Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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Oregon State University
Libraries
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
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Collection Number:
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RG
062
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Creator:
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Oregon State University. College of Engineering.
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Title:
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College of Engineering
Records
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Dates:
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1930-2002 (inclusive)
1943-1983 (bulk)
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Quantity:
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23 cubic feet
24 boxes, including 1 oversize box
9 microfilm reels
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Languages:
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Materials in
English.
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Summary:
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These records were generated and
assembled by the College of Engineering and document the administration of
the College and the instructional, research, and professional activities
of engineering faculty at Oregon State University.
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Historical Note
Instruction in engineering at Oregon State dates back to the 1880s,
when mathematics professors incorporated concepts in engineering as a part
of their teaching of math. In 1889, Grant Adelbert Covell was appointed to
the first professorship exclusively devoted to engineering and soon
following this appointment, he formed the Department of Mechanical
Engineering. The first two graduates of this new department received their
degrees in 1893. Soon after the first undergraduate degrees in mechanical
engineering were awarded, the college established instructional
departments in three other branches of engineering: Electrical (1897),
Mining (1904), and Civil (1905).
In 1908, a School of Engineering was formed to bring the four
engineering departments together under a single administrative umbrella.
Covell served as the school’s first dean. Chemical Engineering, which was
established in 1917 as an independent department reporting to the
President’s office, later incorporated into the school in 1932. Other
engineering curricula established at OSU that expanded the school further
included Industrial Engineering (1943), Nuclear Engineering (1968), and
Computer Science (1974). In 1947, the Schools of Agriculture and
Engineering reached an agreement to cooperatively administer curriculum in
Agricultural Engineering (later to become Biological and Ecological
Engineering).
Other benchmarks reflecting the growth of engineering curricula at OSU
are the establishment of a doctorate program in engineering in 1945 and
the upgrade of the school to the status of college in 1983. Since the
inception of engineering coursework in 1889, it is estimated that a total
of about 29,000 students have received degrees in engineering at Oregon
State.
Collaboration between the School of Engineering and the Extension
Service was an early feature of engineering research and instruction at
OSU, beginning with the establishment of the Experimental Engineering
Department in 1914. A year later, the first Extension courses in
engineering were offered in Portland and by 1927, the college created the
Engineering Experiment Station.
In addition to the management of instructional departments, the College
of Engineering has also administered a number of research center and
institutes at OSU, one of the earliest of which was the Water Resources
Research Institute. Others currently include the O.H. Hinsdale Wave
Research Laboratory, the Kiewit Center for Infrastructure and
Transportation, the Western Regional Hazardous Substance Research Center,
the Space Grant Program, the National Center for Accessible
Transportation, and the Energy Resource Research Laboratory.
The first building constructed to serve the needs of engineering
students and faculty was Mechanical Hall, which was erected in 1889 and
expanded significantly in 1893. This original Mechanical Hall burned in
1898 and was rebuilt in 1900. The second Mechanical Hall was renamed
Apperson Hall in 1920. It is currently undergoing an extensive remodel and
will be renamed Kearney Hall when completed in 2008.
As instruction and research in engineering expanded rapidly at OSU into
the twentieth century, other buildings were constructed on campus to
satisfy the growing demand for space among the various branches of
engineering. These buildings consist of the following: Merryfield Hall
(1909), Batcheller Hall (1913), Graf Hall (1920), Covell Hall (1928),
Dearborn Hall (1949), Gleeson Hall (1955), the Radiation Center (1963),
Rogers Hall (1967), Owen Hall (1988), and the Kelly Engineering Center
(2006).
Deans of Engineering
- 1908-1927
- Grant Adelbert Covell
- 1927-1933
- H.S. Rogers
- 1934-1944
- R.H. Dearborn
- 1944-1970
- George W. Gleeson
- 1970-1990
- Fred J. Burgess
- 1990-1997
- John Owen
- 1997-1998
- Thomas West
- 1998-
- Ron Adams
Content Description
The College of Engineering Records document the instruction, research,
and outreach activities of the College, the professional activities of
engineering faculty, and the collaborative programs between the College
and other OSU units. The records include reports, correspondence,
proposals, publications, news clippintgs, and floor plans. The bulk of the
records are in paper form; some series are available only on
microfilm.
The records address a variety of topics in addition to engineering
instruction and research, including regional and national professional
engineering associations, accreditation of the the College's degree
programs, development of the Water Resources Research Institute, women and
minorities in engineering, facilities and buildings, the Capitol Planning
Commission for Oregon, the cooperative program between Oregon State
College and Kasetsart University in Thailand, and Oregon State College's
involvement in the Army Specialized Training Program during World War II
and other military training activities
Arrangement
The records consist of 24 series: I. Deans's Office, 1936-2001; II.
