Oregon Rural Electric Cooperative Association records
Scope and Contents
The collection contains articles of association, membership information, committee minutes and reports, financial records, correspondence and memoranda, contracts, and publications, 1952-1958; the Association destroyed its earlier records.
Articles of association include by-laws, incorporation records, and correspondence.
Committee materials include meeting minutes, treasurer's reports, resolutions, agendas, tax committee and legislative committee records.
Financial records include bills, claims, statements and checks.
Publication records include Northwest Ruralite, correspondence, contracts, and memoranda.
Dates
- 1952-1958
Creator
- Oregon Rural Electric Cooperative Association (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
The Oregon Rural Electric Cooperative Association (ORECA) was formed in 1942. Individuals representing five member cooperatives signed ORECA’s Articles of Incorporation. ORECA Founders were: V.A. Parker (Blachly-Lane Electric), James E. Paddock (Lane Electric), Ivan C. Laird (Coos-Curry Electric), George W. Hendrix (Benton-Lincoln Electric), and J.B. Rader (Douglas Electric).
Source: Oregon Rural Electric Cooperative Association website: http://www.oreca.org/about-us/objectives_and_purpose/
Extent
4.5 linear feet (3 containers) : 3 record storage boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Oregon Rural Electric Cooperative Association (ORECA) was formed in 1942. The collection contains articles of association, membership information, committee minutes and reports, financial records, correspondence and memoranda, contracts, and publications, 1952-1958; the Association destroyed its earlier records.
Arrangement
Material within this collection may have little to no intellectual or physical arrangement. Any arrangement may have derived from the records' creators or custodians. It may be necessary to look in multiple places for the same types of materials.
Other Finding Aids
Paper finding aid with additional information is available in Special Collections & University Archives.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal to no organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Electric cooperatives -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Electric utilities -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Public Utilities Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Rural electrification -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Oregon Rural Electric Cooperative Association Records
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team and Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
