{"id":4321,"date":"2010-08-10T12:43:20","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T20:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/osu_archives\/2010\/08\/10\/4321\/"},"modified":"2010-08-10T12:43:20","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T20:43:20","slug":"4321","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/2010\/08\/10\/4321\/","title":{"rendered":"Horner Museum Oral History Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oregondigital.org\/cdm4\/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=\/archives&amp;CISOPTR=2029\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/oregondigital.org\/cgi-bin\/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=\/archives&amp;CISOPTR=2029\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fabulous new collection guide now available online! <a href=\"http:\/\/nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu\/findaid\/ark:\/80444\/xv23455\">Horner Museum Oral History Collection 1964-1992<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We love it when Elizabeth N. describes something as the \u201cgranddaddy of them all\u201d for our oral history collections &#8230; not one to use superlatives lightly, when Elizabeth does use one, she means it!<\/p>\n<p>So why is this so special?<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu\/findaid\/ark:\/80444\/xv23455\">Horner Museum Oral History Collection<\/a> consists of approximately 290 oral history interviews conducted or assembled by the Horner Museum. The run the gamut, covering a variety of topics including the OSU campus community and development of academic departments, Corvallis and Benton County, the diversification of a &#8220;resource-based economy&#8221; in Bend and Deschutes County, Native Americans and other ethnic minorities in the region, and the establishment of the CH2M Hill engineering firm.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who like the numbers, this collection is 17.75 cubic feet, including 681 audiocassettes and 200 photographs &#8212; yes, that&#8217;s 34 boxes worth. And for those of you who delight in details, there is a preliminary container list available (linked <a href=\"http:\/\/nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu\/findaid\/ark:\/80444\/xv23455\">from the collection guide<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Want to know more? Elizabeth has written a wonderful background history for the collection, including more about on the physical details and other related collections for companion research projects.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in where the physical artifacts found their home?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bentoncountymuseum.org\/horner\/index.cfm\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bentoncountymuseum.org\/images\/BentonCountyHistorical.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can find the contents of the Horner Museum in Philomath at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bentoncountymuseum.org\/horner\/index.cfm\">Benton County Historical Society and Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabulous new collection guide now available online! Horner Museum Oral History Collection 1964-1992 We love it when Elizabeth N. describes something as the \u201cgranddaddy of them all\u201d for our oral history collections &#8230; not one to use superlatives lightly, when Elizabeth does use one, she means it! So why is this so special? 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