OREobcl.xml Guide to the Olympia Brewing Company Library Collection 1936-2008 Olympia Brewing Company Library Collection Finding Aid Authors: Jalen Todd and Tiah Edmunson-Morton. Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center 2025
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This finding aid was encoded in EAD by Archon 3.21 from an SQL database source on October 25th, 2017. Encoding was modified by Chris Petersen for Archives West compliance. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). Olympia Brewing Company Olympia Brewing Company Library Collection 1936-2008 1955-1995 MSS OBCL 30.00 cubic feet 90 boxes Materials in Danish and German and English. Special Collections and Archives Research Center
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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. Historical Note:

Leopold Schmidt (1846-1914) 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 brewery 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 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 original brewing facility, the Schmidt family built a new brew house. After a series of buy-outs, this facility closed in 2003 and Full Sail Brewing took possession of the library materials.

 Olympia Brewing Company Brewing--Periodicals. Brewing. Hops and Brewing Businesses and Corporations Oregon Washington (State)

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.

Collection is open for research.

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.

The Olympia Brewing Company Library Collection has one series, Publications: 1936-2008, and titles are arranged alphabetically and then chonologically.

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 the Danish language journal Brygmesteren: The Scandinavian Brewers’ Review. The collection includes the American Brewer magazine (1957-1958, 1962-1969), the Master Brewers Association of the Americas Technical Quarterly (1964-2008), Brewers Digest (1961-1998), Beverage World (1975-1996), Wallerstein Laboratory Communications (1937-1972), Journal of the Institute of Brewing (1948-2002), Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists (1975-2002), American Society of Brewing Chemists Proceedings (1940-1974), Brygmesteren (1972-1978), Brewers Almanac (1955-1996), Modern Brewery Age (1968-1995, 2006), American Breweriana (1990, 1992-1996), Beer Cans and Brewery Collectables (1996-1998), Beer Can Collectors News Report (1981-1995), Brauwelt (1984-2007), Brewing and Distilling International (1969-1983).

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

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

 Series 1 Publications 1936-2008

The magazines, journals, and laboratory communications in this series were collected by the Olympia Brewing Company for use by their staff.

