College of Liberal Arts Records (RG 143)

1952-1985
1.7 cubic feet and 4 reels of microfilm

Scope and Content Note

Organized into three subgroups: 1. Dean's Office; 2. American Studies Program; 3. Economics Department.

Records in subgroup 1 pertain to college policy and curriculum, and activities, primarily during the tenure of Dean Gilkey. Subgroup 2 consists of programmatic correspondence and a 1979 five-year survey of the American Studies Program. Subgroup 3 consists of research reports, papers, and journal articles written by Economics Department faculty.

• New Accession
• New Accession, 2001
• New Accession, 2003

Historical Note

At the time that it gained land grant status in 1868, Oregon State University (then Corvallis College) was a typical liberal arts college of the day. As the college's curriculum expanded in to the sciences and technology in the early 20th century, the liberal arts were de- emphasized; they were grouped in to the Division of Service Departments. In 1919, the division was renamed the School of Basic Arts & Sciences. With the reorganization of Oregon's public higher education in 1932, the liberal arts at OSU were de-emphasized further. The ensuing Lower Division was limited freshman and sophomore level courses.

After World War II, President A. L. Strand pushed to expand the liberal arts at the college. In 1959, divisional majors in humanities and social sciences were offered for the first time, and in 1961 the School of Humanities and Social Sciences was established. Various degree programs were developed in the 1960s. In 1973, the school became the College of Liberal Arts.

Related Materials

College of Liberal Arts Photographs (P 186); MC - Liberal Arts, College of; MC - Economics, Dept. of-History; MC - Humanities and Social Sciences, School of.

Shelf Locations:

• 7/1/5/50-60
• 7/1/2/f (12x17 oversize box)
• microfilm cabinet

Inventory (microfilm)

Subgroup 1 - Dean's Office

(reel 1)

• I. Summer Session Correspondence, 1958-1963
• II. General File, 1958-1967:
  • 1 Policy letters, memos & statements from Dean to Department Heads, 1965-1967
  • 2 Graduate Council Minutes, 1965-1966
  • 3 Equipment Requests, 1958-1962

Addition 1

(reel 2)

• I. Departmental Memos, August 1957-October 1968
• II. Correspondence, Incoming Students, A-M, 1963-1965

Addition 2

(reel 3)

• I. Summer Session Correspondence, 1964-1966
• II. General File, 1961-1967:
  • 1 Accreditation, 1960-1961
  • 2 Advanced Placement Program, 1963
  • 3 Arts Festival, 1966
  • 4 Barometer, 1963
  • 5 Beaver Open House, 1967
  • 6 Beaver Open House, 1966
  • 7 Beaver Preview, 1961-1964
  • 8 Campus Planning Material, 1963
  • 9 Communications Studies, McKown Committee, 1965
  • 10 Development Office, 1967

Inventory (paper)

Subgroup 1 - Dean's Office

(box 7/1/5/50)

• I. Correspondence, 1953-1971:
  • Administration, Dean of, 1962-1969
  • Army ROTC, 1969 & undated
  • Budget, 1968
  • College Bowl, 1962-1963
  • Council on Curriculum & Academic Policy, 1963-1968
  • Development Office, 1966-1970
  • Elementary Teacher Education, 1963-1969
  • English Department, 1960-1962
  • Environmental Health Sciences Center, 1968-1969
  • Facilities Planning & Use Committee, 1965-1969
  • Faculty, 1967-1971
  • Faculty, Dean of, 1963-1970
  • Forest History Society, Inc., 1968-1969
  • Freshman Lectures, 1969
  • Gifts, 1969
  • Print Exhibitions, 1969
  • Research, 1965
  • Research, Dean of, 1966
  • Speech Department, 1966
  • State Board of Higher Education, 1970-1971
  • Students, Dean of, 1966-1970
  • Television, 1953-1966
  • Travel, 1966
  • University (OSU) Press, 1960-1961
• II. Committee Records, 1952-1974:
  • CLA Curriculum Committee:
    • Minutes, April 1967-May 1973 (2 folders)
    • Memos and correspondence, 1963-1972 (3 folders)
  • CLA Policy Committee:
    • Minutes, Sept. 1963-May 1973
    • Memos, correspondence, reports, & miscellaneous, 1963-1974
  • Liberal Arts Program Committee:
    • Memos, correspondence, programs, schedules, and clippings, 1952-1965

