Reed College and the Oregon Colleges Foundation records
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, minutes, budgets, and some Oregon Colleges Foundation pamphlets and brochures.
Dates
- 1953 - 1970
Biographical / Historical
Founded in 1950, the Oregon Colleges Foundation was an organization of the state’s private colleges. The colleges banded together to solicit funding. Businesses could give a single donation to the foundation or to a single college within the foundation. Participating member colleges included Cascade College, Lewis and Clark, Linfield, Marylhurst, Mt. Angel Women’s College, Multnomah College, Pacific University, Reed, the University of Portland, and Willamette University.
Extent
1.3 Linear Feet (3 manuscript boxes)
Language
English
Overview
The Oregon Colleges Foundation brought a number of Oregon private colleges together in an effort to maximize fundraising. This collection includes correspondence, minutes, budgets, and brochures relating to Reed College's participation.
Physical Location
Archives Main Shelving (L014), Range A Section 2.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Immediate source of acquisition is unknown.
Processing Information
Materials likely processed several times. These files used to be part of a large “General Files” collection.
- Author
- Isabel Lyndon
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Reed College Special Collections and Archives Repository
3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard
Portland Oregon 97202-8199 United States
archives@reed.edu