F. A. Gilfillan Papers - Archives West

F. A. Gilfillan Papers, 1894-1984

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Gilfillan, F. A. (Francois Archibald), 1893-1983.
Title: F. A. Gilfillan Papers
Dates: 1894-1984 (inclusive)
18941984

1921-1978 (bulk)
19211978
Quantity: 11 cubic feet including 75 photographic prints, 725 slides, 6 audiocasettes, and 1 16mm film, (34 boxes including 1 oversize boxs)
Collection Number: MSS Gilfillan
Summary: The F. A. Gilfillan Papers are comprised of materials generated and assembled by Francois Archibald Gilfillan, Dean of the School of Science at OSU from 1939 to 1962. The collection includes professional and family correspondence, administrative documents from OSU and other educational organizations, and materials documenting Gilfillan’s work as a public school teacher, member of the U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service, and Oregon State faculty member and administrator.
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: Audio recordings and related transcripts of Violette Gilfillan found in Series IV are restricted indefinitely.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Francois Archibald Gilfillan was born in Ninnekah, a small town in central Oklahoma, in 1893. As a child, he and his family moved from Oklahoma to Bowie, Texas. In 1910, Gilfillan enrolled in the Polytechnic College of Texas (now Southern Methodist University). The following year, he visited an uncle in Washington and took a job teaching at a public high school. He later transferred to Coos River High School in Oregon. In 1915, Gilfillan left Coos Bay and enrolled at Oregon Agricultural College where he became Associate Editor of the OAC Barometer, President of the Pharmaceutical Association and a ROTC cadet captain. In 1918 he earned his bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy with first honors. After graduation he joined the U.S. Army and served briefly in the Chemical Warfare Service.

After the end of World War I, Gilfillan enrolled at Yale University and taught at the Milford Tutoring School. In 1920, he was awarded the Calco Chemical Company fellowship at Yale. The following year, he graduated with his doctorate in chemistry and worked briefly as a research chemist at Calco. In 1922 he accepted an assistant professorship in Pharmacy at Oregon Agricultural College, a position he left three years later in favor of work at the University of Florida. In 1927, Gilfillan returned to his alma mater at the behest of President William Jasper Kerr and was appointed Professor of Chemistry. The following year he married Violette Odekirk, a Portland native, with whom he would have four children: Mary Louise, Elizabeth Ellen, Nansie Jean, and Margaret Alice. In 1939 Gilfillan was promoted to Dean of Science. The following year, when President Frank L. Ballard fell ill, Gilfillan took on some of the duties of University President. In 1941 he was officially appointed Acting President of Oregon State College following the resignation of Ballard. He served in this position until October 1942 when A. L. Strand assumed the presidency. Gilfillan returned to his position as Dean of Science where he remained until his retirement in 1962.

Gilfillan did a great deal to further science education on both the local and national scale. He was instrumental in the formation and administration of the Junior Engineers’ and Scientists’ Summer Institute (JESSI), a founder of the OSU chapter of the Blue Key Honors Society, one of the five original incorporators of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), the Commissioner on Higher Education of the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools from 1947 to 1957, Secretary of the Oregon Academy of Science, and Vice President for Scientists of Tomorrow, Inc. for the latter half of the 1950s.

In addition to his professional duties, Gilfillan also maintained an active extracurricular life. He was a Rotarian, a Master Mason, and active member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He spoke German, Russian, French, Italian and Chinook and could read Latin, Greek, Chinese, and Spanish. He also collected antique British silver, cultivated an authentic Japanese garden and amassed an impressive collection of rare books—many of which were donated to the Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Research Center.

“Doc” Gilfillan passed away in 1983. In tribute to his service to the OSU community, the F.A. Gilfillan Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Science has been awarded annually since 1984.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The F. A. Gilfillan Papers are comprised of materials generated and assembled by Francois Archibald Gilfillan, Dean of the OSU School of Science from 1939 to 1962. The collection contains extensive correspondence with colleagues, family members, and friends including photographer Margaret Bourke-White and author Antonina Riasanovksy. The collection also contains records from education and research-oriented organizations including Scientists of Tomorrow, the Oregon Academy of Science, the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), the National Teacher Training program, and the Junior Engineers’ and Scientists’ Summer Institute (JESSI). Some OSU School of Science administrative documents including budget sheets, reports from the registrar, and memoranda are available. Correspondence and documentation of Gilfillan’s involvement in professional and social organizations including the Blue Key, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Sigma honors societies, the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, the OSU Order of the Spoon faculty club, and the Corvallis Rotary Club are also present.

