The Finding Aid of the Chester O. McCorkle Papers 0096 0096
Rob Strauss
The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission.
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Special Collections and Archives
December 2018
3801 West Temple Avenue
Pomona, CA 91768
Business Number: (909) 869-3775
speccollections@cpp.edu
Title: Chester O. McCorkle Papers
Creator:
McCorkle, Chester O.
Identifier/Call Number: 0096
Contributing Institution:
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Special Collections and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description:
8.79 Linear Feet
(11 boxes, 1 flat file drawer)
Date (inclusive): 1940-1967
Abstract: Chester O. McCorkle served in various educational and administrative roles at Cal Poly from 1932 to 1966, eventually becoming
dean of the college for the Kellogg campus in Pomona. The collection contains administrative records, correspondence, reports
and studies pertaining to curricula and other matters, reports from the Cal Poly Kellogg Campus to the Kellogg Foundation,
records documenting the development of the Cal Poly Voorhis and Kellogg campuses, and programs for campus events.
Sponsor
The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository
and the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Chester O. McCorkle Papers, Collection no. 0096, University Archives, Special Collections and
Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was transferred to the University Library from the President's Office in 2001.
Biographical / Historical
Chester O. McCorkle was born in 1903 in Watsonville, California and earned a bachelor's degree and master's degree in agricultural
economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He began his educational career in 1927 at Red Bluff Union High School
in Northern California, where he served as director of agriculture and as a critic teacher.
In 1932, McCorkle began his long tenure at Cal Poly. At the time, the college only had the lone San Luis Obispo campus. In
1938, the college added a campus in Southern California: the Voorhis Unit, which was located on the site of the former Voorhis
School for Boys in San Dimas. That operated as the main Southern California campus until the Kellogg Campus opened in Pomona
in 1956. McCorkle served as head of the agricultural division and later became assistant to the president of Cal Poly. McCorkle
then took on the role of dean of instruction, eventually becoming administrative dean of instruction for both the San Luis
Obispo and the Kellogg campuses. Finally, McCorkle became dean of the college for the Kellogg Campus in 1959 and served in
that role until 1966.
During his long career, McCorkle remained very involved with agricultural education. He served as executive secretary for
the Future Farmers of America, an assistant teacher trainer for the Bureau of Agricultural Education for California, and as
president of the California Agricultural Teachers Association.
McCorkle's other roles included serving on the California State Colleges Committee on Criteria for Occupational Curricula
in State Colleges. In 1954, he was part of a three-man team that traveled to South Korea to examine vocational education needs
in that country. Several years later, he traveled to Alaska to survey agricultural education in the territory.
After his retirement, McCorkle moved to northern California with his wife, Ava. He died in 1979. McCorkle and his wife had
one son, Chester O. McCorkle, Jr. who taught agricultural economics and served as dean of the College of Agriculture and Environmental
Sciences at the University of California, Davis. The younger McCorkle also was vice president of the university at the University
of California, Berkeley.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains subject files with administrative records; correspondence from various administrators and on various
topics, including the 1961 deaths of Cal Poly football team members in a plane crash and a charity football game called the
Mercy Bowl Football Classic that was held in their honor; reports and studies pertaining to curricula and other matters; reports
from the Cal Poly Kellogg campus to the Kellogg Foundation; records documenting the development of the Cal Poly Voorhis and
Kellogg campuses, including an amendment to the 1949 deed from the Kellogg Foundation and a master plan drawing of the Kellogg
campus; and programs for commencement and other campus events.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Related Materials
California Department of Education, Committee on Standards for Occupational or Vocational Curricula.
Report of Committee on Standards for Occupational or Vocational Curricula to the Department of Education, State of California. np: Committee on Standards for Occupational or Vocational Curricula, 1950.
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Athletic Department Records, Collection no. 0001, University Archives, Special
Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Donald H. Pflueger Cal Poly Pomona History Papers, Collection no. 0007, University Archives, Special Collections and Archives,
University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Kenneth Haun Kitch Papers, Collection no. 0085, University Archives, Special Collections and Archives, University Library,
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
McCorkle, Chester O.
Report of the Kellogg-Voorhis Committee for the Coordination of Higher Education in California. Pomona, CA: California State Polytechnic College, 1959.