Instruction, 1944-1991; III. Conferences and Short Courses, 1944-2001; IV.
Facilities and Equipment, 1930-1988; V. Research, 1942-1996; VI. Water
Resources Research Institute, 1966-1971; VII. Historical Essays and
Outlines, 1946-1984; VIII. Students, 1946-2000; IX. Organizations - Civic
and Research, 1945-1961; X. Engineering Organizations - Educational,
1944-1969; XI. Engineering Organizations - Professional, 1946-1981; XII.
Engineering Extension Services, 1944-1969; XIII. Engineering Experiment
Station, 1944-1979; XIV. OSU Administration and Services, 1939-1972; XV.
Committees, 1942-1983; XVI. OSU Instructional Divisions, 1931-1981; XVII.
Oregon State System of Higher Education(OSSHE), 1951-1989; XVIII. U.S.
Governments, 1947-1971; XIX. Oregon State Government, 1948-1981; XX.
Colleges and Universities, 1952-2000; XXI. Accreditation, 1960-1993; XXII.
Publications, 1973-2002; XXIII. Army Specialized Training Program,
1943-1945; and XXIV. Academic Year Institute for High School Science and
Math Teachers, 1953-1965.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information Transferred from the College of Engineering in numerous accessions from
the 1960s through 2007.
Future Additions Additions to the collection are expected.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access Collection is open for research with the exception of materials in
Series VIII (Women in Engineering folder) and XXIII (Transcripts of
Academic Record) that require approval of the University Archivist for
access.
Preferred Citation College of Engineering Records (RG 062), Oregon State University
Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Related Information
Related Materials Documentation of engineering faculty, students, research, and
instruction at OSU is also represented elsewhere in the holdings of the
Archives. Interaction between the College of Engineering and other
administrative and academic units of the university can be found in the
records of the
President’s
Office (RG 13) (text/html) , the
Agricultural
Experiment Station (RG 25) (text/html) , and the
College
of Agricultural Sciences (RG 158) (text/html) . Records of the
Research
Office (RG 170) (text/html) contain materials from the Water Resource
Research Institute.
There are also records from the various departments within the College:
Bioresource
Engineering (RG 1) (text/html) , Chemical Engineering (RG 153), Civil
Engineering (RG 30), Electrical Engineering (RG 121), and Mechanical
Engineering (RG 213).
Collections of working and personal papers from engineering faculty can
also be found in the holdings: Dean Booster, Grant Covell,
Samuel
Graf (text/html) , Hugh J. Hansen, J. Ronald Miner,
James A.
Moore (text/html) ,
Edgar
Raymond Shepard (text/html) , and Robert C. Wilson.
The archives also has a number of collections of from alumni of the
College: Jean Mater,
John H.
Gallagher Sr. (text/html) , Emile Pernot, Robert Rankin,
Arthur
Byron Smith (text/html) , Mervyn Stephenson, Neal Van Devender, and Ralph
York.
Images depicting engineering faculty, students, instruction, buildings,
and research activities can be found in the following photograph
collections: College of Engineering (P 69), the Bioresource Engineering
department (P 106), the Industrial Engineering and Industrial Arts
Department (P 189), the Mechanical Engineering Department (P 229),
Experiment
Station Publications (P 132) (text/html) , Buildings Collection (P 16), the
President’s Office (P 92), E. E. Wilson (P 101), John Garman (P 95), Gwil
Evans (P 82), and Harriet’s Collection.
Documentation of engineering at OSU on films, videotapes, and other
moving images are featured in the following collections: College of
Engineering (P 69), the
Agricultural
Engineering Department (P 106) (text/html) , the Industrial Engineering and
Industrial Arts Department (P 189), and News and Communications Services
(P 57).
Newsletters and other publications generated by engineering students
are also represented in the Archives. In addition to paper copies of the
Technical Record (PUB 10-15b) of the Associated Students of Engineering,
several other student publications such as Electrical Discharge (PUB
10-22d), Survey (PUB 10-22g), and Slide Rule (PUB 10-22h) can be found on
microfilm in the Archives. Circulars, bulletins, and reprints reflecting
Engineering Experiment Station research and activities are also featured
in publication groups in the archives.
Subjects
| Accreditation
Board for Engineering & Technology (U.S.) |
| Army
Specialized Training Program (U.S.) |
| KOAC (Radio
station: Corvallis, Or.) |
| Mahāwitthayālai Kasētsāt. |
| Oregon State
College. Engineering Experiment Station. |
| Oregon State
College--Faculty. |
| Oregon State
College--Research. |
| Oregon State
College--Students. |
| Oregon State
University. Water Resources Research Institute. |
| Oregon State
University--Buildings. |
| Oregon State
University--Faculty. |
| Oregon State
University--Research. |
| Oregon State
University--Students. |
| Oregon.
