Colleges for Oregon's Future Collection

Colleges for Oregon's Future Collection, 1959-1977

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Colleges for Oregon’s Future.
Title: Colleges for Oregon's Future Collection
Dates: 1959-1977 (inclusive)
19591974

1959-1964 (bulk)
19591964
Quantity: 0.25 cubic foot, (1 box)
Collection Number: MSS CFOF
Summary: The Colleges for Oregon's Future Collection documents the efforts of this citizen organization to promote the needs of higher education in Oregon, especially bond measures for building construction.
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

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Colleges for Oregon's Future was established in the late 1950s as a non-partisan citizen organization to increase public understanding of the needs of higher education in Oregon. The organization remained active through the 1970s. The organization partnered with the Oregon State System of Higher Education to prepare educational and information materials. Former Oregon Governer Charles A. Sprague served as state chairman of Colleges for Oregon's Future in 1964; Ursel Narver was chair in the 1970s.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Colleges for Oregon's Future Collection documents the activities of this citizen organization to promote the needs of higher education in Oregon, especially the passage of bond measures for building construction in 1960 and 1964. The collection include brochures and booklets outlining the projected increase in student enrollment during the 1960s and the resulting needs for additional facilities and funding; press releases and news bulletins; a speaker's kit; a packet for the 1964 State Committee Meeting; and a County Committee Chair notebook for the 1964 campaign. The collection also includes a program and press releases for the 1966 Symposium on Post-High School Education sponsored by Colleges for Oregon's Future; the symposium materials include transcripts of discussion programs that were broadcast on television in 1966.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Colleges for Oregon's Future Collection, Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

These materials were assembled from various sources as part of the Memorabilia Collection. In 2012, the materials were separated from the Memorabilia Collecton to form this collection.

Related Materials

Other materials pertaining to Colleges for Oregon's Future are part of the records of the President's Office (RG 013), KOAC (RG 015), Extension Service (RG 111), and College of Agricultural Sciences (RG 158). The KOAC-TV Films (FV P 207) include films produced for the Colleges for Oregon's Future program. Materials documenting this program are also held by other repositories, including the Oregon Historical Society (Charles A. Sprague Papers) and the University of Oregon (Presidents Johnson and Hawk and Jones and Flemming).

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

College buildings--Oregon.
College facilities--Oregon--Planning.
Education, Higher--Oregon.
Political campaigns--Oregon.
Universities and colleges--Law and legislation--Oregon.
Universities and colleges--Oregon--Finance.

Corporate Names

Oregon State System of Higher Education.
Oregon State University--Buildings.

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Sprague, Charles A. (Charles Arthur), 1887-1969. (creator)

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