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Join us in celebrating International Women’s Day, March 8th

Nationally and internationally, this is the month to celebrate the wide-ranging accomplishments of women all over the world. As a Flickr Commons member, we’re joining with the other Commons institutions to put up photographic sets that recognize and commemorate International Women’s Day. Want to see what we’ve put together? Go to Flickr Commons and do a search for the tag “womensday,” which is what all the institutions have used to identify those photographs that are part of this observation, or take a short cut by clicking here. You can read about the flurry of activity on the indicommons blog. And, if you just want to go straight to our set, check out OSU Archives Celebrates International Women’s Day March 8th. Remember, viewing is good, commenting is better– we want to hear from you, so login to Flickr and use that comment box!

It’s never enough to put up pictures, so for the next 15 days, we’ll be posting a little bit about each of the woen featured in our Flickr set, starting with Alice Biddle. And who better to quote than George Edmonston when celebrating Ms. Biddle, the first woman to graduate from OSU?

“Alice Biddle, from Corvallis, was actually one of three students in Oregon State’s first graduating class in 1870. The other two were men with the last names of Currin and Veach, but Alice is the one we most remember. Perfect grades. Perfect attendance. OSU’s first woman graduate. To top it off, a Bachelor of Science degree in the liberal arts. And she was only 16.”

Want to know more? George has written a wonderful piece on Biddle, which can be found on the Oregon State University Alumni Association page.

Update: Student of the Year for Oregon from the OSU Archives!

Doug is now competing for the Western Regional title, and then will (undoubtedly) be competing for the national title! And, after that, it’s on to bigger, better, and inter-planetary things…

The following 13 finding aids for OSU Archives collections were completed or updated in February 2009. They have been loaded to the NWDA finding aids database and have a PDF on the OSU archives’ website and a catalog record in the OSU Libraries’ catalog, Summit, and Worldcat. Seven (7) of these are for collections acquired in 2008; four (4) are for collections for which there was previously no information available online. We now have 381 finding aids in NWDA.

Alpha Epsilon Oregon Upsilon Chapter Records, 1978-1995

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv94494

http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/documents/OREalphaepsilon.pdf

The records of the Oregon Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Epsilon, an honor society for biological and agricultural engineers, document the establishment and membership of the chapter at OSU. The records were transferred to the Archives in 2008.

Alumni Association Records, 1888-2008 (RG 035)

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv42846

http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/documents/ORErg035.pdf

The Alumni Association Records document the alumni of Oregon State University and the Association’s administration, programs and activities, and publications. This finding aid includes a detailed list of the contents of the collection.

American Society of Agricultural Engineers Oregon Student Branch Records, 1955-1989

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv24563

http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/documents/OREasae.pdf

This collection consists of materials created and assembled by the Oregon Student Branch of the ASAE pertaining to its programs and activities, especially scholarships. The Oregon Student Branch was established in the mid-1930s. These records were transferred to the Archives in 2008.

Belcher, Jerry D., Collection of Agricultural College Track Photographs, 1905 (P 128)

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv24053

http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/documents/OREp128.pdf

This small collection consists of two photographs of 1905 track and field events. One of the images is available online in the Best of the Archives digital collection: http://digitalcollections.library.oregonstate.edu/u?/archives,470

Elmore, Pitts, Photographs, 1921-1922 (P 123)

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv77539

http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/documents/OREp123.pdf

This small collection consists of 7 photographs of Oregon Agricultural College buildings and campus scenes taken by Elmore, who graduated from OAC in 1925.

Forestry, College of, Moving Images, 2007 (FV P 061)

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv98904

http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/film/documents/OREf061.pdf

This collection consists of A Century of Oregon Forestry: Challenge, Change, and Opportunity, a DVD about the development of professional forestry in Oregon and Oregon’s role as a leader in sustainable forest practices produced in commemoration of the of the College’s centennial. It was transferred to the Archives in 2008.

Klamath County Timber Cruising Records, 1952-1955

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv38702

http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/documents/OREklamath.pdf

This collection consists of field notes of timber cruises in southwestern Klamath County, Oregon, for the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company. It was acquired by the Archives in 2008.

Liberal Arts, College of, Records, 1952-2008 (RG 143)

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv13781

http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/documents/ORErg143.pdf

This collection consists of records of the Dean’s Office as well as several departments in the College, including the Anthropology, Art, Economics, English, History, and Sociology Departments. The materials primarily document the liberal arts curriculum at OSU, publications by faculty, and lectures and conferences sponsored by the College. This finding aid includes a detailed list of the contents of the collection.

McCulloch, W.F., Collection, 1936-1968

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv27490

http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/documents/OREmcculloch.pdf

This small collection consists of materials assembled and written by McCulloch pertaining to forestry education and forest management in Oregon. W.F. McCulloch was a faculty member in the OSU School of Forestry from 1937 to 1969 and served as Dean from 1955 to 1966.

Moore, Willetta, Photograph Album, 1913-1930 (P 269)

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv23797

http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/documents/OREp269.pdf

This photograph album includes 139 images assembled by Moore during her student years at Oregon Agricultural College in 1913-1916. The photographs reflect her social activities with other students and include many snapshots of other women students. The album was transferred to the Archives in 2008.

Pride Center Records, 1993-2008 (RG 236)

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv34524

http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/documents/ORErg236.pdf

The Pride Center Records were received by the Archives in 2008 and document the establishment of the Queer Resource Center (later known as the Pride Center) and the programs and activities of this resource center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) members of the OSU community and their allies. The collection includes administrative records, publications, posters, photographs, and a DVD of the 2007 Lavender Graduation ceremony. The Pride Center Records are a component of the Oregon Multicultural Archives.

R.H. Robinson Papers, 1889-1968

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv16702

http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/documents/ORErobinson.pdf

This collection documents Robinson’s research on insecticides, fungicides, and spray residues conducted as a chemist with the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, a position he held from 1911 until his retirement in 1951. The papers includes correspondence, article reprints and publications, research data, reference materials, and publications. The Robinson Papers were acquired by the OSU Libraries in the late 1980s and transferred from Special Collections to the Archives in 2008. This is a preliminary collection-level description with a link to a preliminary container list.

Wright, Marshall S., Photograph Album, 1915-1928 (P 276)

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv51260

http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/documents/OREp276.pdf

This photograph album was assembled by Wright during his freshman year at Oregon Agricultural College in 1915-1916. It includes 82 images of 1915 football team and games, student activities, and campus views and buildings as well as several football programs and other ephemera.

If you have any questions about the collections, just let us know!