Oregon Historical Society Research Library
Oregon Council of Teachers of English records
Oregon Council of Teachers of English
Coll 1027
3.2 cubic feet
2 record cartons; 2 letter document cases; 1 oversize folder (30x42)
1973-2023
Records of the Oregon Council of Teachers of English (OCTE), including records relating to the Oregon Literature Series project and issues of the council's semi-annual publication, Oregon English Journal. The council, founded in 1913, is an organization of English and literature educators. It has published Oregon English Journal since 1979, and it led the Oregon Literature Series, a project to produce a six-volume anthology of Oregon literature published by Oregon State University Press.
English
Collection is open for research.
Gift of Oregon Council of Teachers of English, March 2024 (RL2024-022).
Collection is arranged in three series:
- Series 1: Administrative records
- Series 2: Oregon Literature Series records
- Series 3: Publications
The Oregon Council of Teachers of English (OCTE) is an organization of Oregon English and literature educators who teach at levels from elementary school to university. It was founded in 1913 in Salem, Oregon, and was one of the earliest state affiliates of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). In 1988, the council began the Oregon Literature Series, a project to release a six-volume anthology of Oregon literature published by Oregon State University Press. Since 1979, OCTE has published the semi-annual publication Oregon English Journal.
Sources: Collection materials; "New Idea Speaks Volumes," Oregonian, August 15, 1990; "Celebrating Chapter and Verse of Oregon's Literary Legacy," Oregonian, January 15, 1995.
Oregon Council of Teachers of English records, Coll 1027, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
During processing, most materials were rehoused for preservation purposes, but some of the original file folders for Oregon Literature Series records were retained.
The collection consists of the records and publications of the Oregon Council of Teachers of English. General administrative records include meeting minutes and agendas; programs, schedules, correspondence, and other materials relating to conferences and workshops; correspondence; constitutions; board rosters; surveys; goals; and reports, recommendations, and statements. A significant portion of the collection relates to the Oregon Literature Series project, including correspondence and papers of individuals involved with the project, as well as proposals, contracts, and reviews of works published under the project's auspices. Publications in the collection include Teachers as Writers, a publication for members' creative writings; issues of the council's newsletter, Chalkboard, and issues of the council's semi-annual publication, Oregon English Journal. Other materials in the collection include literary maps of Oregon, and resolutions and statements of the National Council of Teachers of English.
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Oregon Council of Teachers of English--Records and correspondence
English teachers--Oregon--Societies, etc.
Language arts--Oregon
American literature--Oregon
Elementary and Secondary Education
Colleges and Universities
Literature
administrative records
journals (periodicals)
Oregon English journal
Administrative records
Series 1
1973-2023
Information on the council's history
circa 1983
2023
1
1
Constitutions
1973-2015
1
2
Announcement about merger of Oregon Language Arts Association (OLAA) and OCTE
1983
1
3
Correspondence
1975-2016
1
4-6
Correspondence and comments on proposed state textbook criteria
1985-1988
1
7
Meeting minutes and agendas and related records
1975-2022
1
8-18
Conference and workshop records
1973-1980
1
19
Photographs (negatives and contact sheets) from conferences at Seventh Mountain and Otter Crest
1978
1
20
Correspondence regarding conference speaker invitations
1979-1981
1984
1989
1
21
Conference and workshop records
1981-2022
1
22-27
Board and committee rosters, nominations, signups, and assignments
1975-2020
1
28-29
Analyses of board membership
1999-2004
1
30
Goals
1984-2006
1
31
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant contract
2010
1
32
Policies
2014
1
33
Ideas, proposals, recommendations, reports, resolutions, and statements
1975-2006
1
34
Satirical writeup about resolutions
1979
1
35
Survey, "Teaching Writing in Oregon Secondary Schools"
1975
1
36
Surveys
2001-2005
1
37
Oregon literary maps
1982
1989
Oversize 1
Records and correspondence relating to Oregon Encyclopedia project
2006-2008
1
38
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) resolutions and statements
1976-2000
1
39
Oregon Literature Series records
Series 2
1988-2005
State-wide questionnaire
1989 October
2
1
Proposal and editorial guidelines
1990
2
2-3
Oregon Committee for the Humanities grant application
1990-1992
2
4
OCTE agreement with Oregon Literature Series editors
1992 June 28
2
5
Meeting minutes and related records
1990-1992
2005
2
6
Publication Committee records
1988-1994
2
7
Financial records
1990
1994
2
8
Oregon State University Press correspondence and records
1989-1997
2
9
Oregon State University Press contract records
1989-1990
2
10
George Venn and Ulrich Hardt contract records
1990-2005
2
11
Correspondence
1988-2005
2
12
Letters of support
1990
2
13
Marketing records
1989-1994
2
14
Photographs of editorial board
circa 1991
2
15
Press stories
1990-1995
2
16
Reports
1991-2005
2
17
Reviews of Oregon Literature Series
1991-1995
2
18
Chronology and progress of project
1998
2
19
Shannon Applegate correspondence and papers
1991-1992
2002
2
20
Stephen Dow Beckham correspondence and papers
1989-1992
2001
2
21
Tom Booth correspondence
1993-1994
2
22
Gordon Dodds correspondence and papers
1990-1992
2
23
Suzi Jones correspondence
1990-1992
2
24
Glen Love correspondence and papers
1989-1992
2
25
Terence O'Donnell correspondence; clippings about O'Donnell
1992-1994
2001
2
26
George Venn correspondence
1991-2004
2
27
Ingrid Wendt correspondence
1991-1994
2
28
Publications
Series 3
1977-2022
Teachers as Writers publications
1992-1998
2
29
Newsletters (untitled)
1977-1982
2
30
Issues of Chalkboard newsletter
1982-2022
2
31-34
Note on history of Oregon English Journal
2016
2
35
Issues of Oregon English Journal
1979-1998
2
36-45
Issues of Oregon English Journal
1999-2010
3
1-6
Issues of Oregon English Journal
2011-2022
4
1-6