Village Improvement Society minutes, 1904-1911.

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Village Improvement Society minutes, 1904-1911.

The Village Improvement Society Minutes document the membership, activities, and finances of this civic organization. Topics addressed in the minutes include improvements on the grounds of the depot; planting trees around the school; a petition for clearing rubbish from streets and alleys; an investigation of standing water in parks; and the sanitary problems posed by barns and manure piles.

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Village Improvement Society (Corvallis, Or.)

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The Village Improvement Society was active by the 1890s; its members included prominent local business leaders and Oregon Agricultural College faculty and their spouses. Margaret Snell, home economics professor, and George Coote, horiculturist, helped organize the society. From the description of Village Improvement Society minutes, 1904-1911. (Eugene Public Library). WorldCat record id: 177073468 From the guide to the Village Improvement Society Minutes, 1904-1911, (Oregon ...

Oregon Agricultural College

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