Board of Regents Records (RG 8)
Inventory
I. Correspondence, 1887-1918:
(reel 1, reel 7, & box 1)
Correspondence received, 1888-1906 and undated (23 folders)
Correspondence received and sent, 1907-1908 & 1910 (5 folders;
includes copies of letters sent by E. E. Wilson, Board
Secretary)
(reel 1 & box 2)
Correspondence received and sent, 1910-1911 (includes letters
sent by Wilson)
Correspondence with college business office, 1917-1918
(Note: see narrative inventory of correspondence received,
1887-1918, that follows this series/subseries inventory)
Correspondence sent, loose letterpress pages, 1892-1898
(reel 2 & box 3 - 12x17 oversize)
Letterpress Books (correspondence sent), 1888-1900:
Vol. I 1888-1890
Vol. II 1890-1891
Vol. III 1891-1892 (to page 187)
(reel 3 & boxes 3-4 - 12x17 oversize)
Vol. III 1891-1892 (from page 188)
Vol. IV 1892-1895
Vol. V 1897
Vol. VI 1898 (to page 236)
(reel 4 & boxes 4-5 - 12x17 oversize)
Vol. VI 1898 (from page 237)
Vol. VII 1899-1900
II. Minutes, 1886-1929:
(reel 5 & box 6 - 12x17 oversize)
Journals:
1886-1889 (in volume with executive committee minutes; see
series 3 below)
(reels 4-5 & box 5 - 12x17 oversize)
Vol. I 1889-1908
(reel 5 & box 7 - 12x17 oversize)
Vol. II 1908-1915
Vol. III 1915-1929 (also includes minutes of the joint body
of regents of Oregon Agricultural College and the University
of Oregon, June-November 1927)
(box 2)
Drafts, 1893-1899 & undated (3 folders)
Unbound copies, 1906-1910, 1915-1916, 1922-1929 (3 folders; 1922-
1929 minutes also include minutes for Building, Board and
Executive Committee meetings)
III. Committees, 1886-1917:
(reel 5 & box 6 - 12x17 oversize)
Executive Committee:
Correspondence, 1888-1890, 1901, 1904-1906
Minutes:
Vol. I 1886-1890 (also includes Board minutes, 1886-1889)
Vol. II 1890-1910
Drafts and typescript copies, 1892-1908 (not filmed)
(reel 5 & box 2)
Committee on Literacy and Library, 1899 & 1917
Printing and Advertising Committee, 1899 & 1902-1903
Athletics Committee, 1900 & 1904
Buildings and Grounds Committee, 1891, 1893, 1899 & 1901-1907
Special Committee on Appliances for Household Science Dept., 1903
Station Committee, 1900-1901 & 1904
Committee on Construction of Mechanical Hall, 1889 & 1898
Committee on Agriculture and Chemistry, 1899
Finance Committee, ca. 1899-1907
Statistics, 1899
IV. Reports to Bureau of Education, U.S. Dept. of Interior, 1896-1907
V. Reports, 1892-1929:
President of the College to the Board of Regents, June 27, 1892
President of the Board of Regents to the Governor, June 30, 1892
Departmental reports, 1901:
Cauthorn Hall Manager
Bacteriology Department
Agriculture Division
Chemical Department
Entomology & Plant Diseases Department
Vegetable Gardening
Botany & Horticulture Department
Experiment Station, 1901?
