Thursday

I finished up 1960 as expected and have continued on to 1961. I have around 75 pages left to complete in 1961 so it seems as though I'll keep at my pace of finishing one Wallulah per day and complete it tomorrow.

Today I continued to look through the Student Handbooks and made some edits to those who needed corrections.  I also scanned and edited some pictures for Amber. I will see you all again in a couple of weeks. 

Today I continued to edit the Student Handbooks.  I was able to finish editing them and am currently double checking that they all look good and making some changes to some.  

Wednesday

On Wednesday, I finished 1959 and made considerable progress on 1960. I have around 82 pages left to process so I'm hoping to complete it tomorrow.

Moving on to 1959 and Margaret Mead

I completed 1958 today and started on 1959.

I also re-scanned page 67 from the 1921 Wallulah (titled 1922) and placed it in drobo > Temp > "Wallulah 1921 (titled 1922). In the folder there should be tif and jpg scans of the page along with a "Processed" folder containing the output from ABBYY.

The page was titled "page074" in the original tif and jpg folders so I re-named the newly scanned images to match. For the processed files, the drobo name converted to "Page_075" in the number scheme and this number was missing from the original Processed folder.

I also found out that the famed anthropologist Margaret Mead spoke at Willamette's commencement ceremony in 1959. According to the yearbook, she was challenging Willamette to reject the status quo. I think most of her work is considered outdated now, but we did study some of her research in literary theory and it's cool to imagine her vising WU. It's also nice to start seeing tidbits of progressive thinking documented in the Wallulah, since it's such a distinctive part of Willamette's character in the present-day.

Today I continued to edit the Student Handbooks. I have two left from Box 37 that I will finish tomorrow.

Starting 1958

I finished processing the remaining pages of 1956, along with completing 1957 entirely. I was also able to make some headway on 1958.

Today I continued to edit the Student Handbooks.  I also scanned and edited some pictures for Shanel which I was able to finish. 

Two Books, One Day

Today I finished 1955 and essentially all of 1956. I need to process 3 more pages from 1956, but I don't think that will take much time.

Two pages were damaged—someone's portrait was ripped out—so I'm going to need to borrow an Archives copy tomorrow. I'm always curious who vandalizes these periodical copies of the yearbook, because it's something I could never even fathom doing.

I can never tell if the culprit tears out their own picture of that of someone else, and whether it's inspired by something heartfelt, like wanting a keepsake (although that's not the way to go about it) or something more sinister like trying to remove someone from the yearbook. I guess we'll probably never know but I am grateful we have secure back-up copies.

Today I continued to edit the Student Handbooks.  I should be finished by next week.  

Today I was able to finish scanning the Student Handbooks from Box 37 and I began to edit them.  

Wednesday

Yesterday I finished 1954 and started on 1955. I'm currently working on the index and have around 20 pages remaining so I think I'll finish it tomorrow.

Today I finished editing the last handbooks I had left of Box 36. I also scanned Mary Eyre's Commencement Address for Amber.  I then began to scan the handbooks of Box 37. 

Nearing the Finish of 1954

I'm nearly done with 1954. I've got one index page of names to complete along with 15 or so additional pages which I'm hoping to finish tomorrow.

Today I continued to edit the Student Handbooks.  I have two left that I will finish tomorrow. 

Friday

Today I finished 1953 and completed over half of 1954. Next week, after finishing 1954, I think I'll go up to the Archives for a change of pace.

Today I continued to edit the Student Handbooks. I should be able to finish them by Monday.  

Wednesday

Unfortunately, I didn't find anything particularly noteworthy in today's 1953 Wallulah pages to share but I did make significant progress. I only have one more batch of images to run through ABBYY so I'm expecting to finish tomorrow.

Today I continued to edit the Student Handbooks.  It should take about a day or two more to finish what I have left. 

Today I continued to edit the Student Handbooks.  I could possibly finish editing by the end of the week. 

Cat Cavern: Campus Hotspot

Sorry I forgot to write a blog post yesterday! I finished 1951 yesterday and made significant progress on 1952, which I finished early this morning. I've also updated the spreadsheet with all the years I've completed.

Now I'm working on 1953 which is a little slower than the last couple years since there's a lot of slanted text. Today I learned that Cat Cavern has actually been a feature of Willamette's campus since the 1950s. It was originally a diner restaurant complete with sodas and sundaes. I'm a little saddened it lost its zest as a popular hangout, but it's interesting to imagine it as the former equivalent to our present-day Bistro.

Today I worked on editing the Student Handbooks.  I still have some left to do, so it could possibly take a couple more days. 

Friday

Today I continued working on the 1951 Wallulah. I only have seven more pages left to process so I'm planning on finishing soon!

Today I was able to finish scanning the Student Handbooks that I had left.  I only need to edit them and then input them into the spreadsheet. 

Cleaning and Completing 1950

Today I finished 1950 and have moved on to 1951.

We also cleaned the Digital Production Lab as part of the annual library "clean-up" day. I focused on cleaning the Beast's platten and used the new Novus scratch-remover we ordered. There's still a bit of streaking even though I tried to buff it out but I think that may just be a characteristic of the plastic itself. All in all, the Novus plastic cleaning products seem to work well so I think they were a good investment.

Today I continued to work on the Student Handbooks.  I mostly was editing today, tomorrow I will go back to scanning the ones I have left to do.  

Today I was able to get through halfway of the current box of Student Handbooks that I am working on.  I could possibly finish with the box by the end of the week or the beginning of next.

Today I finished editing the Ethiopian Prayer Book.  I went back to work on the Student Handbooks.  I began to scan a new box, and was able to complete scanning about 4 books.