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Bowl Dreams: Go Beavs!

Though very little muck and mud ends up in our stacks, we do have a great assortment of football photos! While many, many photographs are still in print form, we have just over 200 that have been scanned and added to our Best of the Archives digital collection. And now there is another way to access these: we’ve created 3 new sets on our Flickr site.

Oregon State Football

Oregon State Historic Football Programs

Oregon State at the Rose Bowl

Remember, the beauty of Flickr is that you can tag the images, comment on the images, and share the images– so get to work!

It’s true, all the magic really does happen in the microfilm area!

On October 28th, we had a visit from The History Detectives, and we’ve posted a few pictures and videos to our Flickr site. They were researching the history of a piece of bee’s wax and recording their findings for the hungry public television audience.

What did the detectives detect? You’ll have to watch the episode next summer to find out, but we can report that part of the filming involved Elyse Luray doing microfilm research, as well as other general research, all under the glaring lights of the cameras.

What did she look at?
The McMinnville Telephone Register, The Wheeler Reporter and The Yamhill County Reporter.

Do we have those reels at OSU?
No, but that’s the beauty of ILL! A request to the UofO, a few days wait, and those reels made their way 45 miles north and into library lore and public tv fame.

Inspired by last month’s “Taste of the ‘Chives” historic recipe showcase, our November exhibit features some of my favorite “kitchen” photographs.

Stop by the third floor Archives’ Reference Room and check it out!