The College of Science Records document
the administrative activities of the College of Science at Oregon State
University from its founding in 1932. The records include correspondence and
reports of the first dean, Earl L. Packard; enrollment statistics and biennial
reports; and records of the Junior Engineers and Scientists Summer
Institute.
Repository:
Oregon State University
Libraries University
Archives
Funding for encoding this
finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for
the Humanities.
Historical Note
Science instruction has been a part of Oregon State University's
curriculum since the founding of the school. Early this century, the science
departments were part of the School of Agriculture and the School of Basic Arts
and Sciences. The School of Science was created by the State Board of Higher
Education in 1932 as the one school in the state higher education system
authorized to grant degrees in science. The first Ph.D. degrees were confered
in 1935. The school's name was changed to the College of Science in 1974.
Deans of the school have included Earl L. Packard (1932-1938), Francois
A. Gilfillan (1938-1962), Vernon Cheldelin (1962-1965), John M. Ward
(1966-1970), Robert W. Krauss (1973-1980), Thomas Sugihara (1981-1986), and
Frederick M. Horne (1986-1999), and Sherman H. Bloomer (1999-).
Content Description
Series one consists of Dean Earl L. Packard's correspondence and reports
files. Series two includes registration statistics summaries and enrollment
distributions by credit hours. Series three consists of programs, faculty and
registration lists, correspondence, and grade lists for the JESSI program.
Biennial reports, series four, highlight the activities of the college for the
given two year period. Series five contains a self-evaluation report prepared
by the School of Science in January 1960 for the Commission on Higher Schools,
Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation :
College of Science Records (RG 24), Oregon State University Archives,
Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Organized into five series: I. General Correspondence and Reports,
1932-1950; II. Enrollment Statistics, 1932-1964; III. Junior Engineers and
Scientists Summer Institute (JESSI) Records, 1956-1973; IV. Biennial Reports,
1938-1972; and V. Self-Evaluation Report, 1960. Series one is arranged
topically; series two through four are arranged chronologically.
Related Materials :
Related materials include College of Science Photographs (P 84) and the
Francois A. Gilfillan Papers. The Archives' holdings also include the records
of many College of Science departments, including Atmospheric Sciences (RG
167), Biochemistry and Biophysics (RG 178), Botany and Plant Pathology (RG 54),
Chemistry (RG 98), Entomology (RG 27), Microbiology (RG 191), Physics (RG 37),
and Zoology (RG 74).
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series I: Correspondence and
reports, 1932-1937
Container(s)
Description
Reel
Folder
1
1
Space - Chemistry
1
2
Chemistry - John Fulton -
General
1
3
Stockroom in
Chemistry
1
4
Lower Division - M. Ellwood
Smith
1
5
Entomology - Don C. Mote -
General
1
6
Libraries
1
7
Space for department at
Eugene
1
8
Chancellor - W.J.
Kerr
1
9
"L", 1935-1937
1
10
Schedule -
Geology
1
11
Botany - H. P.
Barass
1
12
C. V. Boyer, President U. of
O., 1934-1935
1
13
E. B. Lemon,
registrar, 1935-1937
1
14
"M", 1935-1937
1
15
"K", 1935-1937
1
16
"J", 1935-1937
1
17
E. L. Packard, Dean of
Science
2
18
W. A. Jensen - Executive
Secretary
2
19
A. R. Moore
2
20
Personnel -
Zoology
2
21
Catalog, Eugene
2
22
Graduate
Assistance
2
23
Graduate Students
2
24
Graduate School
2
25
Army Specialized Training
Program
2
26
Army Specialized Training
Program - Languages
2
27
ASTP - Asiatic Area
Course
2
28
ASTP - Chinese -
Personnel
2
29
ASTP - Chinese
2
30
ASTP - Japanese
2
31
ASTP - Russian -
Personnel
2
32
ASTP - Russian
2
33
ASTP - Russian - Books,
Supplies, Budgets
2
34
ASTP - Languages,
Phonograph
2
35
ASTP - Chinese - Lesson
4
2
36
ASTP - N. P.
Avtonomoff
2
37
ASTP - Chemistry
2
38
ASTP -
Mathematics
2
39
ASTP - Physics
2
40
ASTP - Budgets
2
41
ASTP - Classification of
students
2
42
ASTP - Curricula
2
43
ASTP - Grades
2
44
ASTP - Registration
procedures
2
45-46
ASTP - Letters from
parents
2
47
ASTP - Schedules
2
48
ASTP - Staff
2
49
ASTP - Students
2
50
ASTP -
Administration
2
51
ASTP - Book List, July
term, 1945
2
52
ASTP - Budget,
July, 1945
2
53
ASTP -
Registration
2
54
ASTP -
Mathematics
2
55
ASTP - Physics
2
56
ASTP - Letters from
parents
2
57
Science Publicity
2
58
Bacteriology
2
59
Botany
2
60
Entomology
2
61
Mathematics - W. E. Milne -
General
2
62
Physics - W.
Weniger, 1934-1935
2
63
Zoology - Nathan Fasten -
General, 1935-1937
2
64
"B", 1935-1937
2
65
Bacteriology - C. V. Copson -
General
2
66
Chemistry - John Fulton -
General
2
67
Summer Session
2
68
Chemistry
2
69
Functions and present status
of science
2
70-71
VII Willamette Valley Student
Science Conference, 1934-1935
2
72
VIII -, 1936-1937
2
73
Reports to President
Kerr
2
74
Letters from
parents
2
75
Summary of Registration
Statistics
2
76
Grade report, Registration
record
2
77
Statistics - Registration of
majors
2
78
Registration of Graduate
students, Science majors, 1932-1950
