Roy A. Young Papers, 1943-1990
Inventory
(box SR 5/4/1/40)
I. Department of Botany and Plant Pathology Files, 1952-1968:
Departmental administration:
Agricultural Experiment Station:
Summary of research activities for the Legislative
Interim Committee on Agriculture, 1960
Review by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1958
Cordley Hall construction, 1966-1968
Departmental chair selection, 1966
Departmental scholarship, undated
Faculty salaries, 1956 and 1959
Faculty Senate:
Organization, committees, bylaws, and minutes, 1953-1964
Ad Hoc Committee on Reorganization of the Faculty Senate,
1963
Graduate students:
Committee to Study Employment Practices and Stipends, 1952-
1957
School of Science Graduate Committee - tax withholding,
1960-1961
Research funding:
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company, 1954-1958, "The
Evaluation of the Fungicidal and Nematicidal Activity
of New Chemicals and their Effectiveness in Disease
Control"
Mathieson Chemical Corporation, 1953-1957
Merck & Co., Inc., 1954-1956
Monsanto Chemical Company, 1953-1958
Mountain Copper Company, 1954
National Institutes of Health:
"Acquisition of Laboratory Bench Facilities," 1961-1962
"Fungitoxic Residues in Soil, Water and Plants,"
1961-1964
Research Career Program Development Awards, 1963
Naugatuck Chemical Division, U.S. Rubber Company, 1953-
1955
Chas. Pfizer and Company, Inc., 1955-1958
Stauffer Foundation, 1956-1958, "The Effects of Vapam on
the Soil Microflora in Relation to Control of
Verticillium-Induced Diseases"
United Fruit Company, 1957-1963
United States Army Biological Laboratories, 1964,
"Epidemiology of Wheat Stripe Rust"
Research inquiries and articles, potato diseases, 1954-1961
Miscellaneous research inquiries, 1952-1958
National Science Foundation Science Development Program:
Proposal development, 1964-1968
"The Science Development Program of Oregon State
University," proposal submitted to the National Science
Foundation, January 1965 (continued in series II.)
OSU's School of Science, "Oregon Stater", November 1962
II. Dean of Research Files, 1965-1972:
Position established at OSU and naming of Young, 1965-1966
Air Resources Planning:
Air Pollution Research Task Group, 1965-1967
Air Pollution Control Center proposal, preliminary
draft, ca. 1969
Air Resources, Training and Information Center proposal,
ca. 1968
Centennial Lecture Series, 1969
Environmental Health Sciences Center, 1966-1975
Income tax status of research associates, 1967
Jensen, James H. (Fred Shideler's file materials), 1967-1969
Legislative Interim Committee on Business Climate, Summary of
Reports, July 1968
Marine Science Center:
General Information, 1961-1972
"Water Quality Monitoring Program for Yaquina Bay," and
other land use issues, 1966-1972
National Institutes of Health, Health Sciences Advancement
Award program, 1966-1967
National Science Foundation Science Development Program (cont.
from series I):
Proposal development, 1966-1967
"Science Development Plan Oregon State University," June
1967 (revised proposal)
Site visit, October 1967
Oregon Nursery Council, July 1966
OSSHE business office, encumbrance system of accounting,
March 1969
"OSU Today," research program for visiting business leaders,
1968
President's Commission on Human Rights and Responsibilities,
spring 1969
Research vs. education; letter to Robert G. Davis, Speaker
Pro Tem, Oregon House of Representatives, March 1969
Research - federal support, 1968
Sea Grant Program:
Program history and development, 1966-1972
"Sea Grant Institutional Program, Oregon State
University," proposal submitted to the National Science
Foundation, September 1967
(box SR 5/4/1/50)
U.S. Department of Defense, Project THEMIS:
Prospectus, January 1967
Preliminary proposal to the Department of Defense, ca. 1966
Formal proposal, January 4, 1967
Site visit, May 24, 1967
Correspondence regarding DOD/OSU contract, July-December
1967
Prospectus, November 1968
Renewal proposal, ca. January 1968
Annual Progress Report, October 1968
Site visit (renewal proposal), March 14, 1969
Renewal proposal, ca. January 1969
Renewal proposal for sixth year, ca. January 1970
Thermal Pollution Study Group:
"Warm Water Irrigation Proposal," submitted to the Oregon
State Nuclear Energy Coordinating Committee by the
State of Washington Nuclear Energy Coordinator's
Office, January 1969
Memos, minutes and correspondence, January-February 1969
Western Regional Project on Root Diseases, background
information, 1969
III. Acting President Files, 1968-1974:
Agricultural Experiment Station biennial budget
correspondence with OSSHE chancellor, June 1970
American Association of University Professors, OSU chapter,
June 1970
Butz, Earl letter re: Young presidency of OSU, July 7, 1970
