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Rockefeller Project Records, 1969-1981
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Rockefeller Project (Oregon State University)
- Title
- Rockefeller Project Records
- Dates
- 1969-1981 (inclusive)19691981
- Quantity
- 2.4 cubic feet, (4 boxes, including 1 oversize box)
- Collection Number
- RG 161
- Summary
- The Rockefeller Project Records document a multidisciplinary study of environmental concerns and economic growth in Oregon conducted at Oregon State University in the early 1970s. The project was funded by the the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the Pacific Northwest Regional Commission and directed by Emery N. Castle. The records include project proposals, administrative records, reports and studies, and documentation of the simulation models developed by the project.
- Repository
-
Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Rockefeller Project was a multidisciplinary study of environmental concerns and economic growth in Oregon. It began in January of 1972 with a $500,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. An important element in the project was the development of a computer simulation model of human activities in Oregon, the Oregon State Simulation Model (OSSIM). Another important project element was a study of the location of people and industry in the state. Additional funding was obtained from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the Pacific Northwest Regional Commission. The project concluded in 1976, although related activities continued through 1980. Emery Castle, successively Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics and then Dean of the Graduate School, directed the project. Albert Halter, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Christopher Calligan, a research associate in the Electrical & Computer engineering Department, successively directed the computer simulation model development. Herbert Stoevener, Professor of Agricultural Economics, directed the work of the location decision unit.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Series I includes funding proposals submitted to the Rockefeller Foundation, National Science Foundation, the Pacific Northwest Regional Commission and other agencies. Series III contains research materials from the various computer model components and other materials pertaining to the model. Series IV includes reports submitted to the granting agencies. Series V contains papers and published studies generated by the project.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Rockefeller Project Records (RG 161), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into five series: I. Project Proposals; II. Project Administration; III. Project Implementation; IV. Project Reports; V. Papers and Studies. Series are I-II & IV-V arranged chronologically; series III is arranged by function.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Project Proposals, 1969-1976Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Rockefeller Grant
Proposal |
1969-1972 |
| 1 | Rockefeller Foundation,
initial proposal |
May 1971 |
| 1 | "Global Systems Analysis and
Simulation (GLOSAS) of Energy, Resources, and Environmental (ERE)
Systems" |
1973? |
| 1 | Rockefeller Foundation, 4
post-doctoral fellowships |
June 1973 |
| 1 | National Science Foundation
Research Applied to National Needs (RANN) |
October 1973 |
| 1 | Rockefeller Foundation,
interdisciplinary fellowships |
December 1973 |
| 1 | National Science Foundation
RANN |
February 1974 |
| 1 | National Science Foundation.
"Macro-Dynamic Modelling of Open Regional Economies" |
February 1974 |
| 1 | National Science Foundation
Land Use Proposal (old) |
1974? |
| 1 | Rockefeller Foundation, third
year funding |
March 1974 |
| 1 | Rockefeller Foundation,
International Center for Aquatic Resources Management |
May 1974 |
| 1 | Rockefeller Foundation,
"Historical and Descriptive Study of a Multidisciplinary Research
Program" |
August 1974 |
| 1 | Pacific Northwest Regional
Commission, "Participation of the Public Utilities Commissioner (PUC) in the
Implementation of the Oregon State Simulation Model (OSSIM)," November 1974 and
modified draft |
1975? |
| 1 | National Science Foundation -
Land Use |
1974-1975 |
| 1 | National Science Foundation,
"Equity Considerations and Compensation Techniques as Related to Increased
Public Control of Land Use" |
December 1974 |
| 1 | Pacific Northwest Regional
Commission Energy Proposal |
1975 |
| 1 | Rockefeller Foundation,
project termination |
April 1975 |
| 1 | Ford Foundation, Natural
Resources Policy Fellowship Program |
1976 |
| 1 | Pacific Northwest Regional
Commission, "Implementation of the Oregon State Simulation Model" |
June 1976 |
Series II: Project Administration, 1971-1977Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Budget
Information |
1971-1977 |
| 1 | Bardsley & Haslacher,
Inc. contract |
1974 |
| 1 | Advisory Council |
1974-1975 |
| 1 | Executive
Committee |
1973-1975 |
| 1 | Pacific Northwest Regional
Commission correspondence and financial reports |
1975-1977 |
| 1 | Battelle correspondence and
reports |
1974-1976 |
Correspondence |
||
| Box | ||
| 1 | Warren Devine |
1974-1976 |
| 1 | Memos to file |
1972-1976 |
| 1 | Miscellaneous |
1974-1976 |
| Box | ||
| 1 | Rockefeller
general |
1973-1974 |
| 1 | Project personnel |
1972 |
| 1 | Office space |
1976 |
| 1 | Mailing list
information |
1975-1976 |
| 1 | Project
termination |
1974-1976 |
| 1 | Advisory Council Chair's and
Project Director's (E.N. Castle's) Notes and Records |
1972-1974 |
Series III: Project Implementation, 1972-1977Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Willamette Simulation
Unit |
||
| Box | ||
| 1 | Demographic
Component |
|
| 1 | Research
materials |
|
| 1 | Report drafts 3
folders
|
|
| Box | ||
| 2 | Economic
Component |
|
| Box | ||
| 2 | Forest Products Sector
research materials |
|
| 2 | Manufacturing Sector
research materials |
|
| 2 | Services Sector research
materials |
|
| 2 | General research
materials |
|
Land Use
Component |
||
| Box | ||
| 2 | Research
materials |
|
| 2 | Report drafts |
|
Energy Component |
||
| Box | ||
| 2 | Energy Fair |
April 1977 |
| 2 | Report draft (final
version) |
|
Pollution
Component |
||
| Box | ||
| 2 | Department of
Environmental Quality |
1975 |
| 2 | Air Quality |
1972-1974 |
Transportation
Component |
||
| Box | ||
| 2 | Research
materials |
|
| 2 | Report draft (final
version) |
|
Government Revenue
Component |
||
| Box | ||
| 2 | Political
institutions |
|
| Box | ||
| 2 | Quality of Life |
1972-1975 |
| 2 | Household model |
July 2, 1973 |
| 2 | Other sub-models |
1972-1973 |
| 2 | Model critiques |
1974-1975, 1980 |
| 2 | Plots |
1975-1976 |
| 2 | Chapter 10 rough
draft |
|
| 2 | Data tables used in thesis
(Calligan?) but not included in thesis (for final report) |
|
OSSIM Users Advisory
Group |
||
| Box | ||
| 2 | Correspondence |
1975-1976 |
| 2 | Growth/No Growth
Scenarios, Round 1 |
December 18, 1975 |
| 4 | OSSIM output
samples
apx 12x17 in.
