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Lending Library
OPB is pleased to offer the Lending Library as a benefit to Cornerstone Society, President’s Council, and Wyllis Johnson Legacy Society members as well as OPB Business Partners. Now you may enjoy viewing or listening to your favorite programs at your convenience.
Members and Partners may borrow up to 2 items at a time for up to 21 days, at which time you simply drop the item in the mail using the envelope and postage provided. If the item you have selected is currently on loan, we will be happy to reserve it for you. We hope you enjoy this service.
Your Request List

How to use our online request form
  • · Click "Details / Add to list" to get a full description of a program.
  • · If you decide you would like to check out a program, click the "Add to Request List" button at the bottom of the detail page.
  • · You may continue browsing and add up to two items to your request list.
  • · When you are ready to check out, click "Check Out" from the bottom of your Request List.
  • · On the next page, select your OPB membership status from the pull-down menu.
  • · Enter your shipping/contact information and any comments you may have.
  • · Click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page and your request will be on its way.
For more information or to select by phone:
If you're a Business Partner, please e-mail Lori Bernet or call 503.293.1950.
If you're a Cornerstone Society, President's Council or Wyllis Johnson Legacy Society member, please e-mail Julie Arnzen or call 503.977.7765.

Lending Library

A Service for OPB Cornerstone Members and Business Partners

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The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's(Available)
A two-hour special aimed at helping people better understand and cope with the fearsome disease of Alzheimer's. The documentary is a dramatic, compassionate, all-encompassing look at Alzheimer's that weaves together the history and biology...
(1 DVD)

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The Great War and the Shaping of the Twentieth Century(Available)
World War I was the first of the major catastrophes of the 20th century. In many ways it was without precedent in the annals of history. Nearly everyone suffered and became a soldier in one way or another. Tape 1 EXPLOSION & STALEMATE. Tape...
(4 VHS)

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The Grove(Available)
The National AIDS Memorial is a seven-acre grove hidden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
(1 DVD)

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The Kennedy Center Presents the 2005 Mark Twain Prize - celebrating Steve Martin(Available)
Taped at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on October 23, 2005. The two hour special features tributes and comic performances from an all-star cast of Martin's friends and colleagues.
(1 DVD)

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The Last Ridge, The Uphill Battles of the 10th Mountain Division(Available)
February 1945, World War II rages. THE LAST RIDGE brings the extraordinary 10th Mountain legacy to life from their backbreaking training to their inspiring uphill battles that turned the tide for the Allies of Italy, revolutionizing winter...
(1 DVD)

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The Lawrence Welk Show: Strike Up The Band(Available)
"The Bunny Hug," "The Twist," and "Happy Norwegian Polka" are performed in this show from 1964.
(1 DVD)

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The Macaulay Collection: Pyramid, Castle, Roman City, Cathedral(Available)
Tape 1-PYRAMID, host David Macaulay explores the history, mythology and religions of Egyptians through a combination of live footage and animation.Tape 2-CASTLE, David Macaulay leads you on a tour of a 13th-century Welsh castle, explaining...
(4 VHS)

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The Medici, Godfathers of the Renaissance(Available)
From a base in 15th-century Florence, the Medici family used charm, patronage, duplicity, and ruthlessness to amass wealth and power. The Medicis also ignited Western history's most important cultural and artistic revolution, the Renaissance...
(2 VHS)

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The Romance Collection: Emma(Available)
From a Jane Austen novel, the rich, independent and kind-spirited, Emma Woodhouse has no need to marry, but nothing delights her more than matchmaking those around her. Starring Kate Beckinsale, Bernard Hempton, Mark Strong, II.
(1 DVD)

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The Romance Collection: Ivanhoe(Available)
This grand six-part adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's rousing adventure of the Middle Ages makes the most of its generous running time. The story is of a idealistic young knight IVANHOE and his battle against the evil Templar Bois-Guilbert...
(2 DVD)

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The Romance Collection: Jane Eyre(Available)
This provocative version of JANE EYRE, based on Charlotte Bronte's oft-filmed, 1847 novel is a dramatization that begins with Jane as a neglected orphan child, growing up as a governess, unjustly punished by her aunt. Starring Samantha Morten...
(1 DVD)

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The Romance Collection: Lorna Doone(Available)
R.D. Blackmore's romantic classic LORNA DOONE has been a perennial favorite. John Ridd was just a boy when the villainous Doones murdered his father. Now a young man, John has two driving passions: his thirst for revenge against the outlaw...
(1 DVD)

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