Commencement, 1969-1970
Deans Council, 1969-1970
Distinguished Service Awards Committee, 1969
Distinguished Professor Award Committee, 1970
Engineering Experiment Station research projects summary,
1970
Earth Day activities, 1970 (also includes information on
1990 activities)
Legislative Interim Committee on Education, March-November
1969
Nuclear power development and environmental protection, 1969-
1970
OSU closing, May 8, 1970
Papadopoulos tenure case, 1969-1974
Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), 1969-1971
Salaries for academics for 1969-1970
Fred Shideler file, 1969-1970: clippings, news releases,
notes, correspondence, memos pertaining to Young's presidency
Statistics, Department of, transfer from School of Science to
School of Agriculture, June 1969-January 1970
Student-Faculty Conference, April 10-11, 1970
Student unrest - clippings, memos, statements, correspondence,
broadsides, publications:
1968
1969
1970
Minority and Special Services Programs, September 1969-
May 1970
Support for Higher Education, 1969-1970
Visiting Speaker Policy Review Committee, May 1970
Ward, John M., Dean of Science, 1969-1970
IV. Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies Files, 1969-1980:
Boyce Thompson Institute:
Efforts to relocate Institute at OSU, 1973
Historical information, 1975-1980
Committees:
Environmental Science and Technology Advisory Committee,
1969-1972
OSU Foundation Planning Committee:
Organization, December 1973-January 1974
Cultural and conference center background material,
1974-1976
Energy Resources Research Committee:
Energy Resources Institute proposal, 1972-1974
Energy research at OSU, 1973-1974
Office of Energy Research and Development, 1974
Conference on Magnitude and Deployment Schedule of Energy
Resources (co-sponsored by the OSU Office of Energy Research
and Development, July 21-23, 1975):
Correspondence, news releases, speech notes, planning
notes, July 1975
Proceedings, September 1975
Dedications:
Nash Hall, April 27, 1974
Peavy Hall, Fall 1971
DDT testimony by Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, October 1971
(box SR 5/4/1/60)
Energy articles, 1975-1978
Environmental Protection Agency:
2. Corvallis Environmental Research Lab - water lab, 1970-
1971
3. Graduate training programs, 1972
4. Long Range Development Plan, 1972 revision of 1964 plan
MacVicar, Robert W.:
5. Fred Shideler's file - clippings, news releases, memo,
statements pertaining to MacVicar's early tenure as OSU
president, 1970-1971
6. Young's evaluation of MacVicar, 1976; Young's evaluation
of his own office, 1976
National Science Foundation:
7. "NSF Research Funding Policy in Chemistry and its
Consequences for Oregon State University and the
Nation," November 1972
8. "The Economic Impact of Oregon's `Bottle Bill,'" March
1974, study supported by NSF Institutional Grant for
Science, GU3662
9. NSF Research Management Improvement Grant RMI73-08348,
correspondence, July 1975; and final report, December
1975
10. Oceanography, School of - draft of letter changing status
from department to school, April 29, 1972
11. Office of Technology Assessment, October 1972
12. OSSHE - report to Vice Chancellor Miles C. Romney regarding
state supported faculty research, December 1972
13. Pacific Rim Center (Portland State University), 1972-1973
14. Research associate salaries, March 1976
Research at OSU:
15. General Information, 1969-1976
16. Purchasing comparisons, July 1974
Reviews of OSU research management, July-August 1974
Resignation:
17. Correspondence, April-May 1976
18. Farewell party, April 1976
Clippings, February-April, 1976
19. Resource for the Future correspondence, May 1976
20. Rockefeller Foundation grant, "Man and His Activities as They
Relate to Environmental Quality," 1969-1976
21. Sea Grant Program, draft of article for "Coast Lines," April
1976
22. U.S. Department of Transportation, "Urban Transportation
Institutional Grant Research and Training Proposal,"
submitted by OSU, November 1970
23. VIP list, April 1, 1975
V. Chancellor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Files, 1976-1978:
24. Clippings and news releases regarding acceptance of position,
February-April 1976
National Conference on Public Service and the Federal-
University Partnership, University of Georgia, June 21-23,
1978, proceedings and news release
News release and schedule of visit of former President Gerald
R. Ford, September 1978
VI. Professional Organizations and Activities Files, 1943-1989:
American Association for the Advancement of Science, general
activities:
25. 1963-1971
26. 1972-1980
American Institute of Biological Sciences:
27. Meeting at OSU, August 26-31, 1962
28. 2nd National Biological Congress, Miami Beach, Florida,
1972
29. Correspondence and memos, 1971-1973
