I spent my morning with the 1905 Wallulah - I think I did about 60
pages, so I've finished the class pictures and literary societies!
After lunch, I went through the rest of the box of Paulus information
that Mary gave me. This involved skimming a transcription of an
interview with Ted Paulus and then reading through Roger Hull's and
his students' notes from the early 90's when they started this work.
This helped me to verify some spelling errors and get more specific
data on first names, residences, and occupations of Otto Paulus'
clients. As I finished reading through this box early, I then started
looking through the PLS98 database, identifying this and that where I
could. If there are any documents written on PLS98, those would really
help me as I move forward with it! Those photos that I have seen are
less likely to be in the Wallulahs, so I'm having trouble identifying
them.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
23 May 2012 Cross-referencing!
This morning, I edited the scans that I have made of the 1903 and 1905
Wallulahs, and then I worked more on the 1903. So far, I have gotten
past page 100 and I have checked every photo for imperfections.
I returned again to Paulus for the afternoon, focusing on
cross-referencing with printed and written records of the collection.
As a result of this work, I will have to edit a good number of the
captions on slides that have already been uploaded online, but I am
apparently going to learn how to do that tomorrow!
Wallulahs, and then I worked more on the 1903. So far, I have gotten
past page 100 and I have checked every photo for imperfections.
I returned again to Paulus for the afternoon, focusing on
cross-referencing with printed and written records of the collection.
As a result of this work, I will have to edit a good number of the
captions on slides that have already been uploaded online, but I am
apparently going to learn how to do that tomorrow!
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
22 May 2012
As usual, I continued working on the yearbooks this morning. I chose
to work on the 1903, as it is from archives and I'd like to get that
back asap, whereas the 1905 is from the stacks (so it can wait!). I
got up past the 40's for the 1903 yearbook, and was able to go back
through and check for mores on every page - I had to blur the pixels
on most of the photos, but they turned out all right!
After lunch I went right to work on the Paulus collection. I finished
going through the list of client names, so that most of the PLS90 C
001-250 section is identified. There are a good number that I still
have to work out, but I got most of them. When I finished with that
list, I found a list of faculty and students with their PLS #'s, so I
set to work making sure that the list and the excel document matched
correctly.
to work on the 1903, as it is from archives and I'd like to get that
back asap, whereas the 1905 is from the stacks (so it can wait!). I
got up past the 40's for the 1903 yearbook, and was able to go back
through and check for mores on every page - I had to blur the pixels
on most of the photos, but they turned out all right!
After lunch I went right to work on the Paulus collection. I finished
going through the list of client names, so that most of the PLS90 C
001-250 section is identified. There are a good number that I still
have to work out, but I got most of them. When I finished with that
list, I found a list of faculty and students with their PLS #'s, so I
set to work making sure that the list and the excel document matched
correctly.
Monday, May 21, 2012
21 May 2012
I began today with the 1905 Wallulah, which I have now scanned up to
page ~45, if I remember correctly.
I also continued working on the Paulus Collection. Mary gave me some
resources to look through, so I've been cross-referencing and making
sure that Otto Paulus's clients are correctly identified throughout
the collection. I have done a good 3 1/2 pages of these clients (in an
alphabetical list compiled by Roger Hull).
page ~45, if I remember correctly.
I also continued working on the Paulus Collection. Mary gave me some
resources to look through, so I've been cross-referencing and making
sure that Otto Paulus's clients are correctly identified throughout
the collection. I have done a good 3 1/2 pages of these clients (in an
alphabetical list compiled by Roger Hull).
Friday, May 18, 2012
18 May 2012
I finished scanning the 1990 Wallulah earlier today! So now I get to
work on the 1905 Wallulah, which has a really beautiful cover and some
very unfortunate caricatures of Native American and Black characters
on the first few pages. But beyond that, it looks like a really
beautiful book!
I also continued work on the Paulus slides. I continued compiling two
lists of photos, one for photos that include children and the other
for photos concerning the canneries. However, I'll be working on both
lists for a bit longer because I keep finding more and more photos to
add to the lists!
As I've looked at more of the Paulus collection, I realized that I am
now looking exclusively at portraits. All of the subjects have posed,
and many of them are in the same room. For those photographs in the
room with the flowers on a pillar next to the window, I've begun
adding an asterisk at the end of the photo title for easier
identification. However, I have reason to believe that whether or not
the flowers and pillar are in the photo, almost all of the photos that
I have seen in the past day and a half were taken inside Paulus' home
or studio. Intriguingly, many of the photos were taken in 1915, which
leads me to suggest that his vocation in portraiture may have helped
him pay for his Willamette education.
work on the 1905 Wallulah, which has a really beautiful cover and some
very unfortunate caricatures of Native American and Black characters
on the first few pages. But beyond that, it looks like a really
beautiful book!
I also continued work on the Paulus slides. I continued compiling two
lists of photos, one for photos that include children and the other
for photos concerning the canneries. However, I'll be working on both
lists for a bit longer because I keep finding more and more photos to
add to the lists!
