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Finding Aids

The following 9 finding aids for OSU Archives collections were completed or updated in July 2009. They have been loaded to the NWDA finding aids database and have a PDF on the OSU Archives’ website. MARC records for all of the collections are available through the OSU Libraries’ Catalog, Summit Navigator, and Worldcat. One of the collections was received in 2009; four are for collections for which there was previously no information available online. The OSU Archives now has 418 finding aids in NWDA.

Most of these are new finding aids; one (for the Technology Educators of Oregon Records) is an update of an existing finding aid.

A Dairy Program for Oregon Scrapbook, 1929

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv73278
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/documents/OREdairy.pdf
This scrapbook documents the publicity and promotion activities leading up to the 1929 statewide convention for revision of Oregon’s dairy program. It includes 4 photographs.

Graham, Robert D., Papers, 1903-1973

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv65933
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/documents/OREgrahamrd.pdf
The Graham Papers consist of research project files, reference materials, and 500 photographs pertaining to wood preservation research and the wood preservation industry. Graham was Professor of Wood Products at Oregon State University and in charge of wood preservation studies at the Oregon Forest Products Laboratory and Forest Research Laboratory from 1948 until his retirement in 1982.

Home Economics, College of, Oral Histories, 1968-1985 (OH 11)

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv25531
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/documents/OREoh11.pdf
These oral histories consist of sound recordings, transcripts, and related materials for 10 interviews conducted of Oregon State home economics alumnae and retired faculty.

Home Economics, College of, Motion Picture Films and Videotapes, 1950-1998 (FV P 044)

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv81591
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/film/documents/OREf044.pdf
This collection of 25 videotapes and 7 motion picture reels includes footage of the home management houses in the 1950s; recordings of lectures and presentations; and promotions for the Family Living Center, College centennial, and the Mini-College extension program.

Landscape Architecture Department Records, 1932-1982 (RG 089)

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv07452
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/documents/ORErg089.pdf
The Landscape Architecture Department Records document curriculum and instruction in landscape architecture at Oregon State; department administration; extension activities; faculty research; and campus planning activities in which department faculty participated. An academic program in landscape architecture was established at Oregon Agricultural College in 1911 and remained active until 1982.

Rodman, Wilma M., Photograph Collection, 1950-1974 (P 147)

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv85180
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/documents/OREp147.pdf
This small collection of 14 photographs consists of images of Counseling and Testing Center directors assembled by Rodman for a publication on the history of guidance and counseling at Oregon State.

Science, College of, Videotapes, 1991-1997 (FV P 084)

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv14920
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/film/documents/OREf084.pdf
These 9 videotapes include two productions that highlight College of Science academic and research activities and recordings of lectures on global climate change presented in the 1991 Biology Colloquium.

Technology Educators of Oregon Records, 1954-2001

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv23767
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/documents/OREtecheducators.pdf
These records document the administration and membership of this statewide organization that encourages and supports technology and vocational programs in Oregon middle and high schools and colleges.

Walls, Robert B., Collection, 1916-1974

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv32901
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/documents/OREwalls.pdf
The Walls Collection consists of 115 sound recordings of performances by OSU choirs made and assembled by Robert B. Walls, Professor Music, from 1947 until his retirement in 1974.

Forest pictures

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The I Love Forest blog loves this forest picture from our latest set release in Flickr Commons. Other great shots in that set? Who can resist these two? They are a study in opposites!

A really big fir tree trunk…

And a really tall Larch Tree…

Marcus Borg named canon theologian at Trinity Cathedral in Portland

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“Marcus Borg, internationally known biblical scholar, was installed as the first canon theologian at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon. Borg will present public lectures, teach adult courses within the parish, preach occasionally, and serve as a consultant for parish education programs.”

He holds a DPhil degree from Oxford University and is Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture, an endowed chair, at Oregon State University.

Want to know more about the post at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral?

Want to see the collection guide for Dr. Borg’s papers at the OSU Archives?

