Ohio State University, Earthday Society Records 1970-1977

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(1) 5" letter document box, (1) flat box, (1) card box

The Ohio State University, Earthday Society Records includes administrative files, exhibit material presented at the Ohio State Fair, photographs, and audiovisual materials, dated 1970-1977. The collection primarily pertains to a "Student-Originated Studies" project the Society participated in and the Ohio State University Research Foundation facilitated, which aimed to study organic alternatives to commercial pesticides for the cultivation of corn. The Earthday Society was a student organization at Ohio State University that formed as a response to the inaugural Earth Day celebration in 1970.

[identification of item], Ohio State University, Earthday Society Records, RG.44.56, Ohio State University Archives, Ohio State University

The Earthday Society Records contain administrative files, exhibit material, photographs, 16mm films, and a magnetic video recording. The materials were created between 1970 and 1977. The majority of the collection pertains to a research project called "Student-Originated Studies," facilitated by the Ohio State University Research Foundation. The collection contains exhibit materials that the Society used to show the results of the study at the Ohio State Fair. Some materials in this collection were also acquired by the Society in response to the United States' first national Earth Day.

The collection is arranged alphabetically by title of folder/item.

Materials in this collection are available for patron research, but may be used only in the University Archives Reading Room. Audiovisual materials may need a use copy produced before access is allowed. Some materials in this collection may be stored off-site, and are only available if requested 72 hours in advance of your visit. Contact the University Archives for more information.

Contains 16mm film and a magnetic video recording.

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Accession Number UA.1987.0100: Ohio State University Earthday Society, date unknown

Ohio State University Archives Biographical File: Earthday Society

The Ohio State University’s Earthday Society was a student organization operating circa 1970-1972. Shortly after the organization of the first Earth Day events at Ohio State, the Earthday Society was formed as a response to "an ever pressing need to perpetuate [a] feeling of concern about the environment." The Society separated into several research groups, one of which became involved with selecting participants for a project called “Student-Originated Studies,” funded by the National Science Foundation and facilitated by the Ohio State University Research Foundation. The project involved researching alternatives to pesticides affecting corn crops in Central Ohio. The researchers presented their findings at a display at the Ohio State Fair in 1971.

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Processed by Anna Arays and Karen Glenn, 2016 February

Finding aid prepared by Anna Arays; Karen Glenn