By Jozie Billings and Natalia Fernández
Collection Overview
Title: Edith Yang Papers, 1940-2009
ID: MSS Yang
Primary Creator: Yang, Edith Leong (1918-2012)
Extent: 62.0 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: The Edith Yang Papers are arranged into six series and the materials are arranged alphabetically within those series: Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1954-2009; Series 2: Community Engagement, 1956-2002; Series 3: World War II Related Projects, 1942-1944; Series 4: Commercial Projects, 1953-2000; Series 5: OSU Projects, 1949-2002; and Series 6: Residential Projects, 1952-2003. Each entry is an individual folder, and most projects have multiple entries.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
Abstract
The Edith Yang Papers consist of materials generated and collected by Edith Yang. In 1954, Yang, as a Chinese-American Woman, was the first woman of color to be licensed as an architect in Oregon. Yang predominantly worked within Benton County, Oregon, with the majority of her work taking place within Corvallis and the Oregon State University campus. The collection documents her architectural work in four areas: commercial, residential, and OSU, as well as World War II-related projects. Also included are biographical and other materials reflecting Yang's community engagement within the Corvallis community.
Scope and Content Notes
The Edith Yang Papers include biographical materials, reflect Yang's community engagement within the Corvallis community, and document a representative sample of Yang's architectural projects. The collection's scope focuses on her commercial and residential projects in Benton County, her OSU campus projects, including those during her time as Staff Architect of the university’s Physical Plant, and her World War II-related projects. Some of the projects include both her architectural designs and project documentation, others only reflect her design work: folder titles with "Project Documentation" included indicate that there are non-architectural sheets (all project documentation materials are located in boxes 1 and 2, both of which are cubic foot boxes), and if a folder includes "Extent" with a listed number of sheets there are architectural sheets included.
The biographical materials include artwork produced by Yang, newspaper profiles, interviews about Yang, and her design projects as a student. The community engagement materials reflect how Yang utilized her architectural skills for the betterment of the Corvallis community through her civic and community engagement work. Yang participated in various clubs, the organization of street tree planting and waterfront beautification projects, and she worked on involving citizens in the process of a civic development plan for Corvallis. There are a few architectural sheets within these series, but they are associated with projects that Yang was not hired for, or that she donated her time and skills to.
The bulk of the collection consists of Yang's commercial, residential, and OSU related architectural projects, as well as World War II-related projects. These are largely comprised of oversized architectural sheets, but may also contain smaller architectural sheets, correspondence, estimates and invoices, specifications, newspaper clippings, notes, and other textual documents related to the project found within the documentation.
Biographical / Historical Notes
Edith Leong Yang was born in 1918 in Portland, Oregon. In 1954, as a Chinese-American, Yang became the first woman of color to be licensed as an architect in Oregon, and she contributed greatly to the Corvallis community through her architectural work in the city, on Oregon State University’s campus, and through her community service. She married Hoya Yang in Vancouver, Washington, and they had two children in the 1960s.
For her education, Yang attended Jefferson High School and graduated in 1936. She began her secondary schooling at Reed College in Portland for one year, before transferring to Museum Art School in Portland, which she graduated from in 1942. Afterward, she decided to pursue a career in architecture. There was a brief pause in her schooling from 1942 to 1944, when she engaged in draft work for the Kaiser Company Vancouver Shipyards. Once she returned to school, she received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oregon in 1946 and a Master of Science from Oregon State University in 1948. She then pursued her architectural degree at Reed College, the Portland Museum Art School, and Columbia University's School of Architecture before receiving a degree in architecture from the University of Oregon in 1950.
Post-graduation, Yang began her work in architecture with Cleo Jenkins and other architects from Corvallis and Portland from 1950-1954 to gain experience to be licensed in Oregon. Through these experiences, she learned piping, ventilation and structural drafting, production illustration, and isometrics. In 1954, she became licensed in Oregon and started a private practice. Some of the projects of note in her private practice in Benton County include Country Kitchen, Acres Farmstead, Emery’s Shopping Center, Shupe Furniture Store, Co-Resident Women, Inc Projects, and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis buildings. From 1979 to 1991 she was the Staff Architect for the Oregon State University Physical Plant. Yang also worked on many additions and renovations of the buildings on campus outside of her time as Staff Architect; notable projects include the Chi Phi Chapter House and the Hyslop Farm Crops Lab.
Yang was a State Certified A-Level Plans Examiner and Structural Inspector and served as the Vice Chairman of the Corvallis Board of Appeals for the Uniform Building Code. Additionally, she was a member of the American Institute of Architecture from 1955-1982 and was the Secretary-Treasurer for the Southwest Oregon Chapter from 1958-1959.
