By Tiah Edmunson-Morton and Alyssa Collins
Title: Heart of the Valley Homebrewers Records, 1982-2004
ID: MSS HOTV
Primary Creator: Heart of the Valley Homebrewers
Extent: 0.5 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: This collection consists of one series: 1. Club Records, 1982-2004.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
More Extent Information: 2 boxes
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: These materials were donated to the Special Collections and Research Center by Patrick Gorman, the treasurer of Heart of the Valley Homebrewers, in 2015.
Related Materials:
The Heart of the Valley Homebrewers Records are complemented by several other collections. The Brewing and Fermentation Research Collection (MSS BFRC) contains information pertaining to the history, growth, and culture of the Pacific Northwest brewing industry; included are newsletters for homebrew clubs such as the Oregon Brew Crew and Cascade Brewers Society, as well as other noteworthy industry periodicals and publications. The Fred Eckhardt Papers and Denny Conn Papers contain recipes, manuals, and club newsletters.
There are interviews with homebrewers in the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives Oral History Collection (OH 35), including Lee Hedgmon, Annie Johnson, Denny Conn, and Fred Eckhardt.
Further information regarding the values, logistics, and goals of the burgeoning regional brewing community can be found in collections such as the McMenamins Brewery Collection (MSS McMenamins), and Ninkasi Brewing Company Collection (MSS Ninkasi). The personal research collections of Pete Dunlop (MSS Dunlop), Fred Bowman (MSS Bowman), and Robert Daly (MSS Daly) contain additional information regarding the beer writing process and Portland-area beer culture.
This collection is a component of the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives.
Preferred Citation: Heart of the Valley Homebrewers Records (MSS HOTV), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Finding Aid Revision History: This finding aid supersedes information about the collection placed online in 2015.
Heart of the Valley Homebrewers
Brewing.
Clubs--Oregon--Corvallis
Corvallis (Or.)--Social life and customs.
Heart of the Valley Homebrewers
Home brewing
Hops and Brewing
Local History