Scope and Content Note
Organized into two subgroups: 1. Dean's Office; and 2. Ship Operations.
Subgroup 1 documents the administration of the college and its research vessels
in the 1960s and 1970s. Records include program proposals, reports, 5 year plans,
correspondence and dedication materials pertaining to the college's research
vessels, and materials pertaining to other oceanographic research organizations.
Subgroup 2 documents the operations of the research vessels YAQUINA and CAYUSE.
It includes deck log books and cruise reports from 1964-1979, and ship operations
grant records from 1960-1967.
New Accession, 2009
Historical Note
OSU's oceanography program began in 1954 with a small research grant from the
Office of Naval Research. It was established as a department in 1959 to fulfill
the need for trained oceanographers and basic oceanographic research in the
Pacific Ocean of the coast of the Pacific Northwest. The department became the
School of Oceanography in 1972 and the College of Oceanography in 1983. When
the Atmospheric Sciences Department was transferred to the college in 1993,
Oceanography was renamed the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.
The college's first research vessel, the ACONA, was commissioned in 1961. Other
research vessels have included the YAQUINA, the CAYUSE, and the WECOMA. The
college's coastal research facility, the Hatfield Marine Science Center, opened
in 1965.
Related Materials
Record groups include Atmospheric Sciences Dept. (RG 167);
Hatfield Marine Science Center (RG 194); and Sea Grant
College Program (RG 201). Photographs include College of Oceanic & Atmospheric
Sciences Photograph Collection (P 203); Atmospheric Sciences Dept. Photograph
Collection (P 138); and the Sea Grant College Program Photograph Collection
(P 185). Other related materials include various publications (PUBS) groups
and various Memorabilia Collection (MC) files.
Shelf Locations
5/3/6/50
6/1/2/10-40
6/1/6/50-60
7/1/1/h (oversize box)
Subgroup 1 - Dean's Office
(box 5/3/6/50)
I. Research Vessels, 1972-1976:
SISU correspondence, 1973-1975
WECOMA:
Correspondence, 1972-1976
Launching, 1975
Dedication, July 23, 1976
II. Organizations, 1975-1976:
Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.:
Bylaws, 1975-1976
Deep Earth Sampling Executive and Planning Committees,
1975-1976
University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS),
1975-1976
III. Reports and Plans, 1968-1972:
"Oceanography in Oregon, 1959-1968," 1968
Biennial reports, 1968/70-1970/72
Supplemental report, August 1972
Annual report, 1970/71
Five year plan (preliminary), FY69-FY73, March 1968
Development Plan, FY71-FY75, December 1970
IV. Program Proposals, 1961-1975:
Oceanography buildings & equipment: National Science
Foundation proposals and correspondence, 1962-1968
(2 folders)
(oversize box 7/1/1/h)
Oceanography buildings plans, OSU campus, 1961-1966
(box 5/3/6/50)
Student support proposal/grants, 1962-1970 (3 folders)
Traineeship proposed program for minorities, 1974-1975
Subgroup 2 - Ship Operations
(box 6/1/2/10)
I. Research Vessel Deck Log Books, 1964-1979:
YAQUINA:
Sept. 8, 1964 - Sept. 14, 1968
(box 6/1/2/20)
Sept. 15, 1968 - Sept. 11, 1974
(box 6/1/2/30)
Sept. 12, 1974 - Nov. 20, 1975
CAYUSE:
May 22, 1968 - Jan. 18, 1972
(box 6/1/2/40)
Jan. 19, 1972 - Oct. 5, 1976; Sept. 14, 1977 -
Jan. 6, 1978
(box 6/1/6/50)
Jan. 10, 1977 - May 17, 1979
II. Cruise Reports, 1968-1979:
YAQUINA, Jan. 2, 1970 - Oct. 31, 1975 (7 folders)
CAYUSE:
May 22, 1968 - June 27, 1969; June 30, 1971 -
Dec. 19, 1973 (6 folders)
(box 6/1/6/60)
Jan. 3, 1974 - May 3, 1979 (8 folders)
III. Vessel Operations Grants, 1960-1967 (2 folders)
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