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RG
190
Oregon
State University. Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife.
Fisheries and Wildlife Department
Records
1934-1983
7 cubic ft.
1 microfilm
reel.
The Fisheries and Wildlife Department
Records primarily document research conducted by the Oregon Cooperative
Wildlife Research Unit at Oregon State College from 1934 until 1960. These
research project records include field notes, maps, reports, and
correspondence.
Materials in English.
Historical Note:
The Fish, Game and Fur Animal Management Department was created in 1935
under the jurisdiction of the School of Agriculture. Roland E. Dimick was the
first department chair, a position he held until 1963. The department operated
the OSC Experimental Fur Farm from 1937 to 1957 and also established field
stations on Protection and Eliza Islands in Puget Sound and a fisheries lab at
Yaquina, Oregon. The department's name was changed to Fish and Game Management
in 1936, and in 1964 was renamed Fisheries and Wildlife. Subsequent department
chairs have included Thomas G. Scott (1963-1972), Richard A. Tubb (1975-1993),
and Erik K. Fritzell (1994-present).
The Oregon Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit was established in 1935 as
a cooperative venture between the U.S. Biological Survey, the American Wildlife
Institute, the Oregon State Game Commission, and Oregon State College. Arthur
Einarson, U.S. Biological Survey research biologist, served as Unit Leader from
1935 to 1957, directing its graduate training and research programs. The unit
was discontinued in 1961.
In Subgroup 1, series one consists of printouts from the department's
computer catalog of mammals on deposit in the Mammal Collection (1983). Series
two contains records of the Big Game Field Trips, an annual (beginning in 1947)
wildlife observation trip (1942-1969) led by Lee Kuhn. Students visited
national forests, ranches, game preserves and fish hatcheries around the state,
such as the Malheur and Hart Mountain Wildlife Refuges, the Deschutes National
Forest, and the Wizard Falls Hatchery. Series three includes research reports
pertaining to weed control in coastal lakes (1947-48) and a fishery management
survey of the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington (1965). Series four
consists of faculty member Andy Landforce's Muddy Creek (Finley) Wildlife
Refuge Committee records (1963). Series five is a departmental faculty
publications list from 1963. Series six consists of Extension specialists
reports from 1952-1972.
In Subgroup 2, series one consists of OSC graduate student theses and
reports (1937-1959) based upon research done for the Oregon Cooperative
Wildlife Research Unit. Many of the theses and reports are illustrated with
photographs. Series two consists of the Unit's research project records, dating
from 1934 to 1960. Original project file numbers have been retained in the
inventory. Major research projects included studies and inventories of
pronghorn antelope; pheasants, quail, ducks, and other birds; beaver; mule
deer; and various species of fish. Project records include field notes, maps,
charts, weekly and project reports, and correspondence.
Records are organized into 2 subgroups: 1. Departmental Records; and 2.
Oregon Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit Records. Subgroup 1 consists of 6
series: I. Catalog of Departmental Mammal Collection; II. Special Events
Records; III. Research Records; IV. Muddy Creek Wildlife Refuge Committee; V.
Faculty Publications List; and VI. Extension Specialists Reports. Subgroup 2
consists of 2 series: I. Theses and Reports; and II. Research Projects.
Fisheries and Wildlife Department Records (RG 190), Oregon State
University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
See the Fisheries and Wildlife Department Photographs (P 179) and
Harriet's Collection #s 952, 984, and 2731 for photographs pertaining to the
department. The University Publications Photographs (P 94) include photos from
Arthur Einarson's 1956 monograph,
Determination of Some Predator Species by Field
Signs (Studies in Zoology no. 10). Related Manuscripts Collections
include the Roland E. Dimick Papers and the Carl E. Bond Papers. See also
MC-Fisheries and Wildlife Dept. and MC-Oregon Cooperative Wildlife Research
Unit.
Other collections relating to wildlife conservation include the Herman
T. Bohlman Photograph Collection (P 202); the William L. Finley Papers; and the
E. E. Wilson Papers.
Einarsen,
Arthur S. (Arthur Skogman), 1897-
Oregon
Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit.
Oregon
State University. Cooperative Extension Service.
