School of Education Records

School of Education Records, 1939-1986

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Oregon State University. School of Education.
Title: School of Education Records
Dates: 1939-1986 (inclusive)
19391986

1966-1975 (bulk)
19661975
Quantity: 4.6 cubic feet, (5 boxes)
1 microfilm reel
Collection Number: RG 184
Summary: The School of Education Records document the academic and research programs of the School of Education at Oregon State University in elementary and secondary teacher education as well as vocational and adult education. Teacher education began at OSU in 1909 under the department of Industrial Education and culminated with the merger of the College of Education with Western Oregon College (now Western Oregon University) from 1982 to 1989.
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.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The offering of coursework in teacher education at OSU began in 1909 under the direction of the Department of Industrial Pedagogy. Initially, only classes in the preparation of public school teachers in the topics of Elementary Agriculture, Domestic Science and Art, and Manual Training were offered by the Department. By 1914, however, programs for the instruction of Commerce and Extension Methods were added to the curriculum. In 1918, OSU was designated by the State Board of Vocational Education to serve as a center for the preparation of teachers in vocational subjects and was organized into six areas of instruction: Agricultural Education, Commercial Education, Education, Home Economics Education, Industrial Education, and Psychology.

In 1932, an administrative reorganization changed OSU's teaching program from the School of Vocational Education to the School of Education and expanded the focus of the School to include instruction in preparing students to teach in the Biological and Physical Sciences, Agriculture, Mathematics, Home Economics, Industrial Arts, Secretarial Science, or for educational and vocational guidance. Expanding to include courses in physical education and a department for science education in 1942, the School began to offer a four-year degree course in Elementary Education in 1954 and later received national ten-year accreditation in elementary and secondary education and counseling. In 1962, a Doctorate of Philosophy in Education was first offered by the School. By the early 1970's, teacher preparation courses became largely field- based, with the School placing students in public schools early in their program.

In 1982, responding to budget cutbacks, the State Chancellor of Higher Education merged the OSU School of Education with that of Western Oregon State College (now WOU). Despite creating the largest School of Education in Oregon and the region, the merger dissolved in 1989 due to logistical complications. That same year, classes in teaching program fell under the direction of the OSU College of Education. Due to further budget reductions after the passage of ballot Measure 5 in 1990, the College of Education was merged with the College of Home Economics in 1991 to form the College of Home Economics and Education.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Given differences in the series designations between the paper and microfilm records in this collection, the microfilm is described separately below and in the inventory.

The paper records of the School of Education are organized into 6 series. Series I consists primarily of correspondence and memoranda relating to grant-funded research projects and programs, curriculum development, student-faculty relations, education committee work, and admission policies and programs. Series II pertains to research proposals and projects and includes budgetary materials, correspondence, annual reports, field reports, handbooks, newspaper clippings, and completed applications for grant funds. These materials are arranged in rough chronological order.

Series III are meeting minutes from School of Education committees including the Educational Council, Teacher Education Committee, Graduate Advisory Committee, Commission on Missions, and the Computer Education Advisory Committee. Minutes from periodic meetings of the School of Education Division Directors, Dean, and Faculty can also be found in this series.

Series IV contains reports and studies generated primarily by the School of Education, OSU, and the State of Oregon regarding administrative policies and regulations, adult education programs, the OSU/WOSC merger, vocational education, the role and growth of community colleges in the state, and OSU's International Educational Development Program.

Series V are newsletters generated by the School of Education and students in the Education program covering the years 1969 to 1975. Series VI is a packet of photocopied correspondence, newspaper clippings, and reports organized to offer a historical overview on the merger of the OSU and WOSC (Western Oregon State College-now WOU) Schools of Education.

The microfilm records consist of one series: I. General Subject File, 1963-1968. This series includes bylaws, correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, and research proposals. These records pertain to the administrative structure of the School, research projects and programs, coursework and enrollment, committees, and the Oregon Education Association.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

School of Education Records (RG 184), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The paper records are organized into 6 series: I. Correspondence; II. Research Proposals/Projects; III. Minutes; IV. Reports/Studies; V. Newsletters; and VI. Historical Review. The microfilm records consist of one series: I. General Subject File.

