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Oregon State University Collegiate 4-H Club Records , 1929-1985
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Collegiate 4-H Club (Oregon State University)
- Title
- Oregon State University Collegiate 4-H Club Records
- Dates
- 1929-1985 (inclusive)19291985
- Quantity
- 0.7 cubic foot, (3 boxes)
- Collection Number
- MSS 4-H Club
- Summary
- The Collegiate 4-H Club Records document the activities of this student organization at Oregon State University. The Campus 4-H Club was founded at Oregon Agricultural College in the 1920s and remained activie until 1985.
- 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
-
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.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Oregon State University Collegiate 4-H Club, originally called the OAC (Oregon Agricultural College) Campus 4-H Club, was organized in the early 1920s. The Campus 4-H Club was established by ex-4-H Club members who were interested in maintaining contact with their 4-H friends and with the Extension Service. Through the Campus Club these college students were able to maintain friendships from 4-H Summer School, the State Fair, the Pacific International Livestock exhibition and other inter-county events. An undated history of the Collegiate 4-H Club proclaimed the club offered new and rewarding experiences to students on their entrance to college.
The Oregon chapter of Mu Beta Beta, the 4-H Club honorary society,was established in 1928 with 22 members, and the Campus 4-H Club was instrumental in getting the honorary society started. Within the School of Agriculture, the Campus 4-H club has operated much as a departmental club participating in Agricultural School activities such as dances, banquets, and the little Pacific International. Activities have varied over the years. For example, during the 1930s, square dancing was very popular. In 1950 and 1951 the Campus Club and Mu Beta Beta helped to establish the International FarmYouth Exchange Program (IFYE) in Oregon. The activities in the 1960s included providing leadership for 4-H clubs at the Children's Farm Home and providing teams for county visitations to provide instructions in record keeping, showmanship, officer training, recreation and other aspects of 4-H club work.
The club changed its name from Campus 4-H Club to Collegiate 4-H Club in the 1962, shortly after Oregon State College became Oregon State University. In the early sixties, Collegiate 4-H Clubs were also established, at Linfield College and at the University of Oregon. Their club activities have been similar to those at OSU with special work at Eola Village in McMinnville and the Pearl Buck home in Eugene.
The 1970s and early 1980s activities included participating in LABO - 4-H Exchanges, whereby Japanese students visited the campus and stayed with various 4-H families. However, in 1985 the club became inactive and remained so until 1999.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of four series. The first series, Business Records, includes minutes, committee lists, constitutions, brief history of Collegiate 4-H Club, various reports, cash book and bills paid. Series two, Correspondence, includes meeting notices, letters and news clippings. Series three, Activities, consists of ten subseries: newsletters of the club, 4-H Fortune and 4-H Gazette; National 4-H Congress; National Collegiate 4-H Association newsletters and reports; recreational ideas; county visitations, which includes workshops the club presented to various 4-H clubs; LABO-4-H exchange, an exchange program with Japanese students; International Farm Youth Exchange (IFYE), including newsletters and correspondence; Ceremonies, including initiation, officer installation, and flag ceremonies; Community Pride program, which includes photographs and negatives; and a Scrapbook from the 1920-30s depicting the activities and members of the Campus [later Collegiate] 4-H Club. The final series, Ephemeral Materials includes an OSU Faculty Advisor Handbook, a blank certificate of award and an article on 4-H clubs published in the National 4-H News.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Oregon State University Collegiate 4-H Club Records, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Related Materials
