism and Industrial Journalism).
- Reel-Folder 61.1: Curriculum Committee (1 of 2), 1939-1941
- Reel-Folder 62.1: Curriculum Committee (2 of 2), 1941-1948
- Reel-Folder 62.2: Report of the Curriculum Committee, 1932
- Can also be found in Box 5.
- Reel-Folder 62.3: Reports on Business and Industries Curriculum
- Reel-Folder 62.4: Applied Physical and Technical Geography - Curriculum Proposal, 1949
- Reel-Folder 62.5: Requests for a major in Physical Education, 1949-1950
- Reel-Folder 62.6: Housing, Tuition, Fees and Scholarships Catalog, 1963-1964
- Sub-Series 1: Studies of Facts and Figures, 1932
- Reel-Folder 62.7a: Art and Architecture and Course, Related to
- Reel-Folder 62.7b: Commerce and Business Administration
- Reel-Folder 62.7c: Journalism and Industrial Journalism
- Reel-Folder 62.7d: Physical Education
- Reel-Item 62.7e: Upper Division Sciences
- Reel-Folder 62.7f: Vocational Education and teacher training
- Reel-Folder 62.7g: Extension and summer schools
- Reel-Folder 62.7h: Research activities
- Reel-Folder 62.7i: Lower Division organization (1 of 2)
- Reel-Folder 63.7i: Lower Division organization (2 of 2)
- Reel-Folder 63.7j: Music
- Reel-Folder 63.8: How Complete is Oregon State College as a Seperate Land Grant Institution?, 1941
- Can also be found in Box 5.
- Reel-Folder 63.9: OSAC Reply to Questionnaire on Commerce, 1931
- Reel-Folder 63.10: List of courses offered at Eugene and Corvallis, 1932-1933
- Reel-Folder 63.11: Analysis of the University of Oregon by OSC, 1938
- Can also be found in Box 5.
- Series 24: Appointment Notes, 1919-1960
- Series 24 consists of notices of staff appointments, and salary notices.
- Reel-Folder 63.1: Salary Notices (1 of 4), 1919-1924
- Reel-Folder 64.1: Salary Notices (2 of 4), 1924-1929
- Reel-Folder 65.1: Salary Notices (3 of 4), 1929-1933
- Reel-Folder 66.1: Salary Notices (4 of 4), 1933
- Reel-Folder 66.2: Appointment Notices (1 of 11), 1936-1940
- Reel-Folder 67.2: Appointment Notices (2 of 11), 1940-1943
- Reel-Folder 68.2: Appointment Notices (3 of 11), 1943-1946
- Reel-Folder 69.2: Appointment Notices (4 of 11), 1946-1948
- Reel-Folder 70.2: Appointment Notices (5 of 11), 1948-1951
- Reel-Folder 71.2: Appointment Notices (6 of 11), 1951-1953
- Reel-Folder 72.2: Appointment Notices (7 of 11), 1953-1954
- Reel-Folder 73.2: Appointment Notices (8 of 11), 1954-1956
- Reel-Folder 74.2: Appointment Notices (9 of 11), 1956-1958
- Reel-Folder 75.2: Appointment Notices (10 of 11), 1958-1959
- Reel-Folder 76.2: Appointment Notices (11 of 11), 1959-1960
- Series 25: Briefs, 1913-1941
- Series 25 consists of various briefing materials, including from Oregon State Agricultural College and University of Oregon to the State Board of Higher Education, and reports to the Oregon State Senate. Notably, this series includes a file entitled, “Survey commerce controversy, 1931” (Reel-Folder 77.2c).
- Reel-Folder 76.1a: Brief from OSAC to State Board of Higher Education curricula, 1913-1925
- Briefings held in December of 1913 and May of 1925.
- Reel-Folder 76.1b: Brief from U of O to State Board of Higher Education curricula, 1913
- Briefing held in December.
- Reel-Folder 76.2a: Advance sheets of survey of Oregon State Institutions of Higher Learning (1 of 2), 1931
- Reel-Folder 77.2a: Advance sheets of survey of Oregon State Institutions of Higher Learning (2 of 2), 1931
- Reel-Folder 77.2b: College briefs regarding survey, 1931
- Briefs held in April and May.
- Reel-Folder 77.2c: Survey commerce controversy, 1931
- Controversy took place in May.
- Reel-Folder 77.2d: Material omitted from survey commissions report, 1932
- Reel-Folder 77.2e: Correspondence of survey, 1935
- Reel-Folder 77.3a: Statements to board by U of O on curricular violations, 1925-1931
- Reel-Folder 77.3b: Statement to board by OSAC on curricular violation by U of O, 1925-1931
- Reel-Folder 77.4: Report on U of O Advisory Council and Summary Memorandums of Eighteen Institutions, 1933
- Report issued in April.
- Reel-Folder 77.5: Report to the Senate of the Sate of Oregon, 1929
- Report issued in January.
- Reel-Folder 77.6: Miscellaneous, 1941
- Series 26: OSC Student Life - Intercollegiate Athletics, 1949-1960
- Series 26, OSC Student Life - Intercollegiate Athletics, is comprised of two reels which documents football as it relates to student life on campus.
- Reel-Folder 77.1: Football (1 of 2), 1949-1950
- Reel-Folder 78.1: Football (2 of 2), 1950-1960
- Series 27: American Council of Education, 1943-1955
- Series 27 consists of material associated with the American Council of Education. This series spans two reels, which date from 1943 to 1955.
- Reel-Folder 78.1: American Council of Education (1 of 2), 1943-1945
- Reel-Folder 79.1: American Council of Education (2 of 2), 1945-1955
- Series 28: Military, 1917-1950
- Series 28 is comprised of materials documenting the military groups on OSU’s campus, including the Army, Air Force, and Navy.
- Reel-Folder 79.1: General, 1917-1950
- Reel-Folder 79.2: Army, 1940-1943
- Reel-Folder 79.3: Air Force, 1949
- Reel-Folder 79.4: Navy, 1942-1950
- Series 29: Military Records, 1913-1923
- Series 28, Military Records, houses materials created during and after World War I (1913-1923). These records range from general information and correspondence, to insurance and college claims for losses.
- Reel-Folder 79.1: General, 1918-1919
- Reel-Folder 79.2: Correspondence, 1918-1919
- Reel-Folder 79.3: Inventory, Insurance and Ordinance Bonds (1 of 2), 1913-1918
- Reel-Folder 80.3: Inventory, Insurance and Ordinance Bonds (2 of 2), 1918-1921
- Reel-Folder 80.4: Navy Unit, 1918-1919
- Reel-Folder 80.5: Budgets and Payrolls, 1918
- Reel-Folder 80.6: Contracts, 1918
- Reel-Folder 80.7: Statistics, 1918-1919
- Reel-Folder 80.8: Student Uniforms Returned, 1920-1922
- Reel-Folder 80.9: College Claims for Loss, Alterations and Damages
- Reel-Folder 80.10: Miscellaneous Reports, 1919-1923

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