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List of All Record Groups

Following is a list of all the groups of institutional records (Record Groups) in the Oregon State University Archives holdings. This list is arranged in alphabetical order with some groups listed together under these subheadings:

• Colleges and Schools
• Committees and Councils
• Deans
• Experiment Stations
• Faculty and Staff Organizations
• Literary Societies
• Military
• Research Centers and Institutes
• Student Organizations

Following the record group title are the dates of the holdings in the Archives and the record group (RG) number in parentheses. Hypertext links are shown for those materials with descriptions available on-line. Descriptions for all the record groups are available in the Archives.

[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] Q [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] W X Y [Z]

• Academic Affairs [See Provost.]
• Accounting [See Business Affairs or Research Accounting.]
• Admission and Orientation, 1964-1997 (RG 163)
• Affirmative Action, 1972-2005 (RG 172)
• Agricultural and Resource Economics Department, 1908-1999 (RG 128)
• Agricultural Chemistry Department, 1908-1985 (RG 81)
• Agricultural Engineering Department [See Bioresource Engineering Department.]
• Alumni Association Records, 1888-2008 (RG 035)
• Animal Science Department, 1915-1917; 1949-1969 (RG 189) [See also Poultry Science Department.]
• Apparel, Interiors, Housing, and Merchandising (AIHM) Department, 1931-1967 (RG 28)
• Athletic Union of Oregon Agricultural College Records, 1900-1906 (RG 041)
• Athletics [See Intercollegiate Athletics.]
• Atmospheric Sciences Department, 1968-1991 (RG 167) [See also College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.]

• Biochemistry and Biophysics Department, 1957-1980 (RG 178)
• Bioresource Engineering Department, 1924-1983 (RG 1)
• Botany and Plant Pathology Department, 1900-1998 (RG 54) [See also Herbarium.]
• Budgets and Planning, Office of (formerly Budgets and Personnel), 1959-1997 (RG 125) [See also Institutional Research.]
• Business Affairs, 1888-1995 (RG 17) [See also Budgets and Planning, Office of, and Research Accounting.]

• Career Planning and Placement Center, 1886-1998 (RG 64)
• Chemical Engineering Department, 1930-1966 (RG 153)
• Chemistry Department Records, 1937-1997 (RG 098)
• Civil Engineering Department, 1908-1990 (RG 30) [Includes Highway Engineering Department.]
• College Student Services Administration (CSSA) Program, 1966-2002 (RG 233)

• Colleges and Schools [See also academic departments, by name.]
• Agricultural Sciences, College of, 1895-1997 (RG 158)
• Business, College of, 1910-1997 (RG 122)
• Education, School of, 1939-1986 (RG 184)
• Engineering, College of, Records, 1930-2002 (RG 062)
• Forestry, College of, 1911-1997 (RG 139)
• Graduate School, 1917-1977 (RG 16)
• Health and Human Performance, College of, 1919-1995 (RG 31)
• Home Economics and Education, College of, 1913-2000 (RG 141)
• Honors College Records, 1996-2008 (RG 238)
• Liberal Arts, College of, Records, 1952-2008 (RG 143)
• Mines, School of, 1912-1943 (RG 186)
• Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, College of, 1960-1979 (RG 173)
• Pharmacy, College of, Records, 1899-2006 (RG 105)
• Science, College of, 1932-1973 (RG 24)
• Veterinary Medicine, College of, 1923-1929; 1948-1976 (RG 175) [See also Animal Science Dept.]

• Committees and Councils
• Administrative Council, 1873-1973 (RG 32)
• College Exhibit Committee Records, 1921-1928 (RG 055)
• High School Relations, Committee on, Records, 1931-1956 (RG 006)
• Honor Committee Records, 1920-1930 (RG 076)
• Patent Committee, 1953-1956 (RG 21)
• Personnel Coordinating Committee Records, 1953-1958 (RG 050)
• President's Commission on the Status of Women, 1972-2002 (RG 159)
• Computer Center [See University Computing Services.]
• Computer Science Department, 1993-1996 (RG 214)
• Continuing Higher Education and Summer Term, 1925-1991 (RG 179)
• Contract Administration, ca. 1908-1976 (RG 212)
• Counseling and Psychological Services Records, 1965-2007 (RG 157)
• Crop Science Department (formerly Farm Crops), 1915-1985 (RG 95)
• Curriculum Coordination Records, 1924-1981 (RG 029)

• Deans [See also Colleges and Schools.]
• Administration, Dean of [See Finance and Administration.]
• Faculty, Dean of, 1962-1988 (RG 160)
• Graduate School, Dean of [See Graduate School.]
• Men, Dean of, Records, 1926-1981 (RG 134)
• Research, Dean of [See Research Office.]
• Students, Dean of [See Student Affairs.]
• Undergraduate Studies, Dean of, 1971-1982 (RG 113)
• Women, Dean of, 1923-1973 (RG 57)

