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UWRF Series 72 Collection Inventory
College of Arts and Sciences
John Oostendorp Papers
Arrangement: Alphabetically by filing unit; chronologically by document
Quantity: 13 boxes
 

Collection Summary: Professor John A. Oostendorp joined the University of Wisconsin-River Falls faculty in 1958. He served as interim chairman of the department of speech, 1969-70; member of the departmental student welfare committee, 1970-72; member of the curriculum committee of the College of Arts and Sciences; committee of the returning faculty, 1974; member of the Judicial Review Board, 1969-70; and the Archives Advisory Board. He died in 1976. Boxes 1-12 contain professional papers; Box 13 contains personal papers.

See also UWRF Series 71 (Speech Department) for related materials.

Academic Policy and Planning Committee - Curriculum Committee
Box/Folder Contents Years
1/1 Academic Policy and Planning Committee 1975-76
1/2 Advisor-Advisee 1975
1/3 Adult Education Association of WI 1968
1/4 Agency 6 1965
1/5 AHE Bulletins 1964-65
1/6 AHE Bulletins 1966-67
1/7 A.I.D. Research Program 1966
1/8 American Indian Conference 1970
1/9 Ann Murphy n.d.
1/10 ANTA American Theatre 1957
1/11 ANTA Arena Theatre 1957
1/12 ANTA Audiences 1952, 1955
1/13 ANTA Insurance 1961
1/14 ANTA National Theatre Service 1953, 1958
1/15 ANTA Publications n.d.
1/16 ANTA Suggestions for Play Contest Rules 1957
1/17 ANTA Technical Theatre 1955
1/18 ANTA Theatre Architecture 1960
1/19 Applications for Admissions to U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare 1966
1/20 Application for Admission to the NDEA n.d.
1/21 Application for Equipment to Improve Undergraduate Instruction 1966-67
1/22 Applications for Positions 1975-76
1/23 Area Agency Meetings 1966
1/24 Association of State Colleges and Universities 1966
1/25 Atomic Energy Commission Grant 1966
1/26 A.W.S.U.F. 1966
1/27 Basic Studies 1966
1/28 Behavioral Approach to Counseling and Guidance 1962
1/29 Bibliography of Research in Adult Education and University Extension 1968
1/30 Bibliography of Rhetorical Study n.d.
1/31 Chronicle 1967
2/1 Civil Rights Compliance 1965
2/2 Class Rosters 1975-76
2/3 College Science Improvement Program
 1966
2/4 CORD 1967
2/5 CORD Grant, Final Report: Identification of Student Needs and Desires for Educative Experiences 1969
2/6 CORD Yearly Progress Reports 1967
2/7 Cooperative Educational Service Agency 1965-66
2/8 Coordinators and Addresses of Cooperative Educational Service Agencies
 n.d.
2/9-12 Correspondence 1965-1967; 1970-1976
2/13 Correspondence-Bell
 1966
2/14 Correspondence-Bell Educational Services Inc. 1966
2/15 Correspondence-Book Publishers 1966
2/16 Correspondence-Cooperative Educational Agency No. 5 1966
2/17 Correspondence-Coordinator of Research 1966-67
2/18 Correspondence-Costuming and Makeup 1966
2/19 Correspondence-Directors 1966
2/20 Correspondence-Facilities and Service for Service Center 1965
3/1 Correspondence-General 1966
3/2 Correspondence-Health, Education and Welfare 1965
3/3 Correspondence-Higher Education 1965-66
3/4 Correspondence-Institute Participants 1966
3/5 Correspondence-Kent State 1965
3/6 Correspondence-Language Arts 1965
3/7 Correspondence-with Lecturers 1966
3/8 Correspondence-Legislation Conference 1965
3/9 Correspondence-Lighting
 1966
3/10 Correspondence-Miscellaneous Theatre 1966
3/11 Correspondence-O’konskie 1965-66
3/12 Correspondence-Other Colleges Concerning Speech Programs 1965
3/13 Correspondence-Post-Doctoral Institutional Research Internship Program 1966
3/14 Correspondence-Prasch, John 1967
3/15 Correspondence-Requests 1967
3/16 Correspondence-Research Proposal for study in Agricultural Technology 1965
3/17 Correspondence-Rigging 1966
3/18 Correspondence-Speech Association Presidents Concerning Institute Members 1966
3/19 Correspondence-Speech 101 1965
3/20 Correspondence-Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction 1966
3/21 Course Syllabus & Tests n.d.
3/22 Curriculum Offerings of Wisconsin Colleges with Certification Programs
in Speech		 1972
3/23 Curriculum Committee 1970-73
Debate Clinic Registration-Project Upward Bound
Box/Folder Contents Years
3/24   1966
3/25 Department of Defense 1966-67
3/26 Department of Health, Education and Welfare 1965-66
4/1 Developing New Media Systems for Education: Educator’s Viewpoint n.d.
4/2 Disadvantaged Youth 1966
4/3 Educational Research Information Center 1966
4/4 Employment Inquiries 1967-69
4/5 Educational Research Program 1966
4/6 Educational Researcher 1967
4/7 Experiments in Group Conflict n.d.
4/8 Faculty Development Program n.d.
4/9 Faculty Position Inquiry 1970-71
4/10 Faculty Position Inquiry 1975-76
4/11 Federal Grants Held by the Wisconsin State Universities 1966
4/12 Fellowships for Training Teachers 1964-65
4/13 Financial Data 1965
4/14 Fine Arts Building 1965-67
4/15 Ford Foundation 1966
4/16 Forensics Contests 1963-64
4/17 Forensics 1960-76
5/1 Forensics Position Applications 1976
5/2 COSIP Committee 1966
5/3 Graduate Program in Speech Pathology n.d.
5/4 Grants-Advanced Studies 1965
5/5 Grants-Life Science 1966
5/6 Grants-Miscellaneous 1962-64
5/7 Grants-Neurological, Sensory and Communicative Fields 1965
5/8 Grants-Research 1965
5/9 Hennepin County Schools 1966
5/10 Higher Education and National Affairs 1966-67
5/11 How to Write a Project Proposal 1965
5/12 Human Relations Committee 1971-73
5/13 Institute for the Advanced Study in Theatre accepted applications 1966
6/1 Inexperienced Teacher Proposal 1966
6/2 Institute for the Advanced Study of Theatre 1966
6/3 Institute of Arts and Humanities Brochures 1966
6/4 Institute Director’s Meeting, Washington, D.C. 1966
6/5 Institute of International Education 1966
6/6 Institute Questionnaires n.d.
