There’s a lovely four part “Pauling in Memorium” that concluded last week. It’s quite lovely, so I recommend setting aside some time!

Linus Pauling giving an interview at Deer Flat Ranch, September 1993.

Look no further — here’s what happened in July!

J.C. Clark Papers, 1893-1967 (MSS ClarkJC)

J. C. Clark with colleagues at Shanghai YMCA

This collection documents Clark’s 40-year career with the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in the United States and in China as Boy’s Division Secretary and World Brotherhood Secretary.  The papers also document elements of his personal life, including his marriage to Oregon State Dean of Home Economics Ava Milam.  These materials were previously described as part of the Ava Milam Clark Papers and were separated to form this collection in 2016.

Fred Eckhardt Papers, 1879-2013 (MSS Eckhardt)

Fred Eckhardt with the beers he loved, 1992

This extensive collection covers a broad range of topics related to craft beer brewing as well as sake and wine making.  Otto Fredrick (Fred) Eckhardt was a well-known advocate, critic, educator, mentor, and historian and a beloved member of the brewing community.

William H. Galvani Rare Maps Collection, circa 1570-1909 (MAPS Galvani)

Adirondack Survey 1873 – Specimen of Preliminary Reconnaissance Sketch Showing the Approximate Positions and Names of Thirty Nine Ponds or Lakes Important and New to the Maps (Pl. 11), circa 1870

The Galvani Maps include maps and atlas pages depicting various regions of the globe during the 16^th to 20^thcenturies.  Many of the items in the collection document military history in the 18^th and 19^th centuries, especially during the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, the United States Civil War, the Crimean War, and the Russo-Japanese War.  Galvani bequeathed his private library, including his map collection to the Oregon State College Library in 1947.  These items were recently transferred from the Library’s historical maps collection to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center. 

Helen E. Plinkiewisch Papers, 1888-1995 (MSS Plinkiewisch)

Helen Plinkiewisch, 1920s.

The Plinkiewisch Papers document the education, music teaching career, and related activities of this music educator.  The collection includes diaries and journals, teaching records, musical compositions, a sound recording, and photographs.  Plinkiewisch graduated from Oregon State Agricultural College in 1929 and had a long and successful career as music educator in the public schools of Garden City (Long Island), New York.