… so let’s join hands and celebrate!
We are now part of the One Million Club in the Flickr Commons! After passing 1 million views on Saturday afternoon, we are now speeding toward 2 million with 1,003,270.
Truth be told, such a club doesn’t actually exist, but if it did I’m sure our member card would be en route. Thanks to everyone who has worked on this project, supported this project, been interested in this project, and championed this project.
Arthur Peck spent a lot of time taking pictures of gardens, fountains, and faraway courtyards, but he also snapped some shots of the insides & outsides of the places people call home. So as we near the end of the Peck adventure we’re heading home with our newest Flickr Commons set, aptly named “Homeward Bound.”
OSU Press 50th Anniversary Display
In 1961, Oregon State University officially established a small academic press. What started off quite small is now internationally recognized as a premiere publishing source about the Pacific Northwest.
The OSU Press has had fifty years of experience publishing a variety of nonfiction works in a variety of formats. Once featuring items such as scientific journals and atlases, now they focus on books that spotlight the rich environmental and natural history, culture, social and scientific issues, and literature of our region.
Want to know more? Come see the display in the 3rd Floor Archives Reading Room. Before or after your visit, be sure to check out both digital collections in Flickr including Paging through the Past: A Celebration of OSU Press’ 50th Anniversary and A Captivating Catalog Collection!
Want to learn more? Contact Oregon Multicultural Librarian Natalia Fernández at natalia.fernandez@oregonstate.edu
Exhibit curated by OSU Press Intern Angela Saraceno and University Archives Student Worker Ingrid Ockert.
It’s that glorious time in Oregon when the greens are really green, flowers are bursting with a myriad of colors, and the rain is raining … and raining … and raining … and yes, raining.
So throw off those early spring (or not quite “spring”) rainy day blues and jump into our puddle of glorious purple, pink, fuchsia, yellow, etc. after delightful etc. with the new Flickr Commons set “Beautiful, bountiful, bouquets!” — and grab a handful of flowers.
What do Callahan Hall, The Mercedes A. Bates Family Study Center, Snell Communications and Craft Center, Kidder Hall, Milam Hall, Waldo Hall, and Carrie Halsell Hall all have in common? These campus buildings were all named after seven extraordinary women who attended or worked at OSU.
Want to know more? Come see the display in the 3rd Floor Archives Reading Room and check out the Digital Collection in Flickr!
Want to learn more? Contact Oregon Multicultural Librarian Natalia Fernández at natalia.fernandez@oregonstate.edu
Exhibit curated by OSU University Archives Student Worker Kelsey Ockert.
It started as a leap of faith… Two years ago we were sure that the OSU Archives Flickr Commons project would give us a new way to interact with new users, a mine of limitless user-generated information about our photo collections, a fabulous history research resource for the OSU community … Did I mention that it would also ensure fame and fortune?
A lot of work, but oh so much fun.
What started off as a place for us to showcase “natural resources and forest history” has become a delightful nod to the hodgepodge of history and photographic treasures in our midst… So on our 2nd anniversary – sorry, our 2nd Commonsversary — we’re celebrating a couple years in the Flickrverse with a new set that is a few more than a couple dozen couples. Huh? “Couple of people doing stuff in the Commons” is a fun set of 30 images that show a couple of people doing a bunch of different stuff. It’s a great look at our eclectic collections! From the Best of the Archives, to the Oregon Multicultural Archives Collections, to the Gerald W. Williams Collection, it’s full of younger people, older people, romantic couples, laborers, dancers, and (of course) a lot of “standers.”
So we’ve loved traveling with you, logging with you, laughing with you. See for yourself! While you are there, make sure you spend some time and explore the rest.
Who knows what we’ll think of next?
Boboli Firenze – Pleached Allee
Mix and match — and what do you get? Niches, seals, and terrace gardens? What about pots full of citrus, oleander, azaleas, and oranges baking in the sun? What about the Vatican? And what in the wonderful world is a pleached allee!
Delightful and inspiring, yes, it’s a new set for Flickr Commons full of slides from Italy… So take a tour if you love a gorgeous grotto c/o Michelangelo, box hedges in Boboli, fountains in Firenze, Pitti palace palazzo.
Class boycotts, rallies, a walkout — what was happening at OSU during winter term of 1969? In February of 1969 OSU’s head football coach Dee Andros told Fred Milton, a black athlete, to shave his facial hair. Milton’s refusal sparked a local controversy and ignited students to fight for their rights!
Want to know more? Come see the display in the Archives Reading Room and check out the Digital Collection in Flickr!
Want to learn more? Contact Oregon Multicultural Librarian Natalia Fernández at natalia.fernandez@oregonstate.edu
Exhibit co-curated by OSU University Archives Student Workers Ingrid Ockert, Kelsey Ockert, and Daniel Pearson
Arbor between orchard garden and rose garden
Bushy shrubs, pots of pansies, shade trees, and border of begonias may add splendor to the spring garden — but in the middle of the winter in Oregon we need four things:
The clouds and light bulbs may be absent from the “Garden art in its many forms” set, but it is overflowing with flowers and chock full o’ art.
Who loved the post on carrots? Who ate so many different carrot dishes they turned orange? Who knows another vegetable that starts with the letter C?
Corn!
Who thinks it is simply a-maizing? Who is mesmerized by the photo above? Who knew how beautiful and scrumptious a single ear of corn could be? Who wants to get cooking and stop answering questions?
All these recipes come straight from the August 1969 Extension Bulletin “Ideas for Cornmeal.”
Cheese Cornmeal Crackers
Corn bread
(12 large servings)
Note: 2 1/2 cups of fresh milk can be substituted for cold water and dry milk powder.
Easy Meat Scrapple
(Makes 6 servings, three 1/2-inch slices each)