Oregon's Agricultural Progress Magazine, 1953-2016

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Oregon State University. Agricultural Experiment Station.
Title
Oregon's Agricultural Progress Magazine
Dates
1953-2016 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.00 cubic feet and 1.1 Gbytes, (3 boxes)
Collection Number
PUB 006-22a
Summary
Oregon's Agricultural Progress Magazine is a report to the taxpayers of Oregon from Oregon State University's Agricultural Experiment Station demonstrating how agriculture contributes to the economy, environment, and social structure of Oregon and the world.  The print magazine was first published in 1953.  Issues of the magazine from 1953 to the present are available online in Oregon Digital.
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

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Oregon's Agricultural Progress began publication in 1953.  Two to four issues have been published per year since that time.  As of 2017, the magazine is published twice per calendar year -- in the winter and summer. The Fall 2003 issue of the magazine includes a retrospective article about the first 50 years of Oregon's Agricultural Progress.

The Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station was established under the provisions of the federal Hatch Act of 1887, which provided grants of $15,000 to each U.S. state and territory for experimentation in the "principles and applications of agricultural science." Agricultural experimentation began at Oregon Agricultural College in 1888 under Edgar Grimm, the Station's first director, and in 1889 state legislation was approved formally establishing the Experiment Station.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Oregon’s Agricultural Progress magazine is a report to the taxpayers of Oregon from Oregon State University’s Agricultural Experiment Station. Through engaging stories and photographs, the magazine shows how agriculture contributes to the economy, environment, and social structure of Oregon and the world. Oregon’s Agricultural Progress is presented as a print magazine, a multi-media online magazine, and an app for tablets. Extension and Experiment Station Communications produces the magazine in all its forms.

The magazine explores a wide range of public issues pertaining to food systems, ecosystems, water, innovations, economics, health, and people from all regions of Oregon. In addition to agricultural topics pertaining to farming and ranching in Oregon, Oregon's Agricultural Progress includes articles on the nursery industry and ornamental horticulture, flea prevention in pets, chemical and environmental hazards, pesticides, sport fishing, seafood and fisheries, nutrition, international agriculture, and the wine industry in Oregon.

In addition to the print magazine, this archival collection includes the multi-media online magazine which is captured annually using Archive-It. Archive-It is a subscription web archiving service from the Internet Archive for harvest and preservation of digital content presented online.

Issues of the magazine from 1953 to the present are available online in Oregon Digital.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Oregon's Agricultural Progress Magazine (PUB 006-22a), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Oregon's Agricultural Progress Magazine is arranged in 4 series:  1. Individual Issues, 1953-2016; 2. Bound Volumes, 1958-1974; 3. Research Publications Supplement, 1984-1986; and 4. Website, 2016.

Acquisition Information

The printed magazine was received on distribution from the 1960s through 2016.  Annual capture of the website began in 2016.

Related Materials

The Agricultural Experiment Station (RG 025) and Extension Service (RG 111) Records provide extensive documentation of the impact of agriculture and agricultural research in Oregon.  The Extension and Experiment Station Communications Records (RG 069) include materials on the development and distribution of Experiment Station and Extension publications.  The Special Collections and Archives Research Center holds dozens of collections of university records, faculty papers, organizational records, photographs, maps, and publications documenting agriculture and agricultural research in Oregon.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1:  Individual Issues, 1953-2016Return to Top

