Olympia Brewing Company Library Collection, 1937-2007

Collection Overview

Title: Olympia Brewing Company Library Collection, 1937-2007

Predominant Dates: 1955-1995

ID: MSS OBCL

Primary Creator: Olympia Brewing Company

Extent: 20.0 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: The Olympia Brewing Company Library Collection has one series, Publications: 1937-2007, and titles are arranged chonologically.

Date Acquired: 00/00/2017

Languages of Materials: Danish [dan], German [ger], English [eng]

Abstract

Scope and Content Notes

The Olympia Brewing Company Library Collection contains the publications collected by the Olympia Brewing Company. It includes magazines, journals, and laboratory communications.

Notable items in this collection are annotations on many journals from brewery staff, English editions of the magazine Brauwelt, a 35-year run of the Wallerstein Laboratory Communication starting with the first issue from 1937 and ending in 1972, and a run of Danish language journals called the Brygmestern: The Scandinavian Brewers’ Review. The collection includes the American Brewer magazine (1957-1958, 1962-1988), the MBAA Technical Quarterly (1964-2003), Brewers Digest (1961-1998), Beverage World (1975-1983), Wallerstein Laboratory Communications (1937-1972), Journal of the Institute of Brewing (1948-1984), Journal of the ASBC (1975-1997), American Society of Brewing Chemists: Proceedings (1940-1974), The Institute of Brewing: Proceedings of annual conventions in Australia and New Zealand Section (1970-1994), Brygmestern (1972-1978), Brewers Almanac (1955-1982), Modern Brewery Age (1968-1995, 2006), American Breweriana (1990-1994), Beer Cans and Brewery Collectables (1994-1998), Beer Can Collectors News Report (1981-1993), Brauwelt (1985-1996), BDI (1972-1983).

Also included are single issues of several different magazines dating from 1942 to 1992, with the bulk dating from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Some additional materials were added to the collections by Full Sail staff after they aquired the collection in 2003.

Biographical / Historical Notes

Leopold Schmidt founded the Olympia Brewing Company in 1896 under the name of the Capital Brewing Company. Schmidt chose the base of the Tumwater Falls as the location for his brewer due to the purity of the artesian wells in the area. This water became an integral part of the brewing company’s advertisements.

The first beer brewed there in 1896—called the Olympia Pale Export—went on the market on October 1st. In 1902, Capital Brewing changed its name to Olympia Brewing Company, and in 1905, a new brew house was constructed to replace to original wooden one. The Olympia Brewing Company fostered a close-knit employee culture, and the beer was sold at higher than normal price in order to pay the employees well.

Olympia continued to make and sell beer until Washington passed Prohibition laws in 1916. The brewery tried to stay in business by switching production to fruit juice and jams, but the sugar shortage of WWI ended those hopes and it closed. However, when Prohibition laws were lifted in 1934, rather than undertake costly renovations on the Old Brew house the Schmidt family constructed a new brew house. This new operation ran until 2003 when it closed for good after a series of buy-outs: G. Heileman in 1983, Pabst Brewing Company in 1999, and finally MillerCoors.

Author: Jalen Todd

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 82 boxes

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

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.

Related Materials:

The Brewing and Fermentation Collection consists of materials collected by the OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center pertaining to the history, growth, and culture of the Pacific Northwest brewing industry. A large component of the collection are the periodicals, which complements the Olympia Brewing Company Library Collection.

Additional materials related to Oregon State University research and manuscript collections are described on the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives library research guide. More information pertaining to the history of hop growing and brewing in Oregon can be found on the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives website.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Publications, 1937-2007

