Flat, Cool Acid-Free

In this episode of Flat, Cool & Acid-free, learn about the Chilocco History Project. The project started as a way to document the stories of veteran alumni, but it quickly grew into a much larger project.

Explore the Archives Facebook page and see photos from the Archives.

Read more about the Chilocco History Project on its website chilocco.library.okstate.edu

See more photos from the Chilocco Project in its collection online.

View the documentary online at chilocco.library.okstate.edu/documentary

Check the OETA schedule for the documentary's rebroadcast in December 2019.

The Library hosts a suite of podcasts. Amplified Oklahoma and Dear Oklahoma, both produced by the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at the OSU Library, can be found wherever you get your podcasts.

In this episode of Flat, Cool & Acid-free, learn about the history of international programs at OSU.

Explore the Archives Facebook page and see photos from the Archives.

The Library hosts a suite of podcasts. Amplified Oklahoma and Dear Oklahoma, both produced by the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at the OSU Library, can be found wherever you get your podcasts.

In this episode of Flat, Cool & Acid-free, learn about athletic traditions at OSU, including the origins of Pistol Pete as our mascot.

Explore the Archives Facebook page and see photos from the Archives.

Learn more about Heritage Hall and its origins at okstate.com/sports/2015/3/17/GEN_2014010113.aspx

Samantha Mackey is the Archives Digital Storytelling Intern at the Library. Samantha has always had a fascination with stories, and she strives to tell stories that might not get told otherwise. She is a senior strategic communication major and will graduate in May 2020.

David Peters is the Head of the Oklahoma State University Archives. He has worked at the Edmon Low Library since January 1986, working in the General Reference Department, later in Special Collections, then as supervisor of the Map Room. He returned to the Archives in 2000, where he has worked since.

Nina Thornton is an award-winning Multimedia Producer and Manager of Visual Communications with experience working in K-12 and higher education industries. Because "rodie" wasn't an option as a major, Nina chose to explore the video production industry. Telling a visual story is one of the most powerful and effective ways to communicate, and she wants to make your story heard. Nina earned her bachelor's degree in media studies with a focus on production technology from Radford University and is skilled in video production, photography and live video streaming.

On the last episode, "the sounds of a place", you heard music from Oklahoma Fiddlers and we explored the cultural significance of how a place sounds. On this episode, David Peters and I highlight what makes Stillwater and the OSU campus sound so uniquely beautiful and a bit of history behind the sounds.

Explore the Archives History Pin collection and see photographs of the spots highlighted in this episode.

View the digitized volumes of the Centennial Histories Series on the Library website.

Bonus: Download an mp3 of the Edmon Low Library bells chiming.

Hear music by Oklahoma fiddlers captured for a 1979 thesis by Jim Renner. And explore the cultural impact of the "sounds of a place" with Sarah Milligan, Head of the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program (OOHRP).

Read Jim Renner's thesis, titled Geographic Implications of the Fiddling Tradition in Oklahoma, on SHAREOK, the institutional repository housed at the Oklahoma State University Library at bit.ly/okfiddlers.

Special thank you to David Peters and Clarke Iakovakis for their research into this collection.

As a prominent figure for both the Associated Press and Gannett Company during WWII and the Cold War, Paul Miller distinguishes himself as a true American journalist and witness to history.

The Paul Miller Papers Project is housed in the Oklahoma State University Archives and can be viewed online at bit.ly/paulmillercollection.

Take a look back at the establishment of Stillwater and its Land-Grant University.

Hear how WWII impacted Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Oklahoma State University) on this episode of Flat, Cool & Acid-free.

View the WAVES at OAMC collection.

See posters from WWII in the OSU Archives digital collection.

View the Oklahoma A&M College World War I collection.

Explore the secrets of the century left to us by students, faculty, staff and visitors to OSU during a festive celebration in 1941.

Find other digital collections in the OSU Archives on the Library website under the heading Digital Collections.

On this month's episode of Flat, Cool and Acid-free we talk about all things Angie Debo and hear a few entries from her personal journals.

Find your favorite OSU Library digital collection or learn more about Angie Debo on the Library website.