Oregon
State College. Dept. of Fish, Game, and Fur Animal Management.
Oregon State College. Dept. of Fish and Game
Management.
Oregon State College. Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife.
Oregon
State College. Federal Cooperative Extension Service.
Alsea River
(Or.)
Colville
Indian Reservation (Wash.)
Eliza
Island (Wash.)
Willamette
River Valley (Or.)
Elk--Oregon.
Fish
hatcheries--Oregon.
Fisheries--Research--Oregon.
Fishery
management--Oregon.
Game and
game-birds--Oregon.
Pheasants--Oregon.
Pronghorn
antelope--Oregon.
Wildlife
conservation--Oregon.
Wildlife
refuges--Oregon.
Maps.
Photographic
prints.
Oregon
Washington
Maps
Colleges and
Universities
Photographs
Fisheries and
Wildlife
Subgroup 1
Departmental Records
1942-1983
Series I
Catalog of Departmental
Mammal Collection
1983
1
Key to the Computer
Catalog
1
Catalog of Mammals on
Deposit in the Mammal Collection
Series II
Special Events
Records
1
Big Game Field
Trips
1942 & 1947-1969
3 folders
See P 179 for additional photographs
Series III
Research Records
1
Weed Control in Coastal
Lakes (State Game Commission project)
1947-1949
1
Fishery Management Survey
of Lakes and Streams, Colville Indian Reservation, Washington, report of
investigations
March 1965
1
Series IV
Muddy Creek Wildlife Refuge
Committee
1963
1
Series V
Faculty Publications
List
1963
Series VI
Extension Specialists
Reports
1952-1972
1
Conservation Specialist
annual reports
1952-1953 & 1954-1955
1
Wildlife Management
Specialist
1
Annual
reports
1953-1972
1
Annual report
preparation materials
1968-1970
Subgroup 2
Oregon Cooperative Wildlife
Research Unit Records
1934-1960
Series I
Theses and
Reports
1937-1959
2
Anderson, Carl F.
Nocturnal Activities of the
Columbian Black-Tailed Deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus Richardson,
Affecting Spotlight Census Results in the Oregon Coast
Range
1959
2
Andrews, Rupert Earle
Factors Influencing the
Seaward Migration of Smolt Steelhead Trout, Salmo gairdnerii gairdnerii
Richardson, in the Alsea River, Oregon
Oct. 1958
2
Bali, John Merton
Scale Analyses of Steelhead
Trout, Salmo gairdnerii gairdnerii Richardson, from various Coastal Watersheds
of Oregon
July 1958
2
Barron, William D.
Use of Salt in Managing
Mule Deer and Domestic Animals on Range Lands of Central
Oregon
June 1953
2
Batchelor, Ronald F.
An Evaluation of the Use of
Salt in the Management of Big Game Animals in Northeastern
Oregon
June 1957
2
Black, Hugh Clark
Salt Use by Mule Deer in
the Deschutes National Forest of Central Oregon
June 1955
2
Bohl, Wayne H.
The Survival of Juvenile
Ring-necked Pheasants on Eliza Island, Washington, During
1952
June 1955
2
Carter, Glen David
Factors Affecting Survival
of Ring-Necked Pheasants on the Deschutes Irrigation Project of
Oregon
June 1952
2
Chapman, Donald W.
Studies of Age, Growth, and
Migration of Steelhead Trout, Salmo gairdneri gairdneri, in the Alsea River,
Oregon
June 1957
2
Coats, James L.
A Trial Introduction of the
European Partridge of Danish Stock into the Willamette
Valley
June 1951
2
Compton, Horace O.
The Effects of Predation on
Pronghorn Antelope Numbers in South Central Oregon
June 1958
2
Corthell, Robert A.
Comparative Winter Survival
of Wild and Game Farm Pheasants on Eliza Island, Washington
June 1950
2
Crawford, Eugene E.
A Study of the Food Habits
of the Waterfowl of the Willamette Valley, Oregon
June 1938
2
Danielson, Ephraim A.
An Analyses of
Farmer-Sportsmen Relationships as a Guide to Upland Game Management in the
Willamette Valley, Oregon
May 1939
2
Dealy, John Edward
The Influences of Logging
Practices on Columbian Black-Tailed Deer in the Blue River Area of
Oregon
1959
2
Dinges, Willie R.
Techniques in Marking
Pronghorn Antelope for Field Identification
1958
2
Eklund, Carl R.
Ecological and Mortality
Factors Affecting the Nesting State of the Chinese Pheasant in the Willamette
Valley, Oregon
1937
2
Galbreath, Donald S.
A Plan for the Management
of the Ring-Necked Pheasant in Western Washington Based on a Field
Study
June 1949
2 copies
2
Gillam, Harry L.
Winter Foods of the
Ringneck Pheasant on the Wilson Game Management Area
June 1958
2
Hansen, Charles G.
Comparative Winter Survival
of Wild and Game Farm Pheasants with Predator Control Practiced on Eliza
Island, Washington
April 1952
2
Hansen, Charles G.
Nesting Study of
Ring-Necked Pheasants with Controlled Predation on Eliza Island,
Washington
1953
2
Hansen, Edward Lee
Survival of the Pronghorn
Antelope in South Central Oregon During 1953 and 1954
June 1955
2
Hartwell, Harry Deane
The Comparative Survival of
Nine Different Groups of Juvenile Ring-Necked Pheasants on Eliza Island,
Washington
June 1956
2
Hoffman, Russell R.
A Pheasant Nesting Study
with Controlled Predation on Eliza Island, Washington
June 1950
2
Horton, Howard F.
Some Physical and
Mechanical Factors Important in Reducing Delayed Mortality of Hatchery-Reared
Rainbow Trout
June 1955
2
Linn, DeVon W.
Delayed Mortality of
Hatchery-Reared Rainbow Trout in Relation to Five Chemical Factors Encountered
in Transporting Waters
June 1955
2
Madden, Elwood
Landowners' Opinions on the
Establishment of Pheasants on a New Central Oregon Irrigation
Project
June 1953
2
McCann, John A.
An Analysis of Factors
Influencing Road Kill of Pheasants in the Willamette Valley
1959
2
McNiel, William J.
The Influence of Carbon
Dioxide and pH on the Dissolved Oxygen Requirements of Some Fresh-Water
Fish
1956
2
Messersmith, James D.
Food Habits of Smolt
Steelhead Trout, Salmo gairdneri gairdneri Richardson, in the Alsea River,
Oregon
1958
2
Morgan, Banner B.
A Survey of Internal
Parasites of Poultry and Game Birds in Oregon
June 1939
2
Nelson, Daniel J.
The Mortality Factors of
Winter Released Ring-Necked Pheasants on Eliza Island,
Washington
June 1949
2
Nelson, Otto C.
A Field Study of the Sage
Grouse in Southeastern Oregon with Special Reference to Reproduction and
Survival
June 1955
2
Phillips, Richard E.
Survival of Game Farm
Juvenile Ring-Necked Pheasants on Eliza Island, Washington
June 1954
2
Salter, Robert L.
Survival and Increment of
an Early Spring Release of Ring-Necked Pheasants on Eliza Island,
Washington
June 1949
2
Saltzman, William O.
A Preliminary Study of
Certain Chemical Factors that May be Involved in the Delayed Mortality of
Rainbow Trout Following Liberation
June 1953
3
Scott, Robert F.
Results of a Ring-Necked
Pheasant Liberation on Eliza Island, Washington
June 1948
3
Stanton, Frank W.
Douglas's Ground Squirrel
as Predator Uopn Upland Game Bird Nests on the Soap Creek Experimental Area in
Oregon
1941
2 copies
3
Trainer, Charles
Notes Concerning the
Western Canada Geese Group, Branta canadensis occidentalis (Baird). and Branta
canadensis fulva Delacour
April 1959
3
Uhlig, Hansgerd
Experimental Feeding of
Ring-Necked Pheasants in the Willamette Valley, Oregon
June 1947
3
Vogtman, Donald B.
Results of a Controlled
Shoot on the Soap Creek Experimental Pheasant Area, Corvallis, Oregon, October
1941
May 1942
3
Wagner, Harry H.
