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Department of Atmospheric Sciences Records, 1968-1991

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Oregon State University. Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences.
Title
Department of Atmospheric Sciences Records
Dates
1968-1991 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.25 cubic feet
Collection Number
RG 167
Summary
The Department of Atmospheric Sciences Records document climate research and graduate programs in atmospheric sciences at Oregon State University.
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
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 Department of Atmospheric Sciences was established in 1969 within the School (now College) of Science to emphasize coursework and research on air pollution control, atmospheric chemistry and biometeorology. The first degree programs were graduate level only. Wendell Hewson was the first department chair. In 1992 the department was merged with the College of Oceanography (the latter then became the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences).

The Climatic Research Institute was established in 1976 in order to help meet the "need for coordinated and intensified climatic research." In 1978 CRI received a National Science Foundation Grant of $225,000 to participate in an international effort to monitor world weather patterns. W. Lawrence Gates was the director of CRI from its establishment until it was disbanded in 1989.

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Content Description

Subgroup 1 includes files pertaining to graduate student policies and to the purchase/donation of a scientific library to the department. The Climatic Research Institute (CRI) Subgroup contains five series. The first series consists of 73 research reports produced by CRI between 1978 and 1989. Series two is a 1981 grant proposal to the National Science Foundation. Series three includes general files pertaining to CRI's administration, programs, visitors, and special events. Series four consists of newspaper clippings about CRI. Series five consists of monthly and yearly weather summaries and climatological data for Corvallis, Oregon.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Department of Atmospheric Sciences Records (RG 167), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into two subgroups: 1. Departmental Records; and 2. Climatic Research Institute Records.

Related Materials

The OSU Archives holdings also include Atmospheric Sciences Department photographs (P 138) and publications (PUB 346). Other materials about the department are included in the Memorabilia Collection (MC - Atmospheric Sciences Dept. and MC - Weather, Station, OSU).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Meteorology--Research--Oregon.
  • Meteorology--Study and teaching--Oregon.

Personal Names

  • Gates, W. Lawrence (William Lawrence), 1928-

Corporate Names

  • Oregon State University. Climatic Research Institute.

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • Oregon State University. Climatic Research Institute. (creator)


1995

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