Daily Archives: February 14, 2014

Friday Feature: Finding Aids

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SCARC staff completed 11 finding aids in January 2013. This month’s batch consists of guides for 5 “new” collections that were received in 2013, 4 maps collections, and 2 collections that previously had minimal descriptive information available online. As of January 31, 2014 the OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center has 731 finding aids in NWDA.

Whew, that’s a lot of guides! Good thing we have some maps.

Willamette Meridian township plat, 1913. From Central and Eastern Oregon Township Plats (MAPS GLOPlats).

American Fisheries Society Oregon Chapter Records, 1963-2011 (MSS AFS)

These records document the research, education, and public policy activities of the organization in addressing the protection of fish populations and habitats.  The Oregon Chapter was established in 1964 as a professional organization of fisheries and aquatic science professionals.  The collection includes 107 photographs as well as born-digital materials on floppy disks and CDs.

Alice Fisher Community Drama Class Scrapbook, 1931 (MSS FisherA)

Alice Mary Fisher, 1932.

This scrapbook consists of materials created and assembled by Fisher for a community drama class she completed at Oregon State College in 1931.  Alice Fisher earned a BS in Vocational Education from Oregon State in 1932.

 

Zoa Lowthian Photograph Album, 1928-1934 (P 297)

Zoa Lowthian, 1932.

This album documents Lowthian’s student years at Oregon Agricultural College in the late 1920s and early 1930s.  The photographs include snapshots of campus buildings and scenes, student activities, and Lowthian’s friends and family.  Zoa Lowthian earned a BS in Pharmacy in June 1932.

E. Roxie Howlett Collection, 1948 – circa 2005 (MSS Howlett)

This small collection consists of 6 issues of the Journal of Home Economics with annotations by Howlett, who earned a BS in Home Economics from Oregon State College in 1945.  She held several home economics and public relations positions prior to establishing her own public relations firm in 1968.

John L. Robbins Photographs, 1966-1972 (P 295)

This collection consists of about 4500 photographs taken by Robbins during his student years at Oregon State University in the late 1960s and early 1970s.  The images document campus events, student activities, athletics, and campus views and scenes.  Robbins earned a BS in Industrial Arts Education from Oregon State in 1973.

Central and Eastern Oregon Township Plats, 1858-1939 (MAPS GLOPlats)

This collection consists of 556 maps that are reproductions of the original manuscript plat maps for townships in regions of Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains.  Most of the plats were prepared in the 1870s-1890s.  The plats show section lines as well as natural features and vegetation such as prairie; timber; soil types; rivers, streams, sloughs, and wetlands; and fields.

Oregon Central Military Road Map, 1865 (MAPS MilitaryRoad)

Detail of the Oregon Central Military Road Map, 1865.

This single map depicts a portion of the Oregon Central Military Road as surveyed in July-September, 1865. The Oregon Central Military Road was constructed and maintained by the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road Company that was incorporated in Eugene, Oregon, in 1864.

Plans and Profiles of Oregon Rivers, 1923-1971 (MAPS RiverPlans)

This collection consists of 215 detailed maps and profiles of rivers and streams, dam sites, and reservoirs, primarily in Oregon.

Rangeland Resources Department Maps, 1936-1967 (MAPS Rangeland)

These maps (about 120 total) document range type surveys and studies in the Lower Powder River basin, Vale District, and Squaw Butte Experiment Range in eastern Oregon.

The Royal Jackson Papers and WWI Poster collections previously had minimal information available online, but now have full guides.

Royal G. Jackson Papers, circa 1905 – 1992 (MSS JacksonR)

Logging operations, c1970s.

  • The Jackson Papers consists of materials created or assembled by Royal Jackson in the course of his research.  The bulk of the materials pertain to the history of the Oregon State University College of Forestry, McDonald – Dunn Research Forest, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp Arboretum, and nature-based tourism in central Oregon and Costa Rica.  Jackson was a faculty member in the Oregon State University College of Forestry from 1970 until his retirement in 2004.  The collection includes more than 1000 photographs, 214 sound recordings of oral history interviews, and maps.  This guides includes a detailed description of the collection contents.
  • http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv31518
  • http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/coll/jacksonr/index.html

World War I Poster Collection, 1917-1919 (MSS WW1Posters)

YMCA war poster, 1918.

This collection consists of 144 war propaganda posters supporting the United States and its allies in  World War I.  The posters were generated by the United States Food Administration, the United States Treasury Department, the American Red Cross, the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), and other charitable organizations.  The collection includes numerous posters related to food austerity, U.S. war bond and stamp sales, and the United War Work Campaign of 1918.  This guide includes an item-level list of the posters.

These guides and many others are available through the NWDA finding aids database and on the SCARC website. MARC records for the collections are available through the OSU Libraries’ Catalog, Summit Navigator, and Worldcat.