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Title: Speech Communication Department Photograph Collection, 1925-1985

ID: P 088

Primary Creator: Oregon State University. Department of Speech Communication

Extent: 0.1 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Speech Communication Department Photograph Collection consists of images taken by members of the department that depict its faculty and students, debate teams, conferences and contests. Also included are a few images of students active in the department's radio broadcasting and theatre arts programs.

Courses in elocution and speech have been taught at Oregon State University since its founding in the 1860s. During the 1890s, these were taught by the Department of Elocution and later by the Department of Public Speaking. The Department of Public Speaking and Dramatics was established in 1920, as the first Speech Department in Oregon, and grew quickly during the 1920s. Courses in "speech correction" were added in the mid-1920s. When higher education in Oregon was re-organized in the early 1930s, responsibility for speech degrees was transferred to the University of Oregon and several faculty moved to establish the program. However, the service department at Oregon State continued to offer courses in debating, extempore speaking, oratory, voice and diction, and radio speech and coordinated an extensive program of forensics and dramatic activities for students.

In 1965-1966, the Speech Department was one of the first departments to offer an undergraduate degree in the new School of Humanities and Social Sciences. In 1970, the department name was changed to Speech Communication.

More Extent Information: approximately 120 prints; 3 file folders

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Related Materials: These items are part of a larger donation of Speech Department-related materials that have been separated and transferred to the Speech Communication Department Records (RG 181) and the OSU Memorabilia Collection (MSS MC) file "MC - Speech Department."

Preferred Citation: Speech Communication Department Photograph Collection (P 088), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: This collection is not fully processed and a complete finding aid is not available at this time.

Other URL: A preliminary container list was created for this collection on or before November 14, 2014.

Oregon State University. Department of Speech Communication

Oregon State University. Department of Speech Communication
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