Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program Records

Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program Records, 2006-2016

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program.
Title: Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program Records
Dates: 2006-2016 (inclusive)
20062016
Quantity: 5.00 cubic feet, including 220 photographs, and 542 Kbytes database, (13 boxes, including 1 oversize box)
Collection Number: MSS ORCFRP
Summary: The Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program Records document farms and ranches in Oregon that have applied for and received recognition as Century or Sesquicentennial farms or ranches. The records consist primarily of application materials and administrative files related to the awards ceremonies; a database listing all the farms and ranches accepted into the program is also included. The Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program was established in 1958. All available application files and select administrative files are digitized and available in Oregon Digital.
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: The Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program Records are available for research.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program began in 1958, just prior to the celebration of Oregon's statehood centennial in 1959, to honor farm and ranch families with century-long connections to the land and to recognize Oregon's rich agricultural heritage. The program introduced a Sesquicentennial Award in 2008, on the eve of Oregon's 150th anniversary. As of 2015, 1,175 families have received the Century designation and 33 families have been honored with the Sequicentennial award.

The Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program is administered by the Oregon Agricultural Education Foundation and is supported in part by a partnership of the Oregon Farm Bureau, the State Historic Preservation Department, the Oregon Department of Agriculture, the Oregon Historical Society, and the Oregon Travel Information Council.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program Records document the recognition of Oregon family farms and ranches that have been been operated continuously by a family for a century or more. The records consist primarily of application materials for each farm or ranch. The application files from 1958-2005 and administrative records from those years are held by the Oregon Historical Society. This collection contains records from 2006 to the present. Additional records will be added to the collection on an annual basis. The application materials include completed forms, correspondence, photographs, DVDs, published narratives, maps, and copies of historical documentation of land ownership. The collection also includes admisinstrative materials, primarily from award ceremonies and lists of farms and ranches that received Century or Sesquicentennial designation from 2006 to present.

The records include more than 220 photographs submitted with applications; most of these images are duplicates of original historical photographs of the farms and ranches. Some of the photographs are contemporary images of farm structures and family members. Color and b/w prints are included. Several of the applications also include copies of digital image files on CD or flash drive.

Materials from the ORCFRP awards presentation program are represented and consist of program brochures and outlines, descriptions of the farms inducted, contact information for the awardees, ORCFRP newsletters, and a printed copy of the presentation. Also included is a copy of the book "Eating It Up in Eden: The Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Cookbook" by Richard Engeman.

The collection also includes a database (in electronic form) listing all the farms and ranches that have been accepted into the program since its inception in 1958. The database includes the historic and current acreage of the property, structures currently residing on the property, the economic use of the farm or ranch, and whether the property was part of a donation land claim. An online database is hosted by the Oregon Explorer.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program Records (MSS ORCFRP), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is arranged as three series: Series 1 - Century Farm and Ranch Application Files, 2006-2015, Series 2 - Sesquicentennial Farm and Ranch Application Files, 2008-2015, and Series 3 - Administrative Materials and Awards Ceremonies, 2006-2015. Application files in Series 1 and 2 are arranged in chronological order by CFR (Century Farm and Ranch) or SFR (Sesquicentennial Farm and Ranch) number.

Acquisition Information

The records for 2006 to 2010 were donated by the Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program in 2011. Additional records were donated annually.

Future Additions

Additions to the collection are expected annually.

Related Materials

The OSU Memorabilia Collection (MSS MC) includes additional materials pertaining to the Century Farm and Ranch Program. The OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center holdings include a number of extensive collections documenting Oregon agriculture and farms and ranches throughout the state. Pre-2006 application files and administrative records of the program are held by the Oregon Historical Society.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: Century Farm and Ranch Application Files, 2006-2016Return to Top

