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Office of University Publications and OSU Press Records, 1907-1995

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Oregon State University. Office of University Publications.
Title
Office of University Publications and OSU Press Records
Dates
1907-1995 (inclusive)
Quantity
7.25 cubic feet, (9 boxes, including 1 oversize box)
9 microfilm reels
Collection Number
RG 018
Summary
The Office of University Publications and OSU Press Records document the activities of the University Publications Office, the Committee on Publications, and the OSU Press. The records include news releases, correspondence, and extensive materials pertaining to the publications, Birds of Oregon and Improving College and University Teaching. The Office of University Publications was established in 1912; the Committee on Publications was established in 1936 and OSU Press was established in 1961.
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 Office of University Publications began in 1912; Edwin T. Reed was the first college editor and served until 1943. The office has published a variety of items over the years, but its mainstay has always been the university's General Catalog. Subsequent directors of the office have included Delmer Goode, 1943-56; J. Kenneth Munford, 1956-77; Gwil Evans, 1977-79; Tom Sanders, 1979-84; and Jeffrey Grass, 1984-2000 (also director of OSU Press 1984-present); and Tina Chovanec, 2000-present. Until 2000, the director of the University Publications Office also directed the OSU Press.

The forerunner of the OSU Press was the Committee on Publications, organized in 1936. Its charge, with funding from the State Board of Higher Education, was to publish suitable research material of the monograph type. It published 87 books and monographs prior to the establishment of the OSU Press in 1961. Since that time the Press has published more than 165 books.

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Content Description

Records pertain to the University Publications Office, the OSU Press, and its predecessor. Subgroup 1, series I, Reorganization, 1926-1935, relates to the reorganization of higher education in Oregon. Series II, News Releases and Publications, 1907-ca. 1960, includes materials submitted to Oregon newspapers and publications, as well as information about and artwork pertaining to Oregon State College publications. Other series in Subgroup 1 include Series III. Typing Jobs, 1929-1937; Series IV. General Subject File, 1908-1995; Series V. Index of Publications; and Series VI. Correspondence.

Subgroup 2 consists of two series. Series I, Birds of Oregon, 1940, includes the edited typescript and illustrations to the monograph. It was number two in the Studies in Zoology series, and was published by what later became the OSU Press. Series II contains materials relating to Improving College and University Teaching, a journal published 1954-1978 and yearbook published 1975-1977. Delmer M. Goode was the editor. The series includes correspondence, manuscripts, mock-ups and proofs for the journal and yearbook.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Office of University Publications and OSU Press Records (RG 18), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 2 subgroups: 1. Administrative Files, 1907-1995; and 2. OSU Press Publications, 1940-1979.

Related Materials

Related materials include the Publications Office Photograph Collection (P 94), the Edwin T. Reed Papers, the OSU Press Brochures and Catalogs (PUB 7-35d), and various files in the Memorabilia Collection.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Catalogs, College--Oregon.
  • College publications--Oregon.
  • College publicity--Oregon.
  • College teaching--Periodicals.
  • University presses--Oregon.

Personal Names

  • Goode, Delmer M.
  • Kerr, William Jasper, 1863-1947.
  • Reed, Edwin Thomas, 1872-1948.

Corporate Names

  • American Association of Agricultural College Editors.
  • Association of American University Presses.
  • Oregon Agricultural College--History.
  • Oregon State Board of Higher Education.
  • Oregon State College--History.

Titles within the Collection

  • Birds of Oregon
  • Improving college and university teaching

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Evans, Gwil. (creator)
    • Gabrielson, Ira Noel, 1889- (creator)
    • Goode, Delmer M. (creator)
    • Munford, James Kenneth. (creator)
    • Reed, Edwin Thomas, 1872-1948. (creator)

    Corporate Names

    • Oregon State University. Graduate School. (creator)
    • Oregon State University. Press. (creator)
    • Oregon State University. Office of Publications. (creator)

Finding aid prepared by Lawrence A. Landis.
2001

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