OHSU Campus Planning, Development, and Real Estate records

Collection

Identifier: 2012-001

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a variety of media and information concerning campus planning, development, and management of university real estate. Documentation consists of memos, correspondence, and legal agreements, and is primarily concerned with parking issues and a variety of parking lots leased to deal with them. There is also a series of videotapes and one of framed drawings of artists conceptions (mostly of the South Waterfront and the Portland Aerial Tram). There are also poster boards of Marquam Hill.

Dates

1930-2011

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on access. This collection is open to the public.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

OHSU Historical Collections & Archives (HC&A) is the owner of the original materials and digitized images in our collections, however, the collection may contain materials for which copyright is not held. Patrons are responsible for determining the appropriate use or reuse of materials. Consult with HC&A to determine if we can provide permission for use.

Historical note

In October 1887, the University of Oregon established a department of medicine in Northwest Portland. Since those first building blocks were laid, the university has dramatically expanded both in form and function. The present 116-acre Marquam Hill campus began in 1917 with a 20-acre tract donated by the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Co. and an 88-acre tract donated by the family of C.S. Jackson, former publisher of the Oregon Journal. Long-range planning was not something that was immediately on the minds of early planners of the University's medical school grounds on Marquam Hill when they were donated.

The University of Oregon Medical School move from downtown Portland to its present location on Marquam Hill in 1919. The first building, Mackenzie Hall, was named after Kenneth A.J. Mackenzie, M.D., the school's second dean. Mackenzie was also the railroad’s surgeon. He convinced the railroad company to donate the land as it had proved useless for the railroad's purposes.

Extent

8 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection showcases a variety of materials concerning campus planning, development, and management of campus real estate.

Arrangement

The collection is separated into four series based on the type of media concerned: Documents, Videotapes, Framed items, and Poster boards.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Sue Dockery of the Office of Campus Planning, Development and Real Estate approved the transfer of these materials to the Archives. She and an assistant delivered them and they were accessioned by Karen Peterson.

Related Archival Materials

Other collections with an emphasis on planning and construction projects include: 2004-008 University Relations and Public Affairs 2012-011 Strategic Communications Collection on Institutional History