Last day

Today I finished the last edits of all the catalog scans I've done.

These are all the physical catalogs and bulletins that were available from archives, for CLA, Atkinson, and the law school

I'm very excited I finished this project, and glad I got to work with these materials over the summer

-Devne't

Chemawa Prints Project Day 27

Today is my last day. I am wrapping up a few loose ends: measuring dimensions for a few last prints, editing titles from when I first started adding metadata, de-skewing scans, meeting with Sara, writing this last post, and checking in with Payroll.

This is the link to the Project Ideas page where I have listed possible future projects for the Charles Holmes Collection:

https://docs.google.com/a/willamette.edu/document/d/1QiRborGhVH5THI38eWFOSpxBcRhqoHvHERu11KPHzOQ/edit?usp=sharing

In the document I have listed tasks for future Digitization Assistants who will be working with the metadata or scans, and for the future students of Professor Dobkins' Museum Studies Seminar who will be working with the prints themselves.

There are three unlabeled large boxes in the stacks with items from Chemawa. I inspected the first box and found many empty envelopes, film, and prints that looked like those from the Charles Holmes Collection. The items are in sleeves. A mystery to be dealt with in the future...

I have de-skewed and adjusted the borders for CH 3020-3226. I came across a few scans that I must have skipped over when I was originally editing them because I had not edited them at all. I do not know how many of these are scattered throughout.

All the best,
Alexis Gjurasic

Day 41

I finished scanning all the physical copies I could find! I just need to finish up cropping, which shouldn't take long, then I'm done.

Will definitely finish tomorrow

Chemawa Prints Project Day 26

I have completed all scanning, editing, and data entry for the Chemawa Prints Project from the Charles Holmes Collection! I will continue to review the metadata from now until the end of my half-day of work tomorrow. Although there is quite a bit more that can be done to ensure the quality of the digital collection, notably de-skewing scans, editing metadata, and removing duplicates, the biggest hurdle is complete.

Many prints that I came across today stood out to me. I do not have many questions; I just wish to note them.

CH 2545 is mysterious. What is the purpose of the female students who stand onstage in matching uniforms and brooms? Why was a "Broom Brigade" needed? CH 2555 shows many smiling young females. Some hold dolls and a few pose with the index fingers to their lips. They all sport short haircuts and low waistlines. Is this the print Sybil mentioned as being her favorite? CH 2556 is a beautiful print showing male students in a workshop.

CH 2567 is a curious one: young males', perhaps students', heads have been cut off and replaced as the head of cartoon musicians.

There are many prints from a powwow, and a few stand out: CH 2570, 2577, 2578, 2579, and 2588. Students dance on the gymnasium floor and sit in the bleachers in CH 2575 and 2584.

There are many children playing in CH 2585. Are they on campus?

In CH 2590 a female student in traditional regalia and a male student in a uniform look at a tree with an engraved stone at its base. Are the female and child in CH 2593 at Chemawa?

CH 2600 was the last print in the collection to be digitized. It shows a group of female and male students and a male faculty member standing for a class portrait on the steps of buildings. They look as if they are laughing.

Thank you to Veronica Montano and the rest of the Chachalu Tribal Museum and Cultural Center staff for permission to work with the Charles Holmes Collection. Thank you to Professor Rebecca Dobkins for the opportunity to work on a project that will have such far-reaching effects. Thank you to the Willamette University Librarians and Archival Staff for the help and facilities and snacks. Thank you to those who have read my posts and kept up with my progress through the last two months. And thank you to the Chemawa Indian Boarding School Native American students pictured in this collection. I have seen a few snapshots from painful and confusing times in their lives, but these students were not only victims of forced assimilation. I have seen them as dancers in traditional regalia, and creators of Native art. They played sports and did work of which they appear to be proud. Many, many Native Americans from many different nations have attended Chemawa over the years. I hope the collection may someday provide healing to the descendants and friends of those photographed.

I look forward to the digital collection being made available to the public through the Chachalu Tribal Museum and Cultural Center's website and through Willamette University's digital University Archives; this should happen toward the end of summer 2017. I look forward to future Willamette students continuing to contribute to the collection as well. I hope to continue to witness how the digital collection can affect change.

