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Historic Preservation Plan

The Benton County Historical Society FOR MORE

The Benton County Historical Society (BCHS) is a non-profit corporation INFORMATION:
and leading cultural institution in the Williamette Valley. The BCHS To access the resources provided
operates museum facilities and preserves collections, provides a by the noted educational
dynamic visitor experience and quality education programs, builds organizations, utilize the links
a diverse constituency through community partners, and operates provided:
with a well-developed infrastructure, supported by stable funding. Its
mission is to “preserve the material and intellectual culture of Benton The Benton County Historical
County, Oregon, by acquiring and caring for significant collections Society:
that illustrate and interpret the history of the area and its relationship http://www.
to the world, and to enrich people’s lives through exhibitions and bentoncountymuseum.org/
educational programs.” The BCHS’s facilities are currently located
entirely in the neighboring City of Philomath. However, construction of The Oregon Archaeological
a new museum in downtown Corvallis is currently underway.
Society:
The Oregon Archaeological Society http://www.
oregonarchaeological.org/
The Oregon Archaeological Society, a non-profit organization founded
in 1951, stresses the importance of working with professional The Oregon State University
archaeologists in the advancement of knowledge and educating the Libraries Special Collections &
public. General meetings featuring a speaker are held monthly between Archives Research Center:
September and May. Hands-on training workshops on a variety of http://scarc.library.oregonstate.
subjects, such as archaeological drawing, lithics identification and edu/
animal bone identification, are held quarterly. The Society also offers a
training program in basic archaeology and tours of archaeological sites
and research facilities.
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of manuscripts, archives, photographs and books. As part of the M
University’s land grant mission, SCARC makes these resources available :
to the OSU community, Oregonians, and the larger community of
scholars and independent researchers. As the repository for and
steward of the Libraries’ rare and unique materials, they build
distinctive and unique collections in the areas of natural resources,
the history of science, university history, and Oregon’s multicultural Figure 17: The South Central Park
communities. These collections encompass manuscripts, archives, rare Neighborhood Walking Tour brochure,
books, oral histories, photographs, ephemera, audio/visual materials, one of the many existing historic tours in
Corvallis
electronic and born digital records.

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