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Barometer Campus Newspaper, 1896-2014

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Orange Media Network (Oregon State University)
Title
Barometer Campus Newspaper
Dates
1896-2014 (inclusive)
Quantity
2.00 cubic feet, (4 boxes, including 3 oversize boxes; 102 microfilm reels)
Collection Number
PUB 015-11b
Summary
The Barometer Campus Newspaper consists of Oregon State University’s student-published newspaper and documents the full range of campus programs and activities, as well as local and regional news and events.  The first issue  -- The College Barometer -- was published in March 1896 in a magazine format.  In 1906, a weekly publication in a newspaper format was launched and by 1923 the Daily Barometer was published every weekday during the academic year.
Many issues of the Barometer are available online in Oregon Digital.  Comprehensive digitization of the campus newspaper began in 2020 and will continue until completed; issues are added to the site regularly.
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
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

The first issue of the campus newspaper was published on March 16, 1896 as The College Barometer; publication continued monthly during the academic year in a magazine format until 1906.  In the fall of 1906, The College Barometer became a weekly publication in a newspaper format; semi-weekly publication began in December 1909.  A daily newspaper was launched in 1923 and the title changed to The Daily Barometer to reflect this expanded publication.  The Summer Barometer was published weekly during the summer term.  In 2016, the campus newspaper reduced print publication to a weekly, The Baro, and delivered daily news online through the Orange Media Network website. Publication of the Barometer was discontinued in 1898 due to the Spanish-American War, but was revived in 1900.  Publication continued through both the first and second World Wars.

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Content Description

The Barometer Campus Newspaper consists of Oregon State University’s student-published newspaper.  The content was written and edited by Oregon State students and includes news articles, editorials, and advertisements.  The Barometer documents the full range of campus programs and activities including academic and research initiatives, student activities, athletics, campus buildings and facilities, as well as local and regional news and events.  Through most of its history,  the campus newspaper was published under the Daily Barometer masthead.  Other titles have been the College Barometer, OAC Barometer, Barometer, Summer Barometer, and most recently The Baro.

Comprehensive digitization of all issues of the campus newspapers began in 2020 and will continue until completed.  Full-text-searchable access is available online through Oregon Digital; issues are added to the site regularly.

A subject index and a personal names index for the period 1896-1980 are available online in Oregon Digital and in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center Reading Room.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Barometer Campus Newspaper (PUB 015-11b), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The Barometer Campus Newspaper is arranged in two series: 1. Original Issues, 1896-1970 and 2. Microfilmed Issues, 1896-2014.

Acquisition Information

The Barometer Campus Newspaper was received regularly on distribution by the University Archives from the 1960s through 2011 and by the Special Collections and Archives Research Center beginning in 2014.

Processing Note

The former University Archives created microfilm reels 1-26 in the 1960s-1970s; in 1982, the Oregon Newspaper Project at the University of Oregon microfilmed 20 bound volumes of the Barometer that are identified as reels 27-46.  The Oregon Newspaper Project continued microfilming of the Barometer through 2014, when microfilming of the campus newspaper was suspended.  The University Archives had security copies of reels 1-50 created from use copies in the early 1990s; beginning with reel 51, the Oregon Newspaper Project provided security reels to Oregon State University that are maintained by the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.

Bound issues of the Barometer from the 1906-1907 and 1908-1909 thru 1913-1914 academic years were un-bound in 2020 for digitization and the issues retained for this archival collection.

Original issues of the newspaper from the 1990s to early 2000s that had been retained by the University Archives and described in earlier inventories and guides were removed from the collecton in 2020 to be used for digitization.

Related Materials

The Story of the Oregon State College Barometer Manuscript (MSS Barometer) is a compilation of information about the student newspaper and its contents from the publication's establishment in 1896 through the 1940s; the manuscript was prepared by Journalism Professor, C.J. McIntosh in the late 1940s.

Documentation of the administration, management, and funding of the campus newspaper is available in the Student Media (RG 239), Associated Students of Oregon State University (RG 011), and Educational Activities Committee (RG 293) Records.  The Memorabilia Collection (MSS MC) includes special issues of the campus newspaper, numerous clippings, and ephemeral items.

Photographs published in the Barometer are available in the Barometer Photographs (P 035), Harriet’s Photograph Collection (P HC), and numerous other photographic collections in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center's holdings.

The Barometer is also available on microfilm in the Valley Library’s microfilm collection with the call number LH 1 .O7.  A full run of original issues of the Barometer are available in the History of OSU Book Collection in Special Collections and Archives Research Center.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • College sports for women--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • College sports--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • College student newspapers and periodicals--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Student publications--Oregon--Corvallis.

Corporate Names

  • Associated Students of Oregon State College (creator)
  • Oregon Agricultural College--Sports.
  • Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
  • Oregon State College--Sports.
  • Oregon State College--Students.
  • Oregon State University--Sports.
  • Oregon State University--Students.

Geographical Names

  • Corvallis (Or.)--Newspapers.

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • Associated Students of Oregon State University. (creator)
    • Oregon State University. Office of Student Media (creator)
    • Oregon State University. Student Media Committee (creator)
    • Oregon State University. Student Publications Committee (creator)

Finding Aid Authors: Elizabeth Nielsen.
2021

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