Experiment Station Communications Films, 1974-1984

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Oregon State University. Agricultural Experiment Station
Title
Experiment Station Communications Films
Dates
1974-1984 (inclusive)
Quantity
11 cubic feet, (approx. 350 reels)
Collection Number
Consult repository.
Summary
The Experiment Station Communications Films were produced by the Oregon State University Experiment Station primarily for television public service announcements to provide information about agricultural research.
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
Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

For several years in the mid-1970s through mid-1980s, the Experiment Station had a separate Communications staff that produced films and television public service announcements about Station projects. David Arthur (Dave) King, producer of most of the films in this collection, was Assistant Editor for Radio and Television from 1976 until 1987, when he became Experiment Station Electronic Media Coordinator for the office of Agricultural Communications.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This group consists of films produced by the Experiment Station. Most of the films were used in television public service announcements promoting the research programs funded by the Experiment Station and include footage shot both on the Oregon State University campus as well as at Branch Stations throughout Oregon. Notable subjects include fruit production (pears and cherries) and ornamental horticulture (rhododendrons and lilies); Tillamook Bay oyster harvester; hop flavor analysis and beer testing; grape harvesting and wine production; and Oregon fish and wildlife such as spotted owls, eagles, wild turkeys, pheasants, elk, mountain sheep, wild horses, and salmon. The group also includes films taken for "Strawberries for Tomorrow," a documentary production about mechanical strawberry harvesting.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Experiment Station Films (P 132), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

All of the films have been assigned individual numbers (P132:1-154) according to the production title or primary subject. Where possible, all of the reels pertaining to the same production or subject may have been assigned the same number (e.g. P132:5). All of the films are 16 mm; most are color. For most of the titles, the collection includes original prints, workprints, and internegatives.

Custodial History

The films were transferred to the Archives in 1991 by the office of Agricultural Communications.

