Pete Dunlop was raised in Eastern Washington and earned degrees in Liberal Arts (BA) and History (MA) from Washington State University. Dunlop is a freelance writer, but has also worked in marketing communications and as a high school journalism teacher. A resident of Portland since 1989, Dunlop has maintained a longtime interest in homebrewing and publishes a blog, beervanabuzz.com. He also contributes to several publications, such as
Pete Dunlop donated the collection to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.
Collection is open for research. All photographs held in this collection are protected by copyright and are not for publication without written permission of Pete Dunlop.
Pete Dunlop Papers (MSS Dunlop), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
The Pete Dunlop Papers is complemented by the
Further information regarding the values, logistics, and goals of the burgeoning regional brewing community can be found in organizational collections like the
Collections linked to Oregon State University research, as well as other manuscript collections are described on the
This collection is accessible at the researcher terminal in the OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center reading room.
The Pete Dunlop Papers are arranged into four series: 1. Research Documents, 1985-1994; 2. Photographs, 1852-2013; 3.
The Pete Dunlop Papers are residing in electronic form as Word, PDF, TIF, and JPG files, these materials are made up of articles from the Oregonian newspaper, digital images, transcribed interviews with people in the Portland brewing community, and documents relating to state Senate Bill 813, more commonly known as the Oregon brewpub bill. Beervana Buzz, a blog written by Dunlop, is included in this collection.
The collection's electronic articles are arranged in folders by decade and date from 1852 to 2010. The images consist of both published and unpublished photographs that include portrait shots of brewers as well as shots of artifacts such as coasters, Portland beer festivals, and restaurants connected with breweries. All images are protected by copyright and are not for publication without written permission of Dunlop.
Electronic records are available for use in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center reading room or upon request.
Information on the Brewpub Bill and early use of the word "Beervana" to describe Portland.
Photographs used in the book
Photographs used in the book
Photographs that were collected for the book, but were not included. The photographs consist of beer bottles, cups, flyers, old photos, documents, and buildings.
The series contains article clippings from the
Articles focus on the Anti Saloon League, petitions, boycotting dry counties, and Prohibition.
Articles focus on Dry Laws being passed, enforcing the laws, and the state going dry.
Articles focus on bootleg poisons and the 1928 elections.
Articles focus on end of Dry Law, rise of breweries, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, Northwest Brewing company, Portland beer, beer war, and union unrest.
Articles focus on Blitz-Weinhard and beer shortages.
Articles focus on Anti-Liquor League, Blitz-Weinhard, Max H. Zimmerman, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, and Brownson distributors.
Articles topics include Blitz-Weinhard expansion to compete with other companies like Coors and Bill Wessinger.
Articles topics include boycotting plaintiffs who are against new bottle and can deposit law. There are articles about Blitz-Weinhard new beers, plans, and competing with other major beer corporations. Article about Miller Brewing Company and Olympia Brewing Company trying for number 1 in the state.
Articles focus on breweries Blitz-Weinhard, Cartwright, Pabst, Ponzi, Widmer Brothers, Coors, and Blue Boar. The articles also looked at the beer wars, arrival of microbrewers, Red Hook Ale, Senate Bill 813, House Bill 2284, Coors Bill, Brewpub Bill, and the writer Fred Eckhardt.
Article topics include brewery development and expansion, branding, business buyouts, and community relations. Breweries include McMenamins, Norwester, Full Sail, Portland Brewing, Bridgeport, the Raccoon Lodge, Saxer, and Widmer.
Articles focus on chefs turned brewmasters, Jim Kennedy, American ales, growth of craft beer sales, Oregon Brewers Guild, organic beer, mergers, and opening/closing of breweries.
Breweries and brewpubs include McMenamins, Pyramid Breweries, Portland Brewing, Deschutes, Hair of the Dog, Roots Brewing, Raccoon Lodge, and Widmer.
Interviews conducted for the
Beervana Buzz website was crawled in April 2020 using Archive-It. This website documents the full scope of Pete Dunlop's blog about breweries in Portland and the surrounding area. The captured and preserved website is available