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The genesis of the UO Department of Anthropology can be traced to the arrival of Dr. Luther S. Cressman in 1929 as a member of the Department of Sociology. The University of Oregon hired Cressman to develop advanced research in sociology and to teach social anthropology. In 1933, the Sociology Department awarded a Master's degree in Anthropology to Joel B. Berreman, with Cressman as advisor. By 1935-1936, Cressman had established himself as an active archaeologist, and he became the first, and sole member of a newly created Department of Anthropology.
Source: Anthropology website: http://pages.uoregon.edu/anthro/about/origin-of-the-department/
The collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes and staff reports, course information, faculty bulletins and legislation, office files, conference materials, Department Head meeting minutes, research grants and proposal files, department and biennial reports, office files and memoranda, Condon Lectures correspondence, and slides depicting prehistoric humans from cave walls in France and Spain.
Material is organized by accession and includes the following material: (lists are not comprehensive)
Accession 00036.A: Office files, meeting minutes, correspondence, committee and staff meeting reports, course information, faculty bulletins, Condon Lectures correspondence, faculty legislation, selective service file, Sigma Xi files, and publications,circa 1952-1955.
Accession 10025.A: Office files, correspondence, conference files, faculty bulletins, course files, Department Head meeting minutes, committee minutes and reports, general administrative and professional files which include special projects, research grants and proposals, and professional activities, circa 1954-1961.
Accession 1996.639.A: Affirmative action policies and reports, committee reports, course development records, and correspondence, circa 1976-1991.
Accession 10706.A: Office files, enrollment files, course information, departmental and biennial reports, grant and funding reports, a written history of the department, and committee reports, 1961-1964.
Accession 11339.A: faculty minutes, Biennial report, curriculum revision, department development planning, General Exam information, correspondence, reports, and memoranda, circa 1967-1972.