OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center The OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center is home to the university’s unique collections

Along with the rest of the Valley Library, SCARC will be closed this week (June 15-19) for library-wide maintenance proj...
06/14/2026

Along with the rest of the Valley Library, SCARC will be closed this week (June 15-19) for library-wide maintenance projects. We will see you next week!

The West Coast Letterpress Printers Oral History Collection is comprised of six audio-recorded interviews collected by O...
06/12/2026

The West Coast Letterpress Printers Oral History Collection is comprised of six audio-recorded interviews collected by Oregon State University professor of English, Karen Holmberg. The collection includes three interviews with Oregon-based printers and three others with printers residing in California. In their interviews, the collection's narrators reflect on their own evolution as fine press printers and share their thoughts on the importance of the craft both personally and as a social good. The collection is entirely born digital; its recordings and transcripts are available upon patron request.

06/08/2026

Join us in SCARC’s fifth floor Reading Room this Wednesday, June 10 , 10:30-1:30, for our weekly open house!

Boxes from the Oregon State University Memorabilia Collection will be out for you to look at, and SCARC staff will be ready to answer your questions or get you scheduled for an appointment to dig in further!

Tuesday, June 9, one of our archivists will be outside the SCARC Reading Room from 10:30a-12:30p doing their everyday wo...
06/07/2026

Tuesday, June 9, one of our archivists will be outside the SCARC Reading Room from 10:30a-12:30p doing their everyday work. Stop by, see what archivists do, and ask any questions you might have!

[Event details over a view of folders inside a fully processed box from a SCARC collection.]

Tomorrow, June 3, one of our archivists will be outside the SCARC Reading Room from 3-5p doing their everyday work. Sto...
06/02/2026

Tomorrow, June 3, one of our archivists will be outside the SCARC Reading Room from 3-5p doing their everyday work. Stop by, see what archivists do, and ask any questions you might have!

[Event details over a view of folders inside a fully processed box from a SCARC collection.]

Join us in SCARC’s fifth floor Reading Room this Wednesday, June 3 , 10:30-1:30, for our weekly open house!Boxes from th...
06/01/2026

Join us in SCARC’s fifth floor Reading Room this Wednesday, June 3 , 10:30-1:30, for our weekly open house!

Boxes from the Oregon State University Memorabilia Collection will be out for you to look at, and SCARC staff will be ready to answer your questions or get you scheduled for an appointment to dig in further!

Jo Casselberry was a prominent feminist activist in the OSU and Corvallis area from the 1980s to 2000s. She advocated fo...
05/29/2026

Jo Casselberry was a prominent feminist activist in the OSU and Corvallis area from the 1980s to 2000s. She advocated for women's rights and LGBTQ+ rights and was involved in groups like After 8 and campaigns like No on 9. The Jo Casselberry Papers are a collection of materials from Casselberry’s involvement during that period.

[Screenshot of film about the group Basic Rights of Oregon from the Casselberry Papers]

Along with the rest of campus, SCARC will be closed today, May 25, due to the Memorial Day holiday.See you tomorrow!
05/25/2026

Along with the rest of campus, SCARC will be closed today, May 25, due to the Memorial Day holiday.

See you tomorrow!

Tuesday, May 26, one of our archivists will be outside the SCARC Reading Room from 10:30a-12:30p doing their everyday wo...
05/24/2026

Tuesday, May 26, one of our archivists will be outside the SCARC Reading Room from 10:30a-12:30p doing their everyday work. Stop by, see what archivists do, and ask any questions you might have!

[Event details over a view of folders inside a fully processed box from a SCARC collection.]

The Oregon Burlesque Performers and Producers Oral History Collection consists of video-recorded interviews with members...
05/22/2026

The Oregon Burlesque Performers and Producers Oral History Collection consists of video-recorded interviews with members of the burlesque community in the cities of Portland, Eugene, Bend and Ashland. All of the interviews are born digital and were conducted by Laurie Kurutz, a Professor of Costume Technology at Southern Oregon University.

In tracing their involvement with burlesque performance and production, the collection's narrators comment on a number of themes including the definition of burlesque as an art form, its perceived connection with club stripping and s*x work, its importance in shaping personal and community identity, its evolution as a commercial enterprise in the Pacific Northwest, and the role that it continues to play as a medium for social and political commentary.

The entirety of this collection has been transcribed and contextualized and is available online through the Voices of Oregon Burlesque web portal.

[Screenshot of narrators from the oral history collection]

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97331

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