• Development Office and University Foundations, 1955-1999 (RG 144)
• Diversity Development Office, 1998-2005 (RG 228)

• Educational Opportunities Program, 1983-1999 (RG 230)
• Electrical Engineering Department, 1915-1974 (RG 121)
• English Language Institute, 1982-2000 (RG 234)
• Entomology Department, 1887-1999 (RG 27)
• Ethnic Studies Department, 2005 (RG 227)

• Experiment Stations
• Agricultural Experiment Station, 1889-2002 (RG 25)
• Engineering Experiment Station, 1904-1970 (RG 100)
• Extension and Experiment Station Communications
• (formerly Agricultural Communications), 1952-1997 (RG 69)
• Extension Service, 1903-2002 (RG 111) [See also Forestry Extension.]

• Facilities Services Records, 1888-2003 (RG 193)

• Faculty and Staff Organizations
• Biology Club Records, 1915-1951 (RG 109)
• Campus Cooks Club, 1925-1968 (RG 149)
• Faculty Senate, 1944-2000 (RG 44)
• Resident Hostess Club of Oregon State College, 1948-1967 (RG 133)

• Family Resource Management Department [See Human Development and Family Sciences Department.]
• Farm Crops Department [See Crop Science Department.]
• Farm Mechanics Department [See Bioresource Engineering Department.]
• Finance and Administration, 1945-1997 (RG 131)
• Financial Aid, 1917-2000 (RG 12)
• Fisheries and Wildlife Department, 1912-1983 (RG 190)
• Food Science and Technology Department, 1924-1998 (RG 176)
• Forest Products Department, 1941-1987 (RG 3)
• Forestry Extension, 1933-1990 (RG 103)
• Friends of the Library, 1934-1996 (RG 2)

• Geosciences Department, 1981-1996 (RG 208)
• Graduate School, 1917-1998 (RG 16)
• Greek Life Office Records, 1960-2005 (RG 223)

• Herbarium, 1915-1991 (RG 117) [See also Botany and Plant Pathology Department.]
• Home Management Department [See Human Development and Family Sciences Department.]
• Honors Program Records, 1962-1991 (RG 096)
• Horner Museum, 1925-1995 (RG 199)
• Horticulture Department, 1917-1994 (RG 187)
• Horticultural Society, Oregon State, 1890-1964 (RG 151)
• Human Development and Family Sciences Department, 1913-1992 (RG 85)
• Human Resources, 1926-1984 (RG 126) [See also Budgets and Planning.]

• Industrial Arts Education [See Vocational and Technical Education Department.]
• Information Department, 1928-1966 (RG 10) [See also News and Communication Services.]
• Information Services, 1993-1996 (RG 215)
• Institutional Research, 1955-1977 (RG 86) [See also Budgets and Planning.]
• Intercollegiate Athletics, 1940-1998 (RG 7)
• International Education, 1944-1996 (RG 164)
• International Research and Development Office Records, 1993-2007 (RG 211)
• Intramural Sports [See Health and Human Performance, College of.]

• Journalism Department Records, 1918-1988 (RG 091)

• KOAC (radio and television), 1923-1962 (RG 15)

• Landscape Architecture Department Records, 1932-1982 (RG 089)
• Library, 1908-2002 (RG 9) [See also Friends of the Library (RG 2) and University Archives (RG 220).]

• Literary Societies
• Adelphian Literary Society, 1882-1891 (RG 48)
• Amicitia Literary Society, 1895-1911 (RG 38)
• Athenian Literary Society, 1892-1895 (RG 061)
• Feronian Literary Society/Mask and Dagger Club, 1910-1917 (RG 42)
• Jeffersonian Literary Society Records, 1897 (RG 067)
• Hesperian Lyceum Society Records, 1891-1893 (RG 065)
• Sorosis Literary Society, 1895-1912 (RG 46)
• Websterian Literary Society, 1892-1894 (RG 47)

• Lower Division, 1929-1955 (RG 119) [See also Dean of Undergraduate Studies.]

