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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
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Historical Note

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.

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Content Description

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.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

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

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Administrative Information

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.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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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

CC Attribution
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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