(oversize box 7/1/2/f)

• Liberal Arts Lectures posters, 1963-1964

(box 7/1/5/50)

• III. Board of Visitors, 1974:
  • Report of the Board of Visitors to the College of Liberal Arts of Oregon State University, June 1974
  • Clipping re: report, June 26, 1974
  • Departmental status reports, 1974:
    • Liberal Studies, Anthropology, Architecture & Landscape Architecture, Art, Economics, English, Geography, History, Journalism, Modern Languages, Music, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology, Speech Communication
• IV. Oregon Heritage Festival, 1984-1985

(7/1/2/f - 12x17 oversize box)

• Signed statement by Governor Victor Atiyeh, 1985

Subgroup 2 - American Studies Program

(box 7/1/5/60)

• I. General Office Files, 1968-1979:
  • Five Year Survey, American Studies Program, 1974-1979
  • Program information, ca. 1979
  • American Studies Committee, 1968-1969
  • Correspondence, 1969-1972
  • Pacific Northwest American Studies Conference, April 1970
  • American Studies students, 1969-1970

Subgroup 3 - Economics Department

• I. Research Reports, Papers, and Journal Articles, 1968-1984:
  • "A Mathematical Model of the Cold War," Murray Wolfson, Peace Research Society Papers, 1968
  • "Teaching Economics by Means of Input-Output," Murray Wolfson, Aug. 1969
  • "Field Burning and Visibility Reduction in the Willamette Valley: A Pollution Production Function," G. W. Sorenson & R. C. Vars, Nov. 1970
  • "The Payment of Interest on Money," Richard E. Towey, FDIC Research Division, Working Paper No. 70-11
  • "The Prohibition of Interest on Demand Deposits," Richard E. Towey, FDIC Research Division, Working Paper No. 70-12
  • "A Description and Analysis of Oregon's Fiscal System," R. Charles Vars, Jr., Jan. 1971
  • "The Day Karl Marx Grew Up," Murray Wolfson, History of Political Economy, Fall 1971
  • "Property Taxation in Oregon," R. Charles Vars, Jr., April 1972
  • "Benefit-Cost Analysis and Welfare Function Derivation," R. Charles Vars, Jr., August 1972
  • "A Dynamic Model of Present World Conflict," Murray Wolfson, 1973
  • "The Benefits and Burdens of State-Local Government to Resident Pacific Northwest Families, 1970," C. S. Kang & R. Charles Vars, Jr., April 1973
  • "Money Creation and the Theory of the Banking Firm," Richard E. Towey, Journal of Finance, March 1974
  • "Some Statistical Evidence on Money and Inflation in Poland" (abstract), John P. Farrell, June 1974
  • "An Assessment of the Impact of the Proposed International Wood Products Facility of Reedsport, Oregon -- A Report Presented to the Port of Umpqua Commission," James Christian, et. al., Feb. 6, 1975
  • "The Forest Products Machinery Industry, Foreign Trade, and the Oregon Interest," John P. Farrell & Murray Wolfson, Summer 1975
  • "The Economic Impact of Hewlett-Packard as determined by an Econometric Model of Benton Co., Oregon," Charles T. Howard & Murray Wolfson, Sept. 1975
  • "The Consequences of Non-clearing Public Service Prices," R. Charles Vars, Jr., Nov. 1975
  • "Evaluation of Proposed Sewer Charges for Douglas County at Salmon Harbor," R. Charles Vars, Jr., June 1976
  • "The Clatsop Plains Sewerage Study: Critical Comments," R. Charles Vars, Jr., ca. 1976
  • "The Formative Years in the Development of Marx's Thought," Murray Wolfson, 1976
  • "Public Service Employees: A Recent History," Lafayette G. Harter, Jr., April 1977
  • "The Political-Economy of Macroeconomic Policy Making: A Look at the Committee on Ways and Means in the 94th Congress," B. Hughel Wilkins, June 1977
