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Olympia Brewing Company Library Collection, 1937-2007View associated digital content.

Predominant Dates: 1955-1995
In 1896 Leopold Schmidt founded the Olympia Brewing Company in Tumwater, Washington, under the name of the Capital Brewing Company. After a series of buy-outs, operations closed in 2003. The Olympia Brewing Company Library Collection contains the publications collected by the Olympia Brewery including magazines, journals, and laboratory communications.
ID: MSS OBCL
Extent: 20.0 cubic feet
Scope and Content Notes
Biographical / Historical Notes
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Arrangement
Acquisition Note: This collection was donated in 2017 by the Full Sail Brewing in Hood River. The library materials were acquired by Full Sail Brewing when the Olympia Brewing Company closed in 2003.
Acquired: 2017.
Languages of Materials
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Container List

Series 1: Publications, 1937-2007 Add to Shelf
The magazines, journals, and laboratory communications in this series were collected by the Olympia Brewing Company for use by their staff.
Box-Folder 1.01-1.05: American Brewer, 1957-1958, 1962 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.01-2.04: American Brewer, 1963-1964 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.01-3.05: American Brewer, 1965-1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.01-4.06: American Breweriana, 1990, 1992-1996 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.01-5.03: American Society of Brewing Chemists Annual Meeting, 1940-1943, 1946-1953 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.01-6.03: American Society of Brewing Chemists Annual Meeting, 1954-1964 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 7.01-7.03: American Society of Brewing Chemists Annual Meeting, 1965-1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.01: ASBC Index to Proceedings, 1940-1964 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.02: ASBC History, 1959, 1984 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.03: ASBC Annual Proceedings, 1972-1974 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 9.01-9.08: Beer Can Collectors News Report, 1981-1988 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 10.01-10.07: Beer Can Collectors News Report, 1989-1995 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 11.01-11.03: Beer Cans and Brewery Collectibles, 1996-1998 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 12.01-12.03: Beverage World, 1979-1980 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 13.01-13.03: Beverage World, 1980-1981 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 14.01-14.06: Beverage World, 1975-1978 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 15.01-15.03: Beverage World, 1981-1983 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 16.01-16.04: Beverage World, 1985-1988 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 17.01-17.04: Beverage World, 1989-1992 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 18.01-18.04: Beverage World, 1993-1996 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 19.01-19.08: Brauwelt, 1984-1991 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 20.01-20.05: Brauwelt, 1992-1996 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 21.01-21.04: Brauwelt, 1997-2000 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 22.01-22.06: Brauwelt, 2001-2005, 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 23.01: Brewers Almanac, 1955-1961 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 24.01: Brewers Almanac, 1962-1968 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 25.01: Brewers Almanac, 1969-1975 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 26.01: Brewers Almanac, 1976-1982 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 27.01: Brewers Almanac, 1985, 1994-1996 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 28.01-28.05: Brewers Digest, 1961, 1968-1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 29.01-29.03: Brewers Digest, 1970-1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 30.01-30.04: Brewers Digest, 1972-1973 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 31.01-31.02: Brewers Digest, 1974 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 32.01-32.04: Brewers Digest, 1975-1976 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 33.01-33.02: Brewers Digest, 1977-1978 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 34.01-34.02: Brewers Digest, 1979-1980 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 35.01-35.09: Brewers Digest, 1981-1982, 1984-1990 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 36.01-36.08: Brewers Digest, 1991-1998 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 37.01-37.02: Brewers Digest Buyers Guide and Brewery Directory, 1969-1990 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 38.01: Brewers Journal, 1967-1968, 1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 39.01: Brewing and Beverage Industry International, 1994-1998 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 40.01-40.06: Brewing and Distilling International (BDI), 1969, 1971-1974, 1979 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 41.01-41.04: Brewing and Distilling International (BDI), 1980-1983 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 42.01-42.04: Brygmestern, 1972-1975 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 43.01-43.03: Brygmestern, 1976-1978 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 44.01-44.03: Gasohol Fuel Alcohol, 1979-1983 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 45.01: Institute of Brewing Proceedings, 1970, 1972, 1974 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 46.01: Institute of Brewing Proceedings, 1976, 1978, 1980 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 47.01: Institute of Brewing Proceedings, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 48.01: Institute of Brewing Proceedings, 1990, 1992, 1994 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 49.01-49.08: Journal of the ASBC, 1975-1982 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 50.01-50.06: Journal of the ASBC, 1983-1988 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 51.01-51.07: Journal of the ASBC, 1989-1995 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 52.01-52.05: Journal of the ASBC, 1996-2000 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 53.01-53.02: Journal of the ASBC, 2000, 2002 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 53.03: ASBC Proceedings, 1956, 1964, 1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 54.01: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1949-1949 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 55.01-55.02: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1950-1952 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 56.01-56.03: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1963-1964 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 57.01-57.03: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1965-1966 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 58.01: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1967-1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 59.01-59.03: Journal of the