Related Materials

Other films and videotapes highlighting Experiment Station programs are available in the Agricultural Communications (P 120), News and Communications (P 57), and Agricultural Experiment Station (P 29) groups.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1 P132:001: Pear Picking, Southern Oregon Experiment Station, Medford
2 reels
Oct. 1976
1 P132:002: Pear Packing, Medford
2 reels
Oct. 1976
1 P132:003: Pears, Cold Storage and Truck Loading, Hood River
2 reels
May 1977
1 P132:004: Pear Lab Work, Hood River Experiment Station
2 reels
Nov. 1977
1 P132:005: Hood River - Drought, Silt and Drip Irrigation; Hermiston - Circle Irrigation and Watermelon Harvest
3 reels
June 1977
1 P132:006: Wheat Planting Operation, Hyslop Farm
2 reels
Oct. 1977
1 P132:007: Mechanical Apple Harvester, Lewis-Brown Farm
2 reels
Oct. 1977
1 P132:008: Cherry Blooms - NW Salem; Pear and Apple Blooms - Lewis-Brown Farm
2 reels
April 1977
1 P132:009: Potato Packing, Hermiston
2 reels
Oct. 1976
1 P132:010: Potato Picking, Central Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, Redmond
2 reels
Oct. 1976
1 P132:011: Cows in Snow at Squaw Butte Station, Burns
2 reels
Winter 1976
1 P132:012: Paraquat (herbicide to cure hay), Burns; Cows Feeding at Squaw Butte, Burns; Potatoes, Redmond
2 reels
Aug. 1976
1 P132:013: Mel Westwood Wild Pear Collection, Lewis-Brown Farm
5 reels
Nov. 1977
1 P132:014: Wild Horse Research, Burns, (lab and field shots)
2 reels
Aug. 1977
1 P132:015: Historic Film, Del Monte Pear Packing; Alaska Packers; old Tuna Fishing (b/w) Square Rigger Fishing
2 reels
2 P132:016: Wine Grape Pressing, Food Science & Technology, Barney Watson
2 reels
Nov. 1977
2 P132:017: Ugly Fish (Psychrolutes frictus),Carl Bond, (Fish/Wildlife)
2 reels
Jan. 1977
2 P132:018: Mountain Sheep at Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, Kristine Kornet
3 reels
June 1977
2 P132:019: Oral Hygiene PSA Outtakes; Gene Korphman eating at Gallery on campus
2 reels
Sept. 1977
2 P132:020: North Willamette Experiment Station PSA Outtakes
2 reels
Strawberries, sewage sludge; drip irrigation; ornamentals; plus sewage news release
Sept. 1977
2 P132:021: Prof. Wiegand PSA Outtakes; pilot plant; old cannery stills (b/w)
4 reels
released Sept. 1977
2 P132:022: Sunflowers, Central Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, Redmond
2 reels
1975
2 P132:023: Annaplasmosis Study, Squaw Butte Station, Burns
2 reels
1975
2 P132:024: Fruit at Fred Meyer
2 reels
1976
2 P132:025: Bark Beetle; Bio-Acoustic Research, Julius Rudinsky
4 reels
2 P132:026: New Plant Varieties, PSA; vegetable farm, peas
2 reels
2 P132:027: Sheep Project, PSA 1978, William Hohenboken
2 reels
3 P132:028: Tillamook Bay Oyster Harvester
3 reels
Sam Hayes, Bob Malloch, Edward Kolbe of Marine Science Center
Feb. 15, 1978
3 P132:029: Green Rhododendron with Bob Ticknor, North Willamette Experiment Station
2 reels
Mar. 15, 1978
3 P132:030: Coddling Moth Pheromone, Peter Westigard, Medford, OSU/USDA cooperative project, helicopter shots
2 reels
April 1978
3 P132:031: Medford: Grape Buds/Sewage Treatment Plant
2 reels
April 1978
3 P132:032: Strawberry Harvesters; Agricultural Engineering; Charles Hecht of Stayton; Wheat Crosses; Graduate Student from Mexico
2 reels
June 13, 1978
3 P132:033: Lily Fields, Brookings Lily Experiment Station, Al Roberts, OSU Horticulture Lee Riddle, Technician
2 reels
June 9, 1978
3 P132:034: Mechanical Strawberry Capper Stemmer, Stayton Cannery July 1, 1978.
3 P132:035: Solar Collector on OSU Dairy Barn. News Release includes milking parlor shots
3 reels
July 20, 1978
3 P132:036: Wheat Field Computer News Release with Nan Scott, Crop Science Research Assistant, Hyslop Farm
2 reels
Sept. 13, 1978
3 P132:037: Sunset, Brookings, Oregon
2 reels
Hop yard signs, vegetable farm
Sept. 11, 1978
3 P132:038: Aerials - Eastern Oregon, Gorge, Field Burning
2 reels
Aug. 17, 1978
3 P132:039: Hops at the East Farm and Hop yard. Al Haunold (USDA)
2 reels
Sept. 1978
3 P132:040: Lily Harvest and Planting at Brookings, Daryl Christensen (USDA)
2 reels
Sept. 11, 1978
3 P132:041: Grapes (Statewide PSA); Sunflowers in Medford
2 reels
Oct. 15, 1978
3 P132:042: Klamath Falls - Potatoes, Fistulated Steer and Wheat Plots
2 reels
Oct. 4, 1978
3 P132:043: Time Lapse Clouds for septic tank PSA
2 reels
Aug. 1978
3 P132:044: Soil Profile NW Corvallis, Gerald King, Moyle Haward, Septic Tank PSA
2 reels
July 25, 1978
