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Village Improvement Society Minutes, 1904-1911
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Village Improvement Society (Corvallis, Or.)
- Title
- Village Improvement Society Minutes
- Dates
- 1904-1911 (inclusive)19041911
- Quantity
- 0.01 cubic foot, (1 box)
- Collection Number
- MSS Village
- Summary
- The Village Improvement Society Minutes document the activities of this Corvallis, Oregon, civic organization which promoted the planting of trees, development of parks, and general beautification of the city.
- Repository
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Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Village Improvement Society was active by the 1890s; its members included prominent local business leaders and Oregon Agricultural College faculty and their spouses. Margaret Snell, home economics professor, and George Coote, horiculturist, helped organize the society.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Village Improvement Society Minutes document the membership, activities, and finances of this civic organization. Topics addressed in the minutes include improvements on the grounds of the depot; planting trees around the school; a petition for clearing rubbish from streets and alleys; an investigation of standing water in parks; and the sanitary problems posed by barns and manure piles.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Village Improvement Society Minutes, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Related Materials
The OSU Archives includes the records of several other Corvallis civic organizations and businesses as well as materials documenting the careers of Margaret Snell and George Coote. The J. Kenneth Munford Collection includes an article about the Village Improvement Society published in the Corvallis Gazette-Times on October 10, 1988.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Clubs--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Urban beautification--Oregon--Corvallis.
Corporate Names
- Oregon Agricultural College--Faculty.
Geographical Names
- Corvallis (Or.)
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth
Nielsen.
2007
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
