Archives West Finding Aid

The Dean's Office records document the curriculum and policies of the College, especially during the tenure of Dean Gordon Gilkey, as well as special events sponsored by the College.

The American Studies Program records consist of programmatic correspondence and a 1979 five-year survey of the American Studies Program.

The Economics Department records consist of research reports, papers, and journal articles written by department faculty. Arranged in chronological order with undated at end.

The English Department records consist of a 1953 textbook, An Introduction to Report Writing, written by J.F. Ligon and published by the OSC Cooperative Association and the published proceedings of the Summer Conference on Science Writing, held at OSU in 1965. This conference was organized and sponsored by the English Department and the Summer Session, was offered to OSU staff in both the sciences and humanities, and focused on writing well for professional publication as well as communicating clearly in non-technical language with the public.

The Sociology Department records consist of annual reports for 1977-1978 and 1988-1989 through 1992-1993, correspondence of the department chairman (1976-1986), and records regarding a cooperative agreement between OSU and Srinakharinwirot University in Thailand (1988-1989). The subgroup also includes a course reading packet for SOC 499/599, Gender and Sexuality in Popular Culture taught by Dwaine Plaza and Kathleen Stanley in June 2008. This includes a research study on college football by Plaza and Stanley using football team photographs.

The History Department records consist of announcements and materials documenting special events sponsored by the department and student papers written using primary sources in the OSU Archives.

The Anthropology Department records consist of a proposal for development of an Anthropology Department at Oregon State University (circa 1969); a nomination of Waldo Hall to the National Register of Historic Places prepared in 1996; and a report of a 2001 archeological excavation at the site of the former Copeland Lumber building in downtown Corvallis. The Waldo Hall nomination was completed by two Anthropology Departmen graduate students in 1996 as part of a class project and was never submitted for review. It includes descriptions of history and construction of the building; photocopies of historic photographs from the OSU Archives; and 24 color and b/w photographs. The report of the excavation of the Copeland Lumber site (411 SW Second Street) was prepared for the Benton County Historical Society by Anthroplogy Department graduate student and project leader Kirsten Pourroy Hebert.

The Art Department Records consist of data summaries of the Higher Education Arts Data Services Project for 1986-1987 through 1991-1992; information on course equivalencies for transfer (articulation agreements) between OSU and Art Departments at various Oregon community colleges for 1983-1990; and a brochure publicizing a series of three programs in March 2006 that highlighted performance art.

The microfilmed records consist of correspondence and subject files pertaining primarily to curriculum, courses, and policies as well as materials documenting the Oregon State Penitentiary University program.