In addition, the collection contains examples of Gilfillan’s coursework from OAC and Yale and employment records and materials from his time as a public school teacher, member of the Chemical Warfare Service, employee at Calco Chemical Company, and professor at University of Florida. The Gilfillan collection also includes papers and speeches delivered by Gilfillan and notebooks containing notes, schedules, and meeting agendas. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings relating to Gilfillan, biographical sketches, results of a survey of extant volumes of the Nuremberg Chronicle, songs, poetry, and drawings generated and collected by Gilfillan, family holiday cards, numerous honors and awards, photographs, slides, and several scrapbooks.

Absent from the collection are substantive records relating to Gilfillan’s duties as Dean of OSU’s School of Science and materials from his tenure as interim University President.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

F. A. Gilfillan Papers (MSS Gilfillan), Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The F. A. Gilfillan Papers are arranged into five series: Series I: Correspondence, 1894-1984; Series II: Professional Records, 1912-1975; Series III: Biographical Materials, 1915-1984; Series IV: Photographs, Slides, Audio Recordings and Motion Picture Film, 1921-1978; Series V: Artifacts and Ephemera, 1918-1978. Materials are arranged alphabetically, chronologically, and/or by subject.

Acquisition Information

The Oregon State University Archives accessioned materials into the F. A. Gillan Papers in 1985, 1993, and 2006. In 2007, the contents of the Unitarian Church of the Larger Fellowship Records were transferred to the F. A. Gilfillan Papers. The Gilfillan Papers now reside in the OSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives Research Center.

Related Materials

Records from F. A. Gilfillan's service as Dean and interim President of Oregon State University can be found in the President's Office Records (RG 013), oral histories featuring F. A. Gilfillan and Violette Gilfillan in the Oregon Pioneers Oral History Collection (OH 01), and the Chemistry Department Records (RG 098). Materials related to the School of Science at OSU can be found in the College of Science Records (RG 024). Additionally, rare books donated by F. A. Gilfillan and the Gilfillan family are available in the McDonald and History of Science Rare Book Collections.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I: Correspondence, 1894-1984Return to Top

