Annual and Biennial Reports, 1872-2007

Collection Overview

Title: Annual and Biennial Reports, 1872-2007

Predominant Dates: 1872-1971

ID: RG 013 - SG 12

Primary Creator: Oregon State University. Office of the President

Extent: 5.5 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: The Annual and Biennial Reports are arranged in 4 series: 1. Annual and Biennial Reports, 1872-2007; 2. Biennial Report Preparation Papers, 1932-1971; 3. Staff Statistics for 1930/1931 thru 1944/1945, 1934-1944; and 4. Microfilmed Annual and Biennial Reports, 1872-1964.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

Scope and Content Notes

The Annual and Biennial Reports consists of published reports prepared from the earliest years of Oregon State University in the 1870s through the 2000s. Most reports were prepared by the President. The reports document the administration of the institution as well as all functions and activities -- facilities and finances, academic programs, student services and activities, extension and outreach across the state of Oregon, and research.

Most reports (more than 50 total) from the 1870s through 1960s are available online in Oregon Digital.

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 12 boxes and 4 microfilm reels

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: These materials were received by the former University Archives in multiple transfers from the Office of the President and by distribution of published reports.

Related Materials:

Documentation of the Oregon State University President's Office can be found in the President's Office Records (RG 013) and in the following collections organized by individual president: B.L. Arnold (RG 013 - SG 01); John D. Letcher (RG 013 - SG 02); John Bloss (RG 13 - SG 03); H. B. Miller (RG 013 - SG 04); Thomas Gatch (RG 013 - SG 05) and William Jasper Kerr (RG 013 - SG 07).

Many OSU departments and colleges have compiled reports summarizing annual activities and information as a part of their regular administrative operation. These reports are reflected in a number of collections, examples include: the Memorial Union Records (RG 099); the University Housing and Dining Services Records (RG 145); Greek Life Office Records (RG 223); the Office of Admissions Records (RG 163); the Radiation Center Records (RG 202); the College of Home Economics and Education Records (RG 141); and the Hatfield Marine Science Center Records (RG 194).

Preferred Citation: Annual and Biennial Reports (RG 013 - SG 12), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: Microfilmed annual and biennial reports that were previously described as university publications (PUB 001-21a and PUB 001-21b) were transferred into this collection at the time this finding aid was prepared in 2021-2022.

Finding Aid Revision History: These materials were previously described as part of the finding aid for the President's Office Records (RG 013). This separate finding aid was prepared in 2022.

Creators

Oregon State University. Office of the President
Corvallis College
Oregon Agricultural College
Oregon Agricultural College. Board of Regents
Oregon State Agricultural College. Board of Regents
Oregon State Agricultural College. Office of the President
Oregon State Board of Higher Education
Oregon State College. Office of the President
Oregon State System of Higher Education

People, Places, and Topics

College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
College presidents--Oregon--Corvallis.
Corvallis College
Education, Higher--Oregon.
Oregon Agricultural College
Oregon State Agricultural College
Oregon State College
Oregon State System of Higher Education
Oregon State University
Oregon University System
University History

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Annual and Biennial Reports, 1872-2007

Series 1 consists of individually published annual and biennial reports prepared by the President's Office, Board of Regents, and or other administrators. Beginning in the early 1930s, the Oregon State College biennial report was published as part of the report for the full Oregon State System of Higher Education.

