Oregon State University Libraries
University Archives
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
Phone: 541-737-2165
Email: archives@oregonstate.edu
Web: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives

Guide to the Village Improvement Society Minutes, 1904-1911


MSS Village





Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen.

Finding aid encoded by Elizabeth Nielsen., 2007


Overview of the Collection
 
Repository Name:
 

Oregon State University Libraries
University Archives

121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
Phone: 541-737-2165
Email: archives@oregonstate.edu
Web: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives
 
Collection Number:
 

MSS Village
 
Creator:
 

Village Improvement Society (Corvallis, Or.)
 
Title:
 

Village Improvement Society Minutes
 
Dates:
 

1904-1911 (inclusive)
 
Quantity:
 

0.01 cubic foot
1 box
 
Languages:
 

Materials in English. 

 
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.
 

Historical Note

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 Description

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 Collection

Restrictions on Access 

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation 

Village Improvement Society Minutes, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Related Information

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 (text/html)  includes an article about the Village Improvement Society published in the Corvallis Gazette-Times on October 10, 1988.

Subjects

Oregon Agricultural College--Faculty.
Corvallis (Or.)
Clubs--Oregon--Corvallis.
Urban beautification--Oregon--Corvallis.