Welcome. The Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections is home to a number of archival and book collections, most of which focus on the history of twentieth-century science and technology. Our primary mission is to preserve and provide access to the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers.

NEWS & EVENTS

Hanford Finding Aid, Galtung and Gandhi Videos Now Available. November 13, 2009

Hanford Finding Aid, Galtung and Gandhi Videos Now Available
November 13, 2009

The finding aid to the Hanford Site Forty-Year Environmental Data Collection is the latest detailed collection description to be released by the OSU Libraries Special Collections. In addition, transcribed Pauling Peace Lectureship presentations by Johan Galtung and Arun Gandhi are now available on our Special Events and Videos page.

New Additions - Hayward Papers and Galbraith Video. October 22, 2009

New Additions - Hayward Papers and Galbraith Video
October 22, 2009

The complete finding aid to the Roger Hayward Papers and a 1986 Pauling Peace Lectureship talk by John Kenneth Galbraith are now available on the OSU Libraries Special Collections website.

September 24, 2009 - Major Revision of the Special Collections Website Released

May 12, 2009 - Document Summaries, Illustrations and Transcripts for 1960 Added to Linus Pauling Day-by-Day Site

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FEATURED VIDEO

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“Ion Channel Chemistry: The Electrical System of Life,” Dr. Roderick MacKinnon

2008 Pauling Legacy Award Lecture. May 5, 2008. Transcript.