Madison Munro 2020 February 27

Today I was able scan the rest of the missing pages from commencement programs from box 17 and got those pages processed too. I also cropped the Jason II 1985 pages that had some over hang. I'm excited to get into box 48 next week!

Madison Munro 2020 February 26

I spent most of today processing images that I added to the program files and also got to scan and process commencement programs up to 1976. Making progress! I wasn't able to get to editing the Jason II 1985 images but it is first on my list for tomorrow. 

Madison Munro 2020 February 25

I was finally able to process the Jason II 1985 book and the two commencement programs that needed to be processed. Turns out I was just in the wrong program which is why it wasn't working, my bad! Other than that I continued to scan missing pages from the commencement program box. Only about half way through box 17 but I'm making progress!

Madison Munro 2020 February 24

Today I attempted to process the Jason II book and some commencement programs that haven't been processed yet but the program was being very slow and didn't want to process things today. I restarted the computer and will try again tomorrow. While that was happening I was able to make my way through some more commencement booklets and learned how to use the epson scanner which is a lot of fun. Many of the programs were missing pages or had some pages that were crooked so that's mostly what I did.

Madison Munro 2020 February 20

Today I worked on the commencement programs and fixing and scanning what the spreadsheet indicates. I got done with all the folders that needed fixing from box 16 but still have box 17 and 48 to work through. When investigating Jason II 1985, it seems that about 50 pages were not scanned, and folder for this book doesn't seem to be in the Jason files. The first 50 pages appear to be processed from the link on the spreadsheet so I scanned the second half of the book and put them in a file called JasonII1985.

Madison Munro 2020 February 19

Forgot to post yesterday! Yesterday I finished transcribing "Stories My Grandma Told" and created individual text files for all the pages of transcriptions. 

Madison Munro - 2020 February 18

I continued transcribing "Stories My Grandmother Told" and it just gets more interesting. As someone who has lived in Oregon most of my life, it is super interesting hearing what it was like back then. There were many accounts of Native Americans on the mission and most of them are very troubling and uses outdated terminology. Though what I do appreciate about these accounts is that the author is sure to distinguish between "first white person born in Oregon" as opposed to the inaccurate "first person born in Oregon" which would be a form of erasure. I'm very excited to continue reading and transcribing!

Madison Munro - 2020 February 17

I got to learn how to change the camera arms which was quite the process but overall successful (thank you Sara for the help!). After changed out camera lenses and arms I was able to photograph a rare book that Doreen found called "Stories My Grandmother Told" which has many hand written entries about the Willamette Mission. It is so interesting to read and transcribe!

Madison Munro - 2020 February 13

Today I was able to begin looking at the spreadsheets with commencement programs and catalogs and bulletins metadata. There were several on the commencement programs sheet that just needed the page number changed, I did that then un-highlighted them and marked them ready ready to mount. I didn't have access to the documents so I wasn't able to begin right away. I wasn't able to get the materials needed to be scanned either so I will begin that process on Monday hopefully. 

Madison Munro - 2020 February 12

Finished processing all the Jason tifs and also processed the Mill 2017. Crazy how there weren't any art submissions to the Mill and almost half of all the Jason periodicals were comprised of student artwork. I wonder what contributed to that. I also got to look at what my tasks for tomorrow look like and the list is long but I'm excited to dive in! I'll be looking at commencement programs which should be super interesting. Having known a few Willamette graduates it should be interesting to see if I come across any of their names. 

Madison Munro - 2020 February 11

Today I continued to process the Jason tifs and made it through years 1970-1974. Still plugging away! It's been nice to look back through at all the pages of these books, and I got to see a final product which was super neat!

Madison Munro - 2020 February 10

Having finished scanning all the Jason books I have now moved on to processing the tif files. There was a bit of a learning curve with that today, but I think I've gotten the hang of it for now. I have processed Jason 1970, 1969,1968, and 1967 with many more to go! The process is a bit tedious however that is allowing me to catch up podcasts so I'm not complaining. Though it is tedious I enjoy seeing the process of how these files get to the point of being shared and viewed by a wide range of audiences. 

Madison Munro - 2020 February 5

I finished scanning all of the Jason books today! The 80s were and interesting time at Willamette based on the works in the Jason. Many long exposed photographs and poems about alcohol. I feel very accomplished to be done and excited to move on to the next project.

Madison Munro - 2020 February 4

I have finished box 6 of Jason and started on box 7! Moving through the 80s I'm noticing a prevailing theme of fantastical narratives or illusions both in the poetry and art. Almost as if D&D was growing in popularity during this time? I was also listening to a podcast about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster while scanning and thinking about the influences of the cold war and the perceived looming threat of Russian that was felt in the 80s. Needless to say, the whole thing gave me major Stranger Things vibes. Excited to keep learning!

Madison Munro - 2020 February 3

I cleaned up the files today and created labeled folders for the tif images and the jpeg images and it made the Jason files look much cleaner! I have officially broken through to the 80s now and noticing an exciting move toward pop art and more flashy comic book styles. One publication allowed the contributors to add a short biography at the back of the book. My personal favorite was: "Margaret Binnis is a mystery." Many of the artworks opposite the poetry contained themes relating to one another, making me wonder if these were collaborative processes and to what extent one provided inspiration for the other.