{"id":22273,"date":"2017-10-11T09:35:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T17:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/osu_archives\/?p=22273"},"modified":"2017-10-11T09:35:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T17:35:03","slug":"scholorship-doll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/2017\/10\/11\/scholorship-doll\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholorship Doll"},"content":{"rendered":"

This term we’re starting a new blog series where we highlight the perspectives of our student archivists.\u00a0 Our students are essential in doing the work that we do, from processing collections to helping pull items from our stacks for researchers.\u00a0 Their involvement also means that they get to see a lot of cool things, so we thought we would share their experiences with you!<\/p>\n

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Post contributed by Helena Egbert, SCARC\u00a0Student Assistant<\/em><\/p>\n

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I am currently going through the manuscript collection of the OSU Mother\u2019s Club Records. Accessions, or additions have been made to this group of records\u00a0a few different times over the years. Many of the accessions haven\u2019t been arranged in any understandable or meaningful way, so at times sorting through it\u00a0been at times overwhelming and confusing. Within any archival chaos however, there are chances for fun discoveries.<\/p>\n

I came across several pictures of two women, one of them holding what appears to be a very large Raggedy Ann doll. Without context, these photos don\u2019t really mean anything. I decided to look for mention of a doll as I continued to look through these documents. It didn\u2019t take long until I came across a flyer for a \u201cScholorship Doll\u201d raffle (spelling mistake included!), proceeds going to the OSU Mom\u2019s Club scholarship fund. The flyer listed the drawing as taking place at the Annual Salad Bar Luncheon in Hermiston.<\/p>\n

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With a little bit of digging, I found documents related to this event. This event was held in the spring of 1982 on April 16th<\/sup>\u00a0for the Umatilla branch of the OSU Mother\u2019s Club. A correspondence dated April 17, 1982 includes thanks to Sherry Johnson for \u201canother darling doll,\u201d leading me to believe that Sherry Johnson made the doll for the raffle. This same document describes that over 1,300$ had been raised for the scholarship program.<\/p>\n

After these discoveries I found another photo of a different, but similarly styled doll, labeled as \u201c1980 Doll, made by Sherry Johnson for OSU Mom\u2019s Luncheon\u201d leading to an educated guess that at least for a couple years, the OSU Mom\u2019s Luncheon included the raffle of a homemade doll.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0034_opt\"<\/a>When this\u00a0collection is done being processed and is\u00a0available to the public, these photos and documents will be available in the MSS OSU Mother’s Club Records, Series 10: Pendleton (Umatilla County) Unit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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