Oregon State Board of Control Records Guide
Record Series Descriptions
Penitentiary Cornerstone Box and Contents
1854-1929
Box 86
.5 cubic feet
Arrangement: Chronological by item date
Series contains the contents of the time capsule placed in the cornerstone of the Oregon State Penitentiary.
Items include:
Business cards (ca. 1870)
Coin made into an identification necklace (n.d.)
Cornerstone contents inventory (1870)
Correspondence
Lead box (1871)
Newspapers (1870-1929)
Penitentiary inmate rules and regulations (1870, 1928)
Photographs, two (n.d.)
Prince Edward Island token (1857)
Reports (ca. 1870)
Roster of prison officials (1866)
United States quarter (1854)
Wooden fan (n.d)
Separated records:
See the Photographs record series for photographs separated from this record series.