Series I is comprised of correspondence to and from F. A. Gilfillan and other members of the extended Gilfillan family generated between 1894 and 1984. The series includes correspondence with members of Gilfillan's immediate and extended family, extensive records relating to Gilfillan's personal interests (British silver, Japanese gardens, rare books, and Gilfillan family geneaology), correspondence with friends and colleagues, and communications with the many professional organizations Gilfillan participated in.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1: General Correspondence Subseries 1 is comprised of materials relating to F. A. Gilfillan's work at Oregon State College, his association with rare book and silver dealers, correspondence with friends and colleagues, his involvement in professional organizations, and miscellaneous professional and personal business.	1921-1981
Box/Folder
1.1	Correspondence	1921
1.2	Correspondence	1922
1.3	Correspondence	1923
1.4	Correspondence	1924
1.5	Correspondence	1925
1.6	Correspondence	1925
1.7	Correspondence	1925
2.1	Correspondence	1926
2.2	Correspondence	1926
2.3	Correspondence	1926
2.4	Correspondence	1926
2.5	Correspondence	1926
3.1	Correspondence	1926
3.2	Correspondence	1927
3.3	Correspondence	1927
3.4	Correspondence	1927
3.5	Correspondence	1927
3.6	Correspondence	1928
4.1	Correspondence	1928
4.2	Correspondence	1929
4.3	Correspondence	1929
4.4	Correspondence	1930
4.5	Correspondence	1930
4.6	Correspondence	1930
4.7	Correspondence	1931
5.1	Correspondence	1932
5.2	Correspondence	1933
5.3	Correspondence	1934
5.4	Correspondence	1935
5.5	Correspondence	1936
5.6	Correspondence	1937
5.7	Correspondence	1938
5.8	Correspondence	1939
5.9	Correspondence	1940
5.10	Correspondence	1941
5.11	Correspondence	1942
5.12	Correspondence	1942
6.1	Correspondence	1943
6.2	Correspondence	1944
6.3	Correspondence	1945
6.4	Correspondence	1946
6.5	Correspondence	1947
6.6	Correspondence	1948
6.7	Correspondence	1949
6.8	Correspondence	1950
6.9	Correspondence	1951
6.10	Correspondence	1952
6.11	Correspondence	1953
6.12	Correspondence	1954
6.13	Correspondence	1955
6.14	Correspondence	1956
6.15	Correspondence	1957
6.16	Correspondence	1958
6.17	Correspondence	1958
7.1	Correspondence	1959
7.2	Correspondence	1960
7.3	Correspondence	1961
7.4	Correspondence	1962
7.5	Correspondence	1963
8.1	Correspondence	1963
8.2	Correspondence	1964
8.3	Correspondence	1965
8.4	Correspondence	1966
8.5	Correspondence	1967
8.6	Correspondence	1968
9.1	Correspondence	1969
9.2	Correspondence	1970
9.3	Correspondence	1971
9.4	Correspondence	1972
9.5	Correspondence	1973
9.6	Correspondence	1974
9.7	Correspondence	1975
9.8	Correspondence	1976
9.9	Correspondence	1977
9.10	Correspondence	1979-1981, undated
	Subseries 2: Individual Correspondence Subseries 2 includes correspondence with F. A. Gilfillan's mother, father, and siblings, his four daughters (Mary Louise Simon, Elizabeth Ellen Johnson, Nansie Jean Jensen, and Margaret Alic Doty) and their families, members of his extended family, and several penpals. Notably, the collection includes correspondence with Margaret Bourke-White, a world-renowned documentary photographer, and Antonina Riasanovsky, a critically-acclaimed author who wrote under the pen name Nina Fedorova. Also included is correspondence to and from Violette Gilfillan, much of it relating to the death of F. A. Gilfillan in 1983.	1894-1984
Box/Folder
10.1	Margaret Bourke-White	1925-1953
10.2	Gordon A. Gilfillan	1942-1969
10.3	Herbert A. Gilfillan	1928-1943
10.4	Homer Gilfillan	1925-1973
10.5	J. Lawrence Gilfillan	1926-1960
10.6	Jack D. Gilfillan	1894-1944
10.7	Jack D. Gilfillan, Jr.	1926-1943
10.8	Jean L. Gilfillan	1929-1978
10.9	Jessie H. Gilfillan	1925
10.10	Jessie H. Gilfillan	1926
10.11	Jessie H. Gilfillan	1927
10.12	Jessie H. Gilfillan	1928
10.13	Jessie H. Gilfillan	1929
11.1	Jessie H. Gilfillan	1930
11.2	Jessie H. Gilfillan	1931-1941
11.3	Jessie H. Gilfillan	1942
11.4	Jessie H. Gilfillan	1943
11.5	Jessie H. Gilfillan	1944
11.6	Jessie H. Gilfillan	1945
11.7	Jessie H. Gilfillan	1946
11.8	Jessie H. Gilfillan	1947
11.9	Jessie H. Gilfillan	1948
11.10	Jessie H. Gilfillan	1949
11.11	Jessie H. Gilfillan	1950-1959
11.12	Jessie H. Gilfillan	1960-1964
12.1	Violette Gilfillan	1928-1984, undated
12.2	Micellaneous Family Correspondence	1926-1976
12.3	Julia V. Herman	1942
12.4	Julia V. Herman	1943
12.5	Julia V. Herman	1944
12.6	Julia V. Herman	1945
13.1	Julia V. Herman	1946
13.2	Jensen Family Correspondence	1957-1975
13.3	Johnson Family Correspondence	1957-1975
13.4	Lamont Family Correspondence	1907, 1928-1977
13.5	Odekirk Family Correspondence	1928-1960
13.6	V. A. Riasanovsky	1943-1948
13.7	Simon Family Correspondence	1958-1977
13.8	Brinton H. Stone	1946-1949
13.9	Chieko Urakami	1942-1951
13.10	Greeting Cards & Invitiations	1940-1961, undated