 1.01-1.05 American Brewer 1957-1958, 1962 2.01-2.04 American Brewer 1963-1964 3.01-3.05 American Brewer 1965-1969 4.01-4.06 American Breweriana 1990, 1992-1996 5.01-5.03 American Society of Brewing Chemists Proceedings 1940-1943, 1946-1953 6.01-6.03 American Society of Brewing Chemists Proceedings 1954-1964 7.01-7.03 American Society of Brewing Chemists Proceedings 1965-1971 8.01 American Society of Brewing Chemists Index to Proceedings 1940-1964 8.02 American Society of Brewing Chemists History 1959, 1984 8.03 American Society of Brewing Chemists Proceedings 1972-1974 9.01-9.08 Beer Can Collectors News Report 1981-1988 10.01-10.07 Beer Can Collectors News Report 1989-1995 11.01-11.03 Beer Cans and Brewery Collectibles 1996-1998 12.01-12.06 Beverage World 1975-1978 13.01-13.03 Beverage World 1979-1980 14.01-14.03 Beverage World 1980-1981 15.01-15.03 Beverage World 1981-1983 16.01-16.04 Beverage World 1985-1988 17.01-17.04 Beverage World 1989-1992 18.01-18.04 Beverage World 1993-1996 19.01-19.08 Brauwelt 1984-1991 20.01-20.05 Brauwelt 1992-1996 21.01-21.04 Brauwelt 1997-2000 22.01-22.06 Brauwelt 2001-2005, 2007 23.01 Brewers Almanac 1955-1961 24.01 Brewers Almanac 1962-1968 25.01 Brewers Almanac 1969-1975 26.01 Brewers Almanac 1976-1982 27.01 Brewers Almanac 1985, 1994-1996 28.01-28.05 Brewers Digest 1961, 1968-1969 29.01-29.03 Brewers Digest 1970-1971 30.01-30.04 Brewers Digest 1972-1973 31.01-31.02 Brewers Digest 1974 32.01-32.04 Brewers Digest 1975-1976 33.01-33.02 Brewers Digest 1977-1978 34.01-34.02 Brewers Digest 1979-1980 35.01-35.09 Brewers Digest 1981-1982, 1984-1990 36.01-36.08 Brewers Digest 1991-1998 37.01-37.02 Brewers Digest Buyers Guide and Brewery Directory 1969-1990 38.01 Brewers Journal 1967-1968, 1970 39.01 Brewing and Beverage Industry International 1994-1998 40.01-40.06 Brewing and Distilling International (BDI) 1969, 1971-1974, 1979 41.01-41.04 Brewing and Distilling International (BDI) 1980-1983 42.01-42.04 Brygmesteren: Scandinavian brewers' review 1972-1975 43.01-43.03 Brygmesteren: Scandinavian brewers' review 1976-1978 44.01-44.03 Gasohol Fuel Alcohol 1979-1983 45.01 Institute of Brewing Proceedings 1970, 1972, 1974 46.01 Institute of Brewing Proceedings 1976, 1978, 1980 47.01 Institute of Brewing Proceedings 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988 48.01 Institute of Brewing Proceedings 1990, 1992, 1994 49.01-49.08 Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists 1975-1982 50.01-50.06 Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists 1983-1988 51.01-51.07 Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists 1989-1995 52.01-52.05 Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists 1996-2000 53.01-53.02 Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists 2000, 2002 53.03 American Society of Brewing Chemists Proceedings 1956, 1964, 1971 54.01 Journal of the Institute of Brewing 1948-1949 55.01-55.02 Journal of the Institute of Brewing 1950-1952 56.01-56.03 Journal of the Institute of Brewing 1963-1964 57.01-57.03 Journal of the Institute of Brewing 1965-1966 58.01 Journal of the Institute of Brewing 1967-1969 59.01-59.03 Journal of the Institute of Brewing 1970-1971 60.01-60.03 Journal of the Institute of Brewing 1972-1973 61.01-61.03 Journal of the Institute of Brewing 1974-1975 62.01-62.04 Journal of the Institute of Brewing 1976-1978, 1980 63.01-63.04 Journal of the Institute of Brewing 1981-1984 64.01-64.05 Journal of the Institute of Brewing 1995-1999 65.01-65.03 Journal of the Institute of Brewing 2000-2002 65.04 Institute of Brewing List of Members 1998 65.05 Journal of the Institute of Brewing: Original Communication and Abstracts 1995-1996, 1998-2001 66.01 Malting Barley Improvement Annual Reports 1969-1982 67.01-67.05 Master Brewers Association of the Americas Technical Quarterly 1964-1968 68.01-68.05 Master Brewers Association of the Americas Technical Quarterly 1969-1973 69.01-69.05 Master Brewers Association of the Americas Technical Quarterly 1974-1978 70.01-70.08 Master Brewers Association of the Americas Technical Quarterly 1979-1986 71.01-71.09 Master Brewers Association of the Americas Technical Quarterly 1987-1995 72.01-72.04 Master Brewers Association of the Americas Technical Quarterly 1996-1999 73.01-73.04 Master Brewers Association of the Americas Technical Quarterly 2000-2003 74.01-74.05 Master Brewers Association of the Americas Technical Quarterly 2004-2008 74.06 Master Brewers Association of the Americas Communicator 1996, 2000-2002 75.01-75.02 Master Brewers Association of the Americas Technical Proceedings 1948-1951, 1953-1962 76.01-76.02 Modern Brewery Age 1968-1969 77.01-77.05 Modern Brewery Age 1970-1974 78.01-78.05 Modern Brewery Age 1975-1979 79.01-79.07 Modern Brewery Age 1980-1985, 1987 80.01-80.14 Modern Brewery Age 1988-1999, 2003, 2006 81.01-81.04 Wallerstein Lab Communications 1937-1941 82.01-82.05 Wallerstein Lab Communications 1942-1946 83.01-83.04 Wallerstein Lab Communications 1947-1950 84.01-84.04 Wallerstein Lab Communications 1951-1954 85.01-85.04 Wallerstein Lab Communications 1955-1958 86.01-86.05 Wallerstein Lab Communications 1959-1964 87.01-87.05 Wallerstein Lab Communications 1965-1970 88.01 Bottle Beer Quality 1936-1948 88.02 Wallerstein Advances in Beer Quality 1961-1962 88.03 Wallerstein Lab Communications 1936-1967 88.04 Wallerstein Lab Communications 1971 88.05 Wallerstein Lab Communications 1972 89.01 Western Brewing and Distributing 1962-1964 90.01 Brewers Digest Reprints 1949-1958

"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

 90.02 40 Years A-Brewing 1950 90.03 Siebel Communications to the Advancement of the Art and Science of Brewing 1952-1971 90.04 Brewers Guardian 1971 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)

 90.06 To Our Wholesalers 1982 90.07 Tavern Trade 1983-1984 90.08 Reviewing American Brewing 1942 90.09 Miscellaneous: Magazines 1968-1995

"Water and Wastes Engineering" (1968), "Water Engineering" (1970), "Petroleum Marketing Management" (1981), "Food Technology" (1985), "Beverage Industry Annual Manual" (1988-1989), "BeverageWorld Databank" (1994-1995)