Journalism Department photographs, 1930-1984 (bulk 1970-1984).

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Journalism Department photographs, 1930-1984 (bulk 1970-1984).

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The Journalism Department Photographs consist of images created or assembled by Journalism Department staff and students. All of the images are b/w prints. Subjects depicted in the photographs include the members and activities of the Sigma Delta Chi journalism honorary society at Oregon State; students and student activities; campus buildings, including the Library and LaSells Stewart Center; the sculpture on Jefferson Street south of the library; and Oregon scenes. Of especial note are images of Journalism Department faculty, Fred Shideler and John Burtner, and graduates, Tom Eggers and Shawn Church. The images in Series IV through VI of student activities, campus buildings, and Oregon scenes may have been assembled by the department in preparing publicity for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual conference held in Corvallis in 1983. Several of the images are available online and are linked from the item descriptions. Photographers are indicated for many of the images and include Allan J. de Lay, Ed Hershberger, and the Oregon Department of Transportation.

3 boxes, including 2 oversize boxes.

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Sigma Delta Chi. Oregon State Chapter

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The Oregon State Chapter of the Sigma Delta Chi national professional fraternity in journalism was established in December 1920 to promote and encourage professional ideals and stimulate high standards of scholarship. Members were selected based on scholarship, leadership, and a committment to enter the journalism profession after graduation. From the description of Sigma Delta Chi Oregon State Chapter records, 1921-1965 (bulk 1921-1935). (Eugene Public Library). WorldCat record id: ...

Oregon State College. Dept. of Journalism.

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Burtner, John C. 1895-

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De Lay, Allan J.

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Oregon State University. Dept. of Journalism.

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Journalism courses were first offered at Oregon Agricultural College during the 1914/15 school year, and the Department of Industrial Journalism was created in 1918. The department's purpose was to train students "who wish to take positions on farm and trade journals, newspapers, and other publications, especially where writing on industrial subjects such as Agriculture, Home Economics, and Engineering is required" (1919/20 OAC Catalogue). On three occasions during the 1920s, the State Board of ...

Oregon. Dept. of Transportation

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Oregon State College

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Hershberger, Ed.

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Oregon State university

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Shideler, Fred Merle.

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Shideler was born in Girard, Kansas in 1904. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Kansas State College in 1927 and an MA in education from Oregon State College in 1941. In 1929, he began a career at OSU that spanned 41 years. He started as a journalism instructor and an assistant in the OSC News Bureau. Shideler was promoted to assistant professor and journalism department head in 1932; to associate professor in 1939; and to professor in 1944. From January through March 1944 he worke...