Her knowledge of code, architecture, and design proved useful not only in her architectural career, but within her community service and involvement with the development of Corvallis and the riverfront area. She was a member of the Linn-Benton Housing Authority for a five-year term. In the 1960s, she was Vice President and then President of the Corvallis chapter of Zonta International, a club that promotes women’s rights and equality in every aspect of life. She was involved with providing aid and support for international students at OSU and serving as the chairman of the committee to create the Zonta float in the Corvallis Freedom Parade in 1975. Yang was appointed for a 3-year term with the Arts in Oregon Council Board of Directors in 1971 and later became the Vice President in 1976. While on the Board, she worked on the Environmental Task Force. Yang was also a member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis, which she joined in 1970. She assisted in various renovations of the Fellowship’s buildings from 1982 to 1988, as well as taking on architectural work from other churches in Oregon, including the United Methodist Church of Corvallis, Church of the Good Samaritan, and Tangent City Church. In addition, Yang was a charter member of Citizens of Corvallis, a chair for the Corvallis Arts Center, and a charter member of Focus Club.
Her achievements include being named one of the 1970 Theta Sigma Phi Community Women of Achievement. She was published in Wood Design Focus in their Spring 1990 issue for “Case Study: OSU Seed Lab,” and was a co-editor of “Live with Good Design” and “Live with the Arts in Oregon,” a pocket guide. She also wrote a report titled “Evolution of the Home” which includes original sketches.
She retired from architectural work in 2000 after 46 years working in her private practice. She died in 2012 at the age of 94.
Author: Jozie Billings
Administrative Information
More Extent Information:
4062 sheets and 25 photographs; 9 boxes which include 2 cubic foot boxes and 7 oversize boxes (in inches: 14x18, 20x24, 22x28, 23x31, 4x48), and 58 map folders
Statement on Access:
This collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions:
Copyright of the materials in the Edith Yang papers was transferred to and belongs to the Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center.
Related Materials:
Related materials include the Facilities Services Records (RG 193) which document OSU's physical campus in Corvallis as well as OSU facilities throughout the state of Oregon; RG 193 consists predominantly of architectural drawings and files for the design, construction, and modification of structures. For additional information regarding OSU buildings, see the "OSU Buildings Histories" research guide. The Yang Papers are a part of the Oregon Multicultural Archives (OMA); for additional information regarding the Asian American experience in Oregon see the OMA website's page featuring collections related to Asian American People and Culture.
Preferred Citation:
Edith Yang Papers (MSS Yang), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Creators
Yang, Edith Leong (1918-2012)
People, Places, and Topics
Architects--Oregon.
Architecture--Oregon--Designs and plans.
Asian Americans--Oregon.
Local History
Oregon State University
Oregon State University--Buildings
University History
World War, 1939-1945--Oregon.
World War, 1939-1945--Women.
Forms of Material
Architectural drawings (visual works)
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1940-2009
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.
- Box-Item 8.1: Art - Asian Room Painting, Undated
- Extent: 1 painting
- Box-Folder 3.1: Art - Figures and Sketches, Undated
- Includes 12 artworks of varying sizes.
- Box-Folder 5.1: Art - Pattern Drawings, Undated
- Includes 12 drawings using oil pastel.
- Box-Folder 1.1: Correspondence, 1960-2001
- Envelope, postcard, and correspondences regarding projects, city codes, and personal matters.
- Box-Folder 1.2: Documents and Qualifications, 1940-1980
- Business cards, membership cards (Zonta, Toastmasters International, American Institute of Architects, Oregon State Board of Architect Examiners, and International Working Clearance), Resume, Theta Sigma Phi Matrix Table, and Class of 1940 Graduates List.
- Box-Folder 1.3: Edith Yang Portrait, Undated
- Extent: 1 print
- Box-Folder 1.4: "Evolution of the Home" Report and Sketches, Undated
- Box-Folder 1.5: Interviews, 1992
- Museum exhibit biography notes and interview notes.
- Box-Folder 3.2: Newspaper Profiles, 1970-1992
- The Corvallis Gazette Times 1970 Women of Achievement, The Oregonian 1992 "Designing Women," and Matri/Archs Museum Exhibit Profile 1992.
- Box-Folder 3.3: Personal Interest Publications, 1954-2009
- Eugene Builders Exchange Weekly Newsletter, The Columbian, PALCO, University of Colorado's Medical Examiner, Free Willy-Keiko Foundation, Corvallis Gazette Times, Mid-Valley Sunday, Free China Weekly, and Anchorage Daily Times.
- Box-Folder 3.4: Project Related Newspaper Clippings, 1954-2003
- Newspaper clippings from the Corvallis Gazette Times and The Oregonian about various projects: Benton-Lincoln Electric Co-op, Industrial Park, Corvallis Dental Center, OSU Thrift Store, Portland Waterfront, Dallas Post Office, Philomath Post Office, O'Toole Motor Company, Seaside Shopping Center, OSU Monroe, and Eugene Civic Center.