The Extension Service Records (RG 111, Subgroup 4) contain related 4-H materials. Several photograph collections also contain related materials: Harriet's Collection #1646 (4-H Club Group - Campus): Extension Service Photograph Collection (P 62); and 4-H Photograph Collection (P 146). Related manuscript collections (MSS) include the Esther Taskerud Papers, Helen Cowgill Papers, Oregon State University Extension Association/4-H (OSUEA/4-H) Records, and Malheur County 4-H Leader's Council Records. 4-H Club Leaders Letters (Pub 424) contain related records of the Collegiate 4-H Club and Mu Beta Beta.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Administrative Records, 1956-1985Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
1 | Minutes of Collegiate 4-H
meetings |
1953-1976, 1980, 1985 |
1 | Drafts of meeting
agendas |
1978-1980 |
1 | Committees, members, goals,
minutes |
1957-1981 |
1 | Membership lists, potential
members lists, meeting roll call lists |
1956-1982 |
1 | Constitution and By-Laws of
Collegiate 4-H Club, six editions |
1962-1979 |
1 | Constitution and Guidelines
of National Collegiate 4-H Clubs, four editions |
1979-1980, undated |
1 | History of Collegiate 4-H
Club |
circa 1970? |
Reports |
||
Box | ||
1 | Annual Organizations
Review Form |
1972-1978 |
1 |
" Position Analysis President
Campus 4-H" , by Robert Youngman |
1961 |
1 | Cash Book, with deposits,
receipts and bills paid |
1959-1967, 1969-1977 |
Financial Records |
||
Box | ||
1 | Bills paid |
1971-1980 |
1 | Check
registry |
1973-1976 |
Series II: Correspondence, 1962-1985Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
1 | General
Correspondence |
1965-1985 |
1 | Meeting notices, letters,
news clippings |
1962-1982 |
1 | Collegiate 4-H members
authorized to drive state vehicles |
1967-1982 |
Series III: Activities, 1929-1933, 1958-1982Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Newsletters of Collegiate 4-H
Club |
||
Box | ||
2 |
4-H Fortune
|
1962-1964 |
2 |
4-H Gazette
|
1958-1962 |
National 4-H
Congress |
||
Box | ||
2 | Correspondence, including
list of participants |
1976-1977 |
2 | Brochure Oregon Cool,
green vacationland, used for exchange with other participants |
1977 |
National Collegiate 4-H
Association |
||
Box | ||
2 | Correspondence |
1972-1981 |
2 | News letters from various
Collegiate 4-H Clubs |
1976-1982 |
2 | National Conference
Report, Nebraska, first meeting |
1973 |
2 | Minutes of the 1978
National Collegiate 4-H Conference Evaluations & Planning Session in
Colorado |
1978 |
Recreation |
||
Box | ||
2 | Song sheets |
undated |
2 | Games and
quizzes |
undated |
2 | List of suggested
activities |
undated |
2 | Letter and brochure about
1st Annual Northwest Region Retreat, Wyoming |
1980 |
County
Visitations |
||
Box | ||
2 | Summary of 4-H County
Visitations |
1965-1966 |
2 | Workshops held in various
counties |
1976 |
2 | Report and
Recommendations |
1960 |
2 | Correspondence with
various counties |
1964-1980 |
2 | Thank you
notes |
1977-1981 |
2 | Agendas for
workshops |
1960-1981 |
2 | 4-H Leaders Newsletter,
Multnomah County |
1979 |
2 | 4-H Leaders Directory,
Multnomah County |
1979-1980 |
3 | Participants in
workshop 8
negatives
stored separately
|
undated |
LABO - 4-H Exchange, foreign
exchange program with Japanese students |
||
Box | ||
2 | Correspondence |
1972-1982 |
2 | List of
participants |
1980-1981 |
2 | Bills paid |
1981-1982 |
2 | Request for
funds |
1982 |
3 | Six photographs of
exchange students, sponsors and chaperones
stored separately
|
1981? |
Box | ||
2 | International Farm Youth
Exchange (IFYE) |
|
Box | ||
2 | News clipping |
1965 |
2 | News letters |
1962, 1968-1969 |
2 | Correspondence |
1962-1969 |
Ceremonies |
||
Box | ||
2 | Collegiate 4-H Club
Initiation Ceremony |
1970 and undated |
2 | Officer Installation
Ceremony |
undated |
2 | Flag Ceremony |
undated |
Box | ||
3 | Community Pride
Program |
|
Box | ||
3 | A meeting, scenery,
basketball game, groups of unidentified people 26 photographs and
23 negatives
stored separately
|
1982 |
Scrapbook, Activities of
Campus 4-H Club Members |
||
Box | ||
2 | List of members and
campus activities they have participated in |
circa 1929 |
2 | News clippings of Campus
4-H Club activities |
1929-1933 |
2 | Publication,
The 4-H Collegian
|
1929 |
Series IV: Ephemeral Materials, 1968-1976 and undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
2 | Article from National 4-H
News publication |
1968 |
2 | OSU Faculty Advisor
Handbook |
1976 |
2 | Blank Certificate of
Training |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- 4-H clubs--Oregon
- Clubs--Oregon--Corvallis
- Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis
Corporate Names
- International Farm Youth Exchange
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- Campus 4-H Club (Oregon Agricultural College) (creator)
- Campus 4-H Club (Oregon State College) (creator)