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By Oklahoma State University Archives
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In this episode you will hear from several folks like Roscoe Rouse Jr. who succeeded Edmon Low as Head Librarian. You will also hear from the man, the myth, the absolute legend(!), Edmon Low. Edmon Low served as head Librarian from 1940 – 1967 and remains the longest serving head of the OSU Libraries to date.
Help us celebrate 70 years in the Edmon Low Library by visiting https://friends.library.okstate.edu/
Special thanks to Patrick Daglaris, the archivist for the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at the Oklahoma State University Library, for digitizing the tapes.
What does it mean to be a culture keeper and can we consider the Archives to be one?
This one is for the typographers, the printers, the artist and the constantly curious. Kicking off the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Edmon Low Library, let's explore the first collection the Archives received.
Learn more about the Edmon Low Library's 70th anniversary at https://friends.library.okstate.edu/index/70th-anniversary/
With headlining authors like Ken Burns, Nicholas Sparks, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Jodi Picoult, the H. Louise & H.E. "Ed" Cobb Speaker Series has a 30 year history of being a premiere event for the OSU Libraries. Let's take a look back at past events with Taylor Hatheway and Bonnie Cain-Wood. The Cobb Speaker Series has been the OSU Library's largest fundraising event of the year.
Please consider giving a gift to help the Library at https://secure.osugiving.com/s/giving/library
For more information about the series and past speakers, visit https://friends.library.okstate.edu/index/cobb-series/
What were the rules you followed when you lived in the residence halls on campus? Follow along with Libby as she discovers why residence hall rules have changed over the decades.
A history of strict housing rules: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/11456/rec/1
Discourse about changing visitation hours: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/2891/rec/3
Curfew like being in a prison: https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ocolly1940/id/13246/rec/1
Reactions to statement about curfew: https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ocolly1940/id/13259/rec/1
History of Residence Hall government systems: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/2891/rec/3
AWS and their statement of concerns: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/2936/rec/3
Brief history of AWS: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/2804/rec/3
Charge in being involved with the women's liberation movement: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/11543/rec/12
Margie Bell quote: https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ocolly1965/id/16058/rec/1
Quote about gentle push for women's equality: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/2871/rec/3
June Tyhurst quote: https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ocolly1965/id/16788/rec/1
University reponse to adopted housing resolutions: https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ocolly1965/id/17580/rec/1
Willham Hall coed lawsuits: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/2937/rec/3
Definition of feminism: https://bit.ly/3KteX9w
October 1970 report: https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ocolly1965/id/16755/rec/1
Residential Life guest policy: https://reslife.okstate.edu/policies/undergraduate-singles-handbook/guest-policy.html
Join Digital Storytelling Intern Libby Whitlow as she follows some of OSU's biggest organized movements and smaller acts of dissent to see potential threads between protests throughout the university's history. This episode features an interview with former Head of Archives, David Peters, and uses many digital sources from the archives including past O'Colly issues and information from the Centennial Series Collection.
Information on Walton's changes to OSU: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/9577/rec/1
Protests over Wilson and Walton: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/4157/rec/1
Protesting the Panhellenic Homecoming budget: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/2781/rec/3
David's article about the Red Scare at OSU: https://issuu.com/brandosu/docs/issu_osu_state_mag_sp_2018
Free speech protests: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/055e80f860fb408bb1beb8ebf4d234d0
Kent State vigil: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/2933/rec/3
Nixon rallies: https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ocolly1965/id/23850/rec/1
SUAB's (Student Union Activities Board) Last Temptation of Christ: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/1708/rec/4 https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ocolly1980/id/25695/rec/21
Link to the Tea and Glee Society Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1vQGfKVU8M
Streaker Night was a decade-long tradition at OSU in the 70s and 80s. Students would spend the Thursday night before spring break on the Strip and some students would remove their clothes and streak. Taylor Hatheway discusses how this tradition started, what led to its end and some of the funny stories from Streaker Night itself.
Search the University Archives Facebook page for posts that mention Streaker Night
O'Colly ad saying "Christians pray: no streaker night"
O'Colly ad saying "Jesus is Lord of Streaker Night"
Interview with Gary Shutt
Interview with Bill Dragoo
https://debo.library.okstate.edu/ https://debo.library.okstate.edu/activism/alaska-native-claims-settlement-act-correspondence
Dr. Frohock's contact information can be found at https://honors.okstate.edu/about-honors/meet-the-faculty/richard-frohock-phd.html
Browse through a comprehensive list of Archival material at the OSU Libraries https://library.okstate.edu/search-and-find/collections/digital-collections/scua-collection-guidelines/
On this episode, Libby Whitlow, Digital Storytelling Intern, chats with David Peters, Head of the Archives, about how history was recorded at OSU and some of the challenges in archiving materials from the past.
This episode featured a segment from the Archives Live, a monthly video broadcast on the Archives Facebook page. Watch the episode for more information as well as view photographs from the archival collections at https://fb.watch/8jcGDAEm7I/
Connect with the Archives on their Facebook page and see photos from the collections at www.facebook.com/okstatescua
Find the OSU Archives and the collections online at https://archives.library.okstate.edu/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWSTDvKXpqLkLy0ZCcWVd0v1mYDD5r4V-
The podcast currently has 42 episodes available.