- Box-Folder 1.6: Project Related Notebook, 1994
- Contains notes on projects such as Mural Park Professional Plaza, Volz Residence, and Co-Resident Women Inc's Anderson House.
- Map-Folder 3.1: Schoolwork, A Hotel for Corvallis, 1950
- Extent: 6 sheets
- Map-Folder 1.1: Schoolwork, A Hotel for Corvallis, 1950
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Map-Folder 1.2: Schoolwork, A Civic Monument for Corvallis, 1949
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Map-Folder 1.3: Schoolwork, Apartment House for OSU Faculty, 1949
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Map-Folder 1.4: Schoolwork, Transportation Center, 1949
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Map-Folder 1.5: Unidentified Projects, Undated
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.7: Various Prints, Undated
- Extent: 17 prints
- Box-Folder 1.8: Z 421 Lab Notebook, 1976
- Series 2: Community Engagement, 1956-2002
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.
- Box-Folder 1.9: Arts in Oregon Council, 1971-1976
- Correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlet, meeting agendas, and an announcement with UUFC.
- Box-Folder 1.10: Corvallis Comprehensive Plan, 1977
- Box-Folder 1.11: Corvallis Civic Engagement Organizations and Involvement, 1965-1985
- Pamphlets, correspondence, notes, Monroe Street redesign, drafts, council organization diagram, announcements, newspaper clippings, ordinances, and bylaws.
- Box-Folder 1.12: FOCUS, 1969-1970
- Member list, newspaper clippings, and bylaws.
- Box-Folder 1.13: Girl Scouts Camp Whispering Winds - Project Documentation, 1965
- Newspaper clipping and handbook. This is located in Kings Valley, North of Philomath, OR.
- Map-Folder 2.1: Girl Scouts Camp Whispering Winds, 1965
- Extent: 31 sheets
- Map-Folder 3.2: Girl Scouts Camp Whispering Winds, 1965
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Map-Folder 2.2: Girl Scouts Camp Whispering Winds Drawings, 1965
- Extent: 8 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.14: Newspaper Clippings, Opinion Columns, 1969-1972
- Newspaper clippings and correspondence.
- Map-Folder 1.5: Riverfront Development Involvement, 1971-1973
- Extent: 6 sheets
- Box-Folder 3.5: Riverfront Development Involvement, 1966-1977
- Newspaper clippings and correspondence.
- Box-Folder 1.15: Riverfront Development Involvement, 1966-1977
- Newspaper clippings, drafts, correspondence, petition signatures, announcement, meeting notes, ordinances, and fact sheets.
- Box-Folder 1.16: Waterfront/Civic Center Sites - Project Documentation, 1967-1969
- Petitions, correspondence, questions, estimates, maps, and announcements.
- Box-Folder 1.17: Zonta International, 1956-1977
- Newsletter, newspaper clipping, notes, members list, meeting plans, yearly booklets, nametag, committee programs, program packets, comment forms, magazine, pamphlets, and OSU women's studies center materials.
- Map-Folder 1.6: Zonta International, Central Park Plant Beds, Undated
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Box-Folder 3.6: Zonta International, Newspapers, 1961-1975
- Box-Folder 1.18: Zonta International, Tree Planting Project, 1961-1965
- Newspaper clippings, ordinances, announcements, correspondence, and sketches.
- Box-Folder 1.19: Zonta International, Publications and Nametag, 1956-2002
- Handbooks, bylaws, magazines, pamphlets, and nametag.
- Series 3: World War II Projects, 1942-1944
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.
- Box-Folder 7.1: Kaiser Company, Inc, 1943-1944
- Extent: 122 sheets
- Map-Folder 3.3: Kaiser Company, Inc, 1943-1944
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Box-Folder 5.2: Kaiser Company, Inc, 1943-1944
- These sheets have some water damage and frass.
- Extent: 39 sheets
- Box-Folder 5.3: Kaiser Company, Inc, 1944
- Extent: 30 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.20: Kaiser Company, Inc, 1943
- Notes and conversion table.
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Box-Folder 5.4: War Production Mechanical Drawing, 1942
- Extent: 14 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.21: War Production Mechanical Drawing, 1942
- Extent: 8 sheets
- Series 4: Commercial Projects, 1953-2000
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.
- Map-Folder 21: CH2M New Wing, 1955
- Extent: 21 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.22: CH2M New Wing, 1955
- Extent: 5 sheets
- Map-Folder 4.1: Childs Garage Workshop, 1969
- Extent: 10 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.23: Childs Garage Workshop - Project Documentation, 1968-1970
- Correspondence, budgeting, certifications, contracts, proposals, newspaper clippings, and design notes.
- Box-Folder 1.24: Childs Garage Workshop, 1968-1970
- Extent: 27 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.25: Chintimini Park Fire Station - Project Documentation, 1956-1977
- Pamphlets, newspaper clippings, proposals, receipts, specifications, addendums, contracts, agreements, correspondence, and design notes.
