William M. Lunch
Papers
MSS.Lunch
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://archives.library.oregonstate.edu
Collection materials are in
English.
3.5 cubic feet, including 47
videotapes and 2 DVDs
4 boxes
1987-2007
The William M. Lunch Papers
reflect Bill Lunch's career as a political science professor at Oregon
State University and political analyst for Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Lunch, who specialized in American government and environmental policy,
joined the faculty of the Political Science Department in 1984 and began
serving as a radio and television political analyst in 1988. Lunch retired
from OSU in 2011.
Lunch, William M.
Biographical Note:
William M. Lunch was a faculty member in the Political Science
Department at Oregon State University from 1984 until his retirement in
2011 and served as Department Chair from 2003 to 2011. He specialized in
American government with emphases on environmental policy, public opinion
and elections, and Northwest regional politics. During his teaching
career, he developed courses in the Politics of Science (PS 476/576) and
the Civil Rights Movement and Policies (PS 375). He received the 1987
"Outstanding Professor of the Year" award for his excellent teaching. In
1988, Lunch began serving as a political analyst for Oregon Public
Broadcasting on radio (
Oregon Considered) and television (
Seven Days) programs.
Collection is open for research.
The materials were donated to the University Archives by Lunch in
2011.
Requests for reproduction and use of the
Seven Days video recordings will require
permission of the copyright holder, Oregon Public Broadcasting. Copyright,
reproduction, and use restrictions may also apply to other videotapes in
the collection.
William M. Lunch Papers, Oregon State University Special Collections
& Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
This collection is not fully processed; this guide is preliminary.
The Special Collections & Archives Research Center holdings include
limited documentation of political science instruction at Oregon State in
the
Political
Science Department Records (RG 075),
College
of Liberal Arts Records (RG 143), and
Memorabilia
Collection. Materials pertaining to public broadcasting in Oregon
prior to 1980 are available in the
KOAC
Records (RG 015). The Center includes the papers of several
Oregon politicians, including
Helen
Berg (Corvallis Mayor),
Annabelle
Jaramillo (Benton County Commissioner),
Tony Van
Vliet (State Legislator), and Liz Van Leeuwen (State
Legislator).
The William M. Lunch Papers document the career of Bill Lunch as a
faculty member in political science at Oregon State University and a
political analyst for Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB). The collection
includes correspondence, videotapes, newspaper clippings, notes, and
transcripts documenting Lunch's regular appearances as a political analyst
and commentator on OPB television programming. The transcripts of Lunch's
commentaries address a wide range of national and state political issues
such as taxes, physician-assisted suicide, education spending, the Oregon
Legislature, presidential elections, the Oregon Citizens Alliance, health
care, and environmental protection.
The papers also include materials for courses taught by Lunch and
include course outlines, syllabi, and quiz blanks.
The video recordings consist of 47 VHS videotapes and 2 DVDs; these
include recordings of Lunch's commentaries on the
Seven Days television program as well as
documentaries and presentations used as instructional tools by Lunch in
his courses. The topics addressed in these videos include salmon
restoration, political campaign commercials, Celilo Falls, impact of the
Hanford nuclear reactor, the Endangered Species Act, science in Nazi
Germany, forest management, and urban planning.
Oregon Public
Broadcasting.
Oregon--Politics and government.
Political science--Study and
teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
DVDs.
Videotapes.
Colleges and
Universities
Media and
Communication
Political Campaigns
Oregon
Corvallis
Moving Images