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Don E. McIlvenna Papers, 1970-1978
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- McIlvenna, Don Edward, 1929-
- Title
- Don E. McIlvenna Papers
- Dates
- 1970-1978 (inclusive)19701978
1974-1978 (bulk)19741978 - Quantity
- 1.6 cubic feet, (2 boxes)
- Collection Number
- MSS McIlvenna
- Summary
- The Don E. McIlvenna Papers consist predemoninantly of materials created and assembled by McIlvenna pertaining to a faculty salary report of the Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts faculty in the 1970s. McIlvenna was a faculty member in the OSU History Department from 1965 until his retirement in 1995.
- Repository
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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
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Don E. McIlvenna was on the faculty of the Oregon State University History Department from 1965 until his retirement in 1995; his speciality was American diplomatic history. McIlvenna earned his bachelor's degree from Sacramento State College (1952), his M.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1966. He died in 2007.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Don E. McIlvenna Papers consist of materials generated and assembled by McIlvenna in his work as an Oregon State University faculty member. The bulk of the materials document the research and writing, with his History Department colleague Darold Wax, of a report on faculty salaries in the Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts, An Essay on the Collegial Relationship: Salary Symbols and Services in the College of Liberal Arts; the campus debate sparked by its release; and subsequent changes at OSU. In addition to statistical data and various drafts of the report, the Papers include correspondence, grant proposals, newspaper clippings, notes, publications and reports, and McIlvenna's testimony before the State Board of Higher Education in 1976 The materials document a review of the College of Liberal Arts' instructional program by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education and the Board's 1976 reversal of the 1932 ban on graduate programs in social sciences and humanities at OSU.
The collection also includes clippings pertaining to the establishment of a interdisciplinary graduate program in Northwest Studies; student evalutions of McIlvenna's teaching; and a conference paper.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Processing Note
This collection is not fully processed; this guide is preliminary.
Acquisition Information
Materials were transferred from the History Department in 2007.
Related Materials
The College of Liberal Arts Records (RG 143) include materials from the Dean's Office, primarily for the 1960s through early 1970s, as well as the records of individual departments in the college, including the History Department. The Archives' holdings also include the papers of several history faculty members, including John B. Horner, David B. King, and William G. Robbins.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- History--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon.
- Universities and colleges--Faculty--Salaries, etc.--Oregon.
Corporate Names
- Oregon State Board of Higher Education.
- Oregon State System of Higher Education.
- Oregon State University--Faculty.
- Oregon State University. College of Liberal Arts.
- Oregon State University. Dept. of History
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Wax, Darold D. (creator)
Finding aid
prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen.
2008
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