|
1975-1977 |
| 2 | OSSIM general |
1972-1977 |
| 2 | Liaison |
1974-1976 |
| 2 | Salishan
seminar |
April 1976 |
| Box | ||
| 2 | Investigation Units A-C
miscellaneous research materials |
Series IV: Project Reports, 1972-1981Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 2 | Progress report |
1 Feb 1973 |
| 2 | Progress reports |
July 31, 1972 and February 1, 1973 |
Willamette Simulation
Unit |
||
| Box | ||
| 2 | Progress
reports |
February, Sept and December 1973 |
| 2 | Interim report and
related correspondence |
Nov 1974 |
| Box | ||
| 2 | Progress report, "Equity
Considerations and Compensation Techniques as Related to Increased Public
Control of Land Use" |
May 15, 1975 |
| 2 | OSSIM special
report |
August 12, 1975 |
| 2 | OSSIM final report
documentation |
1974-1976 |
| 2 | Final report and related
correspondence |
1975-1981 |
| 2 |
Simulating Oregon's Future
Electrical Energy Demand
Final report of projects funded by the Pacific Northwest
Regional Commission and published as Engineering
Experiment Station Bulletin 54.
|
1977 |
Series V: Papers and Studies, 1973-1976Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 3 |
" State Population Policies:
Conflict and Choice" , R. Kenneth Godwin & W. Bruce
Shepard |
1974? |
| 3 |
" Energy in the Oregon Economy: A
Systems Simulation" , Warren D. Devine Jr. |
April 1974 |
| 3 |
" Self-Consistency in Estimating
Future Electrical Energy Consumption" , W. D. Devine Jr., C. C. Calligan,
O. D. Osborne |
October 1975 |
| 3 |
" Growth vs equilibrium, or
growth and equilibrium" , George B. Carson Jr. |
undated |
| 3 |
" Transportation energy
Conservation and Environmental Impact" , Robert D. Layton |
undated |
| 3 | Papers in
progress |
1975-1976 |
| 3 | Miscellaneous project
publications |
1974-1976 |
Project studies |
||
| Box | ||
| 3 | Population policies
available to the State of Oregon, Kenneth Godwin |
August 1973 |
| 3 | Thoughts for the energy
crisis: The economics of insulation and heating systems in typical Willamette
Valley homes, James B. Fitch |
Jan 1974 |
| 3 | Migration and Oregon --
1970: Patterns and Implications, Arnold G. Holden & W. Bruce
Shepard |
May 1974 |
| 3 | Income Distribution
Patterns in Oregon: A Comparison of Oregon Counties Through Time, Fitch &
John E. Schefter |
Nov 1974 |
| 3 | State Land Use Policies:
Winners and Losers, Godwin & Shepard |
November 1974 |
| 3 | Land: Its Use and Abuse
in Oregon, 1848-1910, William Robbins |
December 1974 |
| 3 | The Early Conservation
Movement in Oregon, 1890- 1910, Robbins |
April 1975 |
| 3 | The Population of Oregon,
1940-1970, Hans Plambeck |
May 1975 |
| 3 | Migrants in Three
Willamette Valley Towns: Why They Move and How They Adapt, John A.
Young |
July 1975 |
| 3 | The People Who Leave
Oregon, Holden & Shepard
draft & published versions
|
August 1975 |
| 3 | The Oregon Environment:
Development vs. Preservation, 1905-1950, Robbins |
December 1975 |
| 3 | The Quality of Life as
Oregonians See It, Robert Mason, G. David Faulkenberry & Alexander
Seidler |
December 1975 |
| 3 | The Effects of Population
Changes on Local Governments in Oregon, Godwin & Fitch |
February 1976 |
| 3 | The Rockefeller Project:
A Critical Look, George B. Carson Jr. |
June 1976 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Computer simulation--Oregon.
- Environmental protection--Research--Oregon.
- Human ecology--Oregon.
- Human beings--Effect of environment on--Research--Oregon.
- Interdisciplinary research--Oregon.
- Land use--Oregon--Mathematical models.
- Quality of life--Oregon.
Corporate Names
- National Science Foundation (U.S.)
- Pacific Northwest Regional Commission.
- Rockefeller Foundation.
Other Creators
-
Personal Names
- Calligan, C. C. (creator)
- Castle, Emery N. (creator)
- Halter, Albert N., 1927- (creator)
- Stoevener, H. H. (creator)
Finding aid prepared by Lawrence
A. Landis.
1996
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