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A brief primer on Special Collections resources at the Oregon State Library. presented by Dave Hegeman Special Collection Coordinator dave.b.hegeman@state.or.us 503.537.5006. About the Oregon State Library. Founded in 1906 WPA building dedicated 1939 Three-fold mission:.
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A brief primer onSpecial Collectionsresources at theOregon State Library presented by Dave Hegeman Special Collection Coordinator dave.b.hegeman@state.or.us 503.537.5006
About theOregon State Library Founded in 1906 WPA building dedicated 1939 Three-fold mission: . . . provide quality information services to Oregon state government; provide reading materials to blind and print-disabled Oregonians; and to provide leadership, grants, and other assistance to improve local library service for all Oregonians.
OSL Government Research Servicesmission focus: Preserve and provide access to government information (esp. Oregon) Serve Oregon agencies and elected officials
Accessing OSL collectionsin person Located in Salem just northwest of the Capitol Reference Room open 10-5 M-F Circulating items may be checked out by Oregon residents 24-hour notice required for Special Collections materials Call ahead!
Accessing OSL collectionsonline OSL Online Catalog: http://catalog.willamette.edu/screens/opacmenu_s2.html Online access to Photograph Collection http://photos.lib.state.or.us/ Oregon document repository http://oregon.gov/OSL/GRES/REPOS/index.shtml
Highlights of OSL Special Collections 1 Historic Oregon Documents Monographs, serials, maps, posters, media Agency annual reports, Voters Guides old State laws & regulations, budgets, statistics, illustrations Online repository: http://oregon.gov/OSL/GRES/REPOS/index.shtml
Highlights of OSL Special Collections 1 Historic Oregon Documents
Highlights of OSL Special Collections 1 Historic Oregon Documents
Highlights of OSL Special Collections 2 WPA Federal Writers Project Manuscript materials and photographs Historical topics – local history (cities and towns), folklore, geographic names, Oregon Dictionary Collection is split between OSL and U of O Scope document: http://library.state.or.us/repository/2009/200911241402172/
Highlights of OSL Special Collections 2 County local history files at OSL (rest are at University of Oregon) BentonClatsopCoosHood RiverJosephineLinnMorrowMultnomahTillamookUmatillaUnion WascoWashington WPA Federal Writers Project
Highlights of OSL Special Collections 3 Historic Photographs Collections: Trover/Cronise, Siegmund Brothers, WPA Focus on legislators and governors, government buildings, Willamette Valley area Pre-1950 Online search: http://photos.lib.state.or.us/
Highlights of OSL Special Collections 3 Historic Photographs
Highlights of OSL Special Collections 3 Historic Photographs
Highlights of OSL Special Collections 3 Historic Photographs
Highlights of OSL Special Collections 4 Oregon Index Card index to Portland and Salem newspapers 1900-1986 Additional indexing to Oregon Voter, selected books and magazines and mss resources at OSL
Highlights of OSL Special Collections 5 Maps Focus on Oregon and the Northwest – 1850s to the present Metsker County Maps in albums from the 1920s thru 1950s (multiple editions per county) Local maps too
Additionalitems of note at OSL: Oregon Poetry Collection Genealogy Collection Oregon history and culture materials Oregon literature before 1990 Pioneer documents on MF
Stuff not at the Oregon State Library Leglistative minutes, audio records Oregon legislative bills (“slip laws”) Agency correspondence, memos, internal documents, unpublished reports Local government documents Local newspapers Oregon Higher Ed documents spotty after 1990
For more informationabout Special Collections at theOregon State Library Reference Phone: 503-378-8800 Webpage: http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/GRES/special_collections-GRES.shtml Dave Hegeman Special Collections Coordinator dave.b.hegeman@state.or.us