Co-Resident Women, Inc., Records, 1943-1985

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Co-Resident Women, Incorporated
Title
Co-Resident Women, Inc., Records
Dates
1943-1985 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.45 cubic ft.
1 microfilm reel
Collection Number
RG 077
Summary
The Co-Resident Women, Inc., Records document the administration, operation, and dissolution of this independent housing corporation founded in 1938 to provide female students at Oregon State University inexpensive cooperative housing.
Repository
Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Co-Resident Women, Inc., an independent housing corporation, was founded in 1938 to provide female students at OSU with inexpensive cooperative housing. In 1943, the organization was formally incorporated as a non-profit corporation. That year, the organization operated seven houses: Jameson House, The Pines, Hazelrae, Katherine Veatch Kottage, Heather House, Linden Hall, and Edith Pernot. Other houses that Co-Resident Women, Inc. operated included Winston House, and Heather Rae House.

Over time, rental agreements with the University were not renewed and other houses were sold when they could not be run efficiently. In 1985, faced with financial difficulties, the corporation deeded its remaining house, Anderson House, to the OSU Foundation and was dissolved.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Records reflect the operation and dissolution of Co-Resident Women, Inc. All records are in paper format; part of series 1 is also on microfilm.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Co-Resident Women, Inc., Records (RG 77), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 5 series: 1. Minutes and reports, Board of Trustees; 2. Articles of Incorporation & Bylaws; 3. Deeds and abstracts; 4. Disbanding papers; 5. Historical information. Each series is arranged chronologically.

Related Materials

Other materials pertaining to Co-Resident Women are in the Memorabilia Collection and the Azalea House Records.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Housing, Cooperative--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Student housing--Oregon--Corvallis.

Corporate Names

  • Oregon State University--Student housing.