The Size and Location of
Escape Ports for Bypassing Salmonid Fish at a Screened Diversion
Canal
April 1959
3
Wick, William Q.
The Winter Mortality and
Movement of Wild and Game-Farm Ring-Necked Pheasants on Eliza Island,
Washington
June 1952
3
Wilcomb, Maxwell J.
Fox Populations and Food
Habits in Relation to Game Birds in the Willamette Valley,
Oregon
June 1948
3
Wustenberg, Donald
William
A Preliminary Survey of the
Influences of Controlled Logging on a Trout Stream in the H.J. Andrews
Experimental Forest, Oregon
June 1954
3
Wyatt, Bruce
Observations on the
Movements and Reproduction of the Cascade Form of Cutthroat
Trout
1959
3
Yadon, Vernal L.
Ecological Aspects of the
Valley Quail in the Madras Area of Central Oregon
June 1954
3
Yoakum, James D.
Factors Affecting the
Mortality of Pronghorn Antelope in Oregon
June 1957
Series II
Research Projects
1934-1960
3
Project 1.3
Einarsen -- project
plan
1935-1937
Project 12.5g
Antelope
studies
3
A.V. Meyers daily
log, field notes, reports
1936-1938
3
folders
Also includes information on sage hen.
3
Albert Antrei daily
log & field notes
1938
3
Project 12.5h
Pheasant studies -- field
reports (daily log), unknown researcher
1938
3
Project 12.5j
Mule deer studies --
field reports (daily log), unknown researcher
1937-1938
3
Project 12.6
Stomach
contents
1936-1948
3
Project 12.10
Murderer's
Creek
3
Reports
1936-1939
3
Project 12.10C
Deer carcasses located
and examined
Sept.-Oct., 1936
3
Present concentration
of deer on Murderer's Creek winter range
Oct. 6, 1936
3
Field
reports
1936-1937
3
Mule deer reports,
Hendricks
1936-1938
Project 12.10D
Second trip
Jan.-Feb. 1940
3
The grazing problem
in Murderer's Creek Basin, Oregon
June 20, 1940
3
Correspondence,
clippings, work plan, notes
1936-1939
8
*
Maps
1937-1938
3
Project 12.10G
Report
1945
3
Project 12.10H
Deer trap
notes
1939
3
Project 12.11
Donaldson
report
1941
3
Project 12.12
Antelope
reports
1937-1955
Project 12.14
Flood control
3
Willamette Valley
flood control work
1941-1948
3
Project 12.14A
Drainage basin - flood
reports
1944-1946
3
Project 12.15
Waterfowl temperature
records
1939-1942
See P 179 for photographs
3
Project 12.16
Experimental spraying
project, Seaside City Watershed, Necanicum
1944-1948
3
Project 12.17
Island Research
Center
1945-1952
See P 179 for photographs
3
Project 12.18
Sugar Research
Foundation
1945-1946
4
Project 14.6
Big game
diseases
1936-1943
4
Project 14.9
Deer traps or
trapping
1940-1941
4
Project 14.10
Deer
monograph
1947-1956
4
Project 15A
Birds --
miscellaneous
1950-1957
4
Project 15.1
Bird diseases
1938-1952
4
Project 15.1a
Migratory waterfowl
diseases
1949
Project 15.2
Bird banding
4
Banding
records
1936-1939
4
Miscellaneous
1935-1959
2
folders
4
Bands removed from
birds at Eliza Island
4
Project 15.2b
Migratory waterfowl
census
1941-1947
4
Project 15.3
Ducks and
geese
1934-1956
4
Project 15.3
Duck foods
1942
4
Project 15.4
Pheasants, quail and
grouse
1934-1952
3 folders
4
Project 15.4 (1)
Pheasant inventory,
Malheur County
1943-1952
8
apx 20x24
in.
Maps and
charts
4
Project 15.4 (2)
Pheasant inventory, South
Dakota
1944-1954
4
Project 15.4 (3)
Pheasant propagation
experiment, Orting, Washington -- Upland Game Bird Committee
1945-1948
4
Project 15.4(4)
Pheasant study, Eastern
Oregon
1938
4
Project 15.4 (5)
Pheasant
notes
1936-1937
4
Test plant of
pheasant chicks on a rotating refuge (Harrisburg project), H.D.
