School of Commerce laboratory, ca. 1920. Students brush-up on their stenographic (and listening) skills in a laboratory with the "latest office appliances and fixtures". [OSU Archives #882.]

Oral Histories

Transcripts and sound recordings of oral history (def) interviews with faculty, alumni, and residents of Corvallis and Benton County document Oregon, University and local history. The oral histories were made by University students, Horner Museum staff, and other University faculty and staff.

List of Oral History Collections

1. Oregon Pioneers
2. Judith Carol Carlson Collection
3. Oregon State University History
4. Basques of Harney County, Oregon, Oral History Collection, 1976-2001 (OH 04)
5. Miscellaneous Oral Histories from the Manuscripts and Memorabilia Collections
6. Soap Creek Valley History Project (OSU Research Forests)
7. August L. Strand Project
8. Anthropology 498 Class, Fall Quarter 1992
9. Anthropology 498 Class, Winter Quarter 1995
10. Horner Museum
11. Home Economics Oral History Projects
12. Oregon Indian Language Collection, 1962-1964

See also "Oceanography: The Making of a Science" Videotapes (P236) for videotape oral histories of prominent oceanographers in the United States, including John V. Byrne and Larry Small from Oregon State University.

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