By Finding aid prepared by Bryce Henry and Elizabeth Nielsen.
Title: Contract Administration Records, 1889-1976
Predominant Dates: 1908-1969
ID: RG 212
Primary Creator: Oregon State University. Contract Administration Office
Extent: 3.75 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: The Contract Administration Records are arranged in two series: I. Contracts, 1889-1976 and II. Abstracts of Title, 1911-1950.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
The Contract Administration Records consist of expired contracts, leases, and agreements records and abstracts of title. The contracts include deeds and titles for land purchases, leases, and easement agreements as well as construction and architectural service contracts for buildings on the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis and at other sites in Oregon. Many of the construction and architectural service contracts are for buildings on the Corvallis campus constructed in the 1910s and 1920s that are now part of the campus historic district. John V. Bennes and his associates provided architectural services for many of the buildings.
Other contracts and agreements of note pertain to the establishment of scholarship funds; land purchases for McDonald Forest and leases and other agreements for forestry research; and oceanographic research vessels. Some memoranda of agreement for research projects with federal and state agencies are included. Contracts and leases for county Extension Service offices and branch Experiment Station lands and facilities are also part of the records.
The abstracts of title are primarily from the 1930s for land that now comprises the McDonald Forest in north Benton County.
Architectural drawings and maps are included for some of the contracts and abstracts.
More Extent Information: 4 boxes
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: The records were transferred to the Archives in 1995.
Related Materials: The Facilities Services Records (RG 193) include substantive materials pertaining to campus buildings and facilities and include architectural drawings and construction files. Additional materials pertaining to McDonald Forest are part of the College of Forestry Records (RG 139). More recent research agreements and contracts are available in the Research Accounting (Post-Award Administration) Office Records (RG 026).
Preferred Citation: Contract Administration Records (RG 212), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Reserach Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
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[Date of Acknowledgement: December 2023]
Oregon State University. Contract Administration Office
Bennes, John V.
College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
Experimental forests--Oregon.
Forest reserves--Oregon.
Forests and forestry--Research--Oregon.
McDonald Forest (Or.)
Oceanographic research ships--Oregon.
Oregon Agricultural College--Buildings.
Oregon State Agricultural College--Buildings.
Oregon State College--Buildings.
Oregon State College--Research.
Oregon State College. Federal Cooperative Extension Service
Oregon State College. School of Forestry
Oregon State University--Buildings
Oregon State University--Research.
Oregon State University. Contract Administration Office
Oregon State University. Extension Service
Oregon State University. School of Forestry
Scholarships--Oregon.
Student aid--Oregon.
Student loans--Oregon.
University History
Architectural drawings (visual works)
Maps (documents)