Kruse
1947-1948
4
Project 15.4 (6)
Pheasant rearing in the
Madras area
1948-1949
4
Project 15.4 (7)
Nesting data
1937-1938
4
Project 15.4 (8)
Nesting data
1941
4
Project 15.4 (9)
Nest report, John H.
Lewis
1941
4
8
apx 20x24
in.
Project 15.4 (9)
State game
liberations
1938
4
Various locations
(primarily Clackamas, Washington & Multnomah Counties)
4
Benton
County
4
Polk
County
4
Yamhill
County
4
Project 15.4 (b)
State game
liberations
1939
4
Project 15.4 (10)
Upland bird sight
records
1938-1939
4
Project 15.4 (11)
Upland bird sight and
brood records
1941
5
Project 15.4 (12)
Nesting study, Benton
County
1942
5
Project 15.4 (14)
Pheasant data,
suspense
1946-1948
See P 179 for photographs
5
Project 15.4 (15)
Pheasant
facts
1938 and 1946-1953
See P 179 for photographs
5
History of the Chinese
pheasant in Oregon
ca. 1935
5
Project 15.6
Black Brant (photographs
only; see P 179)
5
Project 15.7
Incubation
(pheasants)
1946
5
Project 15.8
Hungarian
partridge
1937-1950
5
Project 15.9
Pelee Island (Canada)
Pheasant Demonstration Project
1948-1952
5
Project 15.10
Food analysis, bobwhite
quail
1950
5
Mountain quail research
project, W.W. Lahnum field notes, stomach content record, maps, miscellaneous
thesis material
1939-1941
2 folders
*
Maps
Project 19 A
Small Game in the
Willamette Valley
5
Fossil pheasant
study
5
Willard Jarvis
field diary, banding records and weekly reports
1937-1938
5
Donald McDermid field
diary, weekly reports, and correspondence
1938
5
Arock pheasant study,
McDermid weekly reports
1938
5
Small game in the
Willamette Valley, reports and temperature charts
1935-1936
5
Effects of weather on
game birds, Willamette Valley
1935-1939
5
Fall Upland Game
Surveys of the Willamette Valley
5
Field notes,
charts, and report, E.A. Danielson
1939
8
Charts
apx
20x24 in.
5
Field notes and
reports, John Vinson
1940
5
Field notes,
charts, and report, Paul J. Bonn
1941
2
folders
5
Field notes and
Miscellaneous data, Frank Stanton & James Lindzey
1941
5
Summer Upland Game
Bird Census of the Willamette Valley, field notes and charts, Nils
Nilsson
1940
8
Charts
apx 20x24
in.
5
Project 19 B
Oregon's Big Game Sex and
Increase Ratio
1936-1940
2 folders
8
Maps
apx 20x24
in.
Project 19 C
Antelope
Study
5
Antelope
correspondence
1940-1955
5
Life history and
management of Oregon antelope
1940-1941
5
Antelope food
study
1942-1944
5
Antelope studies --
diary, field reports, and correspondence, M. Throckmorton
1944-1945
5
C.4 Comments on
antelope manuscript
1946
Project 19 D
Game Management of the
Willamette Valley
5
Proposals and work
plans
1935-1939
5
Soap Creek area
reports and field notes (various authors)
1936
8
Map
apx
20x24
5
Soap Creek area
reports and field diary, E. E. Crawford
1937-1938
5
Soap Creek area
reports, Nils Nilsson
1938-1939
5
Soap Creek area
reports and field diary, Frank Stanton
1939-1940
6
Soap Creek reports,
game census
1940-1941 & 1946
6
East Farm area
records, Carl Eklund
1936-1937
6
East Farm area
records, E. E. Crawford
1937-1938
Project 19 G
Water and Beaver Survey
of Oregon
6
Weekly reports, Fritz
Cramer
August 1937
6
Survey report (by
county) and daily field reports
July & August, 1937
*
Maps
6
Project 19 H
Quail, field notes, maps,
charts, weekly reports, Philip Branson and Clifford O. Tingley
1938-1939
8
Charts
apx 20x24
in.
