Guide to the Experiment Station Communications Films 1974-1984

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 University Archives 121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-4501 Phone: 541-737-2165 Email: archives@oregonstate.edu Web: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives
Languages:	Materials in English.
Sponsor:	Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical Note

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 Description

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 Collection

Preferred Citation :

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

Administrative Information

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 Collection

Box
1	P132:001: Pear Picking, Southern Oregon Experiment Station, Medford, Oct. 1976 2 reels
1	P132:002: Pear Packing, Medford, Oct. 1976 2 reels
1	P132:003: Pears, Cold Storage and Truck Loading, Hood River, May 1977 2 reels
1	P132:004: Pear Lab Work, Hood River Experiment Station, Nov. 1977 2 reels
1	P132:005: Hood River - Drought, Silt and Drip Irrigation; Hermiston - Circle Irrigation and Watermelon Harvest, June 1977 3 reels
1	P132:006: Wheat Planting Operation, Hyslop Farm, Oct. 1977 2 reels
1	P132:007: Mechanical Apple Harvester, Lewis-Brown Farm, Oct. 1977 2 reels
1	P132:008: Cherry Blooms - NW Salem; Pear and Apple Blooms - Lewis-Brown Farm, April 1977 2 reels
1	P132:009: Potato Packing, Hermiston, Oct. 1976 2 reels
1	P132:010: Potato Picking, Central Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, Redmond, Oct. 1976 2 reels
1	P132:011: Cows in Snow at Squaw Butte Station, Burns, Winter 1976 2 reels
1	P132:012: Paraquat (herbicide to cure hay), Burns; Cows Feeding at Squaw Butte, Burns; Potatoes, Redmond, Aug. 1976 2 reels
1	P132:013: Mel Westwood Wild Pear Collection, Lewis-Brown Farm, Nov. 1977 5 reels
1	P132:014: Wild Horse Research, Burns, (lab and field shots), Aug. 1977 2 reels
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, Nov. 1977 2 reels
2	P132:017: Ugly Fish (Psychrolutes frictus),Carl Bond, (Fish/Wildlife), Jan. 1977 2 reels
2	P132:018: Mountain Sheep at Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, Kristine Kornet, June 1977 3 reels
2	P132:019: Oral Hygiene PSA Outtakes; Gene Korphman eating at Gallery on campus, Sept. 1977 2 reels
2	P132:020: North Willamette Experiment Station PSA Outtakes, Sept. 1977 2 reels Strawberries, sewage sludge; drip irrigation; ornamentals; plus sewage news release
2	P132:021: Prof. Wiegand PSA Outtakes; pilot plant; old cannery stills (b/w), released Sept. 1977 4 reels
2	P132:022: Sunflowers, Central Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, Redmond, 1975 2 reels
2	P132:023: Annaplasmosis Study, Squaw Butte Station, Burns, 1975 2 reels
2	P132:024: Fruit at Fred Meyer, 1976 2 reels
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, Feb. 15, 1978 3 reels Sam Hayes, Bob Malloch, Edward Kolbe of Marine Science Center
3	P132:029: Green Rhododendron with Bob Ticknor, North Willamette Experiment Station, Mar. 15, 1978 2 reels
3	P132:030: Coddling Moth Pheromone, Peter Westigard, Medford, OSU/USDA cooperative project, helicopter shots, April 1978 2 reels
3	P132:031: Medford: Grape Buds/Sewage Treatment Plant, April 1978 2 reels
3	P132:032: Strawberry Harvesters; Agricultural Engineering; Charles Hecht of Stayton; Wheat Crosses; Graduate Student from Mexico, June 13, 1978 2 reels
3	P132:033: Lily Fields, Brookings Lily Experiment Station, Al Roberts, OSU Horticulture Lee Riddle, Technician, June 9, 1978 2 reels
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, July 20, 1978 3 reels
3	P132:036: Wheat Field Computer News Release with Nan Scott, Crop Science Research Assistant, Hyslop Farm, Sept. 13, 1978 2 reels
3	P132:037: Sunset, Brookings, Oregon, Sept. 11, 1978 2 reels Hop yard signs, vegetable farm
3	P132:038: Aerials - Eastern Oregon, Gorge, Field Burning, Aug. 17, 1978 2 reels
3	P132:039: Hops at the East Farm and Hop yard. Al Haunold (USDA), Sept. 1978 2 reels
3	P132:040: Lily Harvest and Planting at Brookings, Daryl Christensen (USDA), Sept. 11, 1978 2 reels
3	P132:041: Grapes (Statewide PSA); Sunflowers in Medford, Oct. 15, 1978 2 reels
3	P132:042: Klamath Falls - Potatoes, Fistulated Steer and Wheat Plots, Oct. 4, 1978 2 reels
3	P132:043: Time Lapse Clouds for septic tank PSA, Aug. 1978 2 reels
3	P132:044: Soil Profile NW Corvallis, Gerald King, Moyle Haward, Septic Tank PSA, July 25, 1978 2 reels
4	P132:045: Bob Ticknor, North Willamette Experiment Station, Rhododendron starts, Magnolia cuttings commercially, Aug. 1978 2 reels
4	P132:046: Commercial Ornamental Nurseries, Clackamas County, July 1978 2 reels
4	P132:047: Crescent Valley High School Cross Country team, Vitamin B6 Study, Slow Motion, Nov. 1978 2 reels
4	P132:048: Laboratory Shots, Jim Leklem, Foods and Nutrition Vitamin B6 Study, Nov. 1978 2 reels
4	P132:049: Cattle in snow, Burns and Ontario, Jan. 28, 1979 2 reels
4	P132:050: Mass Spectrometer with Val Peacock (operator); hop flavor analysis, Mar. 1979 3 reels
4	P132:051: Beer Testing in OSU Flavorium, March 1979 2 reels
4	P132:000: Medford, Coddling Moth Pheromone Application, June 1979 4 reels
4	P132:000: Fish Planting News Release (outs), Fish Stocking in Mill Creek (west of Salem), June 1979 4 reels
4	P132:056: Chinook Salmon Smolts, Underwater in Mill Creek, June 1979 2 reels
4	P132:057: Dry Land Wheat Harvest, Mike Thorn Ranch near Pendleton, July 1979 3 reels
4	P132:058: Crescent Valley High School Track Meet PSA outs, May 1979 2 reels
4	P132:059: Whitetail Fawn Tagging, Roseburg, June 1979 On same reel with P132:63 and on separate reel.
4	P132:060: Mexico, Ciudad Obregon, CIANO, April 16-21, 1979 3 reels CYMMT with Borlaug, Kronstad and Oregon farmers
4	P132:061: Longhorn steers, A. Morrie Craig, Vet. Med. Tansy tests, Feb. 1, 1980 2 reels
4	P132:062: Wheat Planting, Steve James, Central Oregon Experiment Station, Apr. 9, 1980 2 reels
4	P132:063: Whitetail deer yearlings, Roseburg, Winston Smith, Jan. 1980 On same reel with P132:59 and separate reel.
5	P132:064: Strawberries for Tomorrow, June 1980 Documentary production about mechanical strawberry harvest project; many reels.
6	P132:065: Wine Inoculation Laboratory with Sandine and Heatherbell, Sept. 15, 1980 2 reels
6	P132:066: Malheur Experiment Station, Ontario, Oct. 14, 1980 2 reels
6	P132:067: Predator insects eating aphids, June 18, 1980 2 reels
6	P132:068: Hermiston (solar); Hood River (mountain), Oct. 1980 2 reels
6	P132:069: Klamath Experiment Station Solar Forage Dryer, Sept. 1980 2 reels
6	P132:070: Tansy Poisoning, Horse in Good Shape, Sept. 1980 2 reels
6	P132:071: Tansy Plants, Oct. 1980 2 reels
6	P132:072: Cereal Crossbreeding, Hyslop Farm, June 10, 1980 2 reels
6	P132:074: Wild horses in Eastern Oregon with Dave Ganscopp and Mike McInnis, Mar. 1981 On same reel with P132:75 and on separate reel.
6	P132:075: Wild horses in Eastern Oregon with Dave Ganscopp and Mike McInnis, June 1981 On same reel with P132:74 and on separate reel.
6	P132:076: Cows grazing in Tansy Ragwort-Benton County, Oct. 1981 2 reels
6	P132:077: Horse about to die of tansy poisoning, Oct. 1981 2 reels
6	P132:078: A. Morrie Craig working in his lab on tansy poisoning test, Oct. 1981 On same reel with P132:79 and on separate reel
6	P132:079: Grass seed combines, Willamette Valley, Aug. 1981 On same reel with P132:78 and on separate reel
6	P132:080: Fall Calves at Section Five, Eastern Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station near Burns, Oct. 22, 1981 2 reels
7	P132:081: Refuge and Range Burning, Malheur Bird Refuge, Nov. 1981 2 reels
7	P132:082: Wild Turkey in trap near Maupin, Or. with student, Scott Lutz, March 1982 2 reels
7	P132:083: Microbiology; Legionella on Mt. St. Helens, June 1982 2 reels
7	P132:084: Eagles near Klamath Falls with Bob Anthony; Legionella on Mt. St. Helens, June 1982 2 reels
7	P132:085: Wheat plot harvest, Pendleton, Warren Kronstad, Aug. 1982 2 reels
7	P132:086: Microbiology Laboratory, Dave Tison, June 1982 2 reels
7	P132:087: Acid rain research chambers, Schmitt Farm, Aug. 1982 2 reels
7	P132:088: Pheasant population research, radio tracking, Corvallis, April 1982 2 reels
7	P132:000: Pheasant population research, placing radio and release, Corvallis, May 1982 2 reels
7	P132:091: Mid-Columbia Agricultural Experiment Station, various scenes, July 1982 2 reels
7	P132:092: Film for video transfer; used for 1982-83 TV PSAs, Sept. 1982 4 reels 1. Range fires2. Pheasants3. Wild turkeys4. Acid rain5. Microbes on Mt. St. Helens6. Mid-Columbia spotlight7. Eagles8. Cereal breeders
7	P132:093: Dogs Tracking Bobcat Unsuccessfully, Willamette National Forest, Oct. 15 1983 2 reels
8	P132:094: Medford-Southern Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, Pears, Field Crops In Lab, Aug. 20, 1983 2 reels
8	P132:095: Spotted Owl Research, McKenzie Pass, July 1983 2 reels
8	P132:096: Grape Harvest on Clonal Test Plots, Porter Lombard, Horticulture; Knudsen-Erath Winery, Dundee, Oct. 20, 1983 2 reels
8	P132:097: Cancer Inhibitors, Fish Toxicology Lab, Food Science and Technology Department, Jan. 1984 3 reels
8	P132:098: Wheat Growth Calculator Research, Betty Klepper and Ron Rickman, USDA-CBARC, Pendleton, Dec. 1983 2 reels
8	P132:099: Powell Butte Potato Research, used for Feb. 1984 TV PSAs, Oct. 1983 3 reels
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, 1975 2 reels
8	P132:105: Cherry Harvest, Aug. 1974 4 reels
8	P132:106: Lilies workprint and original, 1975 5 reels
9	P132:107: Strawberries, 1975 5 reels
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, Mar. 21, 1979 2 reels
9	P132:112: Sewage Sludge, May 17, 1977 3 reels
9	P132:113: Mechanical Strawberry Capper; Dale Kirk with Dean Booster on tractor; field near Stayton; Stayton Cannery, July 1, 1978 3 reels
9	P132:114: Fish Planting with Carl Shreck (Fisheries and Wildlife), Aug. 8, 1979
9	P132:115: Vitamin B6 and Runners, Dec. 20, 1978 3 reels
9	P132:116: Wine Inoculation with Sandine and Heatherbell, Oct. 8-9, 1980 4 reels
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, 1979 2 reels
9	P132:122: Television Public Service Announcements, 1981 3 reels
9	P132:123: Slide show negative
10	P132:124: Fish Story 2 reels
10	P132:125: Wild Horses 2 reels
10	P132:126: Coyote, 1975 4 reels
10	P132:127: Mist Irrigation, 1975 5 reels
10	P132:128: Coddling Moths, 1975 4 reels
10	P132:129: Rabbits News Release, 1975 3 reels
10	P132:130: Meadow Foam News Release, 1975 4 reels
10	P132:131: Squirrel News Release, 1975 2 reels
10	P132:132: Wild Duck News Release, 1975 4 reels
10	P132:133: Public Service Announcements, pre-1976 2 reels
10	P132:134: Public Service Announcements, 1976 2 reels 1. Branch Stations2. Oregon's Agricultural Progress (OAP)3. Faces4. First Tractor at OSU
10	P132:135: Public Service Announcements, 1977 5 reels 1. "Prof." Wiegand2. North Willamette Experiment Station3. Oral Hygiene for Older People
10	P132:136: Public Service Announcements, April 1978 3 reels
10	P132:137: Public Service Announcements, Fall 1978 3 reels
10	P132:138: Public Service Announements, undated 3 reels
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, 1979 PNRC Project (numbers reversed), workprint.
11	P132:142: Four "spots" (public service announcements) 1. Strawberries2. "Wecoma"3. Mist Irrigation4. 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, 1984 Redmond: Planting tissue culture plantlets at Powell Butte. 5-7 June 1984; workprint.
11	P132:147: Elk Research near Heppner, 16 April 1984 King and Duncan with Marty Vavra and graduate student; rough-timed workprint (no sound), see also P132:153.
11	P132:148: Flammulated Owls, June 1984 See also P132:153
11	P132:149: Branch Stations; for basketball halftime, 21 Feb. 1985 3 reels
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

Subjects

Corporate Names :
Oregon State University--Research.

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.

Form or Genre Terms :
Silent films.

Other Creators :
King, Dave.

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Guide to the Experiment Station Communications Films
1974-1984

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