• Mathematics Department, 1935-1939 (RG 136)
• Mechanical Engineering Department, 1914-1971 (RG 213)
• Memorial Union, 1924-1995 (RG 99)
• Microbiology Department, 1893-1998 (RG 191)

• Military
• Army Specialized Training Program Records, 1943-1946 (RG 059)
• Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), 1890-1965 (RG 58)
• Students' Army Training Corps (SATC) Records, 1918-1919 (RG 060)

• Minority Education Office, 1998-2005 (RG 229)
• Molecular and Cellular Biology Program [See Gene Research and Biotechnology, Center for]
• Multicultural Affairs, Office of (RG 225)
• Music Department, 1899-1998 (RG 148)

• News and Communication Services, 1883-1993 (RG 203) [See also Information, Department of.]
• Nutrition and Food Management Department, ca. 1930-1980 (RG 217)

• Oregon State Board of Higher Education, 1929-1990 (RG 130)
• Oregon State Board of Higher Curicula, 1909-1929 (RG 73)

• Personnel [See Human Resources.]
• Physical Education [See College of Health and Human Performance.]
• Physical Plant [See Facilities Services.]
• Physics Department, 1909-1975 (RG 37)
• Political Science Department, 1950-1960 (RG 75)
• Poultry Science Department, 1907-1993 (RG 182) [See also Animal Science Department.]
• President's Office, 1870-2002 (RG 13)
• Pride Center Records, 1993-2008 (RG 236)
• Printing Department, 1950-1969 (RG 166)
• Provost and Office of Academic Affairs, 1942-1999 (RG 22) [See also Dean of Faculty.]
• Public Health Department Records, 1971-1999 (RG 231)
• Public Safety, 1987-1992 (RG 82)

• Radiation Safety Office, 1989 (RG 204)
• Regents, Board of, 1886-1929 (RG 8) [See also Trustees, Board of.]
• Registrar, 1888-1995 (RG 53)
• Research Accounting, 1935-2002 (RG 26)

• Research Centers and Institutes
• Center for the Humanities, 1977-2000 (RG 221)
• Center for Water and Environmental Sustainability (CWESt), 1990-2005 (RG 226)
• Environmental Health Sciences Center, 1964-1996 (RG 155)
• Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory (ERSAL), 1970-1983 (RG 218)
• Gene Research and Biotechnology, Center for, 1990-1999 (RG 216)
• Hatfield Marine Science Center, 1961-2005 (RG 194)
• InterACTION Project, 1994-2002 (RG 222)
• Manpower Studies, Institute for, 1974-1981 (RG 196)
• Nutrition Research Institute, 1963-1990 (RG 224)
• Oregon Productivity Center, 1971-1988 (RG 219)
• Radiation Center, 1969-2000 (RG 202)
• Science Research Institute, 1942-1964 (RG 14) [See also Biochem. and Biophys. Dept.]
• Transportation Research Institute [See Civil Engineering Department.]
• Western Center for Community College Development Records, 1979--2004 (RG 235)

• Research Office, 1960-2002 (RG 170)
• Rockefeller Project, 1969-1981 (RG 161)

• Sea Grant College Program, 1964-2000 (RG 201)
• Seed Certification Office, 1946-1987 (RG 183)
• Soil Science Department, 1917-1980 (RG 115)
• Speech Communication Department, 1925-1977 (RG 181)
• Statistics Department, 1968-1973 (RG 152)
• Student Affairs, 1914-1997 (RG 102)
• Student Health Services, 1929-1998 (RG 23)
• Student Involvement Records, 1973-2006 (RG 232)

• Student Organizations
• Associated Students of OSU (ASOSU), 1917-2006 (RG 11)
• Biology Club, 1915-1951 (RG 109)
• Cauthorn Club Records, 1893-1940 (RG 101)
• Co-Resident Women, Incorporated, 1943-1985 (RG 77)
• Engineering Association, 1905-1909 (RG 40)
• Forestry Club, 1906-1934 (RG 39)
• Gamma Sigma Delta, 1909-1961 (RG 20)
• Interfraternity Council, 1927-1977 (RG 88)
• Mock Legislature, 1909-1911 (RG 45)
• OSU YWCA - YMCA (Y) Roundtable, 1932-1996 (RG 147)
• Panhellenic Council, 1922-2001 (RG 56)
• Poling Hall Club, 1926-1971 (RG 36)
• Student Assembly Records, 1903-1923 (RG 043)

• Trustees, Board of, 1868-1891 (RG 33) [See also Regents, Board of.]

• University Advancement [formerly Institutional Advancement], 1984-1998 (RG 210)
• University Archives, 1982-2000 (RG 220) [See also Budgets and Planning.]
• University Computing Services, 1965-1991 (RG 162)
• University Housing & Dining Services, 1930-2005 (RG 145)
• University Publications and OSU Press, 1907-1995 (RG 18)
• University Relations [See Institutional Advancement or News and Communication Services.]
• University Theatre,1928-1988 (RG 180)

• Vocational and Technical Education Department, 1928-1984 (RG 146)

• Zoology Department, 1938-1997 (RG 74)

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