KOAC-TV Films, 1947-1975
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- KOAC (Television station: Corvallis, Or.)
- Title
- KOAC-TV Films
- Dates
- 1947-1975 (inclusive)19471975
- Quantity
- 8.5 cubic feet, (96 film reels)
- Collection Number
- Consult repository.
- Summary
- The KOAC-TV Films were produced by or for KOAC-TV or are kinescope films of KOAC-TV broadcasts. KOAC-TV was established in 1957 by the Oregon State System of Higher Education.
- 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 - Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical Note
KOAC-TV was established in 1957. It was administered by the Oregon State System of Higher Education's General Extension Division as part of the Department of Educational Media until the early 1980s when administration was transferred to what is now known as Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Beginning in 1957, KOAC-TV produced and broadcast several films for Great Decisions, a community program offered by the Extension Service and the Foreign Policy Association that was aimed at building informed public opinion on foreign policy.
Under contract with the Oregon Centennial Commission, KOAC produced a school series on Oregon history, "With Her Own Wings" in 1959 and distributed kinescope films of the series to Oregon schools through the Department of Visual Instruction.
The "In Our Care" series, sponsored by the Oregon State Board of Control and produced by KOAC in 1959-1960, documented Oregon's prisons, hospitals, and schools for the handicapped and delinquent. Photographer Bill Rush filmed and Bob Richter produced and directed the series.
Content Description
Most of the films are from three television series: In Our Care, With Her Own Wings, and the Great Decisions Program. The group also includes films produced for the Colleges for Oregon's Future program, television broadcasts from the Oregon State Fair in Salem, and men's basketball games. Other notable films show the Klamath Falls and Warm Springs Indians; the dedication of Gill Coliseum; and the 1964 commencement ceremony.
Use of the Collection
Return to TopAdministrative Information
Arrangement
Some of the films have been assigned individual numbers (P207:1-16). However, most of the films have been described as groups by the primary subject or the television series for which they were made; these groups are Men's Basketball; State Fair; Great Decisions Program; With Her Own Wings; and In Our Care. The films are 16 mm; both b/w and color. For some films, both a negative and print are included; but there are several negatives without accompanying prints. The groups also includes many kinescope films (motion picture films made from an image on a picture tube).
Custodial History
The films were transfered to the Archives in 1988 from the former KOAC-TV studios on the Oregon State University campus.
Related Materials
An audiotape that accompanies the "In Our Care" program series is a part of the KOAC Records (RG 15). The Archives holdings also include films of KOAC-TV classroom television broadcasts (P205 - Chemistry Department and P119 - Communication Media Center). Brochures listing programs broadcast by KOAC-TV are available in the Memorabilia Collection (MC-KOAC-TV Programs). Information about the Great Decisions program is a part of the Extension Service Records (RG 111).
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Description: P207:01: Klamath Falls Indian FilmDates: made in 1973-1974Container: Can 1
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Description: P207:02: This Land was TheirsDates: 1971Container: Box 1
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Description: P207:03: Cinemex Warm SpringsContainer: Box 1
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Description: P207:04: American Indian ArtContainer: Box 1
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Description: P207:05: The Man Who Made the PlaysDates: May 1975Container: Box 1
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Description: P207:06: Pentacle TheaterDates: Aug. 1963Container: Box 1
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Description: P207:07: Law for LaymenContainer: Box 1
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Description: P207:08: Otter Crest and Otter Rock6 reelsDates: ca. 1960Container: Box 1
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Description: P207:09: Computer (mainframe)Dates: ca. 1960Container: Box 1
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Description: P207:10: Gill Coliseum DedicationDates: ca. 1950Container: Box 1
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Description: P207:11: Gill Coliseum ExteriorContainer: Box 1
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Description: P207:12: CommencementDates: 1964Container: Box 1
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Description: P207:13: Date Line - Statehouse (Richter)Container: Box 1
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Description: P207:14: Date Line - Colleges for Oregon's FutureContainer: Box 1
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Description: P207:15: Bond Measure, Dr. (Leonard W.?) Rice; public service announcement (?)6 reelsContainer: Box 1
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Description: P207:16: Tax Referendum with Chancellor P.E. Lieuallen, OSU President J.H. Jensen, University of Oregon Pres. A.E. Flemming, and Leonard W. RiceContainer: Box 1
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Description: Unidentified4 reelsDates: ca. 1960s through early 1970sContainer: Box 2
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Description: Men's Basketball6 reels
Unidentified games from 1947 through 1960s; studio interview with Paul Valenti.
Dates: 1947-1960sContainer: Box 2 -
Description: State Fair8 reels
Films of KOAC-TV broadcasts from the Oregon State Fair in Salem.
Dates: 1959, 1962, and undatedContainer: Box 2 -
Description: Great Decisions Program4 reels
Filmed portions of four KOAC-TV telecasts of the Great Decisions Program, 1957; two of the programs are on the Middle East, one pertains to U.S. policy for Europe and Germany, and a fourth is titled "What Challenges, Opportunities for the U.S. in 1958?"; for several of the programs, the speaker is Clifford Miller of Southern Oregon College.
Dates: 1957Container: Box 3 -
With Her Own Wings, 1959 and 1964
18 reels-
Description: 1: Oregon OriginsContainer: Box 3
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Description: 2: Setting the StageContainer: Box 3
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Description: 3: Oregon's First ResidentsContainer: Box 3
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Description: 4: They Came by SeaContainer: Box 3
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Description: 5: Overland to the PacificContainer: Box 3
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Description: 7: Missionaries Carried the WordContainer: Box 4
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Description: 8: Old Oregon TrailContainer: Box 4
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Description: 9: Home Life of a PioneerContainer: Box 4
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Description: 10: Oregon's Need for GovernmentContainer: Box 4
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Description: 11: Oregon Joins the UnionContainer: Box 5
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Description: 12: Stagecoach LoreContainer: Box 5
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Description: 13: Gold - The Rush is OnContainer: Box 5
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Description: 14: Oregon or BustContainer: Box 5
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Description: In Our Care35 reels
Includes footage of the following institutions:
Oregon State Hospital
Oregon Fairview Home
Oregon State Tuberculosis Hospital
Oregon State Penitentiary
Oregon State Correctional Institution
MacLaren School for Boys
Hillcrest School for Girls
Oregon State School for the Deaf
Oregon State School for the Blind
Eastern Oregon State Hospital
Mid-Columbia Home
Dates: 1959Container: Box 6, Box 7, Box 8, Can 2, Can 3
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- College sports--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Klamath Indians.
- Prisons--Oregon.
- Psychiatric hospitals--Oregon.
- Public television--Oregon.
- Reformatories--Oregon.
- Television in higher education--Oregon.
Corporate Names
- Oregon State Fair.
Geographical Names
- Oregon--History.
- Warm Springs Indian Reservation (Or.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Motion pictures (visual works)
- Silent films.
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Richter, Robert, 1929- (creator)
- Rush, William C. (creator)
Corporate Names
- Colleges for Oregon's Future. (creator)
- Oregon State Board of Control. (creator)
- Oregon State System of Higher Education. General Extension Division. (creator)
- Oregon Centennial Commission. (creator)
