Selection of letters from the Oregon State Yank Collection. This valuable collection of over 1,000 letters written by Oregon State College alumni during World War II was donated to the University Archives in 1992. It is an excellent example of a privately held collection donated to the University Archives. [Photo by OSU Communication Media Center.]
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For more information about how to contact the OSU Archives, please visit our Location, Hours, & Staff Information page.
Donating Materials to the Archives
The Archives accepts additions to its collections and holdings, especially unpublished personal papers and organizational records such as coorespondence, diaries, photographs, scrapbooks, and research files that complement records created by Oregon State University.
Donors and Archives staff complete an "Instrument of Donation" form, which transfers legal custody of the materials to the OSU Archives and also prescribes donation conditions and (if any) restrictions. Donation guidelines can be found in OSU Archives Collection Policy and Donor Information.
General information on donating materials is available from the Archives in two brochures published by the Society of American Archivists, "Donating Your Personal or Family Papers to a Repository" and "Donating Your Organizational Records to a Repository" for information on these brochures email archives@orst.edu or call the OSU archives.
For OSU departments and offices seeking information on transferring official University records to the Archives, please refer to Transferring Permanent Records to the University Archives.
The Archives also maintains a gift account with the OSU Foundation that is used for support of special programs and projects. Checks should be made payable to the OSU Foundation-Archives Gift Account.
For additional information on donating materials or making a monetary contribution to the Archives, please contact the OSU Archives, 94 Kerr Admin. Building, Corvallis, OR 97331-2103. Phone 541-737-2165; e-mail Archives@orst.edu.