  • "The Demand for Recreational Boat Moorage" (abstract), R. Charles Vars, Jr., 1978
  • "The Empirical Content of the Labor Theory of Value: The Transformation Problem Once Again," Murray Wolfson, 1978
  • "An Application of Linear Methodology to Non-Linear Processes: Models of Learning," Thomas D. Bible, August 1978
  • "Are They Employees or Independent Contractors?" Lafayette G. Harter, Dec. 1978
  • "Forward-Looking Charges for Sewer and Water Services," R. Charles Vars, Jr., 1979
  • "Three Stages in Marx's Thought," Murray Wolfson, 1979
  • "A Documentation of the Labor Market, Training, and Apprenticeship Dimensions of a Woodsworking Training Program," Gary W. Sorenson, Paula Bible & John Garland, November 1979
  • "Utilizing innovative Methodology in Education: An Evaluation Procedure for Laboratory Development Amenable to subsequent Lea Implementation," Thomas D. Bible, Summer 1979
  • "A Comparative Study of Local Government Productivity," Brian M. Soth, May 1980
  • "Attendance, Ticket Prices and Revenues of the OSU Intercollegiate Athletic Program," R. Charles Vars, Jr. Murray Wolfson, Sept. 1980
  • "Information Problems in Land Use Planning and Natural Resource Management," R. Charles Vars, Jr., September 1980
  • "Optimal Harvest and Thinning Regimes for Stands Subject to Episodic Insect Damage," Thomas D. Bible, J. Douglas Brodie, Chiang Kao, Kurt Ritters, October 1980
  • "An Exploratory Specification of the Role of History in Economic Theory," Murray Wolf, 1981
  • "Evaluation of Project Impacts on Wildlife and Mitigation Planning," R. Charles Vars, Jr.
  • "Harvest Site Sequencing and Optimal Stopping Rules for Harvesting Multiple Sale Blocks over Time," Thomas D. Bible, April 1981
  • "An Efficient Approach to the Solution of Large-Scale Forest Land-Use Planning Problems," Peter Berck, Thomas Bible, June 1981
  • "Efficiency, Distributive Equity and Revealed Preferences: A Case Study," G.C VanKooten, R. Charles Vars, Jr., July 1981
  • "Forest Protection R & D and Forest Planning," Thomas D. Bible, August 1981
  • "The Threatening Crisis in Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector," Lafayette G. Harter, Jr.
  • "Status of the Oregon Boating Service Industry," Frederick J. Smith & R. Charles Vars, Jr., Oct. 1981
  • "Effect of the Davis-Bacon Act on Construction Costs in Non-Metropolitan Areas of the United States," Martha Norby Fraundorf, John P. Farrell, Robert Mason, January 1982
  • "A Tale of Two Woes: Economics and the Economy," Floyd B. McFarland, January 1982
  • "Harvest Site Sequencing and Optimal Stopping Rules for Harvesting Multiple Sale Blocks Over Time," Thomas D. Bible, November 1982
  • "An Investigation into the Relative Value of Alternative Douglas-Fir Tussock Moth Sampling Options," Thomas D. Bible, January 1982
  • "Futures Markets and the Reservation Price of Stumpage," Peter Berck & Thomas Bible, May 1982
  • "A Mortgage Instrument to Counteract the Adverse Effects of Inflation on the Housing Market," Donald H. Farness, May 1982
  • "Air Service to Small Communities in the Pacific Northwest," B. Starr McMullen, July 1982
  • "Standing at the End of the Hiring Line: A Prognosis for Minority Employment in the U.S.," Ze'ev B. Orzech, Summer 1982
  • "Solving and Interpreting Large-Scale Harvest Scheduling Problems by Duality and Decomposition," Peter Berck & Thomas Bible, August 1982
  • "An Investigation into the Relative Value of Alternative Douglas-Fir Tussock Moth Sampling Options," Thomas D. Bible, October 1982
