Flat, Cool & Acid-Free

Oklahoma State University Archives

Welcome to Flat, Cool and Acid-Free, an okstate archives podcast. Bringing you stories about Oklahoma State University and Oklahoma through an archival lens.

  1. 04/15/2023

    Flat, Cool & Acid-Free: Newly Digitized The Naming Ceremony of The Edmon Low Library

    In this episode you will hear from several folks like Roscoe Rouse Jr. who succeeded Edmon Low as Head Librarian. You will also hear from the man, the myth, the absolute legend(!), Edmon Low. Edmon Low served as head Librarian from 1940 – 1967 and remains the longest serving head of the OSU Libraries to date.   Help us celebrate 70 years in the Edmon Low Library by visiting https://friends.library.okstate.edu/   Special thanks to Patrick Daglaris, the archivist for the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at the Oklahoma State University Library, for digitizing the tapes.

    Flat, Cool & Acid-Free: Newly Digitized The Naming Ceremony of The Edmon Low Library

  2. 02/21/2023

    Flat, Cool & Acid-Free: Culture Keepers

    What does it mean to be a culture keeper and can we consider the Archives to be one?

    Flat, Cool & Acid-Free: Culture Keepers

  3. 11/15/2022

    Flat, Cool & Acid-Free: Collection 001

    This one is for the typographers, the printers, the artist and the constantly curious. Kicking off the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Edmon Low Library, let's explore the first collection the Archives received.   Learn more about the Edmon Low Library's 70th anniversary at https://friends.library.okstate.edu/index/70th-anniversary/

    Flat, Cool & Acid-Free: Collection 001

  4. 11/02/2022

    Flat, Cool & Acid-Free: The Cobb Speaker Series

    With headlining authors like Ken Burns, Nicholas Sparks, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Jodi Picoult, the H. Louise & H.E. "Ed" Cobb Speaker Series has a 30 year history of being a premiere event for the OSU Libraries. Let's take a look back at past events with Taylor Hatheway and Bonnie Cain-Wood. The Cobb Speaker Series has been the OSU Library's largest fundraising event of the year. Please consider giving a gift to help the Library at https://secure.osugiving.com/s/giving/library For more information about the series and past speakers, visit https://friends.library.okstate.edu/index/cobb-series/

    Flat, Cool & Acid-Free: The Cobb Speaker Series

  5. 09/16/2022

    Flat, Cool & Acid-Free: Changing Housing Rules on Campus

    What were the rules you followed when you lived in the residence halls on campus? Follow along with Libby as she discovers why residence hall rules have changed over the decades. A history of strict housing rules: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/11456/rec/1 Discourse about changing visitation hours: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/2891/rec/3 Curfew like being in a prison: https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ocolly1940/id/13246/rec/1 Reactions to statement about curfew: https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ocolly1940/id/13259/rec/1 History of Residence Hall government systems: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/2891/rec/3 AWS and their statement of concerns: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/2936/rec/3 Brief history of AWS: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/2804/rec/3 Charge in being involved with the women's liberation movement: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/11543/rec/12 Margie Bell quote: https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ocolly1965/id/16058/rec/1 Quote about gentle push for women's equality: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/2871/rec/3 June Tyhurst quote: https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ocolly1965/id/16788/rec/1 University reponse to adopted housing resolutions: https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ocolly1965/id/17580/rec/1 Willham Hall coed lawsuits: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/2937/rec/3 Definition of feminism: https://bit.ly/3KteX9w October 1970 report: https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ocolly1965/id/16755/rec/1 Residential Life guest policy: https://reslife.okstate.edu/policies/undergraduate-singles-handbook/guest-policy.html

    Flat, Cool & Acid-Free: Changing Housing Rules on Campus

  6. 08/15/2022

    Protests at OSU

    Join Digital Storytelling Intern Libby Whitlow as she follows some of OSU's biggest organized movements and smaller acts of dissent to see potential threads between protests throughout the university's history. This episode features an interview with former Head of Archives, David Peters, and uses many digital sources from the archives including past O'Colly issues and information from the Centennial Series Collection. Information on Walton's changes to OSU: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/9577/rec/1 Protests over Wilson and Walton: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/4157/rec/1 Protesting the Panhellenic Homecoming budget: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/2781/rec/3 David's article about the Red Scare at OSU: https://issuu.com/brandosu/docs/issu_osu_state_mag_sp_2018 Free speech protests: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/055e80f860fb408bb1beb8ebf4d234d0 Kent State vigil: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/2933/rec/3 Nixon rallies: https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ocolly1965/id/23850/rec/1 SUAB's (Student Union Activities Board) Last Temptation of Christ: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/1708/rec/4 https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ocolly1980/id/25695/rec/21 Link to the Tea and Glee Society Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1vQGfKVU8M

    Protests at OSU

  7. 04/15/2022

    Flat, Cool & Acid-Free: Naked and on the Strip

    Streaker Night was a decade-long tradition at OSU in the 70s and 80s. Students would spend the Thursday night before spring break on the Strip and some students would remove their clothes and streak. Taylor Hatheway discusses how this tradition started, what led to its end and some of the funny stories from Streaker Night itself. Search the University Archives Facebook page for posts that mention Streaker Night O'Colly ad saying "Christians pray: no streaker night" O'Colly ad saying "Jesus is Lord of Streaker Night" Interview with Gary Shutt  Interview with Bill Dragoo

    Flat, Cool & Acid-Free: Naked and on the Strip

  8. 03/15/2022

    Flat, Cool & Acid-Free: A Look At History Through Angie Debo's Christmas Letters

    The OSU Archives houses an extensive collection of Angie Debo's work and personal items. Within this collection is Debo's Christmas letters that span a good part of the twentieth century. Upon analyzing her perceptions about the current events she was living through, one can see how her historian mindset was able to thread stories in history together to make unique conclusions about tumultuos events. In this episode we tell her story through her personal Christmas letters and correspondence regarding the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. https://debo.library.okstate.edu/ https://debo.library.okstate.edu/activism/alaska-native-claims-settlement-act-correspondence

    Flat, Cool & Acid-Free: A Look At History Through Angie Debo's Christmas Letters
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Welcome to Flat, Cool and Acid-Free, an okstate archives podcast. Bringing you stories about Oklahoma State University and Oklahoma through an archival lens.

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  • Creator
    Oklahoma State University Archives
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2023
  • Episodes
    42
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Oklahoma State University Libraries
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