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Map-Folder 4.2: Chintimini Park Fire Station, 1956
- Extent: 42 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.26: Consumers Power, Inc. - Project Documentation, 1957
- Specifications.
- Map-Folder 5: Consumers Power, Inc, 1964
- Extent: 31 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.27: Corvallis Arts Center - Project Documentation, 1974-1979
- Budgeting, applications, meeting agendas, design notes, estimates, and certificates.
- Box-Folder 1.28: Corvallis Arts Center, 1974-1979
- Extent: 17 sheets
- Map-Folder 6.1: Corvallis Arts Center, 2000
- Extent: 10 sheets
- Map-Folder 6.2: Corvallis Civic Center Cultural Building, Undated
- Extent: 7 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.29: Country Kitchen - Project Documentation, 1956
- Calculations and design notes.
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Map-Folder 7: Country Kitchen, 1969-1977
- Extent: 64 sheets
- Map-Folder 8: Country Kitchen, 1969-1977
- Extent: 43 sheets
- Box-Folder 7.2: Country Kitchen, 1969-1977
- Extent: 46 sheets
- Map-Folder 9.1: Corvallis Dental Center, 1954
- Related newspaper clipping in Box-Folder 3.4: Project Related Newspaper Clippings.
- Extent: 21 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.30: Disco - Project Documentation, 1978
- The plans and drawings for the proposal.
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Box-Folder 3.7: Fircrest Farms, 1993
- Extent: 6 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.31: Fircrest Farms, 1993
- Business card and calculations.
- Extent: 13 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.32: Fred's Honda - Project Documentation, 1996
- Maps, indenture request, design notes, and calculations.
- Box-Folder 1.33: Fred's Honda, 1996
- Extent: 11 sheets
- Map-Folder 9.2: Fred's Honda, 1996
- Extent: 6 sheets
- Box-Folder 6.1: Hardware and Grocery Store, 1954
- This building is located in Philomath, OR.
- Extent: 6 sheets
- Map-Folder 9.3: Jack Scoville LTD Addition, 1992
- Extent: 9 sheets
- Map-Folder 9.4: Industrial Site, Undated
- Related newspaper clipping in Box-Folder 3.4: Project Related Newspaper Clippings.
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Map-Folder 10.1: Oregon Dairy Breeders Office Building, 1958
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.34: Oregon Dairy Breeders Lab - Project Documentation, 1958
- Correspondence, receipts, calculations, bids, pamphlets, change orders, contracts, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and specifications.
- Box-Folder 1.35: Oregon Dairy Breeders Lab, 1958
- Extent: 25 sheets
- Map-Folder 10.2: Oregon Dairy Breeders Lab, 1958
- Extent: 11 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.36: Parr Heating - Project Documentation, 1954-1955
- Proposals, newspaper clippings, calculations, estimates, and photographs.
- Extent: 1 print
- Map-Folder 10.3: Parr Heating Company, 1955
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Map-Folder 9.5: Payless Drug Store, 1959
- Extent: 13 sheets
- Box-Folder 3.8: Philomath City Hall - Project Documentation, 1992-1993
- Estimates, proposals, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.
- Box-Folder 1.37: Philomath City Hall, 1992-1993
- Extent: 23 sheets
- Box-Folder 3.9: Philomath City Hall, 1993
- Extent: 61 sheets
- Box-Folder 3.10: Philomath City Hall, 1992-1993
- Extent: 17 sheets
- Map-Folder 10.4: Philomath Post Office, 1953
- Extent: 7 sheets
- Box-Folder 5.5: Philomath Post Office, 1953
- Extent: 16 sheets
- Map-Folder 11: Professional Building for George Buxton, 1958-1960
- Extent: 37 sheets
- Box-Folder 6.2: RC Wilson Warehouse, 1953
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.38: RC Wilson Warehouse, 1953
- Has colored architectural drawings.
- Extent: 13 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.39: Service Station Pit, 1978
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.40: Shopping Centers, Inc (9th and Beca) - Project Documentation, 1956-1958
- Stock receipt, list of stockholders, zoning letter, newspapers, and newspaper clippings.
- Extent: 22 sheets
- Box-Folder 3.11: Shopping Centers, Inc (9th and Beca) - Project Documentation, 1956-1963
- Leases and newspaper clippings.
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Map-Folder 12: Shopping Centers, Inc (9th and Beca), 1956-1958
- Contains projects titled "Barber & Beauty," "Jewelry Shop," "Econowash," "Williams Drugstore," and "Emery's Foodliner."
- Extent: 43 sheets
- Map-Folder 13: Shopping Centers, Inc (9th and Beca), 1956-1958
- Contains projects titled "Cornet Store," "Cornet, Drug, and Others," and "Shopping Centers, Inc Development."
- Extent: 45 sheets
- Map-Folder 3.4: Shopping Centers, Inc (9th and Beca), 1956-1958
- Contains project titled "Emery's Foodliner."
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Box-Folder 1.41: Shopping Center Addition, Roy Taylor (3rd St.) - Project Documentation, 1979
- Calculations, plans, and receipts.
- Map-Folder 14: Shopping Center Addition, Roy Taylor (3rd St.), 1976-1981
- Extent: 31 sheets
- Box-Folder 7.3: Shopping Center Addition, Roy Taylor (3rd St.), 1975-1978
- Extent: 14 sheets
- Box-Folder 3.12: Shopping Center Addition, Roy Taylor (3rd St.), 1978-1981
- Extent: 13 sheets
- Box-Folder 5.6: Shopping Center (9th and East Grant), 1953-1959
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.42: Shupe Furniture Store - Project Documentation, 1959
- Specifications and newspaper clippings.
- Map-Folder 15: Shupe Furniture Store, 1959-1960
- Extent: 21 sheets
- Map-Folder 16: Shupe Furniture Store, 1959-1960
- Extent: 20 sheets
- Box-Folder 7.4: Shupe Furniture Store, 1960
- Extent: 18 sheets
- Box-Folder 5.7: Shupe Furniture Store, 1960
- Extent: 232 sheets
- Map-Folder 17.1: Spencer's Seed Store, 1954
- Extent: 12 sheets
- Map-Folder 17.2: Studies for United Methodist Church, 1957
- Extent: 26 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.43: The Big "O" Drive-In - Project Documentation, 1956-1962
- Newspaper clippings, fire code restrictions, notes, correspondence, and analysis.
- Box-Folder 1.44: The Big "O" Drive In, 1966
- Extent: 12 sheets
- Map-Folder 18: The Big "O" Drive In, 1966
- Extent: 71 sheets
- Map-Folder 32.1: Thrift Shop Addition, 1984
- Related newspaper clipping in Box-Folder 3.4: Project Related Newspaper Clippings.
- Extent: 10 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.45: Thrift Shop Addition, 1984
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.46: Unitarian Fellowship Building - Project Documentation, 1982-1986
- Future goals and considerations, 1982; Guidelines, criteria, meeting notes, photograph, and correspondence, 1984; Addendum and meeting notes, 1985; Field reports, correspondence, meeting notes, and newspaper clipping, 1986.
- Extent: 1 print
- Box-Folder 1.47: Unitarian Fellowship Building - Project Documentation, 1987-2007
- Correspondence, announcement, and plan check, 1987-1989; pledges, 1992; specification, correspondence, and an article, 1993-1996; photographs and design notes, 2003; email correspondence and a note, 2006-2007.
- Extent: 2 prints; 3 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.48: Unitarian Fellowship Building, 1982-2003
- Fellowship Addition and Religious Exploration (RE) Addition, 1984-1985; Unitarian Universalist (UU) House, 2000-2003.
- Extent: 14 sheets
- Map-Folder 19: Unitarian Fellowship Building, 1982-1985
- This project contains many different iterations of work on the Unitarian Fellowship Building Addition, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis (UUFC) Expansion, Religious Exploration (RE) Expansion, and Unitarian Universalist (UU) House.
- Extent: 94 sheets
- Box-Folder 7.5: Unitarian Fellowship Building, 1984-1985
- Extent: 19 sheets
- Box-Folder 3.13: Unitarian Fellowship Building, 1986-1988
- Extent: 30 sheets
- Series 5: OSU Projects, 1949-2002
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.
- Map-Folder 20.1: Adair Village Library Storage, 1979
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Map-Folder 20.2: Administration Building, 1980-1989
- Now called Kerr Administration Building.
- Extent: 7 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.49: Administration Building, 1980-1989
- Extent: 34 sheets
- Box-Folder 5.8: Administration Building, Admissions and New Personnel Department, 1980-1989
- Extent: 46 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.50: Apperson Hall, OSU E&CE Building - Project Documentation, Undated
- Specifications. Now Called Kearney Hall.
- Extent: 6 sheets
- Box-Folder 3.14: Benton Hall, 1989
- Now known as Community Hall.
- Extent: 8 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.51: Campus Entrance - Project Documentation, 1982-1987
- Material list and scope of work.
- Map-Folder 20.3: Campus Entrance, 1982-1987
- Extent: 17 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.52: Chi Phi Chapter House - Project Documentation, 1958-1959
- Specifications and newspaper clippings.
- Map-Folder 22: Chi Phi Chapter House, 1956-1959
- Extent: 44 sheets
- Box-Folder 5.9: Chi Phi Chapter House, 1956-1959
- Extent: 21 sheets
- Map-Folder 23.1: Co-op House Remodel and Addition, 1955
- Extent: 8 sheets
- Map-Folder 23.2: Computer Science Department Farm Crops Alterations, 1983
- Now called Hovland Hall.
