University
of Oregon, Division of Special Collections and University Archives
Knight Library, 2nd floor North
15th & Kincaid Street
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
(541) 346-3068
E-mail: spcarref@uoregon.edu
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html
Series
Title: W.P.A. Historical Records Survey (H.R.S.)
Records
Volume: 45.75 linear
feet
Description:
Collection consists of detailed documentation of
Oregon history and records
and provides insight into H.R.S. administrative and editorial
processes. It is arranged by series, and is composed primarily of historical
essays, standardized forms, transcriptions of documents, interviews,
research notes, and W.P.A. instructions and correspondence. Some
photographs, floor plans, and pamphlets are also included.
The Oregon H.R.S. was the most comprehensive documentary project of
Oregon history and related records
of its time. The territorial and pioneer periods of the mid-to late
nineteenth century receive the greatest attention, with an emphasis on the
growth of state government and infrastructure, business and agriculture,
transportation, education, biography, and relations between social groups.
Native Americans figure prominently in this collection. It is likely that
some Oregon Federal Writers Project (another W.P.A. program) records
were combined with the H.R.S. records
in the collection. The Radio scripts series provides the clearest example
of this likelihood.
Series
within this group of records include:
County
Records Inventory Survey
Individual
Manuscripts Survey
Historic
Buildings Survey
Maps
and Photographs Survey
State
Boards of Commission
Out
of State Files
County
Commissioners’ Journals
Education
Survey
Church
History Survey
American
Imprints Survey
Manuscripts
Survey
Radio
Scripts
Letters
of Famous Oregon Pioneers
WPA
Historical Records Survey Administrative Documents
Oregon
State Survey
Miscellaneous
Documents
Oregon
Imprints
Photographs