Treasurer of the Board of Regents, 1901
President of the Board of Regents to the Governor, 1901
Eastern Oregon Experiment Station, 1902
President of the Board of Regents, 1907/08
President of the College to the Board of Regents, 1929
VI. Resolutions, 1899-1907 & undated
VII. Financial Records, 1888-1917:
(reel 6 & box 2)
Reports, College and Experiment Station, 1891-1906
(oversize drawer 2)
Expenditure lists, Eastern Oregon Experiment Station, 1901-1904
(reel 6 & box 2)
Monthly financial statements of College, January 1906-May 1908
Reports of Experiment Station to USDA, 1895/96-1907/08 (4 folders)
Miscellaneous invoices, vendor statements and other financial records, 1888-1917
VIII.Salary Schedules, 1896 & 1900 (1896 paper only)
IX. Budgets, 1916-1918
X. Contracts, 1889-1907:
1889-1898 (1889 & 1893-1894 paper only)
(box 8)
1899-1907 (4 folders)
(box 6 - 12x17 oversize)
XI. List of Candidates for Presidency of State Agricultural College of Oregon.
With Particulars, and with Analysis of Recommendations, March 1892
(box 8)
XII. By-laws, 1888-ca. 1910:
Draft adopted June 21, 1888 (microprint copy; original is located in Executive
Committee Minutes journal vol. 1 [page 8] in box 6)
Published copies:
1889 (also includes rules and regulations governing the College and
Experiment Station and acts of the Oregon Legislative Assembly) ca. 1910
XIII.Catalogue Data, 1888-ca. 1891
XIV. Miscellaneous Items, ca. 1890-1926:
Advertisements and pictorial samples of furniture, ovens, water towers,
and fire extinguishers, 1890s-1904 (also in oversize drawer 2)
Steam boiler certificates of inspection, August 30, 1899
Flyer advertising Oregon State Normal School (now Western Oregon State College),
ca. 1890
Description of Covell property, 1926
Annotated Inventory to Correspondence Received, 1887-1918
1887
Recommendations
Construction of building
1888
Bids for construction of building, classroom chairs and heating
Applications
Purchase of uniforms
1889
Recommendations concerning Wallis Nash's cooperation
Lists of material needed for the Dept. of Zoology and Entomology
Care of campus grounds
Overcrowding of school buildings
Problems of feeding students
Payment of salary to Margaret C. Snell
Applications
Military supplies
Appointment of A. R. Shipley by the Governor to the Board
Securing seeds of all pine trees in Oregon
Payment of students for labor
W. N. Hull asking that his course of study be enlarged
1890
Problems concerning distilling of alcohol experiment in Dept. of
Zoology and Entomology
Corvallis College bill
Recommendations and applications
Budget problems with E. R. Lake, Professor of Botany and
Horticulture
Changes in number of faculty
Building improvements
Work in progress, Chemical Department
Laboratory hours
Summer term
Station work and experiments
B. L. Arnold's notes re: Professor Irish's work load not
sufficient
Report showing average amount of work done by each professor, 1889-
1890, estimated in hours or lessons of fifty minutes each
Tabulated statement of students in department
Geographical breakdown of student enrollment
Dismissal of faculty
Establishment of signal stations
Horticultural Society exhibit at Portland
Rumor of political attack on College by delegates of Linn County
Defense of the Board made by W. Ladd to Wallis Nash
Discussions of attorneys to represent the Board
1891
Work and expenditures in Zoological Laboratory
Discussion of Willamette Grange meeting dealing with the action of the
Board and the College
Resignation of William A. Lampkin
Purchase of creamery equipment
College bill passes
Delivery of fire wood to the College
Complaint from F. L. Washburn, entomologist, stating the Board was not
spending money for books of scientific nature
Regulations of the Students' Hall
Habit of smoking has increased and should be prohibited on campus
Students should be made to live on campus unless they have written
permission from parents or College President
Piano purchased with federal money; federal government questions
authority to purchase it
Appointment of R. W. Davenport to the Board
Proposed changes in Mechanical Course suggested to the President by
G. A. Covell
Appropriations to the Mechanical Department
Applications
Dismissal of E. R. Lake, Botanist
Recommendation of G. W. Shaw for chair of Chemistry
Building construction; change in the front of the Experiment Station
building
Lighting of new and old student halls
Description of curriculum of Household Economy and Hygiene
Representation of the Entomology Department at the World's Fair
Military personnel
Location of the Chemistry Department
Faculty requests policy on doing outside work
Petition from students against Professor P. H. Irish
1892
Candidates for position of military commander for College
Building problems
Death of President Arnold
Students complaint of lack of heat in Cauthorn Hall
Applications and selection of candidates for Presidency
Outline of workload in various departments of Experiment Station
Memorial service for President Arnold
Geographical listing of students
Botanical exhibit at Chicago World's Fair (1893)
Margaret Snell complains of low salary
Preparatory students complain of not receiving individual attention in
classrooom work
Congratulations to Board on selection of John M. Bloss as new College
President; Bloss accepts position of College President
Agreement to supply firewood
Building plans for darkroom
Repairs and general financial affairs
1893
Payments on heating contract with voucher
Inquiries on budget by G. W. Shaw
Purchase, payment, and reasons for boxing a lathe
Fees in case of Liggett, et. al. vs. Ladd, et. al.