Series II: Professional Records, 1912-1975Return to Top

Series II is comprised of materials from F. A. Gilfillan's career as a scientist, educator, and university administrator. It includes employment records, teaching materials, administrative documents from Oregon State University, records from his engagement in numerous professional and academic groups, papers and speeches produced by Gilfillan, and nearly thirty notebooks containing records of his activities at OSU.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1: Education & Employment Records Subseries 1 contains contracts and records of F. A. Gilfillan's work as a high school instructor in Washington and Oregon, a notebook and other documentation from his appointment in the Chemical Warfare Service, and employment records from Calco Chemical Company. The subseries also includes materials related to his employment as a Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the School of Science at OSU.	1912-1969
Box/Folder
13.11	Secondary School Instruction	1912-1917
13.12	Oregon Board of Pharmacy Registered Pharmacist Certificates	1919-1969
13.13	Teacher's Contracts, Cowlitz County, Washington	1912-1914
13.14	Teacher's Contract, Coos County, Oregon	1914
13.15	Chemical Warfare Service	1918
13.16	Calco Chemical Company Employment Records	1919-1921
14.1	Oregon State University Employment Records	1922-1967
14.2	OSU Personnel Forms	1962-1965
14.3	OSU Travel Expense Reports	1954-1960
	Subseries 2: Administrative & Teaching Materials Subseries 2 is comprised of teaching and administrative materials dating from Gilfillan's employment at the University of Florida and Oregon State College. Included in the subseries are course materials, theses and dissertations, budgetary documents, reports from the OSC registrar, and materials generated by students and employees of the School of Science	1924-1971
Box/Folder
14.4	"Specifications: Castings for Autoclave"	1925
34.3	High Pressure Autoclave Blueprints	1925
14.5	Chemistry Course Materials	undated
14.6	Russian Course Materials	1943-1944
14.7	Classics of Science Course Correspondence	1950-1960
14.8	Course Lecture Notebook	1924-1939
14.9	Course Lecture Notebook	undated
14.10	OSU Biology Colloquium Correspondence and Lecture Drafts	1963
14.11	OSU School of Science Administrative Documents	1938-1971
14.12	OSU School of Science Payscale Graphs	undated
14.13	Marine Biology Station Monthly Expense Reports	1949-1951
15.1	Administrative and Graduate Council Notebook	1937
15.2	OSU Directories	undated
15.3	Memorandum re: Meeting with Dr. Kleinsorge	1941
15.4	"A Study of the Reactions of Students at Oregon State College to their Curricula and Instructions," Virginia Davolt	1938
15.5	"Some Properties and Reactions of Umbellulone from the Leaf Oil of Coose Bay Myhtls, Umbellularia Californica," Leo Yukio Kiyohiro	1938
15.6	"Andromedotoxin in Rhododendron Californicum," Chieko Otsuki	1937
15.7	"A Chemical Garden," C. C. Pines	1932
15.8	"The Role of State Financial Officers in Higher Education," A. L. Strand	1960
15.9	W. A. deLaubenfels Zoology Research Materials	1953-1958
15.10	Walter R. Stahl Biology Research Materials	1960
15.11	Fred W. Decker Meteorological Research Materials	1962
15.12	Bibliography on Peppermint Constituents	undated
15.13	Grade Reports from the OSU Registrar	1924
15.14	Report of the Registrar to the Scholarship Committee	1926-1931
15.15	"Scholastic Ratings of Schools, Classes, Honorary and Professional Scoieties, Living Organizations, and Other Groups"	1931-1933
	Subseries 3: Professional Organizations Subseries 3 contains documentation of Gilfillan's work with various educational groups and enterprises including the Junior Engineers' and Scientists' Summer Institute (JESSI), the Oregon Academy of Science, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, the National Teacher Training program, and Scientists of Tomorrow. His association with professional organizations including the Corvallis Rotary Club, the OSU Order of the Wooden Spoon, the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, and the Blue Key, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma, and Theta Delta Nu honors societies is also well documented here.	1941-1977
Box/Folder