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
Box-Folder 2.01-2.04: American Brewer, 1963-1964
Box-Folder 3.01-3.05: American Brewer, 1965-1969
Box-Folder 4.01-4.06: American Breweriana, 1990, 1992-1996
Box-Folder 5.01-5.03: American Society of Brewing Chemists Annual Meeting, 1940-1943, 1946-1953
Box-Folder 6.01-6.03: American Society of Brewing Chemists Annual Meeting, 1954-1964
Box-Folder 7.01-7.03: American Society of Brewing Chemists Annual Meeting, 1965-1971
Box-Folder 8.01: ASBC Index to Proceedings, 1940-1964
Box-Folder 8.02: ASBC History, 1959, 1984
Box-Folder 8.03: ASBC Annual Proceedings, 1972-1974
Box-Folder 9.01-9.08: Beer Can Collectors News Report, 1981-1988
Box-Folder 10.01-10.07: Beer Can Collectors News Report, 1989-1995
Box-Folder 11.01-11.03: Beer Cans and Brewery Collectibles, 1996-1998
Box-Folder 12.01-12.03: Beverage World, 1979-1980
Box-Folder 13.01-13.03: Beverage World, 1980-1981
Box-Folder 14.01-14.06: Beverage World, 1975-1978
Box-Folder 15.01-15.03: Beverage World, 1981-1983
Box-Folder 16.01-16.04: Beverage World, 1985-1988
Box-Folder 17.01-17.04: Beverage World, 1989-1992
Box-Folder 18.01-18.04: Beverage World, 1993-1996
Box-Folder 19.01-19.08: Brauwelt, 1984-1991
Box-Folder 20.01-20.05: Brauwelt, 1992-1996
Box-Folder 21.01-21.04: Brauwelt, 1997-2000
Box-Folder 22.01-22.06: Brauwelt, 2001-2005, 2007
Box-Folder 23.01: Brewers Almanac, 1955-1961
Box-Folder 24.01: Brewers Almanac, 1962-1968
Box-Folder 25.01: Brewers Almanac, 1969-1975
Box-Folder 26.01: Brewers Almanac, 1976-1982
Box-Folder 27.01: Brewers Almanac, 1985, 1994-1996
Box-Folder 28.01-28.05: Brewers Digest, 1961, 1968-1969
Box-Folder 29.01-29.03: Brewers Digest, 1970-1971
Box-Folder 30.01-30.04: Brewers Digest, 1972-1973
Box-Folder 31.01-31.02: Brewers Digest, 1974
Box-Folder 32.01-32.04: Brewers Digest, 1975-1976
Box-Folder 33.01-33.02: Brewers Digest, 1977-1978
Box-Folder 34.01-34.02: Brewers Digest, 1979-1980
Box-Folder 35.01-35.09: Brewers Digest, 1981-1982, 1984-1990
Box-Folder 36.01-36.08: Brewers Digest, 1991-1998
Box-Folder 37.01-37.02: Brewers Digest Buyers Guide and Brewery Directory, 1969-1990
Box-Folder 38.01: Brewers Journal, 1967-1968, 1970
Box-Folder 39.01: Brewing and Beverage Industry International, 1994-1998
Box-Folder 40.01-40.06: Brewing and Distilling International (BDI), 1969, 1971-1974, 1979
Box-Folder 41.01-41.04: Brewing and Distilling International (BDI), 1980-1983
Box-Folder 42.01-42.04: Brygmestern, 1972-1975
Box-Folder 43.01-43.03: Brygmestern, 1976-1978
Box-Folder 44.01-44.03: Gasohol Fuel Alcohol, 1979-1983
Box-Folder 45.01: Institute of Brewing Proceedings, 1970, 1972, 1974
Box-Folder 46.01: Institute of Brewing Proceedings, 1976, 1978, 1980
Box-Folder 47.01: Institute of Brewing Proceedings, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988
Box-Folder 48.01: Institute of Brewing Proceedings, 1990, 1992, 1994
Box-Folder 49.01-49.08: Journal of the ASBC, 1975-1982
Box-Folder 50.01-50.06: Journal of the ASBC, 1983-1988
Box-Folder 51.01-51.07: Journal of the ASBC, 1989-1995
Box-Folder 52.01-52.05: Journal of the ASBC, 1996-2000
Box-Folder 53.01-53.02: Journal of the ASBC, 2000, 2002
Box-Folder 53.03: ASBC Proceedings, 1956, 1964, 1971
Box-Folder 54.01: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1949-1949
Box-Folder 55.01-55.02: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1950-1952
Box-Folder 56.01-56.03: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1963-1964
Box-Folder 57.01-57.03: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1965-1966
Box-Folder 58.01: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1967-1969
