Oregon State University Child Care Records, 1969-2006

Series 1 is comprised of records documenting administration of and advocacy for child care on the Oregon State University campus. This series includes records from the Coordinated Child Care Services Comittee, the OSU Child Care Advisory Committee, and the OSU President's Commission on the Status of Women. It also includes numerous needs assessment reports and project files documenting the demand for child care facilities, services, and funding on the campus; records of fundraising efforts including the activities of the OSU Child Care Friend Raisers; and press and promotional materials.

Series 2 contains records of the Campus Day Care Center from 1980 to 1986. Much of the series is comprised of correspondence and memoranda detailing the Center's funding challenges. The series also includes articles of incorporation, promotional materials, records relating to the operation of the Park Terrace center, and materials on accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).

Series 3 is comprised of records documenting the formation and administration of the Growing Oaks Child Development Center, a child care facility located in the Corvallis Environmental Protection Agency building. The series is comprised of reports, articles of incorporation, bylaws, tax records, and correspondence. The series also includes an extensive record of meeting minutes and memoranda from the Center's board of directors; records of partnerships with the U.S General Services Administration (an organization that oversaw child care centers supported by federal agencies); and agreements and communications with local contractors including Joyful Noise, Inc. and the Corvallis Community Children's Centers.

Series 4 is comprised of materials documenting the construction and operation of the OSU Child Care Center, located on the OSU campus at SW 11th Street and SW Adams Avenue. The series extensively documents the planning and construction of the Center and includes correspondence between architects, contractors, and OSU officials overseeing the building's design and construction; financial records relating to the funding of the Center; photographs of the Center during and after completion of construction; and groundbreaking and grand opening ceremony materials.

The series also includes materials relating to accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NYAEC) and the selection and ongoing management of child care contractors for the Center. Contractor records include the Child Care Contractor Selection Committee, the First Alternative Cooperative, and Kinder-Care Learning Centers, Inc. The Kinder-Care records include contracts, training materials, correspondence, promotional items, reports, proposals, newsletters, and tutition information.