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College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Records, 1960-1979

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Oregon State University. College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.
Title
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Records
Dates
1960-1979 (inclusive)
Quantity
6.33 cubic feet
Collection Number
RG 173
Summary
These records document the administration of the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences and the operation of OSU's research vessels Yaquina and Cayuse.
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
Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

OSU's oceanography program began in 1954 with a small research grant from the Office of Naval Research. It was established as a department in 1959 to fulfill the need for trained oceanographers and basic oceanographic research in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. The department became the School of Oceanography in 1972 and the College of Oceanography in 1983. When the Atmospheric Sciences Department was transferred to the college in 1993, Oceanography was renamed the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.

The college's first research vessel, the Acona, was commissioned in 1961. Other research vessels have included the Yaquina, the Cayuse, and the Wecoma. The college's coastal research facility, the Hatfield Marine Science Center, opened in 1965.

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Content Description

Subgroup 1 documents the administration of the college and its research vessels in the 1960s and 1970s. Records include program proposals, reports, 5 year plans, correspondence and dedication materials pertaining to the college's research vessels, and materials pertaining to other oceanographic research organizations. Subgroup 2 documents the operations of the research vessels Yaquina and Cayuse. It includes deck log books and cruise reports from 1964-1979, and ship operations grant records from 1960-1967.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Records (RG 173), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into two subgroups: 1. Dean's Office; and 2. Ship Operations.

Related Materials

Other oceanography and marine resource records are available in the Sea Grant College Program Records (RG 201) and Hatfield Marine Science Center Records (RG 194). The Atmospheric Sciences Department Records (RG 167) document that department before its incorporation into the College of Oceanography. Photographs are in the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Photograph Collection (P 203). The Archives' publications collections include many series published by the College.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Oceanographic research ships--Oregon.
  • Oceanography--Research--Oregon.

Corporate Names

  • Cayuse (Ship)
  • Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling.
  • Wecoma (Ship)
  • Yaquina (Ship)


1994

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