Chemistry breakage bill
Prices for vegetables
Answer to order for lumber
Fourth quarter budget of Experiment Station
Query about employment
Introduction of insurance agent; insurance placement
Query from draftsman
Establishment of U.S. Meteorological Station at Corvallis and refusal
by chief of Weather Bureau
Sale of a furnace
Deficit of living halls
Acknowledgements of appointments to faculty
Selection of J. M. Applewhite as Board Treasurer
Improvement Fund arrangements
Governor to meet with building committee
Return of A. R. Shipley's bond to widow
1894
University claim against Shipley estate
Application for employment as matron
Sending of annual report
Copy of surety bond for Treasurer; election of J. K. Weatherford as
Treasurer
Letters of application
Appointment of J. M. Osburn to Board
Letters from faculty member querying lack of salary increase
1895
Financial affairs
Applications and accepting of teaching positions
Acceptance of geological specimen through donation
Purchase of supplies, tools and arm chairs
1896
Query about salary and duties of purchasing agent
Appointment of Samuel Hughes to the Board
Letters of acceptance
Exhibit for Oregon Industrial Exhibition
Purchase of piano
1897
Correction of annual report concerning disbursement of funds
1898
Bids on engine house, mechanical hall, dormitory, and gymnasium and
armory
Bid on cordwood
Correction of annual financial report
Reasons for resignation of entomologist and recommendation for
successor
Management of Experiment Station
Contract agreement for construction of new Mechanical Hall
1899
Construction of Mechanical Hall; failure to comply with construction
contract
Report of the President of the Board of Regents for year ending
June 30, 1899
Applications
Construction of a water plant on campus
E. F. Pernot letters praising his training in the diseases of
animals
1900
G. W. Shaw's misuse of railroad transportation and his resignation
Applications
W. M. Hilleary stating cooperation between College and Oregon State
Grange
List of graduates
Sewers inspected
Estimate of costs for proposed greenhouses
Petition by the faculty to have Board induce E. C. Hayward to
reconsider his resignation
1901
Division of Morrill and Hatch funds
Message from Governor Thomas G. Jones of Alabama
Veto of bill for the distribution of the Hatch Fund
Proposed establishment of an Experiment Station near Union, Oregon
Applications
Building plans, heating specifications for Gymnasium and Armory
Repairs to Administration Building
Plans for introduction of nature study in the public schools
Grange forms farmer reading circles
Ventilation of blacksmith shop
1902
Purchase of land for the College
Needs of the Military Department
Farmers' Institutes
Resignation of T. M. Gatch from directorship of Experiment Station
Appropriation for the Eastern Oregon Experiment Station
Petition from eight literary societies for permanent meeting rooms
Construction of a new building in regard to needs of Chemistry
Dept.