Box-Folder 59.01-59.03: Journal of the Institue of Brewing, 1970-1971
Box-Folder 60.01-60.03: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1972-1973
Box-Folder 61.01-61.03: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1974-1975
Box-Folder 62.01-62.04: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1976-1978, 1980
Box-Folder 63.01-63.04: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 1981-1984
Box-Folder 67: Institute of Brewing Joint Development Committee, No. 14, 20, 23, 25, 29
Box-Folder 64.01-64.05: Journal of the Insitute of Brewing, 1995-1999
Box-Folder 65.01-65.03: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 2000-2002
Box-Folder 65.04: Institute of Brewing List of Members, 1998
Box-Folder 65.05: Journal of the Institute of Brewing: Original Communication and Abstracts, 1995-1996, 1998-2001
Box-Folder 66.01: Malting Barley Improvement Annual Reports, 1969-1982
Box-Folder 67.01-67.05: MBAA Technical Quarterly, 1964-1968
Box-Folder 68.01-68.05: MBAA Technical Quarterly, 1969-1973
Box-Folder 69.01-69.05: MBAA Technical Quarterly, 1974-1978
Box-Folder 70.01-70.08: MBAA Technical Quarterly, 1979-1986
Box-Folder 71.01-71.9: MBAA Technical Quarterly, 1987-1995
Box-Folder 72.01-72.04: MBAA Technical Quarterly, 1996-1999
Box-Folder 73.01-73.04: MBAA Technical Quarterly, 2000-2003
Box-Folder 73.05: MBAA Communicator, 1996, 2000-2002
Box-Folder 74.01-74.05: MBAA Technical Quarterly, 2004-2008
Box-Folder 75.01-75.02: MBAA Technical Proceedings, 1948-1951, 1953-1962
Box-Folder 76.01-76.02: Modern Brewery Age, 1968-1969
Box-Folder 77.01-77.05: Modern Brewery Age, 1970-1974
Box-Folder 78.01-78.05: Modern Brewery Age, 1975-1979
Box-Folder 79.01-79.07: Modern Brewery Age, 1980-1985, 1987
Box-Folder 79.02: Wallerstein Laboratories Communications, 1937-1967
Box-Folder 79.03: Wallerstein Advances in Beer Quality, 1961-1962
Box-Folder 79.04-79.05: Wallerstein Laboratories Communications, 1971-1972
Box-Folder 80.01-80.14: Modern Brewery Age, 1988-1999, 2003, 2006
Box-Folder 81.01-81.04: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1937-1941
Box-Folder 82.01-82.05: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1942-1946
Box-Folder 83.01-83.04: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1947-1950
Box-Folder 84.01-84.04: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1951-1954
Box-Folder 85.01-85.04: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1955-1958
Box-Folder 86.01-86.05: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1959-1964
Box-Folder 87.01-87.05: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1965-1970
Box-Folder 88.01: Bottle Beer Quality, 1936-1948
Box-Folder 88.02: Wallerstein Advances in Beer Quality, 1961-1962
Box-Folder 88.03: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1936-1967
Box-Folder 88.04: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1971
Box-Folder 88.05: Wallerstein Lab Communications, 1972
Box-Folder 89.01: Western Brewing and Distributing, 1962-1964
Box-Folder 90.01: Miscellaneous: Brewers Digest Reprints: "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
Box-Folder 90.03: Miscellaneous: Siebel Communications to the advancement of the Art and Science of Brewing, 1952-1971
Box-Folder 90.04: Miscellaneous: Brewers Guardian, 1971
Box-Folder 90.05: Miscellaneous: Journals, Studies, Magazines, 1954-1995: "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
Box-Folder 90.07: Miscellaneous: Tavern Trade, 1983-1984
Box-Folder 90.08: Miscellaneous: Reviewing American Brewing, 1942
Box-Folder 90.09: Miscellaneous: Magazines, 1968-1995: "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)