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FV P
189
Oregon State College. Dept. of Industrial Arts.
Industrial Arts Department Motion
Picture Film
1944
0.05 cubic foot, including 1
film
1 box
The Industrial Arts Department Motion
Picture Film consists of Building Boy
Builders which documents a program to encourage vocational
training in the building and construction trades.
Materials in
English.
Historical Note:
The Industrial Arts Department in the School of Engineering provided
training for industrial managers, industrial engineers, industrial
teachers for the public schools, and industrial designers and
artisans.
George B. Cox was Professor of Industrial Arts Education and Director
of the Engineering Shops from 1927 until his retirement in 1961. He earned
an MS in Education from Oregon State College in 1940.
The Industrial Arts Department Motion Picture Film consists of
Building Boy Builders, produced by George
B. Cox; the State Building Congress; and Western Forest Products. The film
documents a program to encourage vocational training in the building and
construction trades and includes footage of teacher training and high
school students building model-sized homes. It credits the work of O.G.
Hughson in this program. The film is a color, silent 16 mm production
about 18 min (475 feet) in length. It exhibits some shrinkage and warping.
Collection is open for research.
Industrial Arts Department Motion Picture Film (FV P 189), Oregon State
University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
The film was transferred from the Post-Secondary and Technical
Education Department in 1990.
Photographs depicting Industrial Arts shops and equipment, faculty, and
student projects as well as lantern slides used for instruction are
available in the Industrial Engineering and Industrical Arts Department
Photographs (P 189). Records documenting the instruction and outreach
activities of the Industrial Arts Department are part of the Vocational
and Technical Education Department (RG 146) and
College
of Engineering (RG 062) Records and the Robert C. Wilson
Papers.
Cox, George
Bryan, 1896-
Industrial arts--Study and
teaching--Oregon.
Silent
films.
Children and Youth
Colleges and
Universities
Elementary and Secondary
Education
Corvallis
Moving Images