Graduate School Records (RG 16)
1917-2000
2.6 cubic feet and 8 reels of microfilm
Scope and Content Note
Organized into 7 series: I. Thesis Abstracts; II. General Files; III. Graduate Committee/Council Minutes; IV. OSSHE Graduate Division; V. Grants; and VI. Advisory Committee for the Selection of the Graduate Dean; and VII. Registration and Advanced Degree Reports. Series I and II are arranged alphabetically and series III-VI chronologically.
Series one is on microfilm. Series two, General Files, is informally grouped by decade. It includes correspondence, program information, statistical data, and reports. OSSHE Graduate Division materials include information pertaining to the OSU Graduate Committee. Series five includes research progress reports from the 1950s.
Historical Note
The first graduate degree at Oregon State was conferred in 1875. In 1910 the Committee on Advanced Degrees (known as the Graduate Committee) was established. Gordon V. Skelton was chair of the committee from 1910-1933. When OSSHE formed a Graduate Division in 1933, the subdivision at OSU was the College Graduate Council (which replaced the Graduate Committee). This marked the beginning of formalized graduate programs at OSU. In 1946, an autonomous graduate school office was established. Henry P. Hansen became the first dean of the new office in 1947; he served until 1972.
Restrictions
Certain grant files contain confidential information; permission from archivist required.
Related Materials
Photographs of graduate faculty and students are available in the Graduate School Photographs (P 67). The Archives' holdings also include the Henry P. Hansen Papers.
Series Outline
