Oregon State UniversitySpecial Collections & Archives Research Center

Welcome. The Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Research Center (SCARC), located on the 5th floor of The Valley Library, is home to the university’s unique collections of manuscripts, archives, photographs, and books.

SCARC's collecting priorities include: the History of OSU, the History of Science, Natural Resources, Multiculturalism in Oregon, the OSU Queer Archives, and Hops and Brewing History. We also administer the university's Records Management Program, are home to a robust Oral History Program, and have numerous Rare Books collections.

Finally, through our Digital Production Unit, we pursue a great many initiatives meant to improve access to and preservation of manuscripts, photographs, moving images and audio materials under our care.

We acknowledge that materials in SCARC collections and the language that describes them may be harmful. We are actively working to address our descriptive practices; for more information please see our SCARC Anti-Racist Actions Statement.

For help getting started with your research, please see our Reference page, and for more on what we do, please see our Mission Statement.

University History and Records

Linus Pauling Online

History of Science

Natural Resources

Oregon Multicultural Archives and OSU Queer Archives

Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives

Rare Books

Online Videos



News and Notes


Reference and Research Services

SCARC is open by appointment only. To learn more, please visit the website linked above or email us at scarc@oregonstate.edu.



Speaking of History blog

Blogs: Speaking of History | Oregon Multicultural Archives | Pauling Blog | Brewstorian | Rare@OSU