- Extent: 17 sheets
- Box-Folder 5.1: Computer Science Department Farm Crops Alterations, 1983
- Now called Hovland Hall.
- Extent: 17 sheets
- Box-Folder 7.6: Dryden Hall Fire Restoration, 1983
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Box-Folder 6.3: Environmental Health Department, 1981
- Extent: 7 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.53: Environmental Health Department, 1981
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Map-Folder 23.3: Gilbert Hall, 1983
- Extent: 6 sheets
- Box-Folder 3.15: Gilbert Hall, 1982
- Extent: 12 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.54: Hyslop Farm Lab, Strader Field Research Laboratory - Project Documentation, 1966-1969
- Correspondence and specifications.
- Map-Folder 24: Hyslop Farm Lab, Strader Field Research Laboratory, 1966
- Extent: 35 sheets
- Map-Folder 25.1: Industrial Building, 1985
- Now called Cascade Hall.
- Extent: 16 sheets
- Box-Folder 6.4: Industrial Building, 1985
- Now called Cascade Hall.
- Extent: 17 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.55: Industrial Building, 1985
- Area data and pamphlets. Now called Cascade Hall.
- Extent: 8 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.56: Kerr Library Circulation, 1979
- Now called the Valley Library.
- Extent: 13 sheets
- Map-Folder 26: Kerr Library Building Addition, Special Collections, 1987
- Now called the Valley Library.
- Extent: 22 sheets
- Box-Folder 3.16: Langton Hall, 1990
- Extent: 9 sheets
- Box-Folder 3.17: Martel House, 1980-1981
- Extent: 7 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.57: Martel House, 1980-1981
- Extent: 7 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.58: Mitchell Playhouse Ticket Office, 1979
- Now called the Gladys Valley Gymnastics Center.
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Box-Folder 7.7: New Food Service Offices, 1979
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Box-Folder 7.8: OSC Milk House, Dairy Farm, 1958
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Map-Folder 27: Civil Engineering Department, Hinsdale Lab, 2002
- Extent: 32 sheets
- Box-Folder 4.1: OSU Food Industries, 1951
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Map-Folder 28: Peavy Arboretum, 1991
- Extent: 6 sheets
- Box-Folder 4.2: Peavy Arboretum Office, 1991
- Extent: 18 sheets
- Map-Folder 29: Pi Kappa Phi House, Undated
- Extent: 28 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.59: Pi Kappa Phi House, Undated
- Extent: 8 sheets
- Map-Folder 30: President John Byrne's Residence, 1985
- Extent: 22 sheets
- Box-Folder 6.5: President John Byrne's Residence, 1984
- Extent: 41 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.60: President John Byrne's Residence, 1985
- Extent: 5 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.61: Rogers Hall - Project Documentation, 1984
- Estimates, authorizations, and correspondence.
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Box-Folder 4.3.1: Rogers Hall, 1987
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Box-Folder 4.3.2: Shepard Hall, 1979
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Box-Folder 6.6: Security Department, 1981-1982
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.62: Security Department, 1981
- Extent: 13 sheets
- Box-Folder 4.3.3: Strand Agricultural Hall, 1989
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Map-Folder 31: Student Health Service Building, 1990-2004
- Also called Plageman Student Health Center.
- Extent: 12 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.63: Student Health Center, 1981
- Also called Plageman Student Health Center.
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Box-Folder 1.64: Various OSU, 1981
- Contains one architecural sheet labeled "Freeze Protect. Bldg MSC." Also contains 4 documentation papers that are not associated with any project, including scope of work and project notes.
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Box-Folder 4.4.1: Weniger Hall, 1982-1983
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Box-Folder 1.65: Weniger Hall, 1982-1983
- Estimates, authorizations, correspondence, notes, and purchase orders.
- Box-Folder 4.4.2: Wiegand Hall Remodel
- Extent: 1 sheets
- Map-Folder 32.2: Withycombe Hall, 1988
- Extent: 6 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.66: Withycombe Hall, 1988
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Series 6: Residential Projects, 1952-2003
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.
- Box-Folder 5.11: Aasum Residence, 1955
- Extent: 12 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.1: Aasum Residence, 1955
- Extent: 5 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.2: Acres Farmstead - Project Documentation, 1997-1998
- Photographs, meeting agendas, correspondence, estimates, calculations, and holiday cards associated with the Acres Farmstead designed for Jo and John Acres.
- Extent: 3 prints
- Box-Folder 2.3: Acres Farmstead - Project Documentation, 1993-1998
- Calculations.
- Box-Folder 2.4: Acres Farmstead - Project Documentation, 1993-1998
- Calculations.
