Bioresource Engineering Department Records (RG 1), 1924-1983

Inventory, Series 1-8
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I.    Monthly Reports, 1959-1960

II.   Staff Meeting Minutes, 1959-1960


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III.  Correspondence, Robert M. Alexander 

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IV.   Projects & Reports:1924-1957
      1     Projects, 1924-25 [See also inventory of paper records,
            Series VII - Correspondence.] 
      2     Experiment Station Projects
      3     The Dalles Co-operative Growers
      4     Prune Projects
      5     Strawberry Projects
      6     Eugene Fruit Growers - Plums
      7     Apple Growers Association
      8     U.S. Frozen Pack Lab Reports, 1936-37
      9     Hoerner - Hop Project
      10    Corn Products Reports, 1936-38
      11    Agricultural Research Foundation - Contracts for New
            Projects
      12    Biennial Reports for the Experiment Station
      13    Bear Creek Orchard Reports, 1939
      14    Progress Report - Dextrose Investigation
      15    Fish Projects
      16    Progress Report of Fish and Vegetable Preservation Studies,
            1940-41
      17    Strawberries, 1941
      18    Blackberries
      19    Raspberries
      20    Cherry and Tomato Investigations for Starr Fruit Products
            Company, 1941
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      21    Air Pollution - Technical Information Survey
      22    Apple Washing - Acid Heating
      23    Arnold Dryer Company
      24    Summary of Drying Tests on Arnold Dryer
      25    Bulb Testing
      26    "Cattle Squeeze"
      27    Soil and Water Conservation
      28    Boiler Feedwater and Boiler Water Conditions of Dairy Coop.
            Association
      29    Drying - General
      30    Artificial Drying of Corn
      31    Walnut Drying
      32    Egg Room Humidifier
      33    Insulate Egg Room
      34    Rural Electrification - Electric Fence Project
      35    Official Tests of Electric Fence Units
      36    Electric Sterilizer Project
      37    Soil Erosion
      38    Rural Electrification - Farm Freezer Units
      39    Farm Machinery, Secretary of Agriculture, Engineering
            Research Branch, Annual Report, 1953-54
      40    USDA Agriculture Research Service, Agriculture Engineering
            Research, Farm Machinery, Annual Report, 1954-55
      41    Fiber Flax - Annual Reports, 1950-51
      42    Feed Grinding Study Project
      43    Brownell Floor Heating Experiment
      44    Poultry Floor Heating - OSC Experiment Station
      45    Harvesting and Farm Seed Cleaning and Handling - Annual
            Report, 1956
      46    Harvesting Forage Crops in Western Oregon and Progress
            Report, 1957, on 4-6 Combins
      47    Irrigation
      48    Irrigation Research on Willamette Valley Soils
      49    Sprinkler Irrigation - General
      50    Kitchen Hooks
      51    Milkrooms - Construction of Milkhouses
      52    Poultry Housing and Ventilation
      53    Third National Potato Conference
      54    Purnell Reports and Miscellaneous Project Reports
      55    Refrigeration
      56    Reports - Relation of Electricity to Agriculture
      57    Biennial and Progress Reports
      58    Reports and Lectures - Miscellaneous
      59    Research Projects       - Filbert Harvester
      60                            - Filbert Drying
      61                            - Farm Building Projects
      62                            - Symphalid Control
      63                            - Pea Weevil - Aphis Program
      64                            - Hop Drying
      65    Rural Electrification
      66    Seed Cleaning
      67    "Service to Electrical Equipment"
      68    Semi-Scalder Turkeys
      69    Electric Soil Sterilizer
      70    Soil Sterilization
      71    Squaw Butte Experiment Station
      72    Water Resources
      73    Water Supply Information

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      74    Small Seed Harvesting and Processing Investigation - Annual
            Reports

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      Fiber Flax Processing Investigations, 1947
      Irrigation of Vegetable Crops, Multnomah County, 1952

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      1     Balsam Wooly Aphid
      2     Insect Lab - Rudinsky
      3     Regional Research
      4     Seed Lab
      5     Soils - Youngberg
      6     Genetics - B.L.M.
      7     Hill Projects
      8     Forest Research Division - Administration Project 200
      9     Forest Research Division - Technical Project 342
      10    USDA Research
      11    Thesis - Application of Western Hemlock Yield Tables
      12    B.L.M. - Animals
      13    Forest Research Division - Technical Project 341
      14    Genetics Project
      15    Agricultural Experiment Station


