Board of Trustees records, 1868-1891.

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Board of Trustees records, 1868-1891.

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Series 1 includes two journals containing the minutes of the Board's meetings from 1868-1891 and documents its administration of Corvallis College. Series 2 is a journal of minutes of the Board's Financial and Auditing Committee, 1869-1888. It documents the actions of the committee in overseeing the finances of Corvallis College, and includes lists of warrants approved for payment. Series 3 is a set of notes and a draft of a resolution on John R.N. Bell's favoring the transfer of control of the college to a State Board of Regents. It is dated either 1884 or 1885. Series 4 is an 1873 circular listing names of local citizens who pledged money toward the purchase of the college farm and the farm's expansion. Series 1 and 2 are in both paper and microfilm form. Series 3 and 4 are paper only.

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Bell, J. R. N. 1846-1928.

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In 1861, Corvallis College was sold to a group of Corvallis residents who were all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. This group became the board of the college. Classes were probably first held in 1865. By 1866, the newly formed Columbia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, had gained ownership and control of the college. In 1868, Corvallis College was reincorporated as a degree granting institution of higher education. That same year, the College's Board of Trust...

Corvallis College

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Corvallis College, the predecessor institution to Oregon State University, was incorporated in 1858 as a coeducational institution of primary and preparatory education. Plagued by financial instability, the College changed hands several times and added college-level coursework in the 1860s. In 1868, Corvallis College was designated and adopted as the agricultural college of the State of Oregon by the Oregon Legislative Assembly and given land grant status. The December 31, 1859 issue (number 48)...

Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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