Genetics Program Records

Genetics Program Records, 1973-2009

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Oregon State University. Genetics Program.
Title: Genetics Program Records
Dates: 1973-2009 (inclusive)
19732009

1977-2000 (bulk)
19772000
Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet, (2 boxes)
Collection Number: RG.242
Summary: The Genetics Program Records document the administration of the interdisciplinary graduate program in genetics at Oregon State University and provide information about the curriculum, faculty, and students. The Genetics Program was established at OSU in 1977 and was closed in 2009.
Repository: Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: English, English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Genetics Program Records document the administration of the program and provide information about the curriculum, faculty, and students. The records include correspondence, course syllabi and outlines, curriculum vitae for program faculty, lists of program faculty and graduates, meeting minutes, reports, and statistical information.

Administrative records document budget management, curriculum development, nomination of faculty for the program, scholarships, long range planning, program social events, and seminars. The records include data compiled for various reviews and surveys pertaining to student enrollment, the number of graduated students, enrollment by course, and aggregate information about gender and race of students in the program.

Of special note are long range planning materials prepared in 1986 and a self-study conducted in 2006.

The bulk of the records in the collection were created or assembled by Genetics Program Directors Dallice Mills and Walt Ream.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Genetics Program was established in 1977 within the College of Science at Oregon State University as an interdisciplinary graduate program offering Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in genetics. The Genetics Program faculty were primarily affiliated with departments in the Colleges of Science, Agriculture, and Forestry. As of 2006, fifty Oregon State faculty served in the Genetics Program in addition to teaching and service duties in their home departments. The primary focus of the program was the recruitment and training of graduate students interested in genetic approaches to basic and applied research in the life sciences.

Until the early 2000s, funding for the Genetics Program was provided by the Colleges of Agriculture, Science, Forestry, and Pharmacy. However, by 2005 the College of Agricultural Sciences was the sole source of funds for the Program.

Several faculty served as Directors of the Genetics Program, including Peter S. Dawson, Warren Kronstad, Dallice I. Mills, and Walt Ream.

The Genetics Program was eliminated in 2009.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Genetics Program Records (RG 242), Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

The materials were transferred from the Molecular and Cellular Biology Program in 2011.

Related Materials

Additional materials pertaining to the Genetics Program are available in the Center for Gene Research and Biotechnology Records (RG 216) and the President's Office Records (RG 013). The Special Collections & Archives Research Center collections also include the Warren E. Kronstad Papers.

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