This collection includes materials related to councils served on by Mater including the Oregon Council on Economic Education, Multnomah-Washington Private Industry Council, the State Job Training Board, the Portland Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the Oregon Consortium, the State Job Training Coordinating Council, the Governor's Employment and Training Council, the Balance of State Private Industry Council, the OSU College of Business Advisory Council, and the Community Services Consortium.
Records include meeting materials (agendas, minutes, reports, handouts), committee records, clippings, newsletters, correspondence, financial and annual reports, and presentations. Records also include environmental impact statements for Corvallis transportation projects, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco newsletters and annual reports, Federal Reserve Bank Board studies, corporate annual reports from wood product companies, and manuals for K-12 instructional projects from the OSU SMILE (Science and Math Investigate Learning Experiences) program.
Other materials in the collection reflect Mater's participation in statewide and local organizations such as the Region Four Quality Workforce Committee, the Oregon Private Industry Council and the Benton County Corrections Siting and Design Committee. Correspondence between the Mater Engineering Company and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other businesses regarding the securing of defense contracts are also included.
An addition to the Jean Mater Papers (Accession 2012:075) consists of materials documenting projects undertaken by the Mater Machine Works/Mater Engineering firm and Jean Mater's participation in various organizations. In addition to mechanical drawings that comprise the bulk of this addition, this accession also includes certificates, correspondence, a diploma, flyers, mechanical drawings, photographs, and plaques. The mechanical drawings depict machine parts, equipment, buildings, and mill site layouts developed for private timber company and Native American tribal sawmill operations. Examples of equipment featured in these drawings include: tong dogs, turners, edger feed rolls, stub shafts, offbear rolls, and carriages. Information about seed separation equipment developed by Mater Machine Works in conjunction with the USDA Small Seed Laboratory was also found in this transfer. The plaques and certificates reflect Mater's involvement in the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce, the Altrusa Club, the OSU Austin Family Business Program, the Forestry Research Advisory Council, the U.S. Small Business Administration, and the Oregon Private Industry Council. Comprised of 3 prints, the photographs are all portrait shots of Jean Mater, one with her husband Milton. The diploma is Jean's doctorate from Oregon State College.
