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<\/a>The Morita Papers document the academic and research career of Richard Yukio Morita, a marine microbiologist who conducted extensive research on the effects of pressure, low temperature, and available energy on the physiology of marine bacteria.\u00a0 Richard Y. Morita was a faculty member in microbiology and oceanography at Oregon State from 1962 through 1988 and pursued an active research program as a Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Oceanography from 1989 through the 2000s.\u00a0 In 1942, Morita\u2019s family was forced to enter a Japanese internment camp.\u00a0 Morita earned his Ph.D. in Microbiology-Oceanography from the University of California Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1954 as the first Nisei (second generation Japanese-American) to graduate.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Alice L. Edwards Papers, 1895-1962 (MSS EdwardsAlice)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Leonard M. Maki Nuclear Power Collection, 1958 \u2013 circa 1990s (MSS Maki)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>These materials were generated and\/or assembled by Alice L. Edwards, a 1906 graduate of Oregon Agricultural College.\u00a0 They document her career as a home economist and include materials related to her personal life.\u00a0 The Papers include correspondence, clippings and publications, photographs and artwork, certificates and awards, ephemera, coursework and teaching materials, and two diaries kept by Edwards on a trip to Europe in 1925.\u00a0 Of special note are the results of a survey conducted by Edwards in 1924-1925 of alumni of the Oregon Agricultural College home economics program regarding the effectiveness of the program and its effect on their lives.<\/p>\n