As I've looked at more of the Paulus collection, I realized that I am
now looking exclusively at portraits. All of the subjects have posed,
and many of them are in the same room. For those photographs in the
room with the flowers on a pillar next to the window, I've begun
adding an asterisk at the end of the photo title for easier
identification. However, I have reason to believe that whether or not
the flowers and pillar are in the photo, almost all of the photos that
I have seen in the past day and a half were taken inside Paulus' home
or studio. Intriguingly, many of the photos were taken in 1915, which
leads me to suggest that his vocation in portraiture may have helped
him pay for his Willamette education.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
17 May 2012
I scanned a lot of the 1990 Wallulah today, I think I'm at about page
207 now, so I should be able to finish it tomorrow. Apparently it
rained throughout the graduation ceremony that year, so everyone was
under umbrellas! :(
I also worked more on the Paulus collection. I compiled a list of
photographs of children for Mary, and then I started identifying more
photos and found a lot more photographs of families and children. The
thing is that families can be really difficult to identify because I'm
relying on the Wallulahs. I've tried seeing if some of the parents are
professors or students, but they may be family friends of Otto Paulus.
In any case, there are a lot of them, they all seem to be photographed
in the same room (Paulus' home?), and I do not know any of their
names!
207 now, so I should be able to finish it tomorrow. Apparently it
rained throughout the graduation ceremony that year, so everyone was
under umbrellas! :(
I also worked more on the Paulus collection. I compiled a list of
photographs of children for Mary, and then I started identifying more
photos and found a lot more photographs of families and children. The
thing is that families can be really difficult to identify because I'm
relying on the Wallulahs. I've tried seeing if some of the parents are
professors or students, but they may be family friends of Otto Paulus.
In any case, there are a lot of them, they all seem to be photographed
in the same room (Paulus' home?), and I do not know any of their
names!
16 May 2012
Today I began again with the 1990 Wallaluh, but I had to redo the
pages that I did yesterday because I had done them at 300 dpi. So I
redid those ones, and was able to finish pages 120-157 at the correct
600 dpi. The last picture I scanned was really funny, the guy had a
silly smile on :)
When I came back from lunch, I returned to the Paulus photos, which
today consisted of a long series of football photos, some of them
Willamette and many of them junior high and high school photos. Then
there was a really long streak of photos of the Northwest Fruit
Products Co. and their products, mainly, loganberry juice. Also called
Loju, it was a popular beverage at the time, as evidenced by its
constant demand in L.A. and the photos of it being shipped to Tacoma,
WA, Wichita, KS, and St Paul, MN. Having researched a little, someone
named Paulus was very involved in Salem canneries in the early- to
mid-1920's. I think they were probably related, which would account
for Otto Paulus' desire to document the companies activities.
pages that I did yesterday because I had done them at 300 dpi. So I
redid those ones, and was able to finish pages 120-157 at the correct
600 dpi. The last picture I scanned was really funny, the guy had a
silly smile on :)
When I came back from lunch, I returned to the Paulus photos, which
today consisted of a long series of football photos, some of them
Willamette and many of them junior high and high school photos. Then
there was a really long streak of photos of the Northwest Fruit
Products Co. and their products, mainly, loganberry juice. Also called
Loju, it was a popular beverage at the time, as evidenced by its
constant demand in L.A. and the photos of it being shipped to Tacoma,
WA, Wichita, KS, and St Paul, MN. Having researched a little, someone
named Paulus was very involved in Salem canneries in the early- to
mid-1920's. I think they were probably related, which would account
for Otto Paulus' desire to document the companies activities.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Babies and Cars
I began work today and learned how to 1) scan and photoshop yearbooks,
saving them into drobo and 2) research and identify Paulus photos. I
worked on the 1990 Wallulah, starting at page 122 and finishing 152 by
the time I left for lunch. I then turned to the Paulus photographs -
the first of which was marked incorrectly!! It was not the actual WU
football team, it was a group of intramural sophomores! So then there
were a lot of unidentifiable houses (was it the Dewdrop Inn?) that
I'll hopefully get to look at again, and then a long stream of old
cars, and then really adorable kids with ukelele's and violins, or
hanging out on swings with kittens. I believe that the Paulus brothers
spent some time taking photos for parents and schools, cause there
were quite a few classrooms, music classes, and posed bicycle photos -
and considering when the photos were taken, I doubt that the kids
could have been moving very quickly on their bikes (though I am not at
all an expert of the history of photography)!
Rory
saving them into drobo and 2) research and identify Paulus photos. I
worked on the 1990 Wallulah, starting at page 122 and finishing 152 by
the time I left for lunch. I then turned to the Paulus photographs -
the first of which was marked incorrectly!! It was not the actual WU
football team, it was a group of intramural sophomores! So then there
were a lot of unidentifiable houses (was it the Dewdrop Inn?) that
I'll hopefully get to look at again, and then a long stream of old
cars, and then really adorable kids with ukelele's and violins, or
hanging out on swings with kittens. I believe that the Paulus brothers
spent some time taking photos for parents and schools, cause there
were quite a few classrooms, music classes, and posed bicycle photos -
and considering when the photos were taken, I doubt that the kids
could have been moving very quickly on their bikes (though I am not at
all an expert of the history of photography)!
Rory
Monday, May 7, 2012
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