Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition

ORErg299.xml Guide to the School of Forestry Senior Forestry Papers 1910-1956 Oregon State College School of Forestry Senior Forestry Papers Finding Aid Authors: Maya Bergmann and Elizabeth Nielsen. Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center 2019

121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR, 97331-4501 Phone: 541-737-2075 Email: scarc@oregonstate.edu Web: http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/findingaids

This finding aid was encoded in EAD by Archon 3.21 from an SQL database source on July 12th, 2019. Encoding was modified by Elizabeth Nielsen for Archives West compliance. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). Oregon State College. School of Forestry. School of Forestry Senior Forestry Papers 1910-1956 1920-1956 RG 299 12.00 cubic feet, including 1261 photographs 13 boxes, including 2 oversize boxes, and 4 map folders Materials in English. Special Collections and Archives Research Center

121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR, 97331-4501 Phone: 541-737-2075 Email: scarc@oregonstate.edu Web: http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/findingaids

The School of Forestry Senior Forestry Papers consist of about 700 undergraduate theses and term papers completed by forestry students at Oregon State College from 1910 to 1956. The theses represent a wide range of forestry and forest products topics; many of the theses include original photographs, maps, and oversize charts and drawings. The papers are available online in ScholarsArchive@OSU. Oregon Agricultural College. School of Forestry. Peavy Arboretum (Benton County, Or.) Maps (documents) Photographic prints. Slides (photographs). McDonald Forest (Or.) Christmas tree growing--Oregon. Douglas fir--Seeds. Forest fires--Oregon--Prevention and control. Forest fires--Oregon. Forest insects--Oregon Forest management--Northwest, Pacific. Forest policy--Oregon. Forest reserves--Oregon. Forest reserves--Washington (State) Forestry law and legislation--Oregon. Forestry schools and education--Oregon--Corvallis. Forests and forestry Forests and forestry--Taxation--Oregon. Game and game-birds--Oregon. Grazing--Oregon. Land use--Oregon--Planning. Logging--Machinery. Logging--Oregon. Lumber trade--Oregon. Lumbering--Oregon. Public lands--Recreational use. Range management--Oregon. Reforestation--Oregon. Soil erosion--Oregon. Timber--Oregon. Trees--Diseases and pests--Northwest, Pacific. Watersheds--Oregon. Wildlife management--Oregon. Wood--Preservation--Oregon. Colleges and Universities Fisheries and Wildlife Forestry and Forestry Products Logging Water and Water Rights Oregon Corvallis Photographs

These papers were received by the Oregon State College Library in the late 1950s and were individually cataloged as part of the Special Collections and Archives History of the Pacific Northwest Collection.

The theses were placed in acid-free folders and re-boxed in 2019; at that time, oversize materials were separated to oversize containers. An archival finding aid was prepared in 2019 to provide contextual information for the papers.

The collection is open for research.

School of Forestry Senior Forestry Papers (RG 299), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

The Special Collections and Archives Research Center includes numerous collections on forests and forestry in the Pacific Northwest created and assembled by individuals and organizations. Among these are materials that document the research and teaching activities in forestry at Oregon State University: the College of Forestry Records (RG 139), Photographs (P 061), and Moving Images (FV 061).

Collections of materials created and assembled by August Rauch, Arhtur H. (Harold) Sasser, and T.J. Starker -- whose senior papers are part of this collection -- are available in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center's holdings.

The Senior Forestry Papers are arranged chronologically by date and thereunder alphabetically by author.

The School of Forestry Senior Forestry Papers consist of about 700 undergraduate theses and term papers completed by forestry students at Oregon State College from 1910 to 1956. To graduate with a degree in Forestry, students were required the take a seminar class, in which they were expected to complete a thesis. The topics of their papers were randomly assigned by the instructor.

The theses represent a variety of forestry and forest products topics including logging and the lumber industry; labor unions and issues the inducstry; forest law and taxation; forest management and policy; forest reserves, especially National Forests in Oregon; forest insects, pests, and diseases; forest fire prevention and control; reforestation; wood preservation; and growing Christmas trees. The collection also includes theses addressing soil erosion, watersheds, grazing and range management, recreation on public lands, and wildlife and game management. Several papers pertaining to McDonald Forest and Peavy Arboretum are part of the collection.

Notably, many of the Forestry graduation requirements are still present today, such as needing to complete six months of hands-on field work. An equivalent course to the original seminar class is still taught at Oregon State, though it is no longer required.

Many of the theses include original photographic prints and the collection includes more than 1200 photographs; maps and oversize charts and drawings have been separated to storage appropriate for their size.

The accompanying container list provides an item-level list of the papers that includes the title, date, author, a link to the theses in ScholarsArchive@OSU, the number of photographs in the paper, and the location of the oversize materials that are stored separately.

The papers are available online in ScholarsArchive@OSU.

Series 1 Senior Forestry Papers 1910-1956

Series 1 consists of theses and papers completed by undergraduate forestry students at Oregon State.

1 1 Thesis on a study of logging operations in the Douglas fir type 1910 Pernot, Jack F.