Chemawa Prints Project Day 25

This is information from yesterday's workday... I completed some scanning in the morning then went to Grand Ronde to meet with Veronice Montano. We discussed the rest of the Charles Holmes Collection to gain a larger context for how the prints. I updated the Chachalu staff on my process for digitizing the prints.

I found another print of the sled: CH 2507. CH 2509 pictures female students playing tennis.

In CH 2513, there are only male students shown as members of band. In other prints I have seen girls playing instruments. When did this change occur?

Another print, CH 2535, shows students constructing a building? How often did this happen? Were the students compensated for their work? Are their any student-made buildings still standing today?

2501-2540, 3121-3160/3226

Day 40

Today I finished the Atkinson catalogs and scanned up to 1983 of the Law school catalogs

Only one small box left to be scanned, very excited x)

Day 38/39

I've scanned up to 2009 for CLA catalogs, and up to 1992 for Atkinson catalogs

After that is finished I believe there are a handful of law school ones.

Unless there are others that are already digital or that I don't know about, that should be it.

I'm hoping to finish entirely by Wed, and Thurs is my last work day before leaving

I'll continue coming in at 9 and I hope I can get this done x)

Chemawa Prints Project Day 24

I continue to work through the envelopes. I have completed digitizing through the twenty-sixth envelope. All digitizing will have been completed sometime on Wednesday.

Two prints stood out to me today. CH 2496 and 2499 show two male students working on a mural depicting a long line of wagons. How were Chemawa students taught about westward expansion and Manifest Destiny? How was history depicted in their classrooms?

2401-2500, 3001-3120/3226

Chemawa Prints Project Day 23

I continue to work through the envelope. I am currently digitizing the twenty-first envelope.

CH 2283 is a stunning print. It shows two female students, one with a blindfold over her eyes. They stand in front of a chalkboard; a reindeer is drawn on the board. Are they playing a game like pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey ?

CH 2976 and many other nearby prints are labeled "Fry bread sale in classroom." To whom did the students sell fry bread? Did they receive the profits? Was it a fundraising event?

There a few peculiar prints of adults with a device (CH 2324). One student in the past thinks they are doing "NBC training." This would refer to nuclear, biological, and chemical defense training. What was the precedent for this particular instance? CH 2324 is interesting because it seems like the adult on the right is fooling around with the instrument.

Print CH 2336 stands out because it depicts four students performing in traditional regalia.

I came across the first print that I can recall of the student band playing in a classroom -- CH 2378.

2301-2400, 2921-3000/3226

Day 36/37

Today and yesterday I scanned more of the late 90's from archives, and I'll be starting the 2000s tomorrow

Chemawa Prints Project Day 22

I am currently working through the sixteenth envelope, completing scans for over two hundred prints today.

There are more prints of the sled: CH 2191, 2221, 2246, 2251, 2255, 2257, 2258, and 2267. I came across many color prints of what looks like a homecoming parade (CH 2822, 2837, and 2840).

CH 2228 shows female students playing baseball in dresses.

I am not sure what CH 2870 is depicting; there seem to be dozens of cement blocks with metal plates. Are these headstones?

2187-2292, 2821-2920/3226

Chemawa Prints Project Day 21 (20 1/2)

I continue to make progress on the envelopes; I am currently tackling the eleventh.

Many of the large prints I came across today were very clear with appealing images. Two stood out to me: CH 2772 and 2776. Both are close-up images of female students. The female in CH 2776 wears a beautiful fur coat.

There were a few student portraits I came across mounted on a thick cardboard-like material (CH 2171-2180). The students are dressed very nicely. CH 2166 is interesting because it shows a child next a totem pole that I have not seen so far in the prints. It is shorter and had a different style than the other totem poles.

CH 2811-2818 are more prints of the student-made sled. A few prints show the male student working on the sled.

