Bioresource Engineering Department Records (RG 1), 1924-1983
Inventory, Series 1-8
(reel 1)
I. Monthly Reports, 1959-1960
II. Staff Meeting Minutes, 1959-1960
(reel 4)
III. Correspondence, Robert M. Alexander
(reel 2)
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
(reel 3)
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
(reel 4)
74 Small Seed Harvesting and Processing Investigation - Annual
Reports
(box 8/1/6/10)
Fiber Flax Processing Investigations, 1947
Irrigation of Vegetable Crops, Multnomah County, 1952
(reel 5)
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
(reel 4)
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
(reel 5)
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
(reel 5)
VII. Correspondence:
1958-1965
(box 8/1/6/10)
1925-1970:
Documents from microfilm reels 5-6, 1925-1965
Joint administration of department, 1929-1947
Western Agricultural Engineering Center, Memorandum of
Understanding, 1970
(reel 5)
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
(reel 6)
[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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