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OH
02
Carlson, Judith Carol.
Judith Carol Carlson Oral History
Interview with Robert C. Ingalls
1977
0.01 cubic foot, including 2
audiocassettes
1 box
The Judith Carol Carlson Oral History
Interview with Robert C. Ingalls was conducted as part of the research for
Carlson's MA thesis, Corvallis and Salem, Oregon
Newspapers in Transition. Carlson earned an MA in
Interdisciplinary Studies from Oregon State University in 1978. Ingalls
was owner and publisher of the Corvallis
Gazette-Times.
Materials in English.
Biographical Note:
Oregon State alumnus Robert C. Ingalls was owner and publisher of the
Corvallis Gazette-Times, state legislator,
and member and president of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education.
Ingalls was born in Corvallis, Oregon, on February 19, 1916; graduated
from Corvallis High School; and attended Oregon State College until 1937
when he joined his family's Corvallis newspaper, the
Gazette-Times. After military service
during World War II, he served as business manager and editorial page
editor. Ingalls succeeeded his father as editor and publisher in 1950. The
paper was sold in 1969 to Lee Enterprises; however, Ingalls continued as
editor and publisher until 1973, when another editor was appointed.
Ingalls continued as publisher until his retirement in 1982. Ingalls
served as state representative from Corvallis in 1969-1975; in the 1980s,
he served two terms on the Oregon State Board of Higher Education, the
last two years as president.
Judith Carol Carlson earned an MA in Interdisplinary Studies from
Oregon State University in 1978.
The Judith Carol Carlson Oral History Interview with Robert C. Ingalls
consists of two audiocassette tape recordings of an interview with Ingalls
on June 17, 1977. The collection does not include a transcript of the
interview. The interview was conducted by Carlson as part of the research
for her graduate thesis,
Corvallis and Salem, Oregon Newspapers in
Transition, which describes the history of the
Gazette-Times as family-owned paper and the
implications of its purchase by a newspaper chain in 1969. The thesis was
largely based on interviews with key newspaper staff members, including
Ingalls, and community members.
In the interview, Ingalls discusses his father and family; newspapers
in Oregon; family-run newspapers and the purchase of family-owned
newspapers by newspaper chains; higher education in Oregon and Ingalls'
role on the State Board of Higher Education; and the Corvallis
community.
Collection is open for research.
Judith Carol Carlson Oral History Interview with Robert C. Ingalls (OH
02), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
The sound recordings were acquired by the Archives prior to 1980. They
were housed at the Horner Museum for a period of time and transferred back
to the Archives from the Horner Museum collections in 1996.
Carlson's thesis is part by the OSU Libraries' Valley Library
collection and is available
online. Numerous
photographs of Ingalls are part of the Archives photographic
collections.
Ingalls,
Robert C., 1916-1994.
Oregon State
Board of Higher Education.
Corvallis
Gazette-Times.
American
newspapers--Oregon--Corvallis.
Corvallis
(Or.)--Newspapers.
Audiocassettes.
Oral histories (document
genres)
City and Town Life
Colleges and
Universities
Journalism
Oregon
Corvallis
Oral Histories
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