“The medical process has changed so much and what Ifind in the photographs is so strange and different that I’m getting an “The most important thing about insight into avery different world,” Haeri said. the archives is that it is much larger Skills that transfer than yourself. It’s little pieces of Gimson ’12, who organized the nursing exhibit from start people and when you put them to finish, has put the skills she learned to use in AmeriCorps. She’s assigned to the REACH Project in Seattle working to together it’s a huge collection of improve the lives of individuals who are chronically homeless or face drug and alcohol addiction. Her technical skills and ability memories and experiences.” to write reports and proposals have allowed her to take the lead on projects. “My work in the archives showed me that Ilove working with projects and planning,” she said. “I am looking at graduate Funding the Linfield Archives schools and Iam seriously thinking about nonprofit management or public administration –interests Ihad not previously explored.” The Oregon Wine History Archive (OWHA) had Odden has learned the importance of accuracy after its origins in aproject of the Linfield Center for the working on the Sokol Blosser winery collection, consisting of 25 Northwest (LCN) in 2010. linear feet of materials. Students and faculty chronicled the growth and “You have to be meticulous in the archives because if you development of Oregon’s wine industry and mounted have anything wrong, it could throw people off for the next 30 an exhibit, “Bringing Vines to the Valley,” with support years,” he said. from the Erath Family Foundation. Video interviews Sobel-Smith also tackled some of the thousands of photos in with winemakers, photos, land-use planning maps and the Linfield archives, matching photos to aseries of index cards. other historical records were included in the temporary And while the work can sometimes be tedious, it’s given him a exhibit and made permanently available through sense of something much larger. DigitalCommons@Linfield. “You feel you know the collection as an entity or person The OWHA, housed at Nicholson Library, was because there is so much information. It’s been very insightful launched in 2011 to preserve the papers and other for me to live within history,” he said. “The most important thing materials from the pioneers who established the about the archives is that it is much larger than yourself. It’s little Willamette Valley wine industry in the 1970s. Grants pieces of people and when you put them together it’s ahuge from the Erath Family Foundation and the Oregon collection of memories and experiences.” Cultural Trust have supported preservation and program Haeri said processing documents has honed her research activities. Contributions from alumni and wine industry skills. “I’m gaining an understanding of how to look at leaders provided initial funding for the college archivist. documents and evaluate how they might be useful,” she said. Endowments are sought to fund the position on a “I think about the scholarly process and what would be the permanent basis. easiest way for people to find what they are searching for.” OWHA continues to solicit and receive materials Julian Adoff ’16 splits his time between the archives and from vineyards and wineries throughout Oregon and seeks the Linfield Center for the Northwest. He’s working closely with funding to support students and projects described in the Woody and Jeff Peterson, LCN director and associate professor accompanying article. of sociology, conducting research, assisting with oral histories “The Linfield archives is atapestry of all of Linfield’s and creating exhibits. He is currently researching the influence past, that includes photographs, yearbooks, newspapers, of Latinos in the wine industry for an exhibit at the 2013 alumni magazines and presidential papers,” said Susan International Pinot Noir Celebration at Linfield in July. Barnes Whyte, director of Linfield libraries. “What makes Adoff is finding the work may re-shape his future. Linfield’s archives unique is the Oregon Wine History “I came in with avery solid idea that Iwanted to teach and Archive because we’re looking towards the future by that’s changed,” he said. Now he may be interested in pursuing collecting the documents, maps, journals, photographs archival work as well as digital publishing. His latest project is to and publicity that paint the picture of this signature bring back the Linfield yearbook, but to publish it digitally. Oregon industry.” With more treasures still waiting to be discovered, Woody LCN and the OWHA continue to utilize faculty and anticipates plenty of interesting and engaging work in the students to collect oral histories from winemakers and archives will await students for generations to come. produce exhibits relating to the wine industry for events such as the International Pinot Noir Celebration held – Mardi Mileham annually at Linfield. 1 2 - l i n f i e l d m a g a z i n e Winter 2013
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