- Box-Folder 2.5: Acres Farmstead, 1997-1998
- Extent: 167 sheets
- Map-Folder 33: Acres Farmstead, 1999
- Extent: 40 sheets
- Map-Folder 34: Acres Farmstead, 1999
- Extent: 26 sheets
- Box-Folder 5.12: Acres Farmstead, 1997-1998
- Extent: 6 sheets
- Box-Folder 4.5: Acres Farmstead, 1997-2000
- Extent: 48 sheets
- Box-Folder 4.6: Acres Farmstead, 1997-2000
- Extent: 55 sheets
- Box-Folder 4.7: Acres Farmstead, 1997-2000
- Extent: 53 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.6: Ali Niazee Apartments, 1982
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Box-Folder 4.8: Bartley Residence - Project Documentation, 1968
- Correspondence and notes.
- Extent: 25 sheets
- Box-Folder 5.13: Bartley Residence, 1968
- Extent: 15 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.7: Benton Manor Apartments - Project Documentation, 1959-1960
- Estimates receipts, bills, newspaper clippings, and invoices. The building was originally Benton Manor Cooperative, then University Townhouse, then Executive Plaza; there is an online archive from one of the owners discussing the timeline of the building.
- Box-Folder 2.8: Benton Manor Apartments - Project Documentation, 1957
- Upholstery swatches, correspondence, paint chips, magazine clippings, newspaper clippings, catalogues, notes, schedules, and tile coloring.
- Box-Folder 2.9: Benton Manor Apartments - Project Documentation, 1960
- Correspondence on range and refrigerator colors and notes on apartments plans.
- Map-Folder 25.2: Benton Manor Apartments, 1959
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Map-Folder 35: Benton Manor Apartments, 1959
- Extent: 42 sheets
- Map-Folder 36: Benton Manor Apartments, 1959
- Extent: 40 sheets
- Map-Folder 37: Benton Manor Apartments, 1959-1960
- Extent: 27 sheets
- Box-Folder 7.9: Benton Manor Apartments, 1959
- Extent: 32 sheets
- Box-Folder 5.14: Benton Manor Apartments, 1959-1960
- Extent: 18 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.10: Benton Manor Apartments, 1959-1989
- Extent: 15 sheets
- Box-Folder 6.8.1: Camelot Park Mobile Home Park, 1994
- This is located in Albany, OR.
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Box-Folder 4.9: Camelot Park Mobile Home Park, 1994
- Extent: 6 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.11: Camelot Park Mobile Home Park, 1994
- Contact information and fax related documents.
- Extent: 17 sheets
- Box-Folder 6.8.2: Charlemagne Duplex, Frederick Rex Johansen, 1977
- Extent: 9 sheets
- Map-Folder 38.1: Charlemagne Duplex, Frederick Rex Johansen, 1977
- Extent: 13 sheets
- Map-Folder 38.2: Chona Residence, 1985
- Extent: 7 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.12: Co-Resident Women, Inc, Anderson House - Project Documentation, 1967-1972
- Invoices, correspondences, surveys, project details, certificates, newspaper clippings, goals, pamphlets, checklists, and addresses.
- Extent: 5 sheets
- Map-Folder 39: Co-Resident Women, Inc, Anderson House, 1967
- Extent: 40 sheets
- Map-Folder 40: Co-Resident Women, Inc, Anderson House, 1967
- Extent: 40 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.13: Co-Resident Women, Inc, Co-ed Cooperative - Project Documentation, 1969-1973
- Specifications, plans, notes, and correspondence.
- Box-Folder 2.14: Co-Resident Women, Inc, Co-ed Cooperative, 1971-1972
- Extent: 29 sheets
- Map-Folder 41: Co-Resident Women, Inc, Co-ed Cooperative, 1971
- Extent: 47 sheets
- Map-Folder 42: Co-Resident Women, Inc, Co-ed Cooperative, 1972
- Contains one oil pastel drawing.
- Extent: 44 sheets
- Map-Folder 43: Co-Resident Women, Inc, Co-ed Cooperative, 1971
- Extent: 19 sheets
- Box-Folder 7.1: Co-Resident Women, Inc, Co-ed Cooperative, 1969
- Extent: 62 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.15: Crowell Residence, 1973
- Specifications.
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Map-Folder 44.1: Crowell Residence, 1973
- Extent: 20 sheets
- Map-Folder 44.2: Doubleday Residence, 1974
- Extent: 11 sheets
- Box-Folder 6.9.1: Durgan Residence, Undated
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.16: Garfield and Division Apartments - Project Documentation, 1972-1995
- Specifications, calculations, and newspaper clippings.
- Box-Folder 2.17: Garfield and Division Apartments - Project Documentation, 1986-1995
- Correspondence, notes, instructions to bidders, specifications, handouts, notices, proposals, inspection reports, warranties, licensing laws, invoices, and field report.
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Map-Folder 44.3: Garfield and Division Apartments, 1972
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Box-Folder 4.1: Gathercoal Residence, 1959
- Extent: 6 sheets
- Map-Folder 45.1: Gleason Residence, 1976
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.18: Gramer Residence, 1955
- Notes.
