{"id":23499,"date":"2019-02-04T10:37:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T18:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/osu_archives\/?p=23499"},"modified":"2019-02-04T10:37:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T18:37:48","slug":"january-2019-guide-additions-to-scarc-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/2019\/02\/04\/january-2019-guide-additions-to-scarc-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2019 Guide Additions to SCARC Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCARC completed 7 new or updated finding aids in January 2019.\u00a0 The following is a list and a little information about what we accomplished.\u00a0These finalized finding aids are available through the\u00a0Archives West<\/a>\u00a0finding aids database, our\u00a0Archon finding aids interface<\/a>, and the OSUL discovery system (a.k.a. \u201cthe catalog\u201d).<\/p>\n

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Collections that were only minimally described and are now fully processed and described:<\/strong><\/p>\n

H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Oral History Collection, 1996-1998 (OH 028)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"oh28-600w\"<\/a>This collection is comprised of interviews with U.S. Forest Service employees, Oregon State University faculty, and other individuals involved with the creation, development, and use of the H.J> Andrews Experimental Forest, which is located in the west-central Oregon Cascades.\u00a0 The interviews were conducted by historian Max Geier in conjunction with the 50th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the forest\u2019s designation and were used in the writing of Geier\u2019s book,\u00a0Necessary Work: Discovering Old Forests, New Outlooks, and Community on the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, 1948-2000<\/em>.\u00a0 All of the collection\u2019s microcassettes have been migrated to digital format and the raw audio of most of these recorded interviews is\u00a0available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oregon Custom Weavers Guild Linen Research Notebook, 1950 (MSS OCWG)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"mss-ocwg-600w\"<\/a>This notebook documents textile research done by Oregon Custom Weavers Guild founds, Jesse E. Harmond and Joan Patterson.\u00a0 The collection is comprised of a notebook containing samples of Oregon linen subjected to various strength, fading, and shrinkage tests; and tow linen color samples of different linear densities.<\/p>\n

Oregon Fiber Flax Collection, 1940-2001 (MSS ORFiberFlax)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"fx-52-8-39-600w\"<\/a>Collected by Nancy Arthur Hoskins, a weaving instructor and author on textiles, in the course of her own research on flax, this collection documents the processing, marketing and use of Oregon-grown fiber flax and the work of Joan Patterson, Professor of Clothing , Textiles, and Related Arts and Jesse E. Harmond, USDA agricultural engineer and head of Small Seed Harvesting and Processing Investigations at Oregon State College.\u00a0 The collection is comprised of correspondence, publications, reports, photographs, notes, news clippings, and artifacts.<\/p>\n

Gerald W. Williams Electronic Records, 1985-2008 (MSS WilliamsGElectronic)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"DSCF1904\"<\/a>These records include images, word processing files, PowerPoint presentations, and other electronic formats that chronicle Williams\u2019s research interests and scholarly productivity during his years working as a historian and sociologists for the U.S. Forest Service.\u00a0 The entire collection is born-digital and is available upon patron request or for use in the SCARC reading room.\u00a0 Included are materials documenting the history of the Forest Service as well as various national forests across the United States.\u00a0 The collection likewise reflects Williams\u2019s involvement in historical outreach activities and events, his interest in forest fire policy, and his study of editorial cartoons as historical sources.\u00a0 Biographical date and professional documents detailing Williams\u2019s work over time are included as well.<\/p>\n

New Collections:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hop Growers of America Records. 1956-2004 (MSS HGA)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"usa<\/a>The Hop Growers of America Records document the functioning of the organization, which was established in 1956 to create a healthier and more efficient United States hops industry.\u00a0 The bulk of the collection consists of meeting minutes and reports, including crop statistics.<\/p>\n

William J. Ripple Papers, 1927-2014 (MSS Ripple)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Ripple2010\"<\/a>The Ripple Papers consist of materials collected and generated by William J. Ripple, Professor of Forest Ecosystems and Society.\u00a0 The collection consists primarily of reference materials on landscape ecology and trophic cascades as well as over 100 of Ripple\u2019s publications.<\/p>\n

Noreen and Harriett Watts Camp Fire Girls Collection, 1917-1985 (MSS CampFireGirls)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Law<\/a>This collection documents the activities, membership, and organizational structure of a Blue Birds and Camp Fire Girls troop headquartered in Burbank California.\u00a0 The bulk of the collection is comprised of two scrapbooks assembled by Noreen Watts and Harriett Watts, her mother and \u201cguardian\u201d of her daughter\u2019s troop.\u00a0 Financial records for a Camp Fire Girls troop in Portland, Oregon in 1917-1919 are also part of the collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCARC completed 7 new or updated finding aids in January 2019.\u00a0 The following is a list and a little information about what we accomplished.\u00a0These finalized finding aids are available through the\u00a0Archives West\u00a0finding aids database, our\u00a0Archon finding aids interface, and the OSUL discovery system (a.k.a. \u201cthe catalog\u201d). Collections that were only minimally described and are now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9435,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[233190],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main-page"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9435"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}