Capitol Planning Commission. |
| Engineering
schools--Oregon. |
| Engineering
students--Oregon--Corvallis. |
| Engineering--Study and
teaching--Oregon. |
| Military
education--Oregon--Corvallis. |
| Technical
education--Oregon. |
| Women in
engineering--Oregon--Corvallis. |
| World War, 1939-1945--War
work--Schools. |
| Salem
(Or.) |
| Other Creators : |
| Burgess,
Fredrick J., 1926- |
| Dearborn,
Richard Harold |
| Gleeson,
George Walter, 1905- |
| Rogers, Harry
Stanley, 1890- |
| Oregon State College. School of Engineering. |
| Oregon State
University. School of Engineering. |
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Series I:
Dean's Office, 1936-2001
Series I reflects the administration of the college through the Dean’s
Office and covers subjects such as: the clarification of
policies/procedures, computer center development, conference
participation, budget management, acknowledgement of gifts and donations,
cooperative education, and trends in student enrollment. The materials in
this series include correspondence, faculty/staff directories, meeting
minutes, annual reports, policy statements, and statistical
information.
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Container(s)
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Description
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Administrative Procedures, 1940-1948
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Affirmative Action Statistical
Information, 1972-1980
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Annual Report, 2000-2001
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Biennial Report Data, 1945-1963
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2
folders
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Budgets, 1962-1968
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"B" Budgets for 1967-1968
Biennium, 1966-1968
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Department Plans - "B"
Budget, 1962-1964
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Chemical Plant Design
Textbook, 1950
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College Work-Study Program, 1965-1969
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Committee Appointments, 1942-1962
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Computing, 1962-1970
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Computers and Computer
Center, 1962-1967
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3
folders
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Computer Instruction, 1966-1970
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5
folders
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Conferences and Meetings Attended, 1964-1971
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1964-1971
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2
folders
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1968-1971
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Cooperative Education, 1967-1970
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General, 1967-1970
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Association of General Contractors (AGC)
Cooperative Program, 1966-1969
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Cooperative Agreements, 1967
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Cooperative Education
Association, 1967-1968
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Correspondence, 1968-1988
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Council for Advanced Science and
Engineering Education - Research For Industry (CASEERI), 1982-1983
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Donations for the Construction and
Engineering Hall at the LaSells Stewart Center, 1981
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General, 1968-1970
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5
folders
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Gift Acknowledgement, 1972-1988
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Research Projects and
Funding, 1977-1981
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Tektronix Inc. - Collaboration
with, 1972-1983
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Department Heads' Meetings and
Retreat, 1990-1994
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3
folders
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Examination Schedules, 1948-1972
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2
folders
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Field Trip Requests, 1962-1972
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Gifts, 1946-1969
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High
Schools, 1950-1970
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Admission and Vocational
Information, 1950-1969
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Career Days and Campus
Visitations, 1968-1970
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General Correspondence, 1967-1969
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Improvement Account (equipment
purchases), 1965-1967
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2
folders
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Inquiries, 1953-1972
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General, 1960-1972
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Neutralizers, 1953-1957
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Institutional Resource
Inventory, 1960
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A statement from the Dean listing the college’s different projects with
off-campus organizations and impacts upon the state.
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Junior
Engineers' and Scientists' Summer Institute (JESSI), 1964-1971
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General, 1965-1971
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Letters from participants, 1966
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Board of Trustees Meetings, 1964-1970
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3
folders
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Management Course, 1957-1960
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Membership in Organizations, 1968-1971
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Nicholls Minerals
Corporation, 1951-1952
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Policy Statements, 1972-1983
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Publicity
and Promotion, 1995-1996
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Promotional Videotape
Enginuity, 1995-1996
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Staff, 1944-1983
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Directories of Engineering School
Faculty and Staff, 1952-1971
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The Faculty of the School of
Engineering, 1966 , 1966
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A listing of engineering faculty that includes biographical information
and portraits.
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General Notices and
Correspondence, 1946-1983
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Department
Head Notices, 1945-1972
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1945-1960
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3
folders
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1967-1972
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2
folders
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Clearance Classifications for Classified
Federal Projects, 1951-1954
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Barrington Survey, 1955
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Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Project, 1961
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Promotion and Tenure
Guidelines, 1972-1977
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Selective Service
Correspondence, 1944-1951
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Statistics, 1936-1971
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Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP)
Summary, 1945
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Enrollment Statistics and
Degrees, 1936-1971
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Grades, Credit Hours, FTE, 1945-1954
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Graphed Statistics on Enrollment Trends
and other Data, circa 1951
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Salary and Requisition
Budgets, 1947-1950
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Television - Instructional, 1956-1964
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2
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Undergraduate Instruction, Grants and
Awards to Improve, 1969
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Workshop/Forum Participation by
Technology Firms, 1981
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Series II:
Instruction, 1944-1991
Series II relates to curriculum development and instruction in the
various engineering departments and programs of the College. In addition
to proposals for new degree programs, this series includes correspondence,
course syllabi, meeting minutes, policies/procedures, publications, and
reports.
