{"id":1676,"date":"2008-09-22T12:53:53","date_gmt":"2008-09-22T20:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/osu_archives\/2008\/09\/22\/1676\/"},"modified":"2008-09-22T12:53:53","modified_gmt":"2008-09-22T20:53:53","slug":"1676","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/2008\/09\/22\/1676\/","title":{"rendered":"New Digital Collection: Gerald W. Williams Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oregondigital.org\/cdm4\/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=\/gwilliams&amp;CISOPTR=197\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/wp-content\/blogs\/17\/uploads\/williamsg_man_basket.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Indian man with huckleberry basket\" \/><\/a>In 2007 the OSU Libraries acquired the Gerald W. Williams Collection, consisting of the collected historic photographs, personal papers, and research library of Gerald &#8220;Jerry&#8221; Williams, a former national historian for the U.S. Forest Service. Williams, a native Oregonian, spent much of his Forest Service career in the Pacific Northwest before becoming national historian in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/oregondigital.org\/digcol\/gwilliams\/index.html\">digital collection<\/a> includes some of the best imagery from the Williams Collection, including photos of the WWI era <a href=\"http:\/\/oregondigital.org\/cdm4\/results.php?CISOOP1=all&amp;CISOBOX1=spruce&amp;CISOROOT=\/gwilliams\">Spruce Production Division<\/a>, logging photos of northwest Oregon taken by <a href=\"http:\/\/oregondigital.org\/cdm4\/results.php?CISOOP1=all&amp;CISOBOX1=ford&amp;CISOROOT=\/gwilliams\">John Fletcher Ford<\/a>, photos of <a href=\"http:\/\/oregondigital.org\/cdm4\/results.php?CISOOP1=all&amp;CISOBOX1=jack%20williams&amp;CISOROOT=\/gwilliams\">Celilo Falls<\/a> taken in 1956 by Jack Williams, and photos of depression era <a href=\"http:\/\/oregondigital.org\/cdm4\/results.php?CISOOP1=all&amp;CISOBOX1=civilian%20conservation%20corps&amp;CISOROOT=\/gwilliams\">Civilian Conservation Corps<\/a> camps and activities. Many of the historic photos are postcards arranged in several geographically based albums. Examples include the <a href=\"http:\/\/oregondigital.org\/cdm4\/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&amp;CISOFIELD1=source&amp;CISOROOT=\/gwilliams&amp;CISOBOX1=Umpqua+Album\">Umpqua<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/oregondigital.org\/cdm4\/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&amp;CISOFIELD1=source&amp;CISOROOT=\/gwilliams&amp;CISOBOX1=Columbia+River+album\">Columbia River<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/oregondigital.org\/cdm4\/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&amp;CISOFIELD1=source&amp;CISOROOT=\/gwilliams&amp;CISOBOX1=Willamette+Valley+album\">Willamette Valley<\/a> albums.<\/p>\n<p>Several books from <a href=\"http:\/\/ir.library.oregonstate.edu\/xmlui\/handle\/1957\/9112\">Williams&#8217; 3,000 volume research library<\/a>, many pertaining to natural resources issues, are being made available digitally through ScholarsArchive@OSU.<\/p>\n<p>To see the guide and learn more about what you&#8217;ll find in this wonderful collection, <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.library.oregonstate.edu\/files\/archives\/mss\/documents\/OREwilliams.pdf\">see the finding aid here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2007 the OSU Libraries acquired the Gerald W. 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