Carl L. Anderson, ca. 1960. Anderson, Professor of Hygiene and Health Education, developed a General Hygiene course that was taught by interinstitutional television from 1959 through the mid-1960s. Motion picture films of lectures were broadcast throughout Oregon via KOAC-TV. A selection of those films are part of the Archives' holdings (P 119). [OSU Archives P57:4309.]
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Moving Images
The OSU Archives has more than 6,600 motion picture film reels, videotapes, and DVDs. These include final productions and unedited footage of intercollegiate athletics, lectures, musical performances, and other special events at the University. The moving image collections also document agriculture; forestry, fisheries, and, wildlife; logging and forest products; and 4-H programs in Oregon. Final productions prepared by the Extension Service, Alumni Office, the University's Communications Offices and other units are held by the Archives. A variety of formats are represented, but the majority of the films are 16-mm black-and-white prints; most of the videotapes are VHS-format and 3/4" cassettes. Footage dates from the early 1920s to the present.
Moving images in the Archives holdings are grouped together in collections by office of origin, donor, subject, or producer. Each of these collections has been assigned a number beginning with "FV". Many of the films and videotapes have been assigned individual numbers. For example, FV P205:001 is the first film in the Chemistry Department Motion Picture Films collection (FV P 205). Many other collections in the Archives also include moving images. Typically those items are not assigned individual numbers.
To locate moving images of a particular topic, you can:
- Browse the Guides to Moving Images. This includes guides for collections that consist exclusively of moving images and other collections that include moving images.
- Search the guides to collections of motion pciture films, videotapes, and DVDs.
- Search for moving images in the Northwest Digital Archives.
- View moving images online from the Archives collections.
- Use copies of a few films are available for viewing in VHS or DVD format. Equipment is available in the Archives and Maps Reference Room for viewing these use copies as well as original moving image materials in VHS or DVD format.
