“Now That’s Chemistry! The Love Story of Ava Helen and Linus Pauling”

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Ava Helen and Linus Pauling early in their courtship (photo courtesy OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center)

Ava Helen and Linus Pauling early in their courtship (photo courtesy OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center)

One of Oregon State University’s most enduring stories of romance is that of the life-long love between Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling and his wife, Ava Helen, who met while Pauling was teaching at OSU…

Mina Carson, an associate professor of history, will discuss some of the richer aspects of the Pauling love story on Valentine’s Day (Tuesday, Feb. 14) when the OSU Women’s Network presents “Now that’s chemistry! The love story of Ava Helen and Linus Pauling.”

Want to learn more? Read the Friday February 10th Life@OSU story “Valentine’s Day event focuses on romance between Ava Helen and Linus Pauling.”

Where? Linus Pauling Center, Room 402

When? 12:00-1:30

Hop on ! Brewing & beer

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Sick's Brewing Company, Salem

Sick's Brewing Company, Salem

Gosh golly — from the theater department to Willamette Valley hop fields, our new Flickr Commons set “Hop on ! Brewing & beer” is a great glance into the harvesting, production, and consumption of beer!

Want to know more about beer brewing at OSU? Check out the Food Science and Technology Department Records (RG 176) and the Agricultural Experiment Station Records (RG 25).

It’s a whole new way to “like” us!

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EE Wilson

EE Wilson

Mark your calendars — February 15th is the big move to our new Facebook page! Our merger with Special Collections means there is more “University Archives” and that we’re one big happy SCARC family!

Head over to OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center on Facebook, like us, and stay up-to-date with all our comings & goings, musings, and historical news tidbits.

Embedded links not working for you? You’ll find us at http://on.fb.me/scarc.

Looking for some OSU historical facts to weigh?

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Fairbanks scales in Old Marion County Courthouse

Fairbanks scales in Old Marion County Courthouse

OSU Fact Book for 1988/89 thru 2001 now available online in SA@OSU!

Our great Digital Productions Unit staff has scanned and loaded to ScholarsArchive all the published issues of the OSU Fact Book – 13 annual issues for 1988/89 thru 2001: http://bit.ly/xt9dF5.

These volumes are an excellent resource for information on OSU academic programs, students (enrollment, residency, gender distribution, minority enrollment, et al.), faculty, budget, finance and facilities, and lots more.  The Fact Book was prepared by the Institutional Research group in the Office of Budgets and Planning [the administrative home of the University Archives before we became a department of the OSU Libraries in 2000].  In addition to a scaled-down version of the OSU chronology, many issues include a “historical” cover and introductory essay.

Looking for more recent facts? Check out the Office of Institutional Research website.

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Cheryl feeding colt, Crystal Springs Ranch (A.W. Smither), Salem, Oregon

Cheryl feeding colt, Crystal Springs Ranch (A.W. Smither), Salem, Oregon

Baby it’s cold outside! While we’re deep in the midst of winter rains and snow storms, we need a little perk-me-up with adorable pictures of kids and their pets…

Hop on over to Flickr Commons and check out our new set “Animal Feeding.” And remember to leave a comment if you have a favorite!

Note the change! Desk hours during winter break

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We’re changing our hours for the 3rd floor Archives and public service desk during winter break, so make sure you make sure you are heading to the right desk to get help!

Monday December 12th through Friday December 16th

  • 3rd floor desk OPEN 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Monday December 19th through Monday January 2nd.

  • 3rd floor desk CLOSED – see below for contact information
  • 5th floor desk OPEN for archival reference assistance 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
  • 2nd floor desk OPEN for maps, microforms, government documents, and other reference assistance 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday January 3rd through Friday January 9th

  • 3rd floor desk OPEN 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

For maps, microforms, and government documents reference assistance, please see the staff at the 2nd floor “Ask Here” desk.

For archival reference assistance, please see the staff at the 5th floor public service desk.

Produce

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Crate of celery from the Labish Meadows Celery Union, Lake Labish area near Brooks, Oregon

Crate of celery from the Labish Meadows Celery Union, Lake Labish area near Brooks, Oregon

In our era of pre-cut, pre-cleaned, pre-packaged fruits and vegetables, we celebrate produce production and sales at its historic finest with a brand new Flickr Commons set called “Production, processing, & sales: the many stages of produce“!

Lettuce grown in Wellsher's Corvallis greenhouse

Lettuce grown in Wellsher's Corvallis greenhouse

You’ll see people packing produce in packing houses throughout the state — and then unloading it all! You’ll see farmers in their fields with their hands in the soil — and workers in factories washing it off. And thrown into the mix you’ll see greenhouses, irrigation, wagons, weighing, processing, and selling!

Wagon hauling fruit boxes

Wagon hauling fruit boxes

Going market to market with Flickr!

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People driving trucks loaded with produce! (1925)

People driving trucks loaded with produce! (1925)

Our shelves are stocked, wagons loaded up, and meat counters are ready for you to pick the choicest cut of meat!

This week’s Flickr Commons set is an eclectic bunch of images loosely organized around the “people at a market” theme and is our newest addition to the “People Doing Stuff” collection. In addition to fun shop shots and street market construction, you’ll find a delightful group of images from the early days of the supermarket Berg’s in Salem, Oregon, including my favorite… The super-sized bucket of Karo!

A person carrying a can of Karo syrup at Berg's Supermarket, circa 1950

A person carrying a can of Karo syrup at Berg's Supermarket, circa 1950

Anniversaries and New Beginnings!

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Celebrate with friends, celebrate with cake!

Celebrate with friends, celebrate with cake!

Just in time to commemorate the Special Collections 25th and OSU Archives 50th anniversaries, we merged departments to form the new Special Collections & Archives Research Center.

Though we are now beginning anew as one department, we connected with our past and each other during Homecoming Weekend 2011 in fourth floor rotunda of the Valley Library, welcoming former student workers and staff members, special guests, and a big cake!

Check out the new Flickr set — it will be just like being there, you know except for the cake…

New finding aids from August to October

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The following 10 guides (finding aids) for Special Collections & Archives Research Center collections were completed or updated in August thru October 2011. Most have been loaded to the NWDA finding aids database; all are available online through either the Archives’ or Special Collections’ website. MARC records for most of the collections are available through the OSU Libraries’ Catalog, Summit Navigator, and Worldcat. Five of the guides are for new collections acquired in 2011; one is for a collection received in 2010. Two of the guides are for collections for which we previously had no information available online [Admissions Office Records (RG 163) and Lora Lemon Scrapbook] .

At the end of October 2011, the OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center had 588 finding aids in NWDA.

SCARC finding aids : August – October 2011