15.16	Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools Notebook	1948
16.1	Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools / Specialized Professional Accredding Organizations	1954
16.2	Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools Correspondence	1961-1963
16.3	Report to the Higher Commission of the Northwest Association Covering a Cooperative Evaluation of the University of Idaho"	1954
16.4	Middle States Association for College and Secondary Schools Report	1954
16.5	Accrediting Organization Materials	1960-1962, undated
16.6	Blue Key Honor Society	1949, 1974-1976
16.7	Corvallis Rotary Club	1958
16.8	Order of the Wooden Spoon	1933, 1954
16.9	Phi Gamma Delta	undated
16.10	Phi Kappa Phi Correspondence and Administrative Documents	1943-1950, 1964
16.11	Phi Kappa Phi Notebook	1949-1959
16.12	Phi Kappa Phi Speeches	1958-1965
16.13	Phi Sigma	1939-1946
16.14	Theta Delta Nu	1974-1977
17.1	Future Scientists of America Foundation Science Teachers Summer Institute	1955-1959
17.2	JESSI Correspondence and Administrative Documents	1957-1969
17.3	JESSI Correspondence and Administrative Documents	1962-1963
17.4	JESSI Correspondence and Administrative Documents	1970-1971, undated
17.5	JESSI Scheduling Materials	1956-1964
17.6	JESSI Exam Materials	1964
17.7	JESSI Student Evaluations	1956-1959
17.8	JESSI Speeches and Lectures	1956-1971
17.9	Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Annual Budget Ledger Sheets	1961-1962
17.10	Oregon Academy of Science Correspondence	1972-1976
18.1	Oregon Academy of Science / American Association for the Advancement of Science Correspondence	1950-1954
18.2	Oregon Academy of Science / American Association for the Advancement of Science Correspondence	1955-1959
18.3	Oregon Academy of Science / American Association for the Advancement of Science Correspondence	1960-1965
18.4	Oregon Academy of Science Administrative Documents	1946-1977
18.5	Oregon Academy of Science High School Research Grants	1957-1964
18.6	Oregon Academy of Science Newsletters	1969-1976
18.7	Oregon Academy of Science Notebook	1946-1948
18.8	Oregon Institute of Marine Biology Administrative Report	1941
18.9	OSC High School Science Teachers Summer Research Assistantship Applications	1955
18.10	Oregon Student Science Conference Administrative Documents	1963
18.11	National Teacher Training Correspondencee and Administrative Documents	1952-1955
19.1	National Teacher Training Correspondence and Administrative Documents	1952-1957
19.2	Scientists of Tomorrow Correspondence	1963-1965
19.3	Scientists of Tomorrow Correspondence	1964-1971
19.4	Scientists of Tomorrow Correspondence and Administrative Documents	1961-1970
19.5	Scientists of Tomorrow Questionnaire	1959-1970
19.6	Scientists of Tomorrow Financial Statements	1967-1970
19.7	Scientists of Tomorrow Administrative Changes and Dissolution	1971-1973
19.8	Scientists of Tomorrow Board of Trustees Annual Meeting	1964
19.9	Scientists of Tomorrow Board of Trustees Spring Meeting	1965
19.10	Scientists of Tomorrow Board of Trustees Annual Meeting	1965
19.11	Scientists of Tomorrow Board of Trustees Annual Meeting	1966
20.1	Scientists of Tomorrow Board of Trustees Spring Meeting	1968
20.2	Scientists of Tomorrow Board of Trustees Annual Meeting	1968
20.3	Scientists of Tomorrow Board of Trustees Spring Meeting	1969
20.4	Scientists of Tomorrow Board of Trustees Annual Meeting	1969
20.5	Scientists of Tomorrow Board of Trustees Spring Meeting	1970
20.6	Scientists of Tomorrow Board of Trustees Annual Meeting	1970
20.7	Scientists of Tomorrow Speech, City Club	1957
20.8	Survey of Attendance for Unidentified Meeting	1962
	Subseries 4: Articles & Speeches This subseries is comprised of a doctoral dissertation, papers, articles, and speeches written by F. A. Gilfillan between 1921 and 1975.Topics include instruction in the sciences, science and humanities education, the history of printing, language learning, and the future of the sciences in industry and academia.	1921-1975
Box
20	"A Catalytic Study of Some Dehydration and Addition Reactions of Ethyl Alcohol," F. A. Gilfillan	1921
Box/Folder
20.9	"The American College Fraternity System," F. A. Gilfillan	1927
20.10	Article on Science Instruction, F. A. Gilfillan	1959
20.11	"Science and Superstition," F. A. Gilfillan	1962
