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Graduate School Records, 1917-2000

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Oregon State University. Graduate School.
Title
Graduate School Records
Dates
1917-2000 (inclusive)
Quantity
2.6 cubic feet and 8 reels of microfilm
Collection Number
RG 016
Summary
Though the first graduate degree at OSU was conferred in 1875, a formal graduate program was not established until 1933. The Graduate School Records document the work of the OSU Graduate Committee/Council, the Oregon State System of Higher Education (OSSHE) Graduate Division, and the Advisory Committee for the Selection of the Graduate Dean as well as research conducted by graduate students.
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

Certain grant files contain confidential information; permission from archivist required.

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 first graduate degree at Oregon State was conferred in 1875. In 1910 the Committee on Advanced Degrees (known as the Graduate Committee) was established. Gordon V. Skelton was chair of the committee from 1910-1933. When OSSHE formed a Graduate Division in 1933, the subdivision at OSU was the College Graduate Council (which replaced the Graduate Committee). This marked the beginning of formalized graduate programs at OSU. In 1946, an autonomous graduate school office was established. Henry P. Hansen became the first dean of the new office in 1947; he served until 1972.

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Content Description

Series one is on microfilm. Series two, General Files, is informally grouped by decade. It includes correspondence, program information, statistical data, and reports. OSSHE Graduate Division materials include information pertaining to the OSU Graduate Committee. Series five includes research progress reports from the 1950s.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Graduate School Records, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 7 series: I. Thesis Abstracts; II. General Files; III. Graduate Committee/Council Minutes; IV. OSSHE Graduate Division; V. Grants; and VI. Advisory Committee for the Selection of the Graduate Dean; and VII. Registration and Advanced Degree Reports. Series I and II are arranged alphabetically and series III-VI chronologically.

Related Materials

Photographs of graduate faculty and students are available in the Graduate School Photographs (P 67). The Archives' holdings also include the Henry P. Hansen Papers.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Research grants--Oregon.

Personal Names

  • Hansen, Henry P. (Henry Paul)
  • Rebec, George.
  • Skelton, Vernon Gordon, 1867-1939.
  • Weniger, Willibald, b. 1884.

Corporate Names

  • Oregon State College--Graduate students.
  • Oregon State College--Graduate work.
  • Oregon State College. Graduate School.
  • Oregon State University--Dissertations.
  • Oregon State University--Graduate students.
  • Oregon State University--Graduate work.
  • Oregon State University. Center for Graduate Study.
  • Oregon State University. Graduate School.
  • Oregon State University. Nutrition Research Institute.
  • Oregon State University. School of Engineering.
  • Oregon State University. School of Home Economics.
  • Oregon State University. School of Oceanography.
  • University of Oregon. Medical School.

Geographical Names

  • Hanford (Wash.)

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • Oregon Agricultural College. Graduate Committee. (creator)
    • Oregon State College. Graduate Council. (creator)
    • Oregon State University. Graduate Council. (creator)

Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen.
2001

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