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Preliminary survey data as of 2/10/2009

Number of institutions responding: 46

List of responders:

  • Applegate Valley Historical Society
  • Benton County Historical Society and Museum
  • Cannon Beach Historical Center & Museum
  • City of Portland Archives & Records Management
  • Columbia Gorge Discovery Center
  • Deschutes Public Lib
  • DeWitt Museum
  • Finnish-American Historical Society of the West
  • Grant County Historical Museum
  • Harney County Historical Society
  • Harney County Library
  • Hellenic-American Cultural Center
  • Heritage Station Museum/Umatilla County Historical Society
  • Jacknife-Zion-Horseheaven Historical Society
  • Jefferson County Historical Society
  • Kam Wah Chung Heritage Site
  • Lane Community College Archives & Records Management
  • Lane County Historical Society
  • Lewis & Clark Coll Spec Collections
  • Malheur Country Historical Society
  • Marion County Historical Society
  • Milwaukie Historical Society and Museum
  • Mission Mill Museum
  • Mount Hood Cultural Center and Museum
  • Multnomah County Records Program
  • OHSU Historical Collections & Archives
  • Oregon Historical Society
  • Oregon Military Museum
  • Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center
  • Oregon State University, University Archives
  • Phoenix Historical Society
  • Portland Art Museum/Crumpacker Family Library
  • Portland State University
  • Reed College
  • Sellwood-Westmoreland Historical Committee
  • Sherman County Historical Society
  • Sherwood Historical Society
  • Silverton Country Historical Society
  • Southern Oregon University Hannon Library
  • Talent Historical Society
  • The Museum at Warm Springs
  • University of Oregon, Special Collections & University Archives
  • University of Portland
  • Washington County Historical Society
  • Western Oregon University
  • Yaquina River Museum of Art

Categories of institutions:

  • College or university--10
  • Historical society--5
  • Historical Society & Museum--16
  • Museum--11
  • Neighborhood association--1
  • Public library--2
  • Records center/archive--2
  Regions:
  • Central Oregon--5
  • Eastern Oregon--9
  • MidWest Oregon--10
  • Northwest/Metro Oregon--19
  • Southern Oregon--4
Format* Avg Item Count Range Item Counts Avg Space Count Range Space Count
Architectural drawings, blueprints 2,258 6-25,000 330 0.5-3000
Artifacts/realia 5,000 5,000 143 3-257
Audio recordings 684 2-8,000 22 2-50.5
Bound volumes/pamphlets 9,024 30-100,000 112 4-400
Computer media 193 0-2,500 12 1-50
Maps, plats 2,539 1-25,000 7 1-18
Microfilm/microfiche
3,248
 20-20,000
 14,516
 1-72,520
Motion picture film
 343
 1-4,157
 2,125,011
 2-8,500,000
Other
 208
 25-500
 30
 5-80
Paper records
 14,911
 200-100,000
 2374
 3-28,000
Photographs
 177,823
 100-2,500,000
 23
 2-75
Video recordings
 173
 1-2,034
 15
 4-50
Works of art
 2,504
 8-5,000
 0
 0

*In many cases respondents supplied item counts or space occupied, but not both

Formats held, by institution type:

  • Architectural drawings, blueprints
    • College or university
    • Historical society
    • Historical Society & Museum
    • Museum
    • Public library
    • Records center/archive
  • Artifacts/realia
    • College or university
    • Historical Society & Museum
  • Audio recording
    • College or university
    • Historical society
    • Historical Society & Museum
    • Museum
    • Public library
    • Records center/archive
  • Bound volumes/pamphlets
    • College or university
    • Historical society
    • Historical Society & Museum
    • Museum
    • Neighborhood association
    • Public library
    • Records center/archive
  • Computer media (tapes, diskettes, CD-ROM)
    • College or university
    • Historical society
    • Historical Society & Museum
    • Museum
    • Public library
    • Records center/archive
  • Maps, plats
    • College or university
    • Historical society
    • Historical Society & Museum
    • Museum
    • Public library
    • Records center/archive
  • Microfilm/microfiche
    • College or university
    • Historical society
    • Historical Society & Museum
    • Museum
    • Public library
    • Records center/archive
  • Motion picture film
    • College or university
    • Historical society
    • Historical Society & Museum
    • Museum
    • Records center/archive
  • Other
    • College or university
    • Historical Society & Museum
    • Museum
  • Paper records
    • College or university
    • Historical society
    • Historical Society & Museum
    • Museum
    • Public library
    • Records center/archive
  • Photographs
    • College or university
    • Historical society
    • Historical Society & Museum
    • Museum
    • Neighborhood association
    • Public library
    • Records center/archive
  • Video recordings
    • College or university
    • Historical society
    • Historical Society & Museum
    • Museum
    • Neighborhood association
    • Public library
    • Records center/archive
  • Works of art
    • College or university

Maintained by: N. Helmer, spcarref@uoregon.edu
Last Modified: 02/10/2009