4 P132:045: Bob Ticknor, North Willamette Experiment Station, Rhododendron starts, Magnolia cuttings commercially
2 reels
Aug. 1978
4 P132:046: Commercial Ornamental Nurseries, Clackamas County
2 reels
July 1978
4 P132:047: Crescent Valley High School Cross Country team, Vitamin B6 Study, Slow Motion
2 reels
Nov. 1978
4 P132:048: Laboratory Shots, Jim Leklem, Foods and Nutrition Vitamin B6 Study
2 reels
Nov. 1978
4 P132:049: Cattle in snow, Burns and Ontario
2 reels
Jan. 28, 1979
4 P132:050: Mass Spectrometer with Val Peacock (operator); hop flavor analysis
3 reels
Mar. 1979
4 P132:051: Beer Testing in OSU Flavorium
2 reels
March 1979
4 P132:000: Medford, Coddling Moth Pheromone Application
4 reels
June 1979
4 P132:000: Fish Planting News Release (outs), Fish Stocking in Mill Creek (west of Salem)
4 reels
June 1979
4 P132:056: Chinook Salmon Smolts, Underwater in Mill Creek
2 reels
June 1979
4 P132:057: Dry Land Wheat Harvest, Mike Thorn Ranch near Pendleton
3 reels
July 1979
4 P132:058: Crescent Valley High School Track Meet PSA outs
2 reels
May 1979
4 P132:059: Whitetail Fawn Tagging, Roseburg
On same reel with P132:63 and on separate reel.
June 1979
4 P132:060: Mexico, Ciudad Obregon, CIANO
3 reels
CYMMT with Borlaug, Kronstad and Oregon farmers
April 16-21, 1979
4 P132:061: Longhorn steers, A. Morrie Craig, Vet. Med. Tansy tests
2 reels
Feb. 1, 1980
4 P132:062: Wheat Planting, Steve James, Central Oregon Experiment Station
2 reels
Apr. 9, 1980
4 P132:063: Whitetail deer yearlings, Roseburg, Winston Smith
On same reel with P132:59 and separate reel.
Jan. 1980
5 P132:064: Strawberries for Tomorrow
Documentary production about mechanical strawberry harvest project; many reels.
June 1980
6 P132:065: Wine Inoculation Laboratory with Sandine and Heatherbell
2 reels
Sept. 15, 1980
6 P132:066: Malheur Experiment Station, Ontario
2 reels
Oct. 14, 1980
6 P132:067: Predator insects eating aphids
2 reels
June 18, 1980
6 P132:068: Hermiston (solar); Hood River (mountain)
2 reels
Oct. 1980
6 P132:069: Klamath Experiment Station Solar Forage Dryer
2 reels
Sept. 1980
6 P132:070: Tansy Poisoning, Horse in Good Shape
2 reels
Sept. 1980
6 P132:071: Tansy Plants
2 reels
Oct. 1980
6 P132:072: Cereal Crossbreeding, Hyslop Farm
2 reels
June 10, 1980
6 P132:074: Wild horses in Eastern Oregon with Dave Ganscopp and Mike McInnis
On same reel with P132:75 and on separate reel.
Mar. 1981
6 P132:075: Wild horses in Eastern Oregon with Dave Ganscopp and Mike McInnis
On same reel with P132:74 and on separate reel.
June 1981
6 P132:076: Cows grazing in Tansy Ragwort-Benton County
2 reels
Oct. 1981
6 P132:077: Horse about to die of tansy poisoning
2 reels
Oct. 1981
6 P132:078: A. Morrie Craig working in his lab on tansy poisoning test
On same reel with P132:79 and on separate reel
Oct. 1981
6 P132:079: Grass seed combines, Willamette Valley
On same reel with P132:78 and on separate reel
Aug. 1981
6 P132:080: Fall Calves at Section Five, Eastern Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station near Burns
2 reels
Oct. 22, 1981
7 P132:081: Refuge and Range Burning, Malheur Bird Refuge
2 reels
Nov. 1981
7 P132:082: Wild Turkey in trap near Maupin, Or. with student, Scott Lutz
2 reels
March 1982
7 P132:083: Microbiology; Legionella on Mt. St. Helens
2 reels
June 1982
7 P132:084: Eagles near Klamath Falls with Bob Anthony; Legionella on Mt. St. Helens
2 reels
June 1982
7 P132:085: Wheat plot harvest, Pendleton, Warren Kronstad
2 reels
Aug. 1982
7 P132:086: Microbiology Laboratory, Dave Tison
2 reels
June 1982
7 P132:087: Acid rain research chambers, Schmitt Farm
2 reels
Aug. 1982
7 P132:088: Pheasant population research, radio tracking, Corvallis
2 reels
April 1982
7 P132:000: Pheasant population research, placing radio and release, Corvallis
2 reels
May 1982
7 P132:091: Mid-Columbia Agricultural Experiment Station, various scenes
2 reels
July 1982
7 P132:092: Film for video transfer; used for 1982-83 TV PSAs
4 reels
1. Range fires 2. Pheasants 3. Wild turkeys 4. Acid rain 5. Microbes on Mt. St. Helens 6. Mid-Columbia spotlight 7. Eagles 8. Cereal breeders
Sept. 1982
7 P132:093: Dogs Tracking Bobcat Unsuccessfully, Willamette National Forest
2 reels
Oct. 15 1983
8 P132:094: Medford-Southern Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, Pears, Field Crops In Lab
2 reels
Aug. 20, 1983
8 P132:095: Spotted Owl Research, McKenzie Pass
2 reels
July 1983
8 P132:096: Grape Harvest on Clonal Test Plots, Porter Lombard, Horticulture; Knudsen-Erath Winery, Dundee