20.12	Speech: "Ephedrin," American Chemical Society	1932
20.13	Speech: "History of the Eastern Church"	1935
20.14	Speech" The Place of Science in Modern Education"	1939
20.15	Speech: "Science in the Ancient World"	1939
20.16	Speech: "Meet the Sciences"	1939
20.17	Speech: "The School of Science in the Service of the State"	1939
20.18	Speech: "The Making of a Scientist"	1939
20.19	Speech: "The Scientific Career," Physics Honor Society	1939
20.20	Speech: "Present Status and Needs of the School of Science," Oregon State College	1940
20.21	Speech: "Members of the Class of '41," Oregon State College Commencement	1941
20.22	Speech: "Members of the Class of '42," Oregon State College Commencement	1942
20.23	Speech: "Education for the World of Tomorrow," Oregon College of Education Commencement	1947
20.24	Speech: "Encouraging the Exceptional Student," Oregon State College	1950
20.25	Speech: Lincoln Day Address	1950
20.26	Speech: Provisions for the Superior Student," University of Oregon	1951
20.27	Speech: "The Importance of College Language Programs in Landgrant Institutions," Denver, Colorado	1957
20.28	Speech: "International Geophysical Year," Oregon Caves	1957
20.29	Speech: "The Impact of Science on Society"	1958
21.1	Speech: "Thermodynamics," Lewis & Clark College	1958
21.2	Speech: Untitled, Logan, Utah	1958
21.3	Speech: "Semantics," Address to Freshman, Oregon State College	1958
21.4	Speech: "Herbal Exhibit"	1959
21.5	Speech: Freshman Honors Groups, Oregon State College	1960
21.6	Speech: Address at New Student Week	1961
21.7	Speech: Farewell Dinner for Chancellor Richards	1961
21.8	Speech: "Commissioning the 'Acona'," Portland, Oregon	1961
21.9	Speech: "A Bluperint for Your Education" Honors Group	1961
21.10	Speech: "The Three Keys," Nurses' Graduation	1962
21.11	Speech: "Four Thousand Years of Books," George Fox College	1962
21.12	Speech: "Education for All Americans"	1964
21.13	Speech: "Four Thousand Years of Books," Friends of the Library Banquet	1966
21.14	Speech: Dean Dubach's Retirement Dinner, Lewis and Clark College	1966
21.15	Speech: "Science and Literature"	1971
21.16	Speech: Light from the Lamps of China"	undated
21.17	Speech: History of American Higher Education	undated
21.18	Speech: "The Dawn of Science or the Dawn of Civilization," Oregon Academy of Science Meeting	1975
21.19	Speech: "The Invention of Printing"	undated
21.20	Speech: "The Word Nobody Knows"	undated
21.21	Speech: "I Believe"	undated
21.22	Speech: Address to the 13th Biology Colloquium, Oregon State College	undated
21.23	Speech: "The School of Science"	undated
21.24	Speech: "War-Time Science and Post-War Business," Condensation of a talk by Gerald Wendt	undated
21.25	Speech: "International Control of Atomic Energy"	undated
21.26	Speech Notes	1954-1965, undated
21.27	Interview: Japanese Culture	undated
21.28	Radio Broadcast Forum: The Nature and Purpose of UNESCO	1948
	Subseries 5: Notebooks Subseries 5 contains nearly thirty notebooks with meeting records, scheduling and travel information, and miscellaneous personal and professional notes spanning much of Gifillan's career at Oregon State University.	1940-1974
Box/Folder
21.29	Notebook	December 1940 - January 1942
21.30	Notebook	March 1942 - October 1942
21.31	Notebook	January 1944 - March 1945
21.32	Notebook	July 1944 - April 1945
22.1	Notebook	March 1945 - June 1945
22.2	Notebook	July 1945 - June 1947
22.3	Notebook	June 1947 - July 1947
22.4	Notebook	June 1948 - November 1948
22.5	Notebook	September 1947 - September 1950
22.6	Notebook	September 1950 - November 1951
22.7	Notebook	November 1951 - November 1952
22.8	Notebook	November 1952 - May 1953
22.9	Notebook	May 1953 - May 1954
22.10	Notebook	May 1954 - September 1955
22.11	Notebook	September 1955 - September 1956
22.12	Notebook	September 1956 - September 1957
23.1	Notebook	September 1957 - November 1958
23.2	Notebook	November 1958 - December 1959
23.3	Notebook	January 1960 - November 1960
23.4	Notebook	November 1960 - February 1962
23.5	Notebook	February 1962 - October 1962
23.6	Notebook	October 1962 - February 1963
23.7	Notebook	February 1963 - March 1965
23.8/	Notebook	November 1963 - October 1966
23.9	Notebook	October 1967 - July 1976
23.10	Notebook	November 1973 - June 1974
23.11	Notebooks	undated

Series III: Biographical Materials, 1915-1984Return to Top

Series III is composed of biographical materials collected by F. A. Gilfillan and his wife, Violette. Included are biographical sketches and academic and employment records. Ephemera, including four scrapbooks detailing his life in the early 1900s, a 1925 trip to Europe, and his retirement from OSU and an extensive collection of newspaper clippings are also present. Honors and awards, a collection of songs and poetry by Gilfillan, documentation of his rare book and silver collections, records from the Unitarian Church of the Larger Fellowship, and the results of a survey conducted by Gilfillan on the Nuremberg Chronicle can also be found in this series. Also included are materials relating to Gilfillan's death and a short biography composed by Violette Gilfillan. The series also contains course notebooks and records dating from Gilfillan's time as a student at Oregon Agricultural College and Yale University, appointment books, car mileage records, and a series of family holiday cards designed by Gilfillan.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
23.12	Biographical Sketches and Reports	1933-1962
23.13	"The Story of F.A. Gilfillan," Violette Gilfillan	undated
24.1	Passport and Certificate of Citizenship	1926, 1941
24.2	Academic Records	1915-1918
24.3	Materials re: Retirement from Oregon State University	1961-1962
24.4	Materials re: Death of F.A. Gilfillan	1983
24.5	Memorial Booklet	circa 1983
24.6	F. A. Gilfillan Memorial Award	1984
24.7	Newspaper Clippings	1938-1983
34.1	"Autumn at Gilfillan's Farm," Sunday ROTO, Pittsburgh Press	1960
Box
30	Scrapbook	1918-1925
31	Scrapbook: Trip to Europe	circa 1925
31	Scrapbook: "A Remarkable Man"	1962
31	Scrapbook: Holiday Greeting Cards	1927-1974
Box/Folder
24.8	Gilfillan Family Holiday Cards	1959-1978
24.9	Inventory of Book Collection	1925
24.10	Nuremberg Chronicle Survey and Correspondence	1954-1955
24.11	Inventory of Silver Collection	1958
24.12	Songs and Poetry	undated
24.13	Portland City Club Materials	1944-1945
24.14	Unitarian Church of the Larger Fellowship Sermons and Records	1953-1954
24.15	Unitarian Church of the Larger Fellowship News Bulletin	1953-1954
24.16	The Christian Register	1953-1954
24.17	Membership and Business Cards	undated
24.18	Honors, Awards, and Certificates	1909-1974
34.5	Honors, Awards, and Certificates	1910-1965, undated
25.1	Oregon State University Centennial Award	1968
25.2	Oregon State University 25-Year Club Award	1968
25.3	Violette Odekirk High School Diploma	1920
25.4	Documents and Correspondence re: The last will and testament of Jessie H. Gilfillan	1965-1970
Box
25	Bound Notes: OAC Laboratory and Lectures Notes	1916
25	Bound Notes: Yale Laboratory and Lecture Notes	1918
26	Bound Notes: Yale Lecture Notes	1919-1920
26	Notebook: Yale Synthetic Organic Chemistry Lecture Notes	circa 1920
26	Notebook: Yale Chemistry Lecture Notes	circa 1920
26	Notebook: Yale Chemistry Lecture Notes	circa 1920
26	Notebook: Yale Chemistry Lecture Notes	circa 1920
26	Notebook: Yale Laboratory Notes	circa 1920
27	Bound Notes: Yale Lecture Notes and Calco Chemical Company Records	1920
Box/Folder
27.1	Notebook: Chemistry Course Notes	undated
27.2	Notebook: Japanese Course Notes	1971
27.3	Notebook: Car Mileage Records	August 1925 - September 1928
27.4	Notebook: Car Mileage Records	September 1928 - May 1930
27.5	Appointment Books	1941, 1953
27.6	Desk Calendar	1961

Series IV: Photographs, Slides, Audio Recordings and Motion Picture Film, 1921-1978Return to Top

This series includes approximately 75 photographic prints featuring images from Gilfillan's time at the Chemical Warfare Service, Yale University, Oregon State University, and in retirement. Early photographs include Gifillan with his coworkers in the Chemical Warfare Service and graduating from Yale University. Other images include Gilfillan attending various OSU functions such as commencement, the OSU Centennial Celebration, and an ROTC summer camp at Hamilton Air Force Base. Other photographs capture Yale University staff, members of the OSU administration, School of Science Faculty, and JESSI attendees. Several photos feature the Gilfillan family, Violette Gilfillan, social events, and the Gilfillan silver collection and Japanese Garden.

Series IV also includes more than 450 commercially produced slides of historic and culturally significant sites in Europe and Canada, and 275 slides of photos taken by Gilfillan during a 1969 trip across Western Europe. The photographs by Gilfillan include images of major cities in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, England, Ireland, Scotland, and Denmark.

