That Darn Slide

I finished Lee Kelly's slides and I am now down to three remaining artists to scan. One slide that was enclosed in a plastic case gave me particular trouble. In order to scan it I had to remove the negative from the case and align the negative in the slide holder. It would not scan without the holder. Unfortunately, since I had to remove the case I'm not sure if it's oriented the right way so I added this slide to the list that needs to be checked for orientation. Also, I'm unsure if I'll be able to scan the plastic case along with the front matter of the other slides. If so, I'll make a column on the "Jim Shull Slides-Working" spreadsheet and add what is written on the plastic case.

Silly Slides

I'm still scanning the Shull Slides. Right now I'm on the artist Lee Kelly who has over 100 slides. I've made quite a bit of progress but I still have a lot more scanning to do!

Osh Gosh McCosh

Still working on the Shull Slides today, I made considerable progress but I can't really make an estimate of how much longer it will take to finish them. However, the images are no longer mirrors of the actual slide. I have fixed how I put the slides on the scanner so I won't have to go back through all the images from here on out and flip them horizontally. Overall, a productive day.

In Reverse

I spent today flipping most of the images I've scanned. While comparing their orientation with the original slides, I realized that most of the images were mirrored. It took all of my shift to go through each image and flip it horizontally so it matches the slide.

However, I figured out how to scan the images on the scanner so they come out facing the same way as the slide. I edited the scanning instructions so this will no longer be an issue.

I also did find a couple slides where I wasn't positive if the rotation was right so I have listed those in the spreadsheet "Shull Slides to be Checked for Rotation and Mirroring."

Rotations, Rotations

One case of the Shull slides is completely scanned and I have started on the second plastic case. I'm trying to scan the slides in the same orientation as I found them in the box but I'm afraid some of them might've been turned or rotated so I'm not sure all the slides are right side up. Is there any way to check this?

Halfway Mark!

As of today, I have finished scanning nearly half of all of the Shull Slides. Throughout the process I have definitely noticed Gregor's (the big scanner) slowness compared to Feynman (the small, book scanner). However, it's very fortunate to have a scanner that can recognize that I'm trying to scan slides. I'm enjoying looking at all of this local artwork from the 1960s and 1970s, I often wondered what these artists have produced recently.

Pretty Pictures

I'm still scanning the Shull Slides. Today I finished two additional artist collections and started on Shull's individual slides which total about 120. There is quite a diverse assortment of art from sculptures to murals to paintings. I was really taken with Allen C. Stark's artowrk. He uses really short brush strokes to make a very colorful and abstract painting.

Still on Those Slides...

Today I continued with scanning the Shull Slides. I think I'm about 1/4 of the way through all the slides. At least I've scanned the work of nine artists so far.

Mary asked how the process was going. I've certainly been more efficient the last couple of days since I know how to place the slides on the scanner in the right order. I forgot to ask her this, but I was wondering, is there a deadline for this project?

Then and Now, Again

Today Archives presented me with the task of scanning old photos of alumni in Wallulahs. This occupied most of my shift. I completed scanning and editing all of the photos that were provided in the yearbooks they gave me. However, there were some yearbooks that had none of the people referenced on the project sheet, and there were pages and yearbooks on the sheet that I was not given. I notified Archives of this. For the last 45 minutes, I continued scanning the Shull Slides. The process seems to be taking longer not only because of the volume, but because the machine is slower.

Jellin' with Jellum

I continued scanning the Shull slides today. The process is definitely going more smoothly now that I know how to format the slides on the scanner. This is a really interesting project; I especially enjoyed looking at Mike Russo's artwork. Since I've been able to progress through quite a few artists today, I'm starting to think this project might not be as interminable as I had first imagined.

Scanning the Shull Slides

Today I concentrated on scanning the Shull Slides. After a couple tries I figured out how to orient the slides and lay it down on the scanner so it numbers them correctly. I added these notes in the document "How to Scan." I also figured out how to make the scanner scan each front side of the slides individually. These instructions are also included in the document "How to Scan." The process should go a bit quicker since I finally know how to scan the slides so the scanner automatically numbers them in order, however there are still many more slides to go!

Starting Shull Slides

Today after working on Wallulah for a while, I received a request to scan a picture of Lausanne, the ship that carried Willamette's founders to Oregon. I was also presented with the project of scanning all of Mr. Shull's slides.

This was my first time scanning slides and at first I had trouble with the orientation on the scanner. However, now I realize exactly where to place things. I have only scanned one batch of 15 slides. I haven't been able to try to scan their front border yet, but I will play around with that on Monday. This is a very interesting project and I'm glad to be learning about different forms of visual media.

Oh Drobo!

Initially, at the start of the day, Drobo decided not to connect to the computers, so we had to spend time re-connecting it.

Once it was up and running again, I scanned the front and back cover of Wallulah 1932. I edited out the white label on the front cover by using the stamp tool. I tried my best to make it look like the other corners, however it was difficult to make it curved in the same exact way.

I am still scanning and editing the pages of 1933 Wallulah.