2161-2186, 2773-2820/3226

Day 35

I did OCR for 1924-1928

Did the Sparks_Lestle project for Mary

Scanned 1991-1995

I've been scanning the third copies only, so I'll have to backtrack a few years to make sure I got everything in the bound volumes as well

Day 34

Today I did OCR for 1917-1924, and scanned from 1970 to 1991

Hoping to make even more progress tomorrow, as well as do the Sparks project from Mary in the morning

Chemawa Prints Project Day 20 (18 2/2)

I have completed scans and edits for the eighth envelope and have a few more for the ninth folder.

In the sleeve of CH 2748 was another smaller sleeve with a cut-out of a decorative band and its description on a small piece of lined paper. I digitized the cut-out as CH 3226, and noted where it had been found. It is now in the box with the other random prints.

I came across another print of male students ironing (CH 2744).

CH 2743 appears to show Mark O. Hatfield at his desk with four young males, perhaps scouts, standing behind him. At least one of the males is a Chemawa student, as labeled on the back.

2121-2160, 2740-2772/3226

Chemawa Prints Project Day 19

I have completed scanning through the seventh envelope of thirty-one.

CH 2684 is an interesting print because it depicts a large display case of hand-weaved baskets. Are these baskets at Chemawa today, or are they in storage with the many other items on the inventory list? Is there a chance that these baskets are in Hallie Ford?

CH 2685 shows adult males using nets to fish at Celilo Falls. There is a typed message on the back discussing the falls and Native peoples treaty rights to "perpetual netting and spearing rights."

On the back of CH 2695 is a handwritten message discussing Robert Jim, a student who was "very hard of hearing." Apparently a teacher interpreter accompanied him when he went for a hearing aid fitting. His teacher believed he had "gotten very little from class." Was this hearing aid paid for by the school? How often did Chemawa provided support for differently-abled students? What support does Chemawa provide today? What was Robert Jim's experience at Chemawa? Did he want a hearing aid?

Another print of students with an aircraft has popped up. CH 2703 shows students with a small plane, not a helicopter like the other earlier prints. Are these the Alaska Native students who were taught how to pilot a plane?

I came across many prints of students in traditional regalia at the same event as yesterday, perhaps a powwow. The prints of group portraits and dancers are very clear and show the detail of their regalia very well. CH 2712 and 2715 are good examples.

Many prints throughout the collection depict male students presenting creations from their industrial training. CH 2730 is a group portrait posing with a large electrical board labeled "Basic Automotive Electric System."

2061-2120, 2681-2739/3225

Chemawa Prints Project Day 18 1/2

Today I worked a half-day, completing scans, edits, and titles.

I found more interesting demonstrations of gender roles: CH 2649 shows a female instructor teaching male students about sewing and CH 2052 shows female students playing a game with balls in a gymnasium. The female in the center looks about to throw a ball.

I came across a print with sticky notes marking that it needed to be integrated into the collection. I added an identification number (CH 3225) and digitized it. It is being housed in the large box with the other random prints. The print was originally in the back of the folder with prints CH 2041-2060 and 2661-2680.

CH 2654 is a print of an industrial instruction room with lots of machinery. The black and white contrast is eye-catching. CH 2655 is remarkable for its color as well. It is a print of two male students dressed in very bring traditional regalia. It is credited to the Oregon Statesman, photo by John Ericksen.

Many prints that I came across today (around CH 2663-4) depict students in traditional regalia dancing at what appears to be a powwow. The stage is set with trees, a tipi, two males at a campfire, miniature tipis, and a painted backdrop of a mountain. The scene reminded me of another print, CH 1091, with two males, an adult and child, in traditional regalia. I discussed this print in a previous post because I was confused as to its setting. All you can see are trees and the two men, but in the bottom left corner there is a miniature tipi that resembles the ones in these later prints. Upon further inspection, both the early and later prints appear to be taken at a powwow. Although the people in the prints are not the same and do not wear the same clothing, the trees, tipi, and backdrop look very similar. I conclude that these photos were both taken at powwows but during different years.

CH 2665 shows a tapestry, perhaps handmade and student-made. The name "Alice J." is sewn into the tapestry. The figure in the tapestry holds an object that looks similar to the object the dancer holds in CH 2606.

One group portrait of adults had their names listed on the back. They are apparently the hospital staff. Very few first names of adults have been written on the back of the prints so far.

2041-2060, 2647-2679/3225