Kenneth Munford, Director of University Publications/OSU Press and Delmer Goode, Director Emeritus, 1968. Munford, a 1934 Oregon State College graduate, served as director from 1956-1977. Goode directed the office from 1943-1956. He served on the office's staff for over sixty years, from 1919-1983. [OSU Archives P98:27.]
Office of University Publications and OSU Press Records (RG 18)
1907-1995
7.25 cubic feet and 9 reels microfilm
Scope and Content Note
Organized into 2 subgroups: 1. Administrative Files, 1907-1995; and 2. OSU Press Publications, 1940-1979.
Records pertain to the University Publications Office, the OSU Press, and its predecessor. Subgroup 1, series I, Reorganization, 1926-1935, relates to the reorganization of higher education in Oregon. Series II, News Releases and Publications, 1907-ca. 1960, includes materials submitted to Oregon newspapers and publications, as well as information about and artwork pertaining to Oregon State College publications. Other series in Subgroup 1 include Series III. Typing Jobs, 1929-1937; Series IV. General Subject File, 1908-1995; Series V. Index of Publications; and Series VI. Correspondence.
Subgroup 2 consists of two series. Series I, Birds of Oregon, 1940, includes the edited typescript and illustrations to the monograph. It was number two in the Studies in Zoology series, and was published by what later became the OSU Press. Series II contains materials relating to Improving College and University Teaching, a journal published 1954-1978 and yearbook published 1975-1977. Delmer M. Goode was the editor. The series includes correspondence, manuscripts, mock-ups and proofs for the journal and yearbook.
Historical Note
The Office of University Publications began in 1912; Edwin T. Reed was the first college editor and served until 1943. The office has published a variety of items over the years, but its mainstay has always been the university's General Catalog. Subsequent directors of the office have included Delmer Goode, 1943-56; J. Kenneth Munford, 1956-77; Gwil Evans, 1977-79; Tom Sanders, 1979-84; and Jeffrey Grass, 1984-2000 (also director of OSU Press 1984-present); and Tina Chovanec, 2000-present. Until 2000, the director of the University Publications Office also directed the OSU Press.
The forerunner of the OSU Press was the Committee on Publications, organized in 1936. Its charge, with funding from the State Board of Higher Education, was to publish suitable research material of the monograph type. It published 87 books and monographs prior to the establishment of the OSU Press in 1961. Since that time the Press has published more than 165 books.
Related Materials
Publications Office Photograph Collection (P 94); MC - OSU Press; MC - Publications; Edwin T. Reed Papers; OSU Press Brochures and Catalogs (PUB 7-35d).