- Extent: 12 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.19: Griffin, Ted Residence - Project Documentation, 1960
- Specifications, correspondence, notes, and guidelines.
- Extent: 16 sheets
- Map-Folder 45.2: Griffin, Ted Residence, 1960
- Extent: 17 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.20: Hutton Residence - Project Documentation, 1956
- Specifications, contracts, notes, correspondence, addendums, and handouts.
- Extent: 15 sheets
- Map-Folder 46: Hutton Residence, 1956
- Extent: 32 sheets
- Map-Folder 47.1: Kuhn Residence, 1978
- This is located in Philomath.
- Extent: 6 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.21: Leman Residence - Project Documentation, 1990-1991
- Notes, proposal, agreements, postcard, and art scan.
- Box-Folder 6.9.2: Leman Residence, 1990-1991
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.22: Leman Residence, 1990-1991
- Extent: 56 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.23: Linenberger Residence Remodel, 1994
- Transmissions reports and field reports.
- Extent: 5 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.24: Mater Residence Remodel - Project Documentation, 1958
- Cost estimates and notes.
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Map-Folder 47.2: Mater Residence Remodel, 1958
- Extent: 20 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.25: McCarthy Residence - Project Documentation, 1956
- Specifications.
- Extent: 8 sheets
- Map-Folder 48: McCarthy Residence, 1980
- Extent: 30 sheets
- Map-Folder 49: Petrequin Residence, 1954
- Extent: 25 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.26: Petrequin Residence, 1954
- Extent: 6 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.27: Popovitch Residence, 1972
- Notes.
- Extent: 22 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.28: Reeves Residence - Project Documentation, 1992-1993
- Notes, permits, instructions, calculations, specifications, and schedule.
- Box-Folder 2.29: Reeves Residence, 1992-1993
- Extent: 20 sheets
- Box-Folder 6.10: Reeves Residence, 1992-1993
- Extent: 33 sheets
- Map-Folder 50.1: Reynolds Residence, 1955
- Extent: 13 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.30: Reynolds Residence, 1955
- Extent: 14 sheets
- Box-Folder 6.11: Rycraft Residence, 1992
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Map-Folder 50.2: Samuels Residence, Undated
- Extent: 12 sheets
- Map-Folder 50.3: Schwab Residence, 1963
- Extent: 6 sheets
- Map-Folder 51.1: Scullen Residence, 1952
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.31: Shaw Residence, 1968-1969
- Estimates and proposals.
- Extent: 8 sheets
- Map-Folder 51.2: Shou Residence, 1962
- Extent: 13 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.32: Shou Residence, 1961
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Map-Folder 52: Starker, Barte Residence, 1981
- Extent: 26 sheets
- Box-Folder 6.12: Starker, Barte Residence, 1981
- Extent: 61 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.33: Starker, Barte Residence, 1981
- Extent: 15 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.34: Swan Lake Village Apartments - Project Documentation, 1980-1992
- Goals, considerations, applications, and notes. This is located in Albany, OR.
- Extent: 29 sheets
- Map-Folder 53: Swan Lake Village Apartments, 1980
- Extent: 25 sheets
- Box-Folder 4.11: Tatom Residence, 1969
- Extent: 9 sheets
- Map-Folder 54: University Park Apartments, 1980
- Extent: 56 sheets
- Map-Folder 25.3: University Park Apartments, 1980
- Extent: 5 sheets
- Box-Folder 6.13: University Park Apartments, 1980
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Box-Item 9.1: University Park Apartments, 1980
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Box-Folder 2.35: University Park Apartments, 1980
- Extent: 48 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.36: Volz Residence - Project Documentation, 1994-1996
- Correspondence and permit. This is located in Albany, OR.
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Box-Folder 4.12: Volz Residence, 1994
- Extent: 34 sheets
- Box-Folder 7.11: Wasserman, A.L. Residence, 1975
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.37: West Hills Village Retirement Home, Undated
- Extent: 7 sheets
- Map-Folder 55: West Hills Village Retirement Home, Undated
- Extent: 31 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.38: Wilson, R.C. Residence, 1952-1954
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Map-Folder 56: Wilson, R.C. Residence, 1952-1953
- Extent: 50 sheets
- Map-Folder 57: Winlund Barn, 1978
- Extent: 7 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.39: Wyatt Residence, 1984-1985
- Correspondence.
- Extent: 14 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.40: Yih, Senator Mae Residence - Project Documentation, 2001-2003
- Correspondence, instructions, specifications, handouts, addendum, newspaper clippings, brochure, invitation, map, photos, and a newsletter. This building is located in Albany, OR.
- Map-Folder 58: Yih, Senator Mae Residence, 1964-2003
- Extent: 35 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.41: Yih, Senator Mae Residence, 2001-2003
- Extent: 26 sheets
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