Related Materials

In addition to photographs from the School of Education (P108), other records pertaining to this department can be found in the records of the Vocational and Technical Education Department (RG 146). Documentation after the merger in 1991 with the College of Home Economics is in the records and photographs of the College of Home Economics and Education (RG 141, and P44). Materials regarding the joint OSU/WOSC Program can be found in the records of the Academic Affairs Office (RG 22). The holdings of the Archives also include papers of former School of Education faculty members E. Wayne Courtney and Dale Parnell.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I: Correspondence, 1963-1984Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
1	Associated Students of OSU	1973
1	Black Student Union/Fred Milton Protest	1969
1	Camp Adair Buildings	1970
1	College Student Personnel Administration Graduate Program	1968-1972
1	Commission on Missions	1972-1973
1	Curriculum Council	1964-1967
1	Curriculum Development	1970
1	Field Advisory Committee	1968-1969
1	Foreign Educator Visits and Programs	1963-1964
1	General	1964-1977
1	John Adams High School Teacher Preparation Program and the Portland Urban Teacher Education Program	1969-1970
1	OSU-WOSC School of Education Merger	1983-1984
1	Student/Faculty Forum Meeting	1973
1	Three Percent Admission Program	1969-1971
1	Upward Bound Program	1967-1970
1	Vocational Education	1971-1972

