P207FV Guide to the KOAC-TV Films 1947-1975 KOAC-TV Films Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. 1995 Oregon State University Archives 1995
121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-4501 Phone: 541-737-2165 Email: archives@oregonstate.edu Web: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives
Encoded by ArchProteus and Erin Whitesel-Jones 2004 Finding aid written in English Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-4501 Phone: 541-737-2165 Email: archives@oregonstate.edu Web: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives
Consult repository. KOAC (Television station: Corvallis, Or.) KOAC-TV Films 1947-1975 8.5 cubic feet 96 film reels 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. Materials in English. 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.

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.

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).

KOAC-TV Films (P 207), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

The films were transfered to the Archives in 1988 from the former KOAC-TV studios on the Oregon State University campus.

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).

 Richter, Robert, 1929- Rush, William C. Oregon State Fair. Oregon State System of Higher Education. General Extension Division. Oregon Centennial Commission. Oregon State Board of Control. Colleges for Oregon's Future. Warm Springs Indian Reservation (Or.) Oregon--History. Klamath Indians. College sports--Oregon--Corvallis. Prisons--Oregon. Psychiatric hospitals--Oregon. Reformatories--Oregon. Public television--Oregon. Television in higher education--Oregon. Silent films. Motion pictures (visual works) Great decisions. Oregon Moving Images International Relations Colleges and Universities Medicine and Health Native Americans Pacific Northwest History 1 P207:01 Klamath Falls Indian Film made in 1973-1974 color, silent 1 P207:02 This Land was Theirs 1971 color 1 P207:03 Cinemex Warm Springs A-roll; color 1 P207:04 American Indian Art b/w 1 P207:05 The Man Who Made the Plays May 1975 color? 1 P207:06 Pentacle Theater Aug. 1963 b/w negative 1 P207:07 Law for Laymen b/w negative 1 P207:08 Otter Crest and Otter Rock ca. 1960 6 reels b/w 1 P207:09 Computer (mainframe) ca. 1960 b/w 1 P207:10 Gill Coliseum Dedication ca. 1950 b/w 1 P207:11 Gill Coliseum Exterior b/w 1 P207:12 Commencement 1964 with sound 1 P207:13 Date Line - Statehouse (Richter) b/w negative 1 P207:14 Date Line - Colleges for Oregon's Future negative 1 P207:15 Bond Measure, Dr. (Leonard W.?) Rice; public service announcement (?) 6 reels b/w 1 P207:16 Tax Referendum with Chancellor P.E. Lieuallen, OSU President J.H. Jensen, University of Oregon Pres. A.E. Flemming, and Leonard W. Rice original b/w 2 Unidentified ca. 1960s through early 1970s 4 reels b/w 2 Men's Basketball 1947-1960s 6 reels b/w

Unidentified games from 1947 through 1960s; studio interview with Paul Valenti.

 2 State Fair 1959, 1962, and undated 8 reels b/w

Films of KOAC-TV broadcasts from the Oregon State Fair in Salem.

 3 Great Decisions Program 1957 4 reels b/w

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.

 With Her Own Wings 1959 and 1964 18 reels b/w prints and negatives 3 1 Oregon Origins negative 3 2 Setting the Stage negative 3 3 Oregon's First Residents negative and print 3 4 They Came by Sea negative 3 5 Overland to the Pacific negative and print 4 7 Missionaries Carried the Word negative and print 4 8 Old Oregon Trail negative 4 9 Home Life of a Pioneer negative 4 10 Oregon's Need for Government negative and print 5 11 Oregon Joins the Union negative and print 5 12 Stagecoach Lore negative 5 13 Gold - The Rush is On negative 5 14 Oregon or Bust negative 6 7 8 2 3 In Our Care 1959 35 reels b/w and color; negative and print; includes some kinescope negatives and prints

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

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