College of Agricultural Sciences Records 1895-1997 1911-1986

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College of Agricultural Sciences Records 1895-1997 1911-1986

The College of Agricultural Sciences records document teaching, research (through the Agricultural Experiment Station), and extension programs in agriculture at Oregon State University. The records consist predominantly of the materials generated or assembled by the Dean's Office and reflect the relationships between the College and federal and state agencies and the significant role of the College in Oregon agriculture.

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Oregon Rural Rehabilitation Corporation

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Cordley, A. B. (Arthur Burton), 1864-1936

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A.B. Cordley joined the faculty of Oregon Agricultural College in 1895 as Professor of Zoology and Entomology. He became the first Dean of the School of Agriculture in 1908, a position he held until his retirement in 1931. Cordley worked as an entomologist at Michigan Agricultural College, the Vermont Experiment Station, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture before moving to Oregon. A native of Michigan, Cordley earned his BS degree at Michigan Agricultural College. From the descrip...

Columbia Plateau Resources Council.

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The Columbia Plateau Resources Council was established in Feb. 1966 at Spokane, Washington. The purpose and objectives of this organization were to provide an organization in which all individuals groups, and agencies concerned with the land and water resources of the Columbia Plateau and component drainage basins can participate to insure the orderly development, efficient use, proper management and conservation of these resources. The area included in this organization consists of...

Oregon State University. College of Agricultural Sciences

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In 1868, the Oregon Legislature designated Corvallis College as the state's agricultural college, and in 1870 Corvallis College began its agricultural curriculum. The next year the college acquired its first farm (now Lower Campus), purchased for the school by the citizens of Benton County. In 1873 the college issued its first agricultural research bulletin, and a decade later the college established a Department of Agriculture, which was the first in the Pacific Northwest. The Oregon Agricultur...

Oregon State College. School of Agriculture

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Oregon State University. School of Agriculture

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Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges

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Oregon. State Water Resources Board

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Oregon. State Soil and Water Conservation Committee

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Briskey, Ernest J.

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Oregon State University. Agricultural Experiment Station.

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The Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station was established under the provisions of the federal Hatch Act of 1887. Agricultural experimentation began at Oregon Agricultural College in 1888. In 1901 the first branch station was established at Union, in northeast Oregon, to address issues pertaining to the agriculture in that part of the state. Branch stations were subsequently established throughout Oregon. From the description of Agricultural Experiment Station records, 1889-2002 (bul...

Oregon Wheat Commission

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Oregon State Board of Forestry

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United States. Agricultural Research Service

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As ARS closed out their 50th anniversary year on November 2, 2004 they sealed the time capsule that ARS employees helped to build. Each office, unit, or location was encouraged to send in an item that defined what they contributed to the overall ARS mission. ARS employees were encouraged to donate materials of significant accomplishment and something that characterized their place in history. All items were to be sent to Susan Fugate. The Special Collections staff entered items into a database a...

Oregon State Planning Board

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The State Planning Board was a fact finding and advisory body created in 1935 to study and make recommendations for the conservation and development of Oregon's resources. The Board was preceded by the Reconstruction Advisory Board which was created in 1933 to prepare and present applications for loans from the Reconstruction Financing Corporation and to supervise the construction and management of subsequent projects. The Reconstruction Advisory Board consisted of engin...

Oregon State Agricultural College. School of Agriculture.

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Oregon State College. Agricultural Experiment Station

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The Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station was established under the provisions of the federal Hatch Act of 1887, which provided grants of $15,000 to each U.S. state and territory for experimentation in the "principles and applications of agricultural science." Agricultural experimentation began at Oregon Agricultural College in 1888 under Edgar Grimm, the Station's first director, and in 1889 state legislation was approved formally establishing the Experiment Station. That year, the Station pub...

Oregon. Otter Trawl Commission.

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Alpha Zeta. Oregon State Chapter.

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Oregon. Committee on Natural Resources

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The Committee on Natural Resources was formed by Governor Douglas McKay in 1949 as the Governor's Advisory Committee on Natural Resources. The Committee was charged with coordinating state natural resource policy. The Committee brought together administrators of natural resource agencies. These included the Fish Commission, the Game Commission, the State Engineer, and the State Land Board. In 1951, the Committee was given a statutory basis by the Legislature. The Committ...

Cooney, W. T. (Wilbur Tarleton), 1914-

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Oregon. Fish Commission

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Oregon State University. Extension Service

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On July 24, 1911, Oregon Agricultural College's Board of Regents organized the Oregon Extension Service in response to requests from citizens of Oregon for assistance (particularly in agriculture) from the college. R.D. Hetzel, professor of political science, was named as the first director of the Extension Service. The first county extension agents began in Marion and Wallowa Counties in September of 1912. Legislation permitting counties to appropriate money for extension work that would be mat...

Oregon Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit

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Oregon Agricultural College. School of Agriculture.

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Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors.

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Schoenfeld, William A. (William Alfred), 1888-

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Oregon. State Dept. of Agriculture.

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Price, F. E. (Frederick Earl), 1898-

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