6/7 Instructional Material Needs of the High School Vocational Ag. Teachers n.d.
6/8 International Educational Exchange Program 1966-67
6/9 International Studies 1967
6/10 Inventory of Resources 1966
6/11 Inventory of Resources-Arts and Humanities Institute 1966
6/12 Inventory of Resources Preparatory to Writing a Proposal for the Humanities 1966
6/13 Job Applications 1964
6/14 Latin American Studies 1967
6/15 Library Materials 1965
6/16 Master’s Seminar in Speech 1965
6/17 Materials Concerning Northland College Indian Youth Conference 1970
6/18 Minutes, Speech Department 1964-65
6/19 Minutes and Events 1964-65
7/1 Minutes, Speech Department Meetings 1965
7/2: Minutes, Speech Department
 1974-76
7/3 Miscellaneous Speech and Grant Proposal Publications 1966-70
7/4 Music Therapy n.d.
7/5 NDEA Speech Institute Applications 1966
7/6 NDEA Institute, Applications for Admission 1966
7/7 NDEA Institute, Applications for Admission Alternates 1966
7/8 NDEA Institute, Dependency List and Payment 1966
7/9 NDEA Institute, Refusals 1966
7/10-11 National Endowment for the Humanities 1966-68
7/12-13 National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities 1965-66
7/14 National Science Foundation Proposals 1966
7/15 New Speech Programs 1962-65
8/1 Part Time Positions 1976-77
8/2 Proposal-General George Cook 1968
8/3 Programs and Playbills of Productions of Applicants 1965-66
8/4 Program Data in Narrative English for Prospective Secondary School Teachers 1967
8/5 Project Head-Start 1965-66
8/6 Project Proposal for Development Strategy in Taiwan 1966
8/7 Project Tree 1968
8/8 Project Upward Bound 1966
Proposals - Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
Box/Folder Contents Years
8/9 Proposals 1960-61
8/10: Proposal-Advanced Study in Theatre 1966
8/11 Proposal-Agricultural Education 1965
8/12 Proposal-Ag. Science 1966
8/13 Proposal-Are Education and Industry Ready for a Teaching Simulator 1966
8/14 Proposal-Art Institute for Advanced Studies 1965
8/15 Proposal-Atomic and Nuclear Physics 1965
8/16 Proposal-Brain Drain 1969
8/17 Proposal-Chemistry 1966
8/18 Proposal-Cooperative Education Research Lab 1966
8/19 Proposal-Department of Health, Education and Welfare/Theatre 1966
8/20 Proposal-Dynamic Balance 1967
8/21 Proposal-English Education 1965
8/22 Proposal-Experienced Teacher Fellowship Program 1966
8/23 Proposal-Flexible Scheduling 1966
8/24 Proposal-Graduate Program in Speech Pathology at River Falls 1966
8/25 Proposal-History, Twentieth Century 1967
9/1 Proposal-In-Service Institute in Scientific Technology for Teachers 1966
9/2 Proposal-Institute in Advanced Study in the Theatre 1966
9/3 Proposal-Listening Institute 1965
9/4 Proposal-“The Phenomenon of DynamicBalance” 1967
9/5 Proposal-Public Image of the Teacher in England 1966
9/6 Proposal-Scientific Technology 1967
9/7 Proposal-Sex Education and Family Life n.d.
9/8 Proposal-Speech-Curricular and Co-Curricular 1966
9/9 Proposal-Speech Fellowship 1966
9/10 Proposal-Speech for Secondary School Teachers 1966
9/11 Proposal-Summer Institute for Elementary School Teachers in Counseling 1966
9/12 Proposal-Summer Institute for the Upgrading of Ag.-Science Teachers, 1965
9/13 Proposal-Summer Theatre n.d.
9/14 Proposal-Survey of Speech Education in Wisconsin High School n.d.
9/15 Proposal-Theatre 1966
9/16 Proposal-Twentieth Century U.S. History 1968
9/17 Proposal-Writing Program 1966
9/18 Proposals Submitted to the U.S. Commissioner of Education 1966
9/19 Proposals to the U.S. Office of Education for the Experienced Teacher Fellowship Program 1965
9/20 Proposal to the U.S. Office of Education for the Experienced Teacher Fellowship Program 1965-66
9/21 Proposal to the U.S. Office of Education for the NDEA Institute for Advanced Study 1965
10/1 Radio Education n.d.
10/2 Recommendations for Students 1967
10/3 Recruiting, 1966
10/4 Report on North Central Association Workshop on Teacher Education n.d.
10/5 Retriever 1967
10/6 Research Conference Correspondence 1966
10/7 Research Development Grants 1966
10/8 Research and Development Center for Learning and Re-Education 1965
10/9 Service Center Committee 1965
10/10 Service Center Committee Correspondence 1966
10/11-12 Service Center Supplement 1965, n.d.
10/13 Sewage 1966
10/14 Small Contracts 1966
10/15 Small Project Research 1966
10/16 Special Report on Federal Programs 1966-67
10/17 Spectra 1966-70
10/18 Speech Association of America 1966-67
10/19 Speech Association of Minnesota n.d.
10/20 Speech Clinic 1965
10/21 Speech Proficiency Tests 1965
10/22 State Committee on Higher Education 1966-67
10/23 Stiles, Lindley J. 1967
10/24 Support for Research and Related Activities through the Bureau of Research 1965
10/25 Target 1968-70
10/26 Teacher Assistantships 1965-66
10/27 Teacher Education Workshop 1966
10/28 Technical Theatre Applicants 1976-77
11/1-2 Theatre Institute, Applications 1966
11/3 Theatre Institute, Applications for Housing 1966
11/4 Theatre Institute, Class Sections 1966
11/5 Theatre Institute, Ineligible Applicants 1966
11/6 Theatre Institute, Ineligible Inquiries 1966
11/7 Theatre Institute, Inquiries 1966
11/8 Theatre Institute, Transcripts of Applicants 1966
11/9 Title I, Forms and Information 1965
11/10 Basic Grants for Library Materials 1967
11/11 Title III Correspondence 1966
11/12 Title III, H.E. Act 1965
11/13 Title III, Higher Education Grant 1965-67
11/14 Title III Project Materials Requested 1966
11/15 Title III Proposals 1967
12/1 Title IV, Milwaukee Meeting 1965-66
12/2 Title V 1965
12/3 Title V, Aid to Higher Education 1966
12/4 Title VI, Higher Education Grant 1965-66
12/5 Undergraduate Speech Interest Group 1966
12/6 Upper Midwest Regional Education Lab 1965-66
12/7 Upper Mid-West Research 1966-67
12/8 Wisconsin Speech Association Bulletin 1969-70
12/9 Woodrow Wilson Fellowship 1965-66
 

