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OSU Archives’ Historical Collections

OSU Archives’ Historical Collections. Documenting the Extension Service. Why Use Historical Materials?. To understand the background for current policies and programs. To document changes through time. For biographical research on former faculty, staff, or volunteers.

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OSU Archives’ Historical Collections

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  1. OSU Archives’ Historical Collections Documenting the Extension Service

  2. Why Use Historical Materials? • To understand the background for current policies and programs. • To document changes through time. • For biographical research on former faculty, staff, or volunteers. • To honor and celebrate the rich history of Extension Service in Oregon, which will have its 100th anniversary in 2011.

  3. Overview • Provide summary information about the scope and variety of collections as well as highlight specific collections. • Refer to 2-page list of Extension Service related collections. • Describe how to access and use the collections.

  4. About the List • Information about most of these collections on Archives website: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/ • Dates after title are for materials in the collection.

  5. Extension Administration Records • RG 111 (Extension Service Records) is cornerstone • EESC (RG 069) and Forestry Extension (RG 103) are separate collections. • Also records of colleges and department with extension activities • KOAC (RG 015)

  6. Faculty Papers and Organizational Records • ~20 collections of Extension faculty or volunteers • Represent variety of extension activities • 4-H • Home Economics • Agriculture • Forestry • 7 collections of organizational records • County organizations • Faculty and staff organizations

  7. Photographs • More than 25,000 images in the collections identified on the list. • Fraction of images documenting extension activities. • Rich resource.

  8. Moving Images • More than 2700 motion picture films, videotapes, and DVDs – including 1700 in EESC Moving Images collection. • Some of earliest films in the Archives’ collections are of Extension activities • mid-1920s 4-H (Coos, Douglas, Klamath, Josephine Counties) • 4-H Summer School (1925) • State Fair

  9. Oral Histories • 2 oral history interviews conducted previously (Mikesell and Taskerud) • Current oral history project in conjunction with the Extension Service. • About 15-20 Extension faculty and staff being interviewed by contract oral historian; recordings and transcripts will be available online and in the Archives’ collections.

  10. Other • Memorabilia Collection • Publications

  11. Materials Available Online • Best of the OSU Archives http://digitalcollections.library.oregonstate.edu/cdm4/client/archives/index.html • Braceros in Oregon Photograph Collection http://digitalcollections.library.oregonstate.edu/cdm4/client/bracero/ • ScholarsArchive@OSU http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/dspace/index.jsp

  12. To Learn More or Use the Collections • Visit the Archives on 3rd floor of Valley Library. • Call or e-mail the Archives 541.737.2165 archives@oregonstate.edu

  13. Thank You Elizabeth Nielsen 541.737.0543 Elizabeth.nielsen@oregonstate.edu

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