Institue of Brewing, 1970-1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 60.01-60.03: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1972-1973 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 61.01-61.03: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1974-1975 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 62.01-62.04: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1976-1978, 1980 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 63.01-63.04: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1981-1984 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 67: Institute of Brewing Joint Development Committee, No. 14, 20, 23, 25, 29 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 64.01-64.05: Journal of the Insitute of Brewing, 1995-1999 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 65.01-65.03: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 2000-2002 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 65.04: Institute of Brewing List of Members, 1998 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 65.05: Journal of the Institute of Brewing: Original Communication and Abstracts, 1995-1996, 1998-2001 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 66.01: Malting Barley Improvement Annual Reports, 1969-1982 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 67.01-67.05: MBAA Technical Quarterly, 1964-1968 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 68.01-68.05: MBAA Technical Quarterly, 1969-1973 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 69.01-69.05: MBAA Technical Quarterly, 1974-1978 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 70.01-70.08: MBAA Technical Quarterly, 1979-1986 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 71.01-71.9: MBAA Technical Quarterly, 1987-1995 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 72.01-72.04: MBAA Technical Quarterly, 1996-1999 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 73.01-73.04: MBAA Technical Quarterly, 2000-2003 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 73.05: MBAA Communicator, 1996, 2000-2002 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 74.01-74.05: MBAA Technical Quarterly, 2004-2008 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 75.01-75.02: MBAA Technical Proceedings, 1948-1951, 1953-1962 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 76.01-76.02: Modern Brewery Age, 1968-1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 77.01-77.05: Modern Brewery Age, 1970-1974 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 78.01-78.05: Modern Brewery Age, 1975-1979 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 79.01-79.07: Modern Brewery Age, 1980-1985, 1987 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 79.02: Wallerstein Laboratories Communications, 1937-1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 79.03: Wallerstein Advances in Beer Quality, 1961-1962 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 79.04-79.05: Wallerstein Laboratories Communications, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 80.01-80.14: Modern Brewery Age, 1988-1999, 2003, 2006 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 81.01-81.04: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1937-1941 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 82.01-82.05: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1942-1946 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 83.01-83.04: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1947-1950 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 84.01-84.04: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1951-1954 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 85.01-85.04: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1955-1958 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 86.01-86.05: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1959-1964 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 87.01-87.05: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1965-1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 88.01: Bottle Beer Quality, 1936-1948 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 88.02: Wallerstein Advances in Beer Quality, 1961-1962 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 88.03: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1936-1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 88.04: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 88.05: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 89.01: Western Brewing and Distributing, 1962-1964 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 90.01: Miscellaneous: Brewers Digest Reprints Add to Shelf
"Ion Exchange Treatment For Brewing Water, Its Applicability and Cost" (1950) by Kurt Becker, "Studies of the Ester and Higher-Alcohol Contents of Beer" by D.B. West, R.F. Evans, and Kurt Becker & "Ascorbic Acid-Oxalic Acid Relationships" by Martin Burger and Kurt Becker (1951), "The Determination of Extract and Alcohol in Beer with the Immersion Refractometer" (1952) by Dr. Joern H. Olshausen, "Reflections on Beer Quality in Relation to Pasteurization" by Joern J. Olshausen & "Automatic Control of Soaker Solutions" (1954) by Donald G. Ruff, "Siebel Symbol of Service" (circa 1955), "Oxalate Studies on Beer" (1949, Correspondence 1958) by Martin Burger and Kurt Becker
Box-Folder 90.02: Miscellaneous: 40 Years A-Brewing, 1950 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 90.03: Miscellaneous: Siebel Communications to the advancement of the Art and Science of Brewing, 1952-1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 90.04: Miscellaneous: Brewers Guardian, 1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 90.05: Miscellaneous: Journals, Studies, Magazines, 1954-1995 Add to Shelf
"Wort Cooling Survey Yeast Survey -- Pasteurization" (1954) by the Technical Committee of Master Brewers Association of America, "Journal of the Institute of Brewing" (1966), "Protein Structure" (1st edition 1973, Carolina Biology Readers 1978) by D.C. Phillips and A.C.T. North, "FDA Enforcement Report" (1976), "FDA Enforcement Report" (1978), "FDA Enforcement Report" (1979), "FDA Enforcement Report" (1981), "Do Mergers Make Sense?" (1982), "Listen to your Beer, a Fred Eckhardt Publication" (1983), "State of Washington Food and Beverage Service Workers' Manual" (circa 1983-8), "The Food Defect Action Levels" (1984), "Tufts University Diet and Nutrition Letter" (1986), "Medallion Laboratories Analytical Progress" (1986), "Enzymes: The Machines of Life" (1986) by Ronald Breslow, "The Herman J. Berghoff Brewing Company" (from BCAA News Report 1991), Heads Up" (1993), "Beer Enthusiast" (1995)
Box-Folder 90.06: Miscellaneous: To Our Wholesalers, 1982 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 90.07: Miscellaneous: Tavern Trade, 1983-1984 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 90.08: Miscellaneous: Reviewing American Brewing, 1942 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 90.09: Miscellaneous: Magazines, 1968-1995 Add to Shelf
"Water and Wastes Engineering" (1968), "Water Engineering" (1970), "Petroleum Marketing Management" (1981), "Food Teechnology" (1985), "Beverage Industry Annual Manual" (1988-1989), "BeverageWorld Databank" (1994-1995)
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