Project 19 J
Grey Partridge
Introductions into the Willamette Valley Hungarian partridge
research
6
Hungarian partridge
research
1949-1950
6
J(1) Camp Adair Game
Management Area
1949-1950
6
J(2) Weekly reports,
Roland Montagne, James Yoakum
1956-1957
6
Project I(z)
Cedar Creek deer project,
proposal and correspondence, W.C. Lightfoot
1958
6
Project O-14
Salting problem, weekly
diary of Ron Batchelor, LaGrande
1956
6
Project O-15
Salting problem, weekly
diary and field diary of Alan Tolmsoff, LaGrande
1956
6
Problem P
Antelope study --
proposals, outlines, correspondence, reports
1953-1956
*
Map
6
Project P(A)
Antelope study
correspondence
1953-1958
6
Antelope kid
studies
6
Project P-1
Ralph R. Denney
correspondence
1953-1956
6
Project P-2
Ralph R. Denney field
diary (weekly reports)
1953
6
Project P-3
Edward L. Hansen
correspondence and report
1953-1955
6
Project P-4
Edward L. Hansen
diary (weekly reports)
1953-1956
6
Project P-5
Determining age
classes of antelope
1953
6
Project P-6
Interview report on
methods of determining age classes of antelope
1953
6
Project P-7
Chris Nelson
correspondence
1954-1955
6
Project P-8
Chris Nelson field
diary and weekly reports
1954-1955
6
Project P-9
James D. Yoakum
correspondence and reports
1954-1956
6
Project P-12
Harold Stice field
diary (weekly reports)
1955
6
Project P-13
Harold Stice
correspondence
1955
6
Project P-14
Rodney Canutt field
diary (weekly reports)
1955-1956
6
Project P-15
Rodney Canutt and
Joseph O'Brien correspondence
1955-1956
6
Antelope study
problems
6
Project P-16
Census -- sex and age
ratios
1953-1957
6
Project P-17
Food
habits
1953-1957
6
Project P-17a
Nutrition studies,
food and nutrition samples, Weswig and Schubert
1956-1957
6
Project P-18
Hunting -- legal,
illegal
1954-1957
6
Project P-19
Four-State Antelope
Meeting
1950-1960
2
folders
6
Project P-20
Tagging
1954-1957
6
Project P-21
Mil scale
binocular
1954-1956
6
Project P-22
Disease
1953-1957
6
Project P-23
Predator
studies
1954-1957
*
Map
6
Project P-24
Sage grouse
study
1954-1956
6
Project P-24a
Bird banding records,
Drake's Flat
1956
6
Project P-25
Antelope study problem --
special reports, California
1953-1958
6
Project P-26
Antelope kid study,
Joseph O'Brien field diary (weekly reports) and reports
1955
6
Project P-27
Antelope kid study,
Robert Maben, correspondence, weekly reports, & note cards
1956
7
Project P-28
Antelope census, Drake's
Flat, Orville Compton
1956-1957
See P 179 for photographs
7
Project P-29
Antelope study problem,
Orville Compton field diary (weekly reports)
1956
7
Project P-30
Antelope kid study,
Orville Compton correspondence and paper
1956-1957
7
Project P-31
Antelope kid study, Ray
Dinges field diary (weekly reports)
1956-1957
7
Project P-32
Antelope field study --
Ray Dinges correspondence, marking and dye tests experiments
1956-1959
7
Fisheries
projects
7
Problem 1-8
Delayed mortality of
transported hatchery-reared trout, Howard F. Horton reports, field notes, and
research data
1955-1958
2
folders
7
Problem 1-9
Game fish delayed
mortality, DeVon Linn weekly reports
1953-1955
7
Problem 1-11
Rauwolfia study,
research notes and reports
1956
7
Studies of the scales
of Umpqua River spring chinook salmon, Bill Saltzman
1951
7
The use of preserved
otoliths as a means of determining the age of mature chinook salmon, Bill
Saltzman
March 1952
7
Herbarium specimens of
Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, Oregon
1938
7
Deer food study,
(Chatelain thesis)
1940-1941
7
Miscellaneous
observations notes
1938 & 1945