  • "Program Notes To Accompany the History of Economic Thought," Susan Wolfson & Murray Wolfson, 1983
  • "The Impact of Deregulation on Trunk Airline Risk," B.S. McMullen, August 1983
  • "Are State and Local Governments Losing Their Independence in the Conduct of Social Policy?" Donald H. Farness, 1983
  • "Otto Bauer's Scheme of Expanded Reproduction: An Early Harrodian Growth Model," Ze'ev B. Orzech, 1983
  • "Assessing the Expected Value of Forest Pest Management Policy," Thomas D. Bible, January 1983
  • "Capital, Labor, and Timber Demand in Pacific Northwest Sawmills: A Count Analysis," Thomas D. Bible, January 1983
  • "Returns to Capital in Lumber Manufacturing: Actual and Opportunity Cost Returns for an Oregon County," Thomas D. Bible, January 1983
  • "Final Report on the Oregon Log Trucking and Forest Products Trucking Industries," B. Starr McMullen, February 1983
  • "An Economic Assessment of an Environmental Assessment," Thomas D. Bible, Ph.D., March 1983
  • "Unregulated Trucking: A Case Study of the Oregon Log Trucking Industry," B. Starr McMullen, July 1983
  • "The Impact of Deregulation on Trunk Airline Risk," B. Starr McMullen, August 1983
  • "Short Run Input Substitution in Natural Resource Dependent Regions: Empirical Results and Policy Implications," Thomas D. Bible, Sept. 1983
  • "Economic Concepts and Methods for Evaluating Insect and Disease Problems on Forest Land," Thomas D. Bible, September 1983
  • "Airline Deregulation: Neoclassical Theory as Public Policy," Bill Wilkins, December 1983
  • "Marxian Implications of the Harrod Growth Model," Martin Bronfenbrenner, Murray Wolfson, 1984
  • "Weaving A Tangled Web: The Transformation of Values into Prices," Murray Wolfson, 1984
  • "On Polish Disequilibria," John P. Farrell, Jan. 1984
  • "Public Forest Management, Resource Ownership Rights and Social Welfare: Implications for Forest Herbicide Policy," Thomas D. Bible, February 1984
  • "On Measuring the Economic Benefits of an Airport," B. Starr McMullen, May 1984
  • "Prospective Materials Use and Product Quality Variation," R. Charles Vars, Jr., undated
  • "Efficiency of the Payments System and Bank Regulation," Richard E. Towey, undated
  • "The Crisis in Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector," Lafayette G. Harter, Jr., undated
  • "Non-Renewal of Probationary Teachers Being Considered for Tenure," Lafayette G. Harter, Jr., undated
  • "Collective Bargaining in the Federal Government," L. G. Harter, Jr., undated
  • "Veblen and the Great Society," Charles B. Friday, undated
  • "Forward-Looking Charges for Sewer and Water Services," R. Charles Vars, Jr., undated
  • "Organized Dentistry and the Pursuit of Entry Control," Kenneth C. Fraundorf, undated
  • "Organized Dentistry and Competitive Restraints, 1840- 1930," Kenneth C. Fraundorf, undated
  • "The Effect of the Davis-Bacon Act on Construction Costs in Non-Metropolitan areas of the United States," Martha Norby Fraundorf, John P. Farrell & Robert Mason, undated
  • "Simulating Information Value to Determine Optimal Sample Size and Policy Options for Forest Insect Outbreaks," Thomas D. Bible, undated
  • "Newtonian Ethics and Twentieth Century Social Crises," Bertrand Russell, undated
  • "The Ex Parte Arbitration Hearing," Lafayette G. Harter, Jr., undated
  • "Review of the Controversy over the Davis-Bacon Act," Lafayette G. Harter, Jr., undated

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