[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2005-05-11

[INFO Heritage]

In this issue:
1.  Two Portland houses added to National Register
2.  Cox named Cultural Trust manager
3.  Tamastslikt to open 1855 Treaty Council exhibit
4.  New cemetery survey available for Memorial Day


TWO PORTLAND HOUSES ADDED TO NATIONAL REGISTER

Historic houses in northeast and northwest Portland are the latest Oregon
additions in the National Register of Historic Places. The National Park
Service notified Oregon's State Historic Preservation Office of the entries,
officially listed as: Boschke-Boyd House, 2211 NE Thompson St., and
McDougall-Campbell House, 3846 NW Thurman St.

The State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation recommended the
nominations of both properties. The National Park Service, U. S. Department of
the Interior, maintains the National Register of Historic Places as the
official list of the nation's cultural resources worthy of preservation under
the authority of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. The list
contains districts, sites, archaeological sites, buildings, structures, and
objects of national, state, and local significance.

A brief explanation of the National Register nomination process and the
benefits available to private property owners is available, upon request, from
SHPO, 725 Summer St. NE, Suite C. Salem, OR 97301-1271. A link to more
information is also at http://www.hcd.state.or.us


COX NAMED CULTURAL TRUST MANAGER

James W. Cox has been appointed the trust manager for the Oregon Cultural
Trust, the public -private cultural funding program designed to support,
stabilize and protect Oregon culture: the humanities, heritage and the arts. 

Cox, an Oregon native, brings to the Trust 17 years of leadership, management
and organizational responsibilities with commercial and nonprofit arts
institutions across the United States.  Since 1998,  he has been a touring
production stage manager for professional regional theatre and grand opera
companies, overseeing technical and performance aspects of events and
coordinating them with artistic and production staffs.  In Oregon, he was
production stage manager for seven seasons at Portland Repertory Theatre,
worked as a co-producer and stage director at CoHo Productions and was
production manager for the Portland International Performance Festival from
1992-2001.  A graduate of Willamette University, Cox has also been a  mentor
and stage director for The Haven Project.   Christine D'Arcy is the Trust's
executive director.

"It is with great honor that I accept the position of manager of the Oregon
Cultural Trust," said Cox.  "For nearly two decades, I have been involved with
non-profit performing arts organizations in Oregon, as well across the nation.
I appreciate the importance of cultural institutions to our communