Oregon
State University. Sea Grant College Program.
Title:
Sea Grant College Program
Records
Dates:
1964-2000 ( inclusive )
1967-1998 ( bulk )
Quantity:
12.3 cubic ft.
Collection Number:
RG
201
Summary:
The Sea Grant College Program Records
document the establishment and adminisration of marine extension, education,
and training programs; seafood and coastal environments research; and public
policy analysis pertaining to marine resources and and coastal environments in
Oregon.
Funding for encoding this
finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for
the Humanities.
Historical Note
The OSU Sea Grant program was established on Feb. 20, 1968 as a result
of the National Sea Grant Program and College Act of 1966. It was the first and
largest of three programs set up at that time. Its mission was to develop "an
understanding and appreciation of how to live with the ocean and how to manage
the coastal zone." The program has focused on five areas: marine extension,
education and training, seafood research, coastal environments, and public
policy analysis. It is cooperatively funded by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, by the State of Oregon and local communities, and
by private industry. Initially administered by Oceanography Professor Herbert
F. Frolander, the Sea Grant program at OSU has also been directed by William
Wick (1973-1988) and Robert Malouf (1989-).
Walter G. Jones earned bachelor's (1951) and master's (1958) degrees
from Oregon State College. At the time of his death in 1980, he had worked for
more than 25 years in fisheries and was chief of fisheries development for the
National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region. Former National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) administrator John A. Knauss helped to found
the Sea Grant Program.
Content Description
Series I consists of proposals submitted to the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce and the
National Science Foundation for Sea Grant program funding, and include budget
summaries, research projects progress reports, a program administration
narrative, and biographical information on program personnel. These
institutional program proposals cover the years 1967 to 2000. Proposals for the
funding and continuation of the Pacific Sea Grant Advisory Program and College
Program are also included in this series as well as two proposals for
individual projects: "Innovative Marine Biotechnology Harnessing Cellular
Machinery" and "Adapting To Change: Fishing Businesses, Families, Communities,
and Regions".
In addition to biennial reports, Series II consists of project
completion reports, five-year plans, research studies, an administrative review
report, Marine Advisory Program leader field reports, and project rosters. The
news releases and clippings pertain to research results, awards, and new staff
and faculty appointments. The series also documents the 1968-69 dispute between
OSU's Marine Science Center and the University of Oregon's Marine Biology
Institute.
The audiotapes consists of complete Coastwatch radio programs produced
and distributed by Sea Grant Communications as well as interviews and
individual reports used in those programs. The awards records pertain to
fellowships administered by Sea Grant in conjunction with other organizations,
including the American Fisheries Society, the Governor's Natural Resource
Office, and the Oregon Coastal Zone Management Association. Awards described in
this series include the Dean John A Knauss Fellowship and the Walter G. Jones
Fisheries Development Award, which was established in 1981 as a scholarship to
encourage graduate work in fisheries development.
Series VI consists primarily of correspondence, but also contains
flyers, publications, and reports. In addition to administrative correspondence
and chronological files, this series covers a number of subjects, including:
conferences and workshops sponsored by Sea Grant, congressional
re-authorization of the Sea Grant program, annual site reviews by the national
Sea Grant office, the Sea Grant Association, and the procedure for submission
of proposals and other paperwork.
The committee records contain correspondence, minutes, and reports
generated by various administrative bodies in Sea Grant, including the Council
of Sea Grant Directors, Sea Grant Advisory Council, and the Sea Grant
Coordinating Committee. Among the foci covered by these committees include
procedural modification process, awards selection, and the Pacific Sea Grant
Advisory Program. Publications generated by Sea Grant and the Pacific Sea Grant
Advisory Program constitute the bulk of Series VIII, which includes flyers and
brochures for Sea Grant sponsored events, newsletters, studies, and guides to
resources available from the Pacific Sea Grant Advisory Program.
Use of the Collection
Preferred Citation :
Sea Grant College Program records (RG 201), Oregon State University
Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
The records are organized into eight series: I. Proposals; II. Reports;
III. News Releases & Clippings; IV. Radio Program Audiotapes; V. Awards
Records; VI. Correspondence; VII. Committees; and VIII. Publications.
Related Materials :
In addition to institutional records, there is also a collection for Sea
Grant photographs (P 185) and motion picture films and videotapes (P185 -
Films). There are numerous Sea Grant College Program publications in the
Archives as well. Other collections which contain materials pertaining to Sea
Grant's establishment, funding, and marine extension programs include the
Extension Service Records (RG 111), President's Office Records (RG 13),
Research Accounting Records (RG 26), and records of the Center for the
Humanities (RG 221). There is also a manuscript collection for Sea Grant
Director William Wick.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series I: Proposals, 1967-2000
Container(s)
Description
Institutional Program
Proposals and Continuation Plans
Box
1
1967-1968, 1970; 1972-1972
2
1977/1978-1989/1991
3
1991/1993-2001/2004
Box
3
Program Proposal Reviewer
Lists, 1980-1993
Individual
Proposals
Box
3
Pacific Sea Grant
Advisory Program: Phases I-V, 1970-1977
The Sea Grant Program in
Oregon (OSU Dept. of Oceanography and Oregon Dept. of Commerce and Economic
Development), 1968
3
Marine Advisory Program
Leader Field Reports, 1968-1971
3
Project/Account
Rosters, 1969-1983
3
A Comment on State,
Industrial, and Local Funds Generated by the National Sea Grant
Program, 1970
3
Report from the Commission on
Sea Grant Goals to the OSU Sea Grant Coordinating Committee, Feb. 1971
3
Program Progress Report to
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), March 1971
Biennial Reports
Box
4
1971/1972 - 1975/1976
4
1977/1978 - 1978/1979
4
1983/1985 - 1985-1987
4
1991/1993
5
1976/1977
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in.
5
1979/1981
4
What Sea Grant Is and
Does, 1974
Draft prepared as an appendix for the Five-Year Sea Grant
Plan for 1975-1980.
4
The Oregon State University
Sea Grant College Program From Now to 1980, five year plan (report), October 1975
4
Columbia River Estuary Marina
Study (Columbia River Estuary Study Task Force), 1978
4
Human Behavior in Ecological
Computer Simulations, 1979
Review draft of a conference paper presented at the AAAS
Annual Meeting.
4
Domestic and International
Research, Education, and Training, and Advisory Programs on Coastal Environment
in the Sea Grant College-OSU, 1980-85, 1980
4
Logbook Data Analysis for
1977: Describes Area Patterns, Patterns of Species Caught, and Vessel
Characteristics for the Oregon Dragger Fishery in 1977 (System Dynamic Model
for Pacific Hake Project), 1980
4
Pacific Sea Grant Programs
Education and Research Project Directory Addendum (Pacific Sea Grant Advisory
Program), 1980
4
System Dynamics Model of the
Fishery for Pacific Hake: Final Report, 1981
4
Survey Data for an Assessment
of the Institutional and Program Impacts of the National Sea Grant College
Program (Ad Hoc Sea Grant Task force), 1981
4
Administrative Review
Report, 1986
4
Abstracts of Student Research
at OSU in Oceanography and Ocean Engineering, 1986-1987
4
Project Completion Reports
for Fiscal Year, 1987-1989
4
NOAA Coastal Ocean
Program, 1990
Presented to the joint meeting of the National Sea Grant
Advisory Panel and Council of Sea Grant Directors.
4
Policy for the Administration
of Grants under the National Sea Grant Program, undated
