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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)
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.
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Historical Note

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.

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Content Description

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.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Rockefeller Project Records (RG 161), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

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Administrative Information

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.

Related Materials

Related materials are available in the Emery N. Castle Papers; published reports are available in the Publications Collection (PUB 17-6).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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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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