Student Wives' Club Poly-Annas' Records, Collection no. 0078, University Archives, Special Collections and Archives, University
Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center Records, Collection no. 0062, W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Library, Special Collections and
Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Separated Materials
The following items have been removed from the collection and added to the Special Collections and Archives Rare Books Collection.
California State Department of Education.
A Study of the Need for Additional Centers of Public Higher Education in California. Sacramento: California Department of Education, 1957.
California State Polytechnic College.
Annual Report. San Luis Obispo, CA: California State Polytechnic College, 1958-1959.
California State Polytechnic College.
Annual Report. San Luis Obispo, CA: California State Polytechnic College, 1959-1960.
California State Polytechnic College.
Annual Report. San Luis Obispo, CA: California State Polytechnic College, 1963-1964.
California State Polytechnic College Alumni Association.
Green and Gold: California State Polytechnic College Alumni Review. San Luis Obispo, CA: California State Polytechnic College Alumni Association, November 1955.
California State Polytechnic College Alumni Association.
Green and Gold: California State Polytechnic College Alumni Review. San Luis Obispo, CA: California State Polytechnic College Alumni Association, July 1956.
Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30th, 1960. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1960.
Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Fiftieth Anniversary Report and Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30th, 1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1961.
Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Quarterly. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York, July 1959.
Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Quarterly. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York, July 1960.
Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Quarterly. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York, January 1961.
Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Quarterly. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York, July 1961.
Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Quarterly. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York, April 1962.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Rob Strauss in December 2018. The collection number was changed from UA2001.15.1 to 0096 and
the collection title changed from Records from the Dean of the College to the Chester O. McCorkle Papers. In 2024, the collection
was shifted by student assistant Stacy Marines under the supervision of Rob Strauss and the finding aid was updated.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona -- History
box 1
Accreditation - General and State Board - Engineering Council for Professional Development Application
1949-1950
box 1
Administration and Organization, California State Colleges (Functions of)
1952-1955
box 1
Administration Organization for California State Colleges - Leonard Report
1956 December
box 1
Administration Policies and Procedures for California State College Presidents (Handbook)
1952-1953
box 1, box 2
Administrative Staffing - Guy West Committee
1952-1958
box 2
Administrative Staffing - Guy West Committee Report
1958
box 2
Advisory Manual - Kellogg Campus
1962 September
box 2
Agricultural Education Survey
1959-1961
box 2
Allocation of Research Funds
1962 December 22
box 2, box 3
Alpha Zeta Fraternity
1947-1962
box 3
Annual Report on Building Program
1960 May 19
box 3
B-2 Planning - Kellogg-Voorhis
1959-1960
box 3
Building Names and Street Names
1960-1961
box 3
Cal Poly History - Kellogg-Voorhis
1949-1956
box 3
Cal Poly Philosophy and Functions
1950-1957
box 3
Cal Poly Student Memorial Fund - Correspondence
1960-1962
box 3
Cal Poly Student Memorial Fund - Minutes
1960-1962
box 3
California Institute for Men (Chino) - Education Advisory Committee
1961-1963
box 3
California Institute for Men (Chino) - Trade Advisory Committee Membership Roster
1961
box 4
California State Colleges Presidents' Meeting Minutes Index
1956-1958
box 4
California State Polytechnic College Kellogg Unit - Annual Report to Kellogg Foundation
1950-1963
box 4
California State Polytechnic Motivation Study - Dr. Samuel Bellman, English Department
1960-1962
box 4
Chancellor's Newsletter
1963 May-September
box 4
College Pay Plan Committee
1954-1955
box 4
Committee on Standards for Occupational or Vocational Curricula
1950-1954
box 4
Comprehensive Master Planning
1962
box 4
Coordinating Council on Higher Education
1963 June 25
box 4
Correspondence Regarding Students
1963
box 5
Curricula Approved by the State Board of Education
1953-1963
box 5
Curriculum Development - California State Polytechnic College (C.S.P.C.)