Payment on contract for Agricultural Hall; dedication of Agricultural
Hall
New construction, repairs and water supply
Buildings accepted at Union; right-of-way for the OR&N railroad to
Union
Beet bulletin that will mean "greater progress in plant
breeding"
1903
Resignation of J. B. Patterson
Construction at Eastern Oregon Experiment Station
Alleged campaign against the Eastern Oregon Experiment Station
1904
College Barometer seeks appropriations to continue publishing
Authorization to Mr. Gammee to become general superintendent of the
Eastern Oregon Experiment Station; problems at the Station
College printing department selling material on the open market;
charge of unjust competition
Resignation of Mary E. Avery
1905
Applications
Hatch funds for the College
Alleged reports that the Board is contemplating closing the Eastern
Oregon Experiment Station because appropriation made by the
Legislature is being held up by a referendum
1906
Various problems and reports about the Eastern Oregon Experiment
Station
Transfer of Mining Department to blacksmith shop because of desire to
have related subjects under same roof
Construction problems and proposed changes in the women's building
(Waldo Hall)
Value of rifles loaned to College
Retirement of President Gatch
Need to provide adequate space for increasing classes in Geology and
related subjects
Inadequacies in the building for the Pharmacy Department
Horticulture experiments at Experiment Station
Dealing with contracts for new science building
Financial affairs
Mechanical Hall
Petition from faculty requesting increase in salaries
1907
Bids for construction on Mechanical Arts Building
Report for 1906/07
William Jasper Kerr accepts position as College President; letter
stating that Mr. Kerr, a Mormon, had two wives and was of
unscrupulous moral character; Kerr's arrival; support for Kerr
Cost of living letter from Thomas M. Gatch
Establishment of Experiment Station at Umatilla Irrigation Project;
meeting with Kerr at station to inspect it
Sewers for Waldo Hall; readying the hall for students; inspection of
hall; reports of leaks and insufficiencies; payment for hall
Cattle barns
Requests from new students
Shipment of exhibits to State Fair
Payment of architect's fee and of contractor
Inquiries from parents
Vocal teacher's resignation
September transmittal of accounts from Eastern Oregon Experiment
Station
Bond for cattle stables and heating of Mechanical Arts Building
Appreciation of editorial treatment in the Portland Journal of a
hazing incident
Robert Withycombe's six month leave of absence from Eastern Oregon
Experiment Station
Lease for part of Eastern Oregon Station farm
Plans for electrical plant
1908
Intercollegiate games in Portland
Advisement of meetings
Settlement for rifles and other military equipment destroyed in 1898
Mechanical Hall fire
Arrival of damaged electrical equipment
Overcharge on shipments to State Fair; State Fair, general
Robert Withycombe's extended leave of absence in eastern U.S. and
subsequent problems at Eastern Oregon Experiment Station
Establishment of Poultry Dept. and suggestion to Swift & Co. to
establish poultry operation close to Corvallis
Request for pictures of campus from Anne Shannon Monroe
Withycombe's plan for year's work at Eastern Oregon Experiment
Station
Payment to widow of deceased staff member's salary
Development of alumni work; proposal to mail alumni all college
bulletins and publications
Contract with Willamette Valley Light & Power
Proposed science building
Answers to persons who wrote letters to the editor of the
Oregonian
Space for OAC exhibit at Alaska-Yukon exposition
Request for Experiment Station and summer school on coast
1910
Description of campus lands and tracts together with prices paid and
1910 evaluation
Faculty salaries
Board meeting notices
Railroad side track to heating plant
Rowdyism at University of Oregon-OAC game and Oregonian accounts of
same
Confidential note on decrease in enrollment
Bill for photographs
Possibility of OAC being given silver trowel used in laying
cornerstone for Administration Building and State Capitol
1917
Notice of settlement from Treasury Department
Improper functioning of new furnace because of inferior coal
1918
Purchase of mileage books and regulations for use
Payment due for electrical work on new library
New secretary
Adjustments in funds
Financial affairs
Return of rolltop desk to College
Listing of College in Hendricks' Commercial Register
Transmittal of moneys from Treasury Department
Advisement of J. K. Weatherford not to pay bills on building contracts
too soon
Appreciation from mayor of Corvallis for offering services of
nurse
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