2 reels
Oct. 20, 1983
8 P132:097: Cancer Inhibitors, Fish Toxicology Lab, Food Science and Technology Department
3 reels
Jan. 1984
8 P132:098: Wheat Growth Calculator Research, Betty Klepper and Ron Rickman, USDA-CBARC, Pendleton
2 reels
Dec. 1983
8 P132:099: Powell Butte Potato Research, used for Feb. 1984 TV PSAs
3 reels
Oct. 1983
8 P132:100: Pendleton, Union, and Redmond June 5, 1984
8 P132:101: Oregon historical agricultural footage (b/w) from Oregon Historical Society film library ca. 1975
8 P132:102: Cherry Harvest Nov. 1974
8 P132:103: Mint Harvest original ca. 1974
8 P132:104: Anaplasmosis
2 reels
1975
8 P132:105: Cherry Harvest
4 reels
Aug. 1974
8 P132:106: Lilies workprint and original
5 reels
1975
9 P132:107: Strawberries
5 reels
1975
9 P132:108: Public Service Announcements original ca. 1974
9 P132:109: Public Service Announcements workprint ca. 1974
9 P132:110: Solar Dairy Barn with Martin Hellickson, Agicultural Engineering Aug. 8, 1978
9 P132:111: Hop Flavor Analysis
2 reels
Mar. 21, 1979
9 P132:112: Sewage Sludge
3 reels
May 17, 1977
9 P132:113: Mechanical Strawberry Capper; Dale Kirk with Dean Booster on tractor; field near Stayton; Stayton Cannery
3 reels
July 1, 1978
9 P132:114: Fish Planting with Carl Shreck (Fisheries and Wildlife) Aug. 8, 1979
9 P132:115: Vitamin B6 and Runners
3 reels
Dec. 20, 1978
9 P132:116: Wine Inoculation with Sandine and Heatherbell
4 reels
Oct. 8-9, 1980
9 P132:117: Easter Lily
4 reels
9 P132:118: Green Rhododendron March 1978.
9 P132:119: Russian Factory Ship
5 reels
9 P132:120: Pears workprint.
9 P132:121: Television Public Service Announcements
2 reels
1979
9 P132:122: Television Public Service Announcements
3 reels
1981
9 P132:123: Slide show negative
10 P132:124: Fish Story
2 reels
10 P132:125: Wild Horses
2 reels
10 P132:126: Coyote
4 reels
1975
10 P132:127: Mist Irrigation
5 reels
1975
10 P132:128: Coddling Moths
4 reels
1975
10 P132:129: Rabbits News Release
3 reels
1975
10 P132:130: Meadow Foam News Release
4 reels
1975
10 P132:131: Squirrel News Release
2 reels
1975
10 P132:132: Wild Duck News Release
4 reels
1975
10 P132:133: Public Service Announcements
2 reels
pre-1976
10 P132:134: Public Service Announcements
2 reels
1. Branch Stations 2. Oregon's Agricultural Progress (OAP) 3. Faces 4. First Tractor at OSU
1976
10 P132:135: Public Service Announcements
5 reels
1. "Prof." Wiegand 2. North Willamette Experiment Station 3. Oral Hygiene for Older People
1977
10 P132:136: Public Service Announcements
3 reels
April 1978
10 P132:137: Public Service Announcements
3 reels
Fall 1978
10 P132:138: Public Service Announements
3 reels
undated
10 P132:139: Nan Scott; edited workprint
11 P132:140: Campus Aerials shot by Dave King 19 Oct. 1978.
11 P132:141: Strawberry Harvesters and Cappers
PNRC Project (numbers reversed), workprint.
1979
11 P132:142: Four "spots" (public service announcements)
1. Strawberries 2. "Wecoma" 3. Mist Irrigation 4. Coddling Moths.
11 P132:143: Biological Pest Control
11 P132:144: Teeth - Female, workprint (no original)
11 P132:145: Micro/Wine News
11 P132:146: Pendleton: Rickman and Klepper (USDA) in wheat (and rain). Union: Field Day
Redmond: Planting tissue culture plantlets at Powell Butte. 5-7 June 1984; workprint.
1984
11 P132:147: Elk Research near Heppner
King and Duncan with Marty Vavra and graduate student; rough-timed workprint (no sound), see also P132:153.
16 April 1984
11 P132:148: Flammulated Owls
See also P132:153
June 1984
11 P132:149: Branch Stations; for basketball halftime
3 reels
21 Feb. 1985
11 P132:150: Logo and Titles
7 reels
11 P132:151: Agriculture Public Service Announcement
L. McCormick, producer
3 reels
11 P132:152: Agriculture Public Service Announcement
6 reels
11 P132:153: Flammulated owls and eastern Oregon elk
See also P132:147-148.
11 P132:154: Aerial views of cultivated agricultural land

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Agricultural experiment stations--Oregon.
  • Agriculture--Research--Oregon.
  • Berries--Harvesting--Oregon.
  • Fisheries--Research--Oregon.
  • Fruit-culture--Research--Oregon.
  • Lilies--Oregon.
  • Rhododendrons--Oregon.
  • Strawberries--Oregon.
  • Wildlife research--Oregon.

Corporate Names

  • Oregon State University--Research.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Silent films.

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • King, Dave. (creator)