School of Commerce laboratory, ca. 1920. Students brush-up on their stenographic (and listening) skills in a laboratory with the "latest office appliances and fixtures". [OSU Archives #882.]
Oral Histories
Transcripts and sound recordings of oral history (def) interviews with faculty, alumni, and residents of Corvallis and Benton County document Oregon, University and local history. The oral histories were made by University students, Horner Museum staff, and other University faculty and staff.
List of Oral History Collections
- Oregon Pioneers
- Judith Carol Carlson Oral History Interview with Robert C. Ingalls, 1977 (OH 02)
- Oregon State University History
- Basques of Harney County, Oregon, Oral History Collection, 1976-2001 (OH 04)
- Miscellaneous Oral Histories from the Manuscripts and Memorabilia Collections
- Soap Creek Valley History Project (OSU Research Forests)
- A.L. Strand Oral History Collection, 1949-1985 (OH 07)
- Oregon Emergency Farm Labor Service Oral History Collection, 1992 (OH 08)
- Voices of Oregon State University Oral History Collection, 1995-2008 (OH 09)
- Horner Museum
- College of Home Economics Oral Histories, 1968-1985 (OH 11)
- Oregon Native American Language Sound Recordings, 1962-1964 (OH 12)
- OSU Alumni Oral History Collection, 2005-2008 (OH 13)
- Extension Faculty and Staff, 2007-2008
- Japanese-American Association of Lane County, Oregon, Oral History Collection, 1994-2008 (OH 15)
See also "Oceanography: The Making of a Science" Videotapes (P236) for videotape oral histories of prominent oceanographers in the United States, including John V. Byrne and Larry Small from Oregon State University.