1953
box 5
Deans' Committee - State College (Deans of Instruction)
1950-1956
box 5
Deans of Instruction - Correspondence
1959-1961
box 5
Division Enrollment Summary
1944-1956
box 5
Engineering Curricula Proposed Survey
1950-1951
box 5
Enrollment - Quarterly Reports - San Luis Obispo
1963-1964
box 5
Enrollment - Registration - Kellogg - Internal Reports
1963-1964
box 5
Faculty - Administration Relationships - Kellogg-Voorhis Campus Committee Report
1959 August 4
box 5
Fall Staff Conference
1958-1961
box 5
Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Taken By Majors
1963-1964
box 5
General Education Committee
1961-1962
box 6
General Education Committee - Kellogg-Voorhis
1959-1961
box 6
Graduate Follow-Up Survey
1959 September 1
box 6
Health Center Services
1959-1964
box 6
Higher Education in California - Joel A. Burkman Report
1940 July 29
box 6
Higher Education in California - Progress Report of the Master Plan Survey of Public Higher Education
1960 February
box 6
Higher Education in California - Report to Governors and Legislators of the West
1960
box 6
Higher Education in California - A Statement of Policy Relative to Fair Practices in Higher Education
1960-1961
box 6
Hotel and Restaurant Management
1951-1958
box 6, box 7
Kellogg Campus - Development
1948-1962
Oversize Flat File 2, drawer 2
Kellogg Campus - Development - Master Development Plan
1953 January 15
box 7
Kellogg Campus - Planning, Curricula, and Development Materials
1956-1958
box 7
Kellogg-Voorhis Campus - Development
1954-1957
box 7, box 8
Kellogg-Voorhis Campus - Planning, Curricula, and Development Materials
1955-1956
box 8
Kellogg Foundation - Correspondence
1963-1964
box 8
King and Queen of Afghanistan
1963
box 8
Mercy Bowl Committee
1961
box 8
National Science Foundation
1963-1964
box 8, box 11
Photographs - Chester O. McCorkle
before 1967
box 8
Photographs - Chester O. McCorkle Retirement Events
1967
box 8
Photographs - Julian McPhee Honoring Chester O. McCorkle for 25 Years of Service
1960
box 8
Projected Library Organization
1962
box 8
Pushing Hubby Through (P.H.T.) Ceremony
1959-1964
box 8
Report - Survey of Agricultural Education, Territory of Alaska
1958 September 1
box 8
Report of the Vocational Education Mission to Korea
circa 1954
box 8
Research Committee
1962-1964
box 11
Resolutions Honoring Chester O. McCorkle
1966
box 8
San Dimas Water Company
1963-1964
box 8
Senate Fact Finding Committee on Agriculture
1962
box 9
Space Allocation Committee
1963 June 28
box 9
Staffing Formula - State Colleges
1960
box 9
State College Committee on Research - Guidelines for Conduct and Administration of Research in State Colleges
1959 May
box 9
State College Presidents Meeting Kellogg Campus - Correspondence
1960 June-July
box 9
State Department of Education Organizational Chart
1960 February 3
box 9
State Driver Training
1963 October-November
box 9
Statistical Reports of the California State Colleges
1957-1961
box 9
Student Leadership Conference
1963-1964
box 9
Student Personnel Division Staff Study Number 1 - Enrollment Trends
1959
box 9
Student Personnel Division Staff Study Number 2 - Change of Major Study
1960 June
box 9
Student Personnel Division Staff Study Number 3 - Enrollment Trends
1960 December
box 9
Student Personnel Division Staff Study Number 4 - Academic Performance of Selected Groups
1961 February
box 9
Student Personnel Division Staff Study Number 4 - First-Time Freshmen by Instructional Division and Major
1961 April 14
box 9
Student Personnel Division Staff Study Number 5 - Survey of Agricultural Placement Trends
1961 January
box 9
Student Personnel Division Staff Study Number 8 - Employer Recruitment Activity
1961 July
box 9
Student Personnel Division Staff Study Number 12 - Enrollment Trends
1962 July
box 9
Student Personnel Division Staff Study Number 14 - Annual Report of Placement Operations and Activities
1962
box 9
A Study of the California State Polytechnic College Students
1956
box 9
A Study of the Need for Additional State Colleges in Los Angeles County
1958 December
box 10
Television for the California State Colleges
1963-1964
box 10
Temporary Advisory Committee on Intra-Campus Relations (TACIR) Minutes
1961
box 10
Voorhis Campus - Easement
1963
box 10
Voorhis Campus - Incorporation of San Dimas
1960-1962
box 10
Western Association of Schools and Colleges
1965-1966
