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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Watch for it Wednesday!
New Collection in OSU Archives’ Flickr Commons: The Harold Frodsham Photographic Collection We’ve seen the natural beauty of the Pacific NW landscape and the view from loggers in the forests, now we turn our focus inside — to the historic … Continue reading
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“Slap It on the Scanner”
And who could resist the title? Deborah Wythe, Head of Digital Collections and Services at the Brooklyn Museum has written a great blog post on the indicommons blog about some of the realities archivists face when digitizing our items. So, … Continue reading
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George Wittenstein
Dr. George Wittenstein dared to speak out against the Nazi regime while living in Germany during World War II, and dared to denounce the persecution and killing of the Jews. Wittenstein spoke at Oregon State University this week about the … Continue reading
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Polk Historical Society celebrates 50 years
The Polk County Historical Society will observe and celebrate the 50th anniversary of its establishment on Saturday, April 25, at the Historical Museum. The celebration starts at 1:30pm at the museum (560 S. Pacific Hwy. 99, Monmouth). You can email … Continue reading
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We like it local!
Strawberries, greens, and crunchy carrots? Must mean it’s spring in the Valley! In the Heart of that Valley (Corvallis), we expect the Saturday Farmers’ Market to grace the riverfront– but now the Wednesday Market does as well. Link to history … Continue reading
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The darker side of Earth Day: Remembering why we remember…
How far have we come? We celebrate our Earth today, thinking of ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle to ensure there is an Earth left to celebrate. But, being archivists, we are also mindful that history shows us that sometimes … Continue reading
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Beautiful book…
On this Earth Day eve, check out “The dawn of the color photograph: Albert Kahn’s archives of the planet” by David Okuefuna. From Booklist: “In 1907 the Lumiere brothers, who wowed Paris with its first commercially shown movies in the … Continue reading
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World Digital Library is live!
“The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and 32 partner institutions today launched the World Digital Library, a website that features unique cultural materials from libraries and archives from around the world. The site―located at www.wdl.org―includes manuscripts, maps, … Continue reading
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Warm Springs Bead Artist and OSU Alumnus Brigette Whipple to Present at OSU’s Valley Library
Join Brigette Whipple, an OSU alumnus and renowned beading artist from Warm Springs, will be doing a presentation on her beading craft on Monday, April 20, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Valley Library’s Willamette Industries seminar rooms. Joining … Continue reading
Free up your Friday!
Lauren Kessler, author of an award-winning book on a Japanese-American family, will read from her work at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 17, in The Valley Library’s rotunda. The winner of an Oregon Book Award and published by the OSU Press, … Continue reading
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