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Container(s)
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Description
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By
Department, 1944-1983
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Air Resources Center, 1962-1969
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Agricultural Engineering, 1947-1971
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General, 1947-1971
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Executive Council Minutes, 1953-1970
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3
folders
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Chemical
Engineering, 1945-1971
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General, 1945-1971
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3
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Mining Engineering, 1950-1953
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Executive Council Minutes, 1956-1957
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Civil
Engineering, 1952-1972
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General, 1953-1972
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6
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Executive Council Minutes, 1952-1957
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Civil Engineering and Construction
Engineering Management, 1972-1980
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Computer Center, 1964-1968
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Computer Science Program, 1978
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Curricula and Curricula Coordination
Committee, 1954-1958
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2
folders
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Departmental Monthly Reports, 1953-1956
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Departmental Organization Bylaws and
Procedures, 1955
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Electrical and Computer
Engineering, 1967-1983
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Electrical
Engineering, 1945-1970
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General, 1945-1970
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3
folders
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Executive Council Minutes, 1955-1956
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General
Engineering, 1945-1969
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General, 1945-1969
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2
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Executive Council Minutes, 1952-1956
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Industrial Engineering and Industrial
Arts, 1946-1979
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5
folders
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Manufacturing Engineering
Technology, 1970-1971
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Mechanical
Engineering, 1944-1981
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General, 1944-1974
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2
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Executive Council Minutes, 1950-1959
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Pilot Training, 1945-1950
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Metallurgical Engineering, 1969
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Nuclear Engineering, 1968-1977
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Organization Procedures, 1950-1955
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Production Technology, 1962-1970
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Professional Engineering
Program, 1979-1981
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Course Syllabi List, 1979
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Graduate Students, 1976
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Graduate Studies - Off Campus
Cooperative Programs, 1967-1975
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Information Systems Technology Data
Processing Systems Option, 1977
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Proposals, 1944-1991
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Audio-Visual Instruction
Development, 1978
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Biomedical Engineering
Degree, 1975
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Boeing Professorship in Mechanical
Engineering, 1991
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Master of Engineering, 1973
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Permission to Grant the Degree of Doctor
of Philosophy, 1944
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Sanitary Engineering Graduate Training
Program Annual Report, 1966
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Series III:
Conferences and Short
Courses, 1944-2001
Series III documents training offered through short courses and
conferences organized by the College of Engineering on various topics such
as building code inspection, traffic safety, highway engineering, road
construction, sewage operation management, and motor vehicle fleet
supervision. In addition to conference proceedings and registration
rosters, this series contains correspondence, brochures, speech notes,
newspaper clippings, and questionnaires.
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Container(s)
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Description
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Air Conditioning Conference, 1945-1952
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Automotive Short Course, 1958-1962
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Building Code Training
School, 1946-1947
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Proposed, but never developed.
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Building Inspectors Short
Course, 1956-1969
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Concrete Inspectors Short
Course, 1959-1963
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General, 1950-1981
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4
folders
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Industrial Waste Conference, 1949-1963
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Northwest Conference on Road
Building, 1955-1964
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Formerly Roads and Streets Conference.
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Northwest Highway Engineering
Conference, 1950-1960
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Northwest Public Power Administration
(NWPPA) Meter School, 1953-1963
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Northwest Traffic Engineering
Conference, 1944-1961
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2
folders
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Oregon Motor Vehicle Fleet Supervisors
Course, 1945-1962
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Oregon
Traffic Safety Workshop Packets, 2000-2001
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Prepared by the Kiewit Center.
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Access Management Workshop, 2001
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2
folders
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Highway Capacity Analysis, 2001
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Uniform Traffic Control
Devices, 2001
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2
folders
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Traffic Engineering
Fundamentals, 2000
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2
folders
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Traffic Calming: Basics and
Beyond, 2001
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2
folders
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Pima Seminar Workshop, 1956-1968
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Roads and Streets Conference, 1950-1962
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2
folders
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Sanitarians' Short Course, 1950-1966
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Sewage Works Operator's Short
School, 1954-1970
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2
folders
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Waterworks' Operators Short
Course, 1948-1970
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2
folders
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Off-Campus Conferences, 1947-1952
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U. S. Geological Survey Short
Course, 1956
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Series IV:
Facilities and Equipment, 1930-1988
Series IV pertains to the management of facilities and equipment by the
College of Engineering and addresses topics such as building renovation
and remodel, space needs analysis, long term building program planning,
and allocations for equipment. In addition to floor plans and drawings,
this series contains correspondence and reports.
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