Box-Folder 1.01: Biennial Report for 1870-1872, 1872: Note: There are no pages numered 2 and 3 in this report. Includes two photocopies.
Box-Folder 1.02: Biennial Report, 1876: 6 copies.
Box-Folder 1.03: Biennial Report for 1876-1878, 1878: Photocopy only.
Box-Folder 1.04: Biennial Report for 1882-1884, 1885
Box-Folder 1.05: Biennial Report for 1884-1886, 1886
Box-Folder 1.06: Biennial Report for 1887-1888, 1889: 2 copies.
Box-Folder 1.07: Annual report for year ending June 30, 1890, 1891: 3 copies
Box-Folder 1.08: Annual report for year ending June 30, 1891, 1892
Box-Folder 1.09: Annual report for year ending June 30, 1892, 1893: 2 copies
Box-Folder 1.10: Annual report for year ending June 30, 1894, 1895: 2 copies
Box-Folder 1.11: Annual report for year ending June 30, 1895, 1895
Box-Folder 1.12: Annual report for year ending June 30, 1896, 1900: 2 copies
Box-Folder 1.13: Annual report for year ending June 30, 1897, 1897: 2 copies
Box-Folder 1.14: Annual report for year ending June 30, 1898, 1900: 2 copies
Box-Folder 1.15: Annual report for year ending June 30, 1899, 1900: 2 copies
Box-Folder 1.16: Annual report for year ending June 30, 1900, 1900: 2 copies
Box-Folder 1.17: Annual report for year ending June 30, 1901, 1901
Box-Folder 1.18: Annual report for year ending June 30, 1902, 1902
Box-Folder 1.19: Annual report for year ending June 30, 1903, 1903
Box-Folder 1.20: Annual report for year ending June 30, 1904, 1904: 2 copies
Box-Folder 1.21: Annual report for year ending June 30, 1905, 1905: 2 copies
Box-Folder 1.22: Annual report for year ending Juine 30,1906, 1906: 2 copies
Box-Folder 2.01: Bound volume of annual and biennial reports for 1872-1874 thru 1905-1906, 1874-1906
Box-Folder 2.02: Biennial report for 1906-1907 and 1907-1908, 1909
Box-Folder 2.03: Annual report for 1907-1908, 1909
Box-Folder 2.04: Annual report for 1908-1909, 1910: 2 copies
Box-Folder 3.01: Annual report for 1909-1910, 1910
Box-Folder 3.02: Annual report for 1910-1911, 1911
Box-Folder 3.03: Biennial report for 1910-1911 and 1911-1912, 1913
Box-Folder 3.04: Biennial report for 1912-1913 and 1913-1914, 1915
Box-Folder 3.05: Biennial report for 1914-1915 and 1915-1916, 1917
Box-Folder 3.06: Biennial report for 1916-1917 and 1917-1918, 1919
Box-Folder 4.01: Biennial report for 1918-1919 and 1919-1920, 1921
Box-Folder 4.02: Biennial report for 1920-1921 and 1921-1922, 1923
Box-Folder 4.03: Biennial report for 1922-1923 and 1923-1924, 1925
Box-Folder 4.04: Biennial report for 1924-1925 and 1925-1926, 1926
Box-Folder 4.05: Biennial report for 1926-1927 and 1927-1928, 1928
Box-Folder 5.01: Biennial report for July 1, 1928 - June 30, 1930, 1930
Box-Folder 5.02: Biennial Report for the Oregon State System of Higher Education for 1931-1932, 1932
Box-Folder 5.03: Biennial Report of the Oregon State System of Higher Education for 1933-1934, 1934
Box-Folder 5.04: Biennial Report of the Oregon State System of Higher Education for 1935-1936, 1936
Box-Folder 5.05: Biennial Report of the Oregon State System of Higher Education for 1937-1938, 1938
Box-Folder 6.01: Biennial Report of the Oregon State System of Higher Education for 1939-1940, 1940
Box-Folder 6.02: Biennial Report of the Oregon State System of Higher Education for 1941-1942, 1942
Box-Folder 6.03: Biennial Report of the President for 1941-1942, 1942
Box-Folder 6.04: Biennial Report of the President for 1943-1944, 1944
Box-Folder 6.05: Biennial Report of the Oregon State System of Higher Education for 1945-1946, 1946
Box-Folder 6.06: Biennial Report of the Oregon State System of Higher Education for 1947-1948, 1948
Box-Folder 7.01: Biennial Report of the Oregon State System of HIgher Education for 1949-1950, 1950
Box-Folder 7.02: Biennial Report of the Oregon State System of Higher Education for 1951-1952, 1952
Box-Folder 7.03: Biennial Report of the Oregon State System of Higher Education for 1955-1956, 1956
Box-Folder 7.04: Biennial Report for the Oregon State System of Higher Education for 1957-1958, 1958
Box-Folder 7.05: Oregon State College Biennial Report for 1956-1958, 1958: Typescript.
Box-Folder 7.06: President's Biennial Report for 1963-1964, 1964
Box-Folder 7.07: Biennial Report of the Oregon State System of Higher Education for 1965-1966, 1966
Box-Folder 7.08: Report of the President for 1965-1966, 1966
Box-Folder 7.09: A New Century Begins: Report of the President, 1968
Box-Folder 7.10: Biennial Report of the Oregon State System of HIgher Education for 1967-1968, 1968
Box-Folder 7.11: Biennial Report of the Oregon State System of Higher Education for 1969-1970, 1970
Box-Folder 7.12: Annual Report for 1987-1988 and materials submitted by colleges and administrative units, 1987-1988
Box-Folder 8.01: Annual Report for 1988-1989 - A Step into the Future, 1989: Includes reports and materials submitted for the report.
Box-Folder 8.02: Annual Report for 1990-1991 - Crossing the Divide to New Realities, 1991: Includes reports and materials submitted for the report.
Box-Folder 8.03: Annual Report for 1991-1992, 1992-1993: Includes reports and materials submitted for the report.
Box-Folder 8.04: Material submitted for the 1992-1993 annual report, 1993
Box-Folder 8.05: Material submitted for 1993-1994 annual report, 1994
Box-Folder 8.06: President's Report, 1998
Box-Folder 8.07: President's Reports, 2000-2002: Includes President's Reports for 2000, 2001, and 2002.
Box-Folder 8.08: President's Reports, 2004-2007: Includes reports for 2004, 2006, and 2007.

