Selected
Genealogical Sources in the
OSU
Archives and the Valley Library
Compiled
for the Benton County Genealogical Society
October
9, 2010
Available in the Archives and the Valley
Library Stacks
University Catalogs, 1866/67-present. Catalogs through 1956/57 include lists of
students enrolled. Catalogs provide
description of all classes offered by the institution. All catalogs list faculty members, including
year of employment at OSU and degree dates and institutions.
Archives -- Reference Room (1889/1890
thru 1988/1989)
Valley Library Stacks – LD 4336.
A3
Online: http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/jspui/handle/1957/7553
Beaver Yearbook and predecessors, 1894 and 1908-present. Early yearbooks document activities of
students, particularly seniors, and include portraits of most students. Most yearbooks include a comprehensive
student index.
Archives
-- Reference Room (1928-present)
[previous volumes in Archives]
Valley
Library Stacks – LD 4348.A4
Hayseed (1894) available online: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/12097
Barometer (1900 Souvenir Edition) online: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/11559
Barometer (1905 Souvenir Edition) online: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/11558
A few
individual colleges also published yearbooks, such as the College of Forestry’s
Annual Cruise, 1920-1975.
Archives – PUB 10-12a
Valley Library Stacks: SD254 .O7
Online: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/dspace/handle/1957/10778
Student
Directory (Fusser’s Guide),
1912-1997. Lists students’ names, major,
class, and campus address.*
Archives – PUB 2-22c
Valley Library Stacks – LD 4338
.A5
Staff
directories, 1904-[present]. Lists
position title, department name and address, and phone number of each OSU
employee. May also include home address
and phone number.
Archives – PUB 2-21a
Valley Library Stacks – LD 4338.
A4
Alumni
directories, 1910, 1913, 1917, 1922, 1925, & 1949-1952. Include names, dates of attendance, degree,
employment, and home address.
Directories for 1949-1952 were published as part of the Oregon Stater.
Archives Reference Room – LD
4242.3 .O71
Archives – Part of Alumni
Association Records (RG 035).
Valley Library Stacks – LD
4242.3 .O71
Daily Barometer (campus newspaper),
1896-present. Contains a variety of
articles, features, obituaries, and other information on many students and
faculty members. Indexed through about
1981.
Archives – PUB 15-10
Valley Library Microfilm – LH 1
.O7
Name index available
online: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/3745
Subject index available online: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/3746
Index also available in Valley
Stacks and Archives Reference Room: LH 1 .O7
Oregon Stater (alumni magazine), 1921-present. Contains articles about alumni as well as
class news, obituaries, and death notices.
Archives Reference Room –
1921-1966 only
Archives – PUB 3-11a
Valley Library Stacks – LH1 .O77
Available ONLY in the Archives
Biographical
Files are available in several collections:
News
& Communication Services Records (RG 203) and Extension & Experiment
Station Communication Records (RG 069) contain biographical files on many
faculty members.
Records
of individual departments and colleges often contain biographical files of
selected faculty members (e.g. Entomology Department Records – RG 027).
Alumni
Association Records (RG 035) include biographical files as well as class
records and class reunion records.
The
Memorabilia Collection includes biographical files on prominent alumni and
local citizens, and many faculty members.
Commencement
Programs, 1870-present. Lists degrees
conferred and honors and awards given to students.
PUB 7-31a
Also
some commencement programs are bound with the catalogs in the Archives
Reference Room.
Faculty
and staff personnel files, ca. 1910-1989.
Often include biographical
information.
NOTE:
Because the personnel files contain confidential information, researcher access
to these records is restricted. Archives
staff members can review personnel files for pertinent information which can be
disclosed.
Student academic
records, circa 1900-1960.
Contain
transcripts, and sometimes applications and other documents useful to
genealogists.
NOTE:
Access to these records is restricted by the Federal Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA) until the death of the student.
Other
Archives Collections
Institutional Records
Faculty Papers
Alumni Collections
Student Organization Records
Photograph Collections
Moving Images
Oral Histories
Memorabilia Collection
Search
Online:
OSU Archives Finding Aids:
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/
Digital
Collections (primarily images):
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/digitalcollections/
ScholarsArchive@OSU (e.g.
publications and theses):
http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/jspui/index.jsp
Northwest Digital Archives –
collections at other repositories: