Happy Friday, OIlers! Today we're looking at some newer items donated to the University Archive. These items are memorabilia from Dr. James Houdeshell, who served as UF's basketball couch for over 30 years, and was involved and essential to many programs not just here at the University but in the city of Findlay as well! I'm sure as we work through Dr. Houdeshell's donations we'll find even more great memories of his time here at UF!
Happy Friday, Oilers! We're all fairly used to construction and repairs on Campus, but I bet you've never seen some early mock-ups for buildings on campus! These had-painted mock-ups would have worked as proof of concept for investors, alumni, and students to see and give feedback on.
The University archive houses quite a few of these and other architectural design plans for buildings that both kept their initial designs and ended up on campus today as we know them or had designs that were drastically changed before they ended up being constructed.
Can you identify which buildings these became and what year they may have been painted? Do they differ from what we see on campus today?
Hey there, Oilers! With the Spring Semester in full swing we here at Shafer thought it was only right to bring back our popular Flashback Fridays series! To go with the new year, what a better time to look back at interesting artifacts from UF's past! This week we take a peak at the 1990's here at our very own Shafer library! While technology has changed, Shafer library is still here to help you with your research and provide a welcoming place to study!
Student printing in front of card catalog (circa 1995)
Before electronic catalogs and databases took over in the early 2000s, if you needed to find materials you would have to look in large card catalogs, as seen in the back of this photo! Each item would have their own individual card with its publication information, and how to find it, printed on it!
Students studying in Guyer Lounge (early 1990's)
Guyer lounge, named in honor of Ohio Representative and UF Alumni Tennyson Guyer, has provided UF students with a comfortable place to study since the early 1980's. It now also features Chemistry study hours and the Honors College study lounge!
Announcing the new Shafer Library workshop series! These workshops are here to help you learn effective research techniques and resource evaluation skills both for your college career and your day to day life in order to become a more well-rounded and information-literate learner. Join us every 7th and 21st of the month at 2pm in the Shafer Library Learning Commons and check out our website for more information on the workshop topics.
We are also holding a series of workshops for faculty focused on conducting and using archival research in the University archive. See below for more information.
Happy Valentine's Day, Oilers! Still looking for gift ideas for that special someone? Not sure if dinner or a movie is the way to go? Take a look at these helpful columns from the Pulse, maybe Oilers from the past can help you out! Click on the images for a link to our Findlay Memory digital archive that has transcripts of the articles!
Thrifty Valentine's
Here we have some helpful advice from 1998 on how to have a fun yet frugal day with your sweetheart, including getting a small bag of candy from Dietsch Brothers or write a poem and eat cheese. If you are anti-Valentine's day, our author Cut-Rate-Cupid here has some movie recommendations or says to bake yourself some cookies!
Digital Holidays
Flashforward to the year 2000, having survived Y2K, we have some recommendations on using AOL or Blue Mountain to send a digital Valentine's day card, they're colorful and animated and oh so modern, making this Librarian feel oh so old that I remember the sites listed in this article.
Pay it forward
Skipping ahead to 2002, maybe you and your boo can instead participate in a charity event, like this Valentine's day food drive and card making party, so sweet!