Series 1 consists of Oregon Century Farm and Ranch applications for the years 2006 through present. Applications and supporting materials such as property records and family history documents are submitted to the Century Farm and Ranch Program, part of the Oregon Farm Bureau, for recognition of family owning and working the same land for one hundred years or more. Each application and supporting materials are individually foldered. Application files in Series 1 are arranged in chronological order by CFR (Century Farm and Ranch) number. Two exceptions are CFR 1150 and CFR 1151. The original application for CFR 1150 began in 2007 and was approved in 2010. The original application for CFR 1151 began in 2006 and was approved in 2010.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1.1	CFR 1106 Bruck, Vernon	2006
1.2	CFR 1107 Doherty, Agnes	2006
1.3	CFR 1108 Elliot, Lila and Jim	2006
1.4	CFR 1109 Follett, Boyd and Sherree	2006
1.5	CFR 1110 McGhehey, John and Patricia	2006
1.6	CFR 1111 Mahaffy Tree Farm Inc.	2006
1.7	CFR1112 Morin, Wayne	2006
1.8	CFR 1113 Olson, Wilbur	2006
1.9	CFR 1114 Pambrun, F. Samuel	2006
1.01	CFR 1115 Skinner, Barbara and Fery, Carol	2006
1.11	CFR 1116 Smock, Donell and Mary	2006
1.12	CFR 1117 Unger Enterprises	2006
1.13	CFR 1118 Wettlaufer, Irv, Joan and Edith	2006
1.14	CFR 1119 Chambers, Wayne and David and Graffenberger, Marilyn	2006
1.15	CFR 1120 Charpilloz, Kathleen and Hanson, Lisa	2007
1.16	CFR 1121 Duyck, Dorothy	2007
1.17	CFR 1122 Powell, Donald	2007
1.18	CFR 1123 Larson, Carl	2007
1.19	CFR 1124 Gray, Brett	2007
1.02	CFR 1125 Avalon Orchards	2008
1.21	CFR 1126 Campbell, Marjorie	2008
1.22	CFR 1127 Parsons, Judson - Cogswell, LTD - Hillcrest Orchard	2008
1.23	CFR 1128 Hafner, Walter	2008
1.24	CFR 1129 Hellberg, Leland	2008
1.25	CFR 1130 Peter, Ernest	2008
2.1	CFR 1131 Jaeger, Henry and William	2009
2.2	CFR 1132 Dement Ranch	2009
2.3	CFR 1133 Gilbert, Steve	2009
2.4	CFR 1134 Bartels, Larry and Sheri	2009
2.5	CFR 1135 Van Horn Vineyards	2009
2.6	CFR 1136 Carleton, Helen	2009
2.7	CFR 1137 Ek, Glen	2009
2.8	CFR 1138 Brady, Marie	2009
2.9	CFR 1139 Greiner, James	2009
2.01	CFR 1140 Hoffman, Robert	2009
2.11	CFR 1141 Knox, Doris	2009
2.12	CFR 1142 Obersinner, Leonard and Carol	2009
2.13	CFR 1143 Peters, Don and Ann	2009
2.14	CFR 1144 Schlechter, James	2009
2.15	CFR 1145 Shelburne, Robert and Sharon	2009
2.16	CFR 1146 Sowa, Timothy and Mary	2009
2.17	CFR 1147 Peterson, Herbert	2009
2.18	CFR 1148 Byron Scott Farms Inc., Jenks	2009
2.19	CFR 1149 Byron Scott Farms Inc., Knighton	2009
3.1	CFR 1150 Fosberg, Arlene	2007 (approved 2010)
3.2	CFR 1151 Bangs, Larry and Paula	2006 (approved 2010)
3.3	CFR 1152 Charpilloz, Jeffrey and Stacy	2010
3.4	CFR 1153 Cherry, Helen	2010
3.5	CFR 1154 Cruickshank, Gary and Barbara	2010
3.6	CFR 1155 Duyck, Tom and Vickie	2010
3.7	CFR 1156 Edwards, Jasper and Marie	2010
3.8	CFR 1157 Fiala, Wes, Doug, Anne, Richard and Art	2010
3.9	CFR 1158 Gutoski, Peter and Judy	2010