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Want to read Dr. Borg’s blog for the Washingon Post?

Watch for it: tomorrow is Wednesday!

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We return home this week in Flickr Commons for a much deserved “trip to Mount Hood.” Thirty-five enchanting images that let you travel from Portland’s rose gardens, through Multnomah Falls, and up to the tippy top up the Upper Glacier on the mountain. Black and white or hand-colored, these glass lantern slides are an incredible look at the past…

And, as we’ve found with other sets from the Visual Instruction Department, there was a delightful description of the images for instructors found with the set! And, as an added bonus, we also found that the description booklet included wonderful details for the individual images, which are included in the “Description/Notes” field for each image in the set. If you can tear yourself away from the images, the extra information, written in 1930s-ese, is well worth reading.

Favorites? It’s hard to choose, but make sure you linger on images of the Rose Garden, the harbor scene, Mitchell Point Tunnel, and the glaciers of Mt. Hood!

Oregon! Oregon! A Sesquicentennial Celebration in Four Acts

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Hold on to your myrtle wood as Pink Martini and the Oregon National Guard 234th Army Band and Oregon 150 present “Oregon! Oregon! 2009: A sesquicentennial fable in IV acts,” which will debut August 28, 2009 at the Oregon State Fair and then tour the state – the icing on the cake of the state’s 150th birthday party.

Want to know more? Check out the Oregon! Oregon! 2009 site.

New Fort Vancouver Podcast

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This new podcast will take you “beyond the velvet rope” at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site and provide a personal, behind the scenes look at the Pacific Northwest’s premiere archaeological and historic site.

Want to know more? Check out the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site website.

New US Archivist Nominated

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President Obama will nominate David S. Ferriero to become the United States Archivist, according to a White House spokesman.

Mr. Ferriero currently serves as the Andrew W. Mellon Director of the New York Public Libraries. Before his position at NYPL, Ferriero worked as the University Librarian and Vice Provost for Library Affairs at Duke University. He succeeds Professor Allen Weinstein, who resigned as Archivist last December.

Why is this position so important? As the country’s top archivist, he would oversee the activities of the National Archives and Records Administration, including the release of government documents, like presidential papers. And, to quote Al Kamen, “The archivist job has become something of a lightning rod for controversy, particularly as various agencies and administrations press for keeping their records secret for decades despite strong pressures from historians and the public to declassify as much information as soon as possible.” To learn more, both the Washington Post and NY Times Caucus blog both have great pieces on the nomination.

“Meet Phineas Gage… Or how Flickr changed our life”

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This is a great story that shows the importance of listening to our users AND the power of Flickr…

We’ve heard the story: a railroad worker is impaled with a spike in his head and lives. “Phineas Gage influenced 19th-century thinking about the brain and the localization of its functions, and was perhaps the first case suggesting that damage to specific regions of the brain might affect personality and behavior.”

This story begins with photo collectors Jack and Beverly Wilgus and an unusual dageurreotype they acquired over thirty years ago. They posted images from their collections on Flickr, uploading one in December 2007 they called “Daguerreotype – One Eyed Man with Harpoon.” One comment by one user, in December 2008, changed that title and gave us the only picture of Phineas Gage (it is not the one in this post because reproduction rights are restricted). A Flickr user said “maybe you found a photo of Phineas Gage?” and the rest is history — which you can read more about on their web site “Meet Phineas Gage.”

We travel, you travel, they travel…

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Yes, it’s that time of year when we pull out the virtual suitcases! The OSU Archives is taking a trip this summer via our Flickr Commons set “Take a Trip: Traveling and touring with the Visual Instruction Lantern Slides Collection,” and the bloggers at indicommons posted today on “Traveling Photography” from the New York Public Library’s “Japan / Kimbei Kusakabe” set.

And while you are there, also check out the set “Photochrom Travel View” from the Library of Congress and the jaunted.com blog post “Taking In Museums Through the Flickr Commons.”

Any other gems you’ve seen? Leave a comment and let us know!