OSU Chronological History - Sources of Information This
list includes sources used to compile this chronology,
as well as other sources of information on various aspects
of OSU's history.
Gearhart, Richard, ed.The Orange & Black.Corvallis: Oregon State
College Alumni Association, 1938. This volume is available at the OSU Archives
and at the Valley Library.
Goode, Delmer M.Outline History of Oregon State College, 1868-1950.Corvallis:
Oregon State College, 1950. Copies of this publication are located at the
OSU Archives.
Groshong, James W.The Making of a University, 1868-1968.Corvallis:
Oregon State University, 1968. This volume was written to commemorate OSU's centennial
in 1968. It also appeared as the August 1968 issue of the Oregon Stater.
Horner, John B. "History of Oregon State College,
1865-1907."Oregon Historical
Quarterly 31 (March 1930): 42-50. The Oregon Historical Quarterly is
available at the Valley Library. A photocopy of this article is available in
the OSU Archives Memorabilia Collection.
McClintock, Thomas. Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts. Interview
with Gary Beach, 1988. Dr. McClintock is Professor Emeritus of History and
Associate Dean Emeritus of the OSU College of Liberal Arts.
Munford, Kenneth. Corvallis, Oregon. Interview with Gary Beach, 1988. Dr.
Munford is Director Emeritus of the OSU Press/University Publications and an
authority on Corvallis and OSU history.
Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station.100 Years of Progress:
The Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University, 1888-1988.
Corvallis: Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station, 1990.This
volume is available at the OSU Archives and the Valley Library.
Oregon State University Archives. Memorabilia Collection. The Memorabilia
Collection includes newspaper clippings, unpublished deaprtmental and office
histories, brochures, ephemera, and other materials.
Oregon State University.General Catalog. Catalogs date back to 1866/67. A
nearly complete set is available at the OSU Archives and a partial set is located
at the Valley Library.
Oregon State University Institutional Research and Planning.
Reed, Edwin T. "The First Eighty Years, 1868-1948: A History of Oregon State
College." Corvallis, 1948. (Unpublished manuscript.)This manuscript is an
expanded version of The Orange & Black. Copies of this work are available
at the OSU Archives.
______. "William Jasper Kerr, a Biography." Corvallis, 1947. (Unpublished
manuscript.)This
manuscript is available in the OSU Archives and at the Valley Library.
Van Loan, Lillian Schroeder. "Historical Perspective of Oregon State College." Ed.D.
thesis, Oregon State College, 1959.This thesis is available at the Valley
Library.