John Anthony Oostendorp-Personal Papers-Box 13 of UWRF Series 72

Biography: John Anthony Oostendorp was born at West Liberty, Iowa on December 21, 1926. He married Elizabeth Kidd in 1957. He earned the B.A. and M.A. degrees in history at the University of Iowa in 1948 and 1949 and the Ph.D. degree in rhetoric and public address at the University of Iowa in 1965.

From 1950 until 1958 he taught at various universities and in 1958 joined the department of English faculty at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. He became the interim chairman of the department of speech and was a professor in the department of speech at his death. He was a member of many university committees during his career, and many professional organizations, as well. He died on October 15, 1976.

Scope: Box 13 contains miscellaneous personal material primarily relating to his years before he began teaching in River Falls in 1958. Much of the material consists of papers from his early teaching career. There are also student papers and some information on his father and grandmother.
For information on John Oostendorp’s career at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, see UWRF Series 72, Boxes 1-12.

See also Miscellaneous Genealogical Documents (accessible only from within the ARC reading room) for 3 certificates pertaining to Anthony E. Oostendorp (J.A. Oostendorp’s father).

Box/Folder
Contents
13/1
Anthony and Emelia Oostendorp papers (father and grandmother)
13/2
Correspondence,1944-51
13/3
Graduate records and certificates
13/4
Master’s thesis
13/5
Miscellaneous papers
13/6
Family photographs, most of which are not identified
13/7
Student papers
13/8
Students’ papers
13/9
Teaching syllabi and notes
13/10
Teaching notes, debate contests, etc.
13/11 Univ. of Iowa-Exper. High School
13/12
Religious Materials (Bible and Prayer Book)
 

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