Archives West Finding Aid

Series 1 includes correspondence, qualification documents, newspaper profiles, newspaper clippings related to projects, interviews, artwork, reports, schoolwork, a notebook, and a portrait print of Yang. Highlights within the collection include drawings and artwork created by Yang aside from her architectural work, materials related to the museum exhibit "MatriArchs: Pioneering Woman Architects of Oregon," and Yang's architectural projects during her time as a student at the University of Oregon in the late 1940s – early 1950s. The drawings and artwork include figures, colored rooms, and abstract patterns; these were created using pencil, gouache, and oil pastels. Yang was included in the addition to the existing museum exhibit "MatriArchs: Pioneering Woman Architects of Oregon," which was featured in the Oregonian in 1992. Materials related to this exhibition include a copy of her initial interview, newspaper clippings or her profile, and photocopies of her profile in the exhibit. The architectural projects from her schooling at the University of Oregon during the 1949-1950 school years include "A Hotel for Corvallis," "Transportation Center," "A Civic Monument for Corvallis," and "Apartment House for OSU Faculty," which are only concepts for buildings. A project of note is the "Evolution of the Home" report and sketches, which contains 8 pages of text and 28 sketches of homes from early to modern times.

This series contains materials in folders that are 8.5x11 (Box 1), 30x42, and 36x48 (Map-Folder 3), as well as boxes that are 14x18 (Box 3), 20x24 (Box 5), and 4x48 (Box 8). All measurements are in inches.

Series 2 includes materials generated and collected through Yang's engagement with the Corvallis community during the 1960s-2000s. The materials consist of newspaper clippings, pamphlets, correspondence, petitions, government documents, publications, notes, and announcements. Notable projects include the Citizens of Corvallis, Zonta International, and Arts in Oregon Council. The documentation for these projects includes materials such as petitions, correspondence, meeting notes, and newspaper clippings. An architectural project of note is “Girl Scouts Camp Whispering Winds,” which includes architectural sheets and colored drawings of the 170-acre Santiam District Girl Scout camp near Kings Valley.

This series contains materials in folders that are 8 1/2x11 (Box 1), 30x42, and 36x48, as well as a box that is sized 14x18 (Box 3). All measurements are in inches.

Series 3 consists of architectural sheets and project documentation from Yang’s work during World War II for the Vancouver Shipyards in Vancouver, Washington, with the Kaiser Company. This early career work was completed before Yang obtained her architecture license and before she completed her degree in architecture at the University of Oregon. These drawings focus on piping, ventilation and structural drafting, production illustration, and isometric rigging for warships. The Kaiser Company project includes a large blueprint of the isometric rigging of a ship that is 7.52 feet long. It also contains a small print artwork of a ship and a larger redraw of that same image, presumably done by Yang. The sheets drawn by Yang are signed using Yang’s maiden name, Leong, seen on the sheets as “E. Leong”; however, there are many sheets within this set of materials that were not generated by Yang.

This series contains materials in folders that are 8 1/2x11 (Box 1), 36x48 (Map-Folder 3), as well as boxes that are 20x24 (Box 5) and 23x31 (Box 7). All measurements are in inches.

Series 4 consists of architectural sheets and related documentation of Yang’s commercial projects in Benton County. Several projects may include project documentation such as correspondence, estimates and invoices, design notes, and newspaper clippings. Some of her major projects are included in this series: Country Kitchen, The Big "O" Drive-In, Shopping Centers, Inc., and Shupe Furniture Store. The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis building project differs from the other architectural projects as the materials found in this project reflect the high level of involvement that her fellow Fellowship members had in this process. Some of the materials that can be found in the documentation for this project include notes on input from Fellowship members, announcements, correspondence, addendums, field reports, plan checks, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Another project of note is Philomath City Hall, which was a project that never came to fruition due to Yang's contract being terminated. The project documentation includes Yang's perspective on why she believes this happened and a timeline of events.

This series contains materials in folders that are 8 1/2x11 (Box 1), 36x48 (Map-Folder 3), and around 30x42, as well as boxes that are 14x18 (Box 3), 20x24 (Box 5), 22x28 (Box 6), and 23x31 (Box 7). All measurements are in inches.

Series 5 consists of architectural sheets and related documentation from Yang’s Oregon State University projects. Yang served as the Staff Architect for the Oregon State University Physical Plant from 1979-1991; however, her work for OSU was not limited to this time. Yang worked on nine OSU projects before and after her time as Staff Architect, as early as 1952 and as late as 2002.

This series contains materials in folders that are 8 1/2x11 (Box 1), 36x48 (Map-Folder 25), and around 30x42, as well as boxes that are 14x18 (Box 3 and 4), 20x24 (Box 5), 22x28 (Box 6), and 23x31 (Box 7). All measurements are in inches.

Series 6 consists of architectural sheets and related documentation from Yang’s residential projects in Benton County. The residential projects, including individual residences, remodels, and apartment complexes, represent the majority of the collection, comprising just under 2,000 architectural sheets, not including related documentation. Projects of note include Acres Farmstead (394 architectural sheets); Benton Manor, an apartment building (217 architectural sheets); the Co-Resident Woman, Inc.'s Anderson House (79 architectural sheets); and the Co-Resident Woman, Inc.'s Co-ed Cooperative (174 architectural sheets). Unless otherwise noted as located elsewhere, all projects are located in Corvallis.

This series contains materials in folders that are 8 1/2x11 (Box 2), 36x48 (Map-Folder 25), and around 30x42, as well as boxes that are 14x18 (Box 4), 20x24 (Box 5), 22x28 (Box 6), 23x31 (Box 7), and 4x48 (Box 9). All measurements are in inches.