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Greetings from the Oregon State University Archives
And no, we're not the Oregon State Archives.


So, what exactly is the OSU Archives?
Well, let’s put it this way: you probably have a filing cabinet at home. Maybe you keep the title to your car in there, or maybe your apartment’s lease, or even your pay stubs for the last seven years (as suggested by US Internal Revenue Service). Well, the University has to keep all these things too. Although our primary purpose is to house University administrative and departmental records, we like to collect anything relating to OSU that we can get our hands on.

Archived materials include photographs, memorabilia, yearbooks, correspondence, manuscripts, films, audio recordings, and so on. OSU, its alumni, and the Corvallis, Oregon community have been pretty good to us, and thanks to their help we have collections covering nearly every aspect of the University. Basically, we’re like one big filing cabinet.


What is the OSU Archives doing on Flickr?
It seemed like the hip thing to do.

Also, we want the world to see what we have. When we began using Flickr, we primarily focused on instruction. Now that we have a substantial amount of that available, we’re putting up the good stuff. Check back from time to time and you’ll see some great things, like a portrait of the graduating class of 1870 to the 1942 Rose Bowl schedule.

Sure, we already have a website and digital archive, but Flickr is just more fun. With Flickr, we welcome your comments. Know something we don't? Make a comment. Want to know some more specifics? Make a comment. Want to make a new friend? Make a comment.



Still Can’t Get Enough?
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•Take a look at our digital archive