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V.    Patents:
      75    Pear Blight Patents
      76    Patents - Material from Dr. Johnson
      77    Insecticide Patent Material for B.G. Thompson
      78    Disinfectant Patent by H.P. Barss
      79    Pear Blight Patent
      80    Scale Beam Patent by Dr. Wilster
      81    Miscellaneous Patents

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VI.   Agricultural Engineering Personnel:
      1     Agricultural Engineering Staff
      2     Agricultural Engineering Staff Seminars - 1961
      3     Graduate Students and Graduate School
      4     Irrigation Research Review Conference
      5     Staff - Rogers
      6     Radiation Safety Committee


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VII.  Correspondence:
         1958-1965

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         1925-1970:
           Documents from microfilm reels 5-6, 1925-1965
           Joint administration of department, 1929-1947
           Western Agricultural Engineering Center, Memorandum of
             Understanding, 1970

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VIII. Radio Talks & Reports, 1938-1949:
      1     "Research in Rural Electrification", March 18, 1939
      2     "Power and Agricultural Development of the Northwest",
            July 7, 1938
      3     "Planning a Dairy Barn", December 11, 1939
      4     "How Statistics Improves Physical, Chemical, and Engineering
            Measurements", December 14, 1949
      5     "How Electricity is Being Used on Oregon Farms." 
            March 25, 1940
      6     "The Pneumatic Tired Tractor"  February 17, 1940
      7     "The Effect of Tire Wear on Tractor Performance",
            January 27, 1940
      8     "Land Development in the State of Oregon", January 24, 1940
      9     "Rubber Tires for Farm Equipment", April 10, 1940
      10    "New Developments in Farm Tractors", October 11, 1939
      11    "Engineering Evolution and its Relation to Agriculture",
            February 14, 1940
      12    "Explosives - An Instrument of Industrial and Agricultural
            Progress", January 10, 1940
      13    "Studies of Barn Dried Hay"
      14    "Engineering Aspects of Rodent Control"
      15    "Aids to Judgement in Irrigation"
      16    "Planning a Small Farm Walnut or Filbert Drier",
            May 20, 1939
      17    "Labor-Saving Devices Used on Oregon Farms",
            October 19, 1942
      18    "Repairing Farm Machinery Now for Spring and Summer Needs",
            February 1, 1943
      19    "Electrical Hotbeds and Propagating Beds", January 26, 1942
      20    "Dairy Barns", January 10, 1947
      21    "Adequate Wiring", February 14
      22    "Farm Safety"
      23    "Farm Building Insulation", November 22, 1946
      24    "Pumping Molasses When Adding it to Grass Silage",
            October 25, 1946
      25    "Servicing the Cooling System for Anti-Freeze",
            November 8, 1946
      26    "Who Ever Heard of a Half Horse?", June 13, 1947
      27    "The Second Home on the Farm", May 16
      28    "Farm Fire Protection"
      29    "Hydraulic Power Controls for Farm Machines", April 4, 1947
      30    "Roof Coverings on Farm Buildings", April 18, 1947
      31    "Hay Driers for Western Oregon", May 2, 1947
      32    "Electric Hotbeds"
      33    "Mechanical Means of Weed Control", February 24, 1940
      34    "Low Pressure Sprinkler Irrigation", January 13, 1940
      35    "A Comparison of Two Types of Cylinders", January 20, 1940
      36    "Wood Hoop Granaries", February 10, 1940
      37    "Mechanization of Sugar Beet Production", March 2, 1940
      38    "The Policies of Creditors in Relation to Soil
            Conservation", February 3, 1940
      39    "Electricity on the Farm", February 28, 1940
      40    "One Story Dairy Barn", March 9, 1940
      41    "The Power Companies Activities in Rural Electrification as
            Viewed from the Standpoint of the Public", March 1, 1940

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[This reel consists of materials also available on reel 5 or in paper
form.  A detailed (item-level) inventory is available in the Archives
central file.]

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