Additionally, this series contains six transcribed cassette tapes of Violette Gilfillan detailing biographical information about F. A. Gilfillan. Subjects discussed include Gilfillan's deanship and presidency, his education in pharmacy, Russian language instruction, and the Marine Science Station. These tapes and their transcripts are restricted indefinitely. The series also includes a short 16mm film titled "Institute of Marine Biology - Summer 1941". The film features a group of people walking on a beach and examining tide pools.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
28.1	Photographic Prints	1921-1978
34.6	Oversized Photographic Prints	1940, undated
28.2	Photographic Slides by Gilfillan	1969
28.3	Commercially Produced Photographic Slides	circa 1969
28.4	Commercially Produced Photographic Slides	circa 1969
Box
32	Cassette Tape 1: "Gilfillan at Pharmacy School," Violette Gilfillan.	undated
32	Cassette Tape 2: "1938 Deanship; Feeding Chickens; Secretary; Bert Christenson; 1938-1939 Chemistry," Violette Gilfillan.	undated
32	Cassette Tape 3: "1939 Chemistry; Charleston Marine Station; Fall 1939 at OSU," Violette Gilfillan.	undated
32	Cassette Tape 4: "Fall 1940 at OSU; John Byrne Inauguration," Violette Gilfillan.	undated
Box/Folder
32	Cassette Tape 5: "Russian Teaching at OSU (1943-1944); Academy of Science; OMSI," Violette Gilfillan.	undated
32	Cassette Tape 6: "John Byrne Inauguration; Gilfillan Presidency; A. L. Strand Presidency," Violette Gilfillan.	undated
32	Film: "Institute of Marine Biology - Summer 1941"	1941

Series V: Artifacts and Ephemera, 1918-1978Return to Top

Series V is comprised of artifacts and ephemera collected by F. A. Gilfillan. This series includes a Polytechnic College yearbook, an assortment of OSU promotional materials and memorabilia including a Golden Jubilee medallion and several examples of beanies worn by OSU freshmen, a satirical drawing of OAC penned by Gilfillan, two engraved printers blocks featuring Gilfillan, a charcoal portrait, and miscellaneous programs and pamphlets.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
29	"The Panther," Polytechnic College Yearbook	1911
Box/Folder
29.1	Oregon State University Brochures, Programs and Informational Materials	1928-1958
29.2	Oregon State University Brochures, Programs, and Informational Materials	1961-1966
29.3	Oregon Agricultural College Songbook	1924
29.4	"Fight for Oregon State" Sheet Music	1940
34.2	"Hail to Old OAC" Songbook	undated
34.4	Satirical Drawing of OAC	undated
Box
32	OSU Memorial Union Fiftieth Anniversary Medal	1978
32	OSU Golden Jubilee Medallion	circa 1968
32	OSU Commemorative Medallion	undated
32	Honorary OSU President's Club Gavel	undated
32	OAC Paperweight	undated
33	OSU Rook Lids	undated
29.5	Miscellaneous Programs and Pamphlets	1928-1976
32	Phi Sigma Society Scholarship Award Medal	undated
32	Engraved Printer's Block featuring School of Science staff	1940
32	Engraved Printer's Block featuring F. A. Gilfillan	undated
Box/Folder
34.7	Charcoal Portrait	undated
Box
32	Assorted OSU Building and Equipment Keys	undated

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

F. A. Gilfillan Papers, 1894-1984

Overview of the Collection

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Related Materials

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I: Correspondence, 1894-1984Return to Top

Series II: Professional Records, 1912-1975Return to Top

Series III: Biographical Materials, 1915-1984Return to Top

Series IV: Photographs, Slides, Audio Recordings and Motion Picture Film, 1921-1978Return to Top

Series V: Artifacts and Ephemera, 1918-1978Return to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Corporate Names

Form or Genre Terms

Other Creators

Personal Names

Finding aid prepared by Trevor Sandgathe
2013

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

F. A. Gilfillan Papers, 1894-1984

Overview of the Collection

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Related Materials

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I: Correspondence, 1894-1984Return to Top

Series II: Professional Records, 1912-1975Return to Top

Series III: Biographical Materials, 1915-1984Return to Top

Series IV: Photographs, Slides, Audio Recordings and Motion Picture Film, 1921-1978Return to Top

Series V: Artifacts and Ephemera, 1918-1978Return to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Corporate Names

Form or Genre Terms

Other Creators

Personal Names

Finding aid prepared by Trevor Sandgathe2013

Finding aid prepared by Trevor Sandgathe
2013