American Phytopathological Society:
30. Constitution and list of members, 1913, 1917
31. General correspondence, 1956-1974
Annual meeting programs, 1966, 1967, 1974
60th anniversary, 1968
Pacific Division:
32. Constitution, 1953
List of officers, 1914-1957
33. Annual meetings, 1956-1976
34. Survey of plant pathology at universities (OSU
response), 1966
35. International Congresses of Plant Pathology:
Grant proposals submitted 1967, 1972, and 1977 to
National Science Foundation requesting travel
funds to attend Congresses (London, England, 1968;
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1973; Munich, Germany,
1978)
Correspondence and memos re: planning of Second
Congress (Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1973), 1970-
1973; and Third Congress (Munich, Germany, 1978),
1976-1977
IX International Congress of Plant Protection planning
correspondence, 1977-1978
Committees:
36. Awards and Honors Committee, 1975-1976
Endowment Fund Special Committee:
37. 1984-1985
38. 1986, including proposal for organization of
an endowment fund
39. Endowment fund creation, 1987
40. Endowment Fund Standing Committee, 1988-1989
41-42. Commission on Undergraduate Education in the Biological
Sciences, correspondence, memos, reports, speech texts,
meeting programs, 1964-1972
43. International Biological Program Evaluation Committee, 1973-
1976
"Man and the Biosphere" program, correspondence, reports,
meeting programs, membership lists:
44. 1971-1975
45. 1976-1982
National Academy of Sciences:
46. Committee on Educational Policy in Agriculture, review
of Purdue University agriculture school, 1964
(box SR 5/5/6/10)
Committee on Plant and Animal Pests, Subcommittee on Plant
Pathogens:
1. Book manuscript development, 1964-1968
2. Book manuscript, "Plant-Disease Development and
Control," 1968
3. Environmental Studies Board Executive Committee, Study on
Problems of Pest Control: A Technology Assessment,
1972-1974
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant
Colleges:
Council for Research and Policy Administration:
4. First and second annual meetings, 1966-1967
5. Annual meeting, 1969
6. Annual meeting, 1970
7. Annual meeting, 1971
8. Annual meeting, 1977
Committee on the Environment and Energy:
9. 1974
10. 1975
11. 1976
12. 1977
13. 1978
14. 1979
15. 1980
16. 1981
17. 1982-1983
18. 1984-1985
19. Proposal to the EPA, "Long-Range Research: The
Environmental Protection Agency and the Nation's
Universities and Colleges," October 1984
20. "Science, Universities, and the Environment"
symposium, 1987
21. Ad Hoc Committee on Environmental Research Centers,
1972-1974
22. Joint Committee on Marine Resources (NASULGC-Sea Grant
Association), 1975-1978
23. National Council of University Research Administrators, 1967
24. National Governor's Council on Science and Technology, 1970-
1972
National Science Foundation:
25. 1961 Summer Institutes Advisory Panel, 1960-1961
26. Advisory Committee 0n Research Applications Policy,
1977-1980
27. Advisory Committee for Applied Science & Research
Applications Policy, 1977-1979
28. Advisory Committee for Engineering and Applied Science,
1978-1980
29. Pacific Coast Research Conferences on Control of Soil Fungi:
Correspondence re: planning of first and second conferences,
1953-1954
Proceedings, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965
(box SR 5/5/6/20)
1. Phi Kappa Phi, Oregon State chapter, proceedings of the fifth
(1943) and sixth (1944) Biology Colloquium
2. Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships in Environmental Affairs
Advisory Panel, 1977-1978
3. Sea Grant Review Panel, 1977-1979
4. Society of Sigma XI, Oregon State University Chapter:
List of officers and committee members, 1957-1964
Research Committee reports, 1960-1961, 1964-1965
5. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Policy Advisory Committee,
1985
VII. Publications, 1947-1979:
6. Bibliographic list
Copies of selected publications
VIII. Talks and Trip Summaries Files, 1966-1990:
7. 1966-1967
8. 1968
9. 1969
10. 1970-1971
11. 1972
12. Recognition and Awards Banquet, May 18, 1972
13. 1973
14. 1974-1976
15. Speech presented at the OSU Agricultural Research Foundation
50th Anniversary Luncheon, October 26, 1984
16. Speech presented at the 25-year celebration of the Marine
Science Center in Newport, June 15, 1990
Background materials used to prepare Marine Science Center
speech
(box 2/2/9/11)
IX. Photographs, 1957-1970:
1. Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Stauffer Foundation
Grant, soil temperature tanks, 1957 (2 photos)
2. Dean of Research, U.S. Department of Defense Project THEMIS,
Yaquina, 1967 (2 photos)
3. Roy A. Young and Robert MacVicar, July 1, 1970 View this image.
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