Series II: Research Proposals/Projects, 1962-1973Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Teacher Corps Program	1966-1971
Box
1	Program Proposals	1966-1969
1	Correspondence	1966-1968
2	Correspondence	1968-1971
	Final Reports	1968-1970
Box
2	First/Second Cycles	1968
2	Fourth Cycle	1969
2	Sixth Cycle	1970
Box
2	Concept Paper, Sixth Cycle	1971
2	Program Evaluation: Fourth Cycle	1969-1971
2	Amendments: Second Cycle	1968
2	Ammendents: Fourth Cycle	1969
2	Guidelines for Submission of Proposals for	1971-1973, 1970
2	Draft Budget Guidelines for 1968-1970 Programs	1968
2	Provisional Guidelines	1967
2	Models for School Programs	undated
2	Handbook for Team Leaders	1968
2	National Program Directory	1968-1970
2	Public Relations Handbook	1969
2	Research and Evaluation Reports from the Field	1969
2	Mid-year and Final Field Reports from Portland (compiled by the Portland Region Program Supervisor Ingeborg MacHaffie)	1968
2	Daily Log	undated
2	Guide for Interns (Developed by OSU Teacher Corps Program interns)	1969
2	Local Agency Proposal: Hood River County School District	1966-1967
2	Newspaper Clippings	1966-1969
2	Budgetary Materials	1966-1971
2	General	1967-1970
	The Oregon Program	1961-1966
Box
3	The Oregon Program	1962-1965
3	Draft Proposals	1961
3	Annual Reports	1963-1966
3	Office Manual	1964
Box
3	Conference to Develop In-Service Training Activities	1964
3	Vocational Teacher Education Study	1964-1965
3	Institute for State Vocational Guidance Supervisor Personnel: Vocational Theory Into Action Programs	1966
3	NDEA (National Defense Education Act) Counseling and Guidance Institute	1966-1968
3	Issues and Problems in Elementary School Administration	1967
3	Evaluation of the Research Coordinating Unit Program	1967
3	Interpretive Studies of Career-Choice Process Research	1968
3	Institute for Advanced Study: Prepare Industrial Arts Teachers to Teach a Student-Centered Electronics Curriculum	1968
3	An Institute for Junior College Student Personnel Specialists	1968
3	Short Term Institute for Community College Personnel	1968
3	Data-bank for Vocational Teacher Education	1968
3	Project SOUL (Service Organization for Understanding Leadership)	1968
3	To Improve the Skills of Educational Administrators as Effective Leaders	1968
3	Vocational Teacher Recruitment	1968
3	Catholic Education/Archdiocese of Portland Study	1968-1969
3	Training Program for Counselors/Educators	1968-1970
3	In-Service Institute for Superintendents of Schools	1968-1970
3	Institute to Prepare Support Personnel to Assist the Counselor in Disadvantaged Schools	1968-1971
3	Improvement of Undergraduate Education	1969
3	Cultural Pattern: Adult Education Advancement	1969
3	Instructional Program with Individualized Instruction Learning Packages for the First Year Electronics Program at OSU, Oregon's 12 Community Colleges, and Oregon Technical Institute	1969
3	Administrative Institute for the Study of the Moral Problems of Youth in American Society	1969
3	Adult Education Graduate Teacher Education Program	1969-1970
3	Hoover Elementary School (Corvallis) Project	1969-1970
3	Upward Bound Program	1969-1972
3	Professional Vocational Leadership Development Program	1970
3	Career-Oriented Relevant Education (CORE)	1970
4	Clinical Vocational Teacher Education for the Disadvantaged	1970
4	Individualized Continued Progress Curriculum for Undergraduate Vocational Teacher Education	1970
4	Fellowship Program: Preparing Minority Groups as Counselors/Educators	1970
4	A Proposal for a Career Information Center for Oregon	1970
4	Cooperative Curricula Development Component (B-43)	1970-1972
4	Competency-Based Educational Programs	1971
4	College Work-Study Teacher Internship Program	1971
4	A Proposal for an Off-Campus Career Education Personnel Preparation Center	1971
4	Portsmouth-Adams (Portland) Differentiated Staffing Project (School Personnel Utilization Program)	1971-1972
4	Portland Urban Teacher Education Project	1972
4	Rural Development Act Title V Proposals	1972
4	Short Term Training Program for State Directors of Guidance and State Supervisors of Employment Counselors	1972
4	Exploratory Industrial Career Development Models	1973
4	Competency-Based Training Program for Manpower Counselors	1973
4	Junior Science and Humanities Symposium	1973
4	Communications Media Occupations Cluster Continuation Project	1973
4	Individualization of Instruction in the Health Occupations	1973
4	Workshop: Teacher-Education Cadre Cooperative Work Experience	1973
4	A Self Learning Approach to Career Education in Teacher Preparation Programs	1973
4	Education Program Designed for Preparation and Utilization of Auxiliary Personnel for the Dental Health Team	1973
4	A Continuation of the Project of Training Vocational Teachers from Business and Industry for Teaching in Secondary Schools and Community Colleges in Oregon	1973
4	Using Curriculum Materials in Adult Education	1973
4	A Proposed Mediated System for Instruction of Carpenter Apprentices
4	Computer Assisted Instruction and Its Application to Teaching Grade Ten Basic Electricity at Corvallis High School	undated
4	Rural Family Advisory Program: A Pilot Effort	undated
4	Columbia-Blue Mountain Economic Study	undated

Series III: Minutes, 1967-1984Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
4	Commission on Missions	1972
4	Computer Education Advisory Committee	1983
4	Dean's Cabinet Meetings	1972-1973
4	Dean Search Committee	1972-1975
4	Division Directors Meetings	1969-1972
4	Educational Council	1972-1976
4	Graduate Advisory Committee	1970-1973
4	Liberal Arts Education Meetings	1975
4	Migrant Labor Task Force	1968
4	Professional Development Committee	1983
4	School of Education Faculty Meetings	1973, 1984
4	Teacher Education Committee	1967-1968, 1979-1982
4	Testimony: Educational Coordinating Council-Committee on Community College Governance	1967
4	Vocational Education/ Divisional Council Meetings	1971-1972

