Governor's Committee for the Oregon Museum of History, Science, and Industry records
Scope and Contents
The collection (1943-1944) contains meeting minutes, reports, including reports regarding historical societies, museums, and archives in Oregon, correspondence, and articles of incorporation for the Oregon Museum Foundation, Inc., all from the files of committee member (and University of Oregon professor) Luther S. Cressman.
Dates
- 1943-1944
Creator
- Oregon. Governor's Committee for the Oregon Museum of History, Science, and Industry (Organization)
- Cressman, Luther S., 1897-1994 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
The Oregon Governor's Committee for the Oregon Museum of History, Science, and Industry was organized to "bring into being a scientific museum suitably representative of the background, resources, and future of this [Oregon] state." The committee was actually composed of many committees: The General Committee; the Organizational Committee on the General Committee; and the Sub-Committee of the Organizational Committee.
Another committee that reported their findings to the Governor's Committee was the Special Commitee on Preservation of Archives.
The committees gathered information regarding artifacts and resources from historical societies and museums around Oregon, promoted the creation of a new Oregon museum, and established the Oregon Museum Foundation, Inc.
The museum that was eventually created was OMSI, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, that is still in operation in Portland, Oregon today.
Extent
0.1 linear feet (1 container) : 1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Oregon Governor's Committee for the Oregon Museum of History, Science, and Industry was tasked to gather information and support needed to create a new Oregon museum; the resulting museum would become OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry). The collection (1943-1944) contains meeting minutes, and reports.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff in the 1970s; and Tanya Parlet, 2013.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal to no organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Archives -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Articles of incorporation Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Cressman, Luther S., 1897-1994
- Industrial museums -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Museums -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon -- History -- Societies, etc Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon -- Politics and government -- 1859-1950 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Museum Foundation
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
- Reports Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Science museums -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Governor's Committee for the Oregon Museum of History, Science, and Industry Records
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