3.01	CFR 1159 Hentze, Alice	2010
3.11	CFR 1160 Harnisch, David and Esther	2010
3.12	CFR 1161 Hollingsworth, John and Adair	2010
3.13	CFR 1162 Leighty, Glenn, Sharon and Ron	2010
3.14	CFR 1163 Santoro, Joe, Lena and Eleanor	2010
3.15	CFR 1164 Schwartz, Allen and Susan	2010
3.16	CFR 1165 Silbernagel, Paul	2010
3.17	CFR 1166 Smutz, Lawrence and Barbara	2010
3.18	CFR 1167 Werth, Dennis and Elmer	2010
4.1	CFR 1168 Bierly, Evelyn	2011
4.2	CFR 1169 Brown, Anna Belle	2011
4.3	CFR 1170 Cantrell, Howard	2011
4.4	CFR 1171 Flowers, Robert and Christy	2011
4.5	CFR 1172 Langdon, James	2011
4.6	CFR 1173 Delbert Langdon Farm	2011
4.7	CFR 1174 Rocky Knoll, LLC - Carpenter Family Farm	2011
4.8	CFR 1175 Rhode, Glen	2011
4.9	CFR 1176 Woods, Ruth	2011
4.01	CFR 1177 Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District	2011
5.1	CFR 1178 Morgan, Brenda and Baldwin, James	2012
5.2	CFR 1179 Leavy, Edward	2012
5.3	CFR 1180 Hiebenthal, David and Kari	2012
5.4	CFR 1181 Defrees, Albert	2012
5.5	CFR 1182 Sly, James and Barbara Jo	2012
5.6	CFR 1183 Walkey, Mark	2012
5.7	CFR 1184 Balin Farm Trust	2012
5.8	CFR 1185 Kerns, Earl	2012
5.9	CFR 1186 Schierling Family Trust	2012
5.01	CFR 1187 Fanning, Milton and Delores	2012
5.11	CFR 1188 Kalander, John and Sandra	2012
5.12	CFR 1189 Gerber, Carrie Wheeler	2012
5.13	CFR 1190 Payne, Mark and Kellene	2012
5.14	CFR 1191 Livingston, Sharon	2012
5.15	CFR 1192 Bodnar, John	2012
5.16	CFR 1193 Strubhar, Maxine	2012
6.1	CFR 1196 Buchanan, Cheryl and Bunch, Rod and Susan	2013
6.2	CFR 1197 Linnacres Inc.	2013
6.3	CFR 1198 Duck Inn Group, LLC	2013
6.4	CFR 1199 Johnson, Robert and Lenore	2013
6.5	CFR 1200 Lieuallen, Donald, Robert and Penny	2013
6.6	CFR 1201 Powers Ranch Co.	2013
6.7	CFR 1202 Walton, Joseph	2013
6.8	CFR 1203 David and Doris Cruickshank Family Trust	2013
6.9	CFR 1204 Reeder, Clinton and Karen	2013
6.01	CFR 1205 Ebell, Mardelle	2013
6.11	CFR 1206 Bacon, Lois	2014
6.12	CFR 1207 Gastin, Ted	2014
6.13	CFR 1208 Thompson, Larry and Moulds, Janet	2014
6.14	CFR 1209 Jansen, Wilbur Peter	2014
6.15	CFR 1210 Brewer, Joanne Emerson	2014
6.16	CFR 1211 Kilkenny, John and Diane	2014
6.17	CFR 1212 Plagmann, Terrill	2014
6.18	CFR 1213 Landforce, Debora and Champeau, Donna	2014
7.1	CFR 1214 Cheyne, Brent	2015
7.2	CFR 1215 Falk, Aart and Charlene	2015
7.3	CFR 1216 Moore, Janna and Steve and Falk, Aart and Charlene	2015
7.4	CFR 1217 Evelyn and Tom Hynes Trust	2015
7.5	CFR 1218 Fisher, Evelyn and Patterson, Katherine	2015
7.6	CFR 1219 Finegan, Joseph and Jennifer	2015
7.7	CFR 1220 Christensen, Hubert and Carolyn	2015
7.8	CFR 1221 Harris, Greg and Bell, Richard	2015
7.9	CFR 1222 Padget, Dale and Deanna	2015
7.01	CFR 1223 Hall, Madeline and Fisher, Joseph	2015
7.11	CFR 1224 Bingaman, Gregory	2015
8.01	CFR 1225 Devenport, Ken and Earl	2016
8.02	CFR 1226 Douglas P. Alley Family Trust	2016
8.03	CFR 1227 Mills, Lois	2016
8.04	CFR 1228 Grossen, David	2016
8.05	CFR 1229 Carman Ranch LLC	2016
8.06	CFR 1230 Omeg, Melvin and Linda	2016

Series 2: Sesquicentennial Farm and Ranch Application Files, 2008-2016Return to Top

Series 2 consists of Oregon Sesqucentennial Farm and Ranch applications for the years 2008 through the present. Applications and supporting materials such as property records and family history documents are submitted to the Century Farm and Ranch Program, part of the Oregon Farm Bureau, for recognition of family owning and working the same land for one hundred fifty years or more. Each application and supporting materials are individually foldered and arranged in chronological order by SFR (Sesquicentennial Farm and Ranch) number. One oversized 14 x 18 inch box holds oversized photos belonging to SFR 0011.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
9.1	SFR 0001 Birdseye II, Victor Theodore	2008
9.2	SFR 0002 Coon, Donald and Donna and Coon, Mike and Tami	2008
9.3	SFR 0003 Ford Farms Inc.	2008
9.4	SFR 0004 Friedrich, Robert	2008
9.5	SFR 0005 Herrling, Frankin	2008
9.6	SFR 0006 Johns, Jack E., Vaughan, Eugene and Floyd and Gienger, Carol	2008
9.7	SFR 0007 MacFarlane, William H.	2008
9.8	SFR 0008 McKay, Dean Arthur	2008
9.9	SFR 0009 Martinak, Art and Joyce	2008
9.10	SFR 0010 Rice, Richard	2008
9.11	SFR 0011 Richardson, Dwane	2008
13.1	SFR 0011 Richardson, Dwane. Oversized Photographs	2008
9.12	SFR 0012 Scott, Guy and Mary Ann	2008
9.13	SFR 0013 Vasconi, Ann and Davenport III, John	2008
9.14	SFR 0014 Heater, James and Timothy	2008
9.15	SFR 0015 Donald C. Goodrich and Eunice M. Goodrich Trusts	2009
9.16	SFR 0016 Gray, Marian	2009
9.17	SFR 0017 Hoyt, William	2009
9.18	SFR 0018 Montgomery, Leland	2009
9.19	SFR 0019 Owen, Rebecca	2009
10.1	SFR 0020 Chrisman, Kenneth R.	2010
10.2	SFR 0021 Mitchell, Ralph and Pam	2010
10.3	SFR 0022 Byron Scott Farms Inc.	2010
10.4	SFR 0023 Mader, Jackie and Charlotte	2011
10.5	SFR 0024 McPhillips Farms Inc.	2012
10.6	SFR 0025 Mark Charles Talcott Trust	2012
10.7	SFR 0026 Van Domelen, Vanessa	2014
10.8	SFR 0027 Batchelder Farms LLC	2014
10.9	SFR 0028 Moberg, Richard and Michelle, VanDehey, Mitchell and Cherie and Fox, Ryan and Kathy	2014
10.10	SFR 0029 Flint, Harlan and Beverly	2015
10.11	SFR 0030 Hemphill, Charles and Richard	2015
10.12	SFR 0031 Adams, John W.	2015
10.13	SFR 0032 Smith, George and Alicia	2015
10.14	SFR 0033 Lieuallen, A. Brooks	2015
11.1	SFR 0034 Smith, Floyd and Betty Jo	2016
11.2	SFR 0035 Zimmerman, Gordon	2016
11.3	SFR 0036 Cox, Louise	2016
11.4	SFR 0037 Ewing, Thomas and Zan	2016
11.5	SFR 0038 Colson, Carolyn	2016

Series 3: Administrative Materials and Awards Ceremonies, 2006-2016Return to Top

Series 3 consists of materials generated for the annual Century and Sesquicentennial Farm and Ranch awards ceremony at the Oregon State Fair for the years 2006 through the present. Materials include fliers advertising the ceremony, lists of the awardees, the 2014 and 2015 newsletters, photograhs, and CDs of digital photos of the ceremony.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
12.1	Award Ceremony	2006
12.2	Award Ceremony	2007
12.3	Award Ceremony	2008
12.4	Award Ceremony Along with award ceremony materials, contains the book "Eating It Up in Eden: The Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Cookbook" by Richard Engeman.	2009
12.5	Award Ceremony	2010
12.6	Award Ceremony	2011
12.7	Award Ceremony	2012
12.8	Award Ceremony	2013
12.9	Award Ceremony	2014
12.10	Award Ceremony Along with award ceremony materials contains 2014 newsletter.	2015
12.11	Award Ceremony Along with award ceremony materials contains 2015 newsletter.	2016

Series 4: Century Farm and Ranch Database, 2016Return to Top

The Century Farm and Ranch database is hosted by Oregon Explorer for the Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program and provides information gathered from the award applications from 1958 to 2016 for Century and Sesquicentennial farms and ranches throughout Oregon. The database lists all the farms and ranches that have been accepted into the program since its inception in 1958. Data may include the historic and current acreage of the property, structures currently residing on the property, the economic use of the farm or ranch, and whether the property was part of a donation land claim. The database is updated annually and provides publically available data that can be downloaded. Database link:http://ocfrp.library.oregonstate.edu/public/farms.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Agriculture--Oregon.
Century farms--Oregon.
Family farms.

Corporate Names

Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program.
Oregon Farm Bureau.

Form or Genre Terms

Born digital.
Photographic prints.

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