Series IV: Reports/Studies, 1939-1985Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
5	Adult Basic Education: Program Evaluation	1970
5	Adult Education in Oregon's Public Schools and Community Colleges	1969
5	Annual Reports of Supervised Teaching	1939-1945
5	Electronics Instructors In-Service Institute Report	1969
5	Evaluation Reports of the School of Education	1976, 1978
5	Faculty Advising Handbook: Dept. of Elementary Education	1968-1969
5	Governor's Task Force Report on Seasonal Agricultural Labor in Oregon	1968
5	Increasing the Research Capacity of Schools of Education: A Policy Inquiry	1981
5	Information and Procedures: For CSSA (College Student Services Administration program) Graduate Students, Faculty, and Advisors	1983
5	In-Service Planning Conference for Teachers of Adults, Final Report	1970
5	International Educational Development Program	1960, 1966-1972
5	National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education	1970, 1980
5	OSU/WOSC School of Education Progress Reports	1982/1983, 1985
5	Policy and Procedure Reports (Reports regarding grant terms for educational personnel development programs, academic advising, and the Graduate Committee)	1968-1975
5	The Position of the Faculty and Students of the School of Education, OSU Regarding: Function, Mission, Principles, Preparation of Education Personnel	1972
5	Pre-Service and In-Service Education for Community College Personnel in Oregon Community Colleges	1970
5	Pre-Service Summer Session Report: June 20-August 31	1966
5	Proceedings: Fourth Annual National Voc-Technical Teacher Education Seminar	1970
5	The Role of the Community College in Training the Disadvantaged	1970
5	State Plan for Vocational Education	1965
5	Study of Community Attitudes Toward the Siletz Schools	1969

Series V: Newsletters, 1969-1975Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
5	The Link (Student School of Education Newsletter)	1970-1975
5	Notes and News, School of Education Newsletter	1969-1970, 1973

Series VI: Historical Review, 1986Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
5	OSU/WOSC School of Education	1986

Microfilmed RecordsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Series I: General Subject File	1963-1969
Reel	Folder
1	1	Dean's Advisory Committee	1967-1968
1	2	Memorandum	1967
1	3	Contract: Oregon State Board of Higher Education on behalf of OSU and Oregon State Board of Education	1966
1	4	General Correspondence	1967-1968
1	5	Bylaws, School of Education
1	6	Education Course: ED 310, School in American Life	1963
1	7	Personnel/ASOSU Education Council	1967-1968
1	8	Elementary Education	1967-1968
1	9	Vocational Education-Planning	1966-1968
1	10	Biennial Report	1966-1968
1	11	OEA (Oregon Education Association) Research Reports	1968
1	12	OEA Negotiations Conference	1968
1	13	Course Enrollment Data	1967-1968
1	14	Graduate Faculty	1968
1	15	Counseling Programs	1967
1	16	Community College Teaching Proposal	1967-1968
1	17	EPDA (Education Professions Development Act) Goldhammer-Personnel Development Grant	1968
1	18	I.B. Berkson: Symposium on the Philosophy of Education	undated
1	19	Upward Bound	1967-1968
1	20	Operation PEP (Prepare Educational Planners)	1967-1968
1	21	Adult Education Committee	1968
1	22	Community College Association	1968
1	23	Educational Media	1967-1968
1	24	Education 312-Planning	1967-1968
1	25	Education 310	1968-1969
1	26	The Experienced Teacher Fellowship Program	1967
1	27	ES-70	1965-1968
1	28	Honors Program	1968
1	29	Ohio State University Visitation	1968
1	30	Students for a Democratic Society	1968
1	31	Oregon Educational Research Council	1967-1968
1	32	State Department of Education	1968-1969
1	33	Structure Committee	1967-1968
1	34	Student Personnel Service and Procedures	1968
1	35	Summer Session	1967-1968
1	36	T-Group Committee	1967-1968
1	37	Teacher Corps	1968-1969
1	38	Title V Proposal	1968
1	39	U.S. Office of Education	1967-1968
1	40	Village Green Conference	1968
1	41	Title III Advisory Committee	1968

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