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RG
122
College of Business Records
Oregon State University. College of
Business.
1910-1998
0.6 cubic foot
2 boxes, including 1 oversize box
3 microfilm reels
The College of Business Records consist of
administrative and curriculum records, including briefs and reports from the 1920s and early 1930s prior to the transfer of the School of Commerce at Oregon Agricultural College to the University of Oregon in 1932. By the mid-1940s, a business curriculum had been reinstated at Oregon State College.
Materials in English.
Historical Note:
Commerce instruction, as Business courses were called at the time, was
offered at Oregon State University from the time of its founding in 1868, and
the first Commerce professorship was established in 1880. In 1898 a two-year
curriculum was established, which expanded to a four- year curriculum when the
Department of Commerce was established at OSU in 1900, the 11th in the United
States and the first in the Pacific Northwest. In 1908, the School of Commerce
was established as a professional school with John Andrew Bexell, A.M., as
Dean. Bexell Hall, constructed in 1922 as the new Commerce Hall, was named
after him. Bexell served as Dean until 1932, when the School of Commerce was
transferred to the University of Oregon. All that remained at Oregon State was
the Secretarial Science curriculum which was reduced to a lower division,
non-degree granting status.
By 1943, a degree curriculum of Business Administration was restored at
Oregon State, and the Division of Business and Industry was established in
1945. The division was changed in 1947- 1948 to the School of Business and
Technology with Clifford E. Maser as Dean. In 1960, the School of Business and
Technology became a fully accredited member of the American Association of
Collegiate Schools of Business, and a Masters of Business Administration degree
was authorized by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education in 1965. In 1983,
the name was changed to the College of Business.
Clifford E. Maser served as Dean from 1947 to 1966. During that time
period he became renown as an expert on the refugee situation in Europe, and
the threat of communism in the world. He gave speeches extensively across the
western part of the U.S. at high school programs, commencements, conferences,
workshops and annual meetings on these subjects. Most of the records in the
first reel relate to those speeches.
After Maser's retirement, Earl Goddard became Dean, a position he held
until 1983. He was replaced by Lynn Spruill, who served as Dean from 1984 to
1990. The present dean, Donald F. Parker, has held that position since
1991.
The first
series consists of Clifford E. Maser's meetings and speeches that he presented
while Dean of the college; series two includes curriculum materials used to
initiate or continue courses in the college. Series three, Reports and Briefs,
consist of annual, budget, and financial reports for the School of Commerce and
its departments (including Political Science, Economics, and Sociology) for the
period 1910 through 1925. Series three also includes briefs and reports
regarding the duplication of courses between the University of Oregon and
Oregon Agricultural College and transfer of the School of Commerce degree
programs to the University of Oregon (1925-1932) and various reports (including
self-studies) on the operation and functioning of the College from the late
1950s through the 1980s.
Series four consists of College of Business student handbooks and
faculty handbooks; series five contains awards records pertaining to an award
given to Ken and Joan Austin; and series six, Special Events Records, contains
an announcement of a Product Testing Laboratory anniversary.
The College of Business Records are divided into six series: I. Dean Clifford E. Maser's Meetings and Speeches; II. Curriculum Materials; III. Reports and Briefs; IV. Handbooks; V. Awards Records; and VI. Special Event Records.
Collection is open for research.
Reel three was originally part of the School of Commerce Records (RG 80)
and transferred to this record group in 1999.
College of Business Records (RG 122), Oregon State University Archives,
Corvallis, Oregon.
Materials in Subgroup 7, Series VIII, X and XI of the President's Office
Records (RG 13) provide information on the reorganization of the college in the
1930s. Other records of the Political Science, Economics, and Sociology
Departments are in the Department of Political Science Records (RG 75) and the
College of Liberal Arts Records (RG 143).
The College of Business Photographs and Videotapes (P 194) include
images of faculty and special events and a videotape of the award presented to
Ken and Joan Austin. The Jean Mater Papers include College of Business Advisory
Council materials.
College of Business publications include the
Bexell Times (PUB 10-22z3);
College of Business, (PUB 353), which
includes MBA brochures;
College of Business Exchange (PUB 275);
Commerce Bulletin, (PUB 411); and
Northwest Business Management (PUB
5-31e).
Maser,
Clifford Elges, 1910-
Sullivan,
David R.
Oregon
State University. College of Business.
Oregon
State University. School of Business and Technology.
Oregon
State University. School of Business.
Oregon
Agricultural College. School of Commerce.
Oregon
State College. School of Business and Technology.
University
of Oregon.
Business education--Oregon.
College and Universities
Oregon
1
Series I
Dean Clifford E. Maser's Meetings
and Speeches
1943-1965
Series II
Curriculum Materials
1942-1978
1
Proposed course changes,
other curriculum material
1942; 1945-1946
2
Proposed course changes,
other curriculum material
1945-1946 to 1962
1
Graduate programs in business
at OSU
1975
1
Survey results for the
business administration undergraduate core by the Undergraduate Program
Committee
1978
Series III
Reports and Briefs
1910-1992
3
1
Annual Budget Report
for 1922-1923
1922
3
2
Report of Instructional
Work
1918
3
3
Board of Higher Curricula
meeting transcript regarding duplication of courses at University of Oregon and
Oregon Agricultural College
18 May 1925
3
4
Reports and correspondence
regarding duplication of courses
1913-1925
3
Report of the Dean of the
School of Commerce
3
for 1918-1919 and 1919-1920
1919
3
5
for
1915
Financial Reports for the
School of Commerce
3
6
1917-1918
3
6
1916-1917
3
7
University of Oregon Report
to Board of Higher Curricula, 27 April
1925
3
8
Study of Facts and Figures
Bearing on Commerce and Business, 30 January
1932
3
9
Oregon Agricultural College
Brief
1925
3
10
University of Oregon
Brief
1925
3
11
Annual Budget Report
for 1923-1924
1923
3
12
Annual Budget Report
for 1924-1925
1924
3
13
Report of the Dean of the
School of Commerce for 1920-1921 and 1921-1922
1921
3
14
Report of the Dean of the
School of Commerce for 1919-1920 and 1920-1921
1920
3
Report of the Dean
for 1911-1912
1912
3
Biennial Report
for 1912-1914
1914
3
Report of the Dean
for 1917-1918
1917
3
Report of the Dean for
the Fiscal Year 1917-1918 with Estimates and Recommendations for the Year
1918-1919
1918
3
15
Report to the
President
1910
3
Report to the
President
1912
3
Department Reports to the
Dean
1913-1914
3
16
Alumni Newsletter
1920
3
Lists of
Graduates
1919-1920
Reports to the Oregon State
Board of Higher Education from the School of Commerce
1932
2
apx 16x20 in.
Cost studies for School
of Commerce
2
apx 16x20 in.
Room use in all campus
buildings
2
apx 16x20 in.
The amount of investment
and indebtedness and the number of students living in fraternities, sororities,
and dormitories
2
apx 16x20 in.
Credits completed by
Commerce graduates
2
apx 16x20 in.
Commerce degree
requirements
2
apx 16x20 in.
Enrollment of Commerce
students in other departments' courses
2
apx 16x20 in.
Comparison of duplication
in courses offered by Oregon State College and University of Oregon in
sociology, economics, political science, and business
administration
1
Statement of Objective -
Organization - Functions, September 1959; September 1964
1964
(revised)
1
Annual Report
1972-1973
1
Resource Allocation
Report
1976
1
Operational
Reports
1967-1975
1
Self Evaluation Report
September 1959
1
Self Study Report, Part 1;
Academic Staff Data, Part 2
July 1974
1
"Oregon's Forest Products
Industry: Status and Future Prospects," report submitted to the Oregon Business
Council for the OSU College of Business
circa 1986
1
"Rediscovering the College's
Charter," by David Sullivan, final memorandum, and working papers
1980-1992
Series IV
Handbooks
1980-1998
1
Student handbooks
1980-1998
1
Faculty handbook
1985
Series V
Awards Records
1996
1
Award nomination for Ken and
Joan Austin
1996
Series VI
Special Event Records
1997
1
Product Testing Lab,
announcement of an open house celebrating its 10th anniversary
1997