Series 1 consists of individual, unbound issues of the magazine, beginning with the first published magazine in Fall 1953. Several individual issues from the 1950s and 1960s are missing from this series. All issues of the magazine from 1953 to the present are available online in Oregon Digital.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1.01
Fall 1953
1.01
Spring 1954
1.01
Fall 1954
1.01
Winter 1955
1.01
Spring 1955
1.01
Summer 1955
1.01
Fall 1955
1.01
Winter 1956
1.01
Spring 1956
1.01
Summer 1956
1.01
Spring 1957
1.01
Summer 1957
1.01
Winter 1958
1.01
Winter 1959
1.01
Spring 1959
1.02
Winter 1960
1.02
Summer 1960
1.02
Fall 1960
1.02
Winter 1961
1.02
Spring 1961
1.02
Summer 1962
1.02
Winter 1963
1.02
Fall 1963
1.02
Spring 1965
1.02
Summer 1965
1.03
Winter 1966-1967
1.03
Spring-Summer 1967
1.03
Winter 1967-1968
1.03
Spring 1968
1.03
Summer 1968
1.03
Winter 1969
1.03
Spring 1969
1.03
Summer 1969
1.04
Winter 1970
1.04
Summer 1970
1.04
Fall 1970
1.04
Spring 1971
1.04
Fall 1971
1.04
Winter 1972
1.04
Spring 1972
1.04
Summer 1972
1.04
Fall 1972
1.04
Winter 1973
1.04
Spring 1973
1.04
Summer 1973
1.04
Fall 1973
1.04
Winter 1974
1.04
Spring 1974
1.04
Summer 1974
1.04
Fall 1974
1.05
Winter 1975
1.05
Spring-Summer 1975
1.05
Fall 1975
1.05
Winter 1976
1.05
Spring 1976
1.05
Summer 1976
1.05
Fall 1976
1.05
Winter 1977
1.05
Spring 1977
1.05
Summer 1977
1.05
Fall 1977
1.06
Mis-labeled as Winter 1977.
Winter 1978
1.06
Spring 1978
1.06
Summer 1978
1.06
Fall 1978
1.06
Winter 1979
1.06
Spring 1979
1.06
Summer 1979
1.06
Fall 1979
1.07
Winter 1980
1.07
Spring 1980
1.07
Summer 1980
1.07
Fall 1980
1.07
Winter 1981
1.07
Annual index issue.
Spring 1981
1.07
Summer 1981
1.07
Fall 1981
1.07
Winter 1982
1.07
Spring-Summer 1982
1.07
Fall 1982 - Winter 1983
1.07
Spring 1983
1.07
Summer 1983
1.07
Fall 1983
1.08
Winter 1984
1.08
Spring-Summer 1984
1.08
Fall 1984
1.08
Winter 1985
1.08
Spring-Summer 1985
1.08
Spring 1986
1.08
Summer 1986
1.08
Fall 1986 - Winter 1987
1.08
Spring-Summer 1987
1.09
Winter-Spring 1988
1.09
Summer 1988
1.09
Fall 1988 - Winter 1989
1.09
Spring-Summer 1989
1.09
Fall 1989
1.10
Winter 1990
1.10
Spring-Summer 1990
1.10
Fall 1990 - Winter 1991
1.10
Spring-Summer 1991
1.10
Fall 1991 - Winter 1992
1.10
Spring 1992
1.10
Summer-Fall 1992
1.10
Winter-Spring 1993
1.10
Summer-Fall 1993
2.1
Winter-Spring 1994
2.1
Summer-Fall 1994
2.1
Winter 1995
2.1
Fall 1995
2.1
Spring 1996
2.1
Fall 1996
2.1
Winter 1997
2.1
Spring-Summer 1997
2.1
Fall 1997
2.2
Spring-Summer 1998
2.2
Fall-Winter 1998
2.2
Spring 1999
2.2
Winter 2000
2.2
Spring-Summer 2000
2.2
Fall 2000 - Winter 2001
2.2
Summer-Fall 2001
2.2
Winter-Spring 2002
2.3
Winter 2003
2.3
Summer 2003
2.3
Fall 2003
2.3
Summer 2004
2.3
Fall 2004
2.3
Summer 2005
2.3
Fall 2005
2.4
Spring 2006
2.4
Fall 2006
2.4
Summer 2007
2.4
Fall 2007
2.4
Summer 2008
2.4
Winter 2009
2.4
Fall 2009
2.5
Summer 2010
2.5
Winter 2011
2.5
Fall 2011
2.5
Summer 2012
2.5
Winter 2013
2.6
Winter 2014
2.6
Summer 2014
2.6
Winter 2015
2.6
Summer 2015
2.6
Winter 2016
2.6
Summer 2016

Series 2:  Bound Volumes, 1958-1974Return to Top

Series 2 consists of 2 bound volumes of the Oregon's Agricultural Progress beginning with the Winter 1958 issue (v. 5, no. 1) and continuing through Winter 1974 (v. 20, no. 3). The bound volumes include reprints of articles from some issues of the magazine that were printed for separate distribution.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
3.1
Bound Volume for 1958-1962
3.2
Bound Volume for 1963-1974

Series 3:  Research Publications Supplement, 1984-1986Return to Top

Series 3 consists of annual supplements to Oregon's Agricultural Progress that list publications by the departments of the OSU College of Agricultural Sciences and by branch Agricultural Experiment Stations. These include circulars, bulletins, reports, and papers. All of the items in this series are available online in Oregon Digital.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
3.3
1984 Research Publications
3.3
1985 Research Publications
3.3
1986 Research Publications

Series 4:  Website, 2016Return to Top

Series 4 consists of the multi-media online magazine as captured annually using Archive-It. The captured site can be viewed here. It consists of the Summer 2016 issue of the online magazine, previous issues from Spring 1996 to Winter 2016, and some of the associated video content.

Description Dates
Captured videos
Personal Passive Samplers with Kim Anderson, Professor of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Watch this video.
2016
Kitten Training and Socialization Classes
Watch this video.
2016
Emily Ho, Professor, Moore Famnily Center Endowed Director
Watch this video.
2016
Zebrafish Treadmill at Sinnhuber Aquatic Lab
Watch this video.
2016

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Agriculture--Economic aspects--Oregon.
  • Agriculture--Oregon--Periodicals.
  • Agriculture--Oregon.
  • Agriculture--Research--Oregon.
  • Coastal ecology--Oregon.
  • Coastal zone management--Oregon.
  • Fisheries--Oregon.
  • Food industry and trade--Oregon.
  • Food security--Oregon.
  • Water--Oregon.

Corporate Names

  • Oregon State College--Faculty.
  • Oregon State University--Faculty.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Born digital.
  • Digital moving image formats.

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names
    • Oregon State College. Agricultural Experiment Station. (creator)
    • Oregon State University. Extension and Experiment Station Communications. (creator)

Finding Aid Authors: Elizabeth Nielsen.
2017

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