Series 2: Biennial Report Preparation Papers, 1932-1971

Series 2 consists of typescripts of reports prepared by the President's Office for submission to the Oregon State System of Higher Education and detailed reports submitted by academic colleges, administrative units, and research and extension units that were used to compile the institution-wide report.

Box-Folder 9.01: For 1930-1932 Biennial Report, 1932
Box-Folder 9.02: For 1932-1934 report - Division and School reports, 1934
Box-Folder 9.03: For 1932-1934 report - manuscript of President's report, 1934
Box-Folder 9.04: For 1932-1934 report - "miscellaneous articles" for report, 1934
Box-Folder 9.05: President's Biennial Report to the Chancellor for the 1935-1936 biennium, 1936
Box-Folder 9.06: President's Biennial Report to the Chancellor for 1937-1938, 1938
Box-Folder 9.07: Biennial Report of the President for 1939-1940, 1940
Box-Folder 9.08: Preliminary materials for Biennial Report of the President for 1939-1940, 1940
Box-Folder 9.09: Biennial Reports of Deans and other Officers for 1943-1944, 1944
Box-Folder 9.10: Biennial Report of Oregon State College for 1943-1944, 1944
Box-Folder 9.11: Biennial Report for 1945-1946, 1946
Box-Folder 9.12: Biennial Report of Oregon State College for 1947-1948, 1948
Box-Folder 9.13: Biennial Reports of Schools, Departments, and Administrative Units for 1949-1950, 1950
Box-Folder 9.14: Biennial Report of Oregon State College for 1949-1950 - abridged version, 1950
Box-Folder 9.15: Biennial Report for 1951-1952 - tentative draft, 1952
Box-Folder 9.16: President's Biennial Report for 1951-1952, 1952
Box-Folder 9.17: School and Divisional Reports for the 1951-1952 Biennium, 1952
Box-Folder 9.18: President's Biennial Report for 1953-1954, 1954
Box-Folder 9.19 - 9.20: Dean's Reports and reports of other units for 1953-1954, 1954: 2 folders
Box-Folder 9.21 - 9.22: Source material from Deans and Division and Department Heads for the 1955-1956 Biennial Report, 1956: 2 folders
Box-Folder 10.01 - 10.02: Source Material from Deans and Division and Department Heads for the Biennial Report for 1956-1958, 1958: 2 folders
Box-Folder 10.03 - 10.04: Source material from Deans and Department and Division Heads for the Biennial Report for 1958-1960, 1960: 2 folders
Box-Folder 10.05: Source material from Deans and Department and Division Heads for the Biennial Report for 1960-1962, 1962
Box-Folder 10.06 - 10.07: Source material from Deans and Division and Department Heads for the Biennial Report for 1962-1964, 1964: 2 folders
Box-Folder 10.08: Source material for 1962-1964 Biennial Report from the Agricultural Experiment Station and School of Agriculture, 1964
Box-Folder 10.09 - 10.10: Biennial Report material for 1964-1966, 1966: 2 folders
Box-Folder 10.11: Biennial Report for 1964-1965 and 1965-1966, 1966
Box-Folder 10.12 - 10.16: Source materials for 1967-1968 biennial report, 1968: 5 folders
Box-Folder 11.1 - 11.4: Materials for the 1968-1970 biennial report, 1970: 4 folders
Box-Folder 11.5: Material for 1970-1972 biennial report - Student Services annual report for 1970-1971, 1971

Series 3: Staff Statistics for 1930/1931 thru 1944/1945, 1934-1944

Series 3 consists of detailed staff statistics from the mid-1930s through the World War II period that lists numbers of employees, academic rank, and degrees.

Box-Folder 12.01: Full-Time Equivalent Staff Members by Fiscal Years from July 1, 1930 - June 30,1937, 1934: Includes actual staff for years 1930-1931 thru 1934-1935 and projections for 1935-1936 and 1936-1937 based on recommended budgets.
Box-Folder 12.02: Staff Statistics for the 1935-1936 Fiscal Year, 1935: Provides information on academic rank and acdemic degrees.
Box-Folder 12.03: Staff Statistics for the 1936-1937 Fiscal Year, 1936: Includes reports by functions or divisions as well as summaries by academic rank and degrees. This is the first report to provide numbers of men and women and summary statistics.
Box-Folder 12.04: Staff Statistics for the 1938-1939 Fiscal Year, 1938
Box-Folder 12.05: Staff Statistics for the 1939-1940 Fiscal Year, 1939
Box-Folder 12.06: Staff Statistics for the 1940-1941 Fiscal Year, 1940
Box-Folder 12.07: Staff Statistics for the 1941-1942 Fiscal Year, 1941
Box-Folder 12.08: Staff Statistics for the 1942-1943 Fiscal Year, 1942
Box-Folder 12.09: Staff Statistics for the 1943-1944 Fiscal Year, 1943: Includes staff employed for the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP).
Box-Folder 12.10: Staff Statistics for the 1944-1945 Fiscal Year, 1944: Includes staff employed for the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP).

Series 4: Microfilmed Annual and Biennial Reports, 1872-1964

Series 4 consists of microfilmed versions of the annual and biennial reports. Several of the earliest reports are only available on microfilm.

Reel 1: Annual and Biennial Reports for 1872 - 1912/1914, 1872-1914: Ends with page 15 of the 1912/1914 biennial report.
Reel 2: Annual and Biennial Reports for 1912/1914 thru 1928/1930, 1914-1930: Begins with page 14 of the 1912/1914 biennial report.
Reel 3: Oregon State Board of Higher Education Biennial Reports for 1931/1932 thru 1945/1946, 1932-1946
Reel 4: Oregon State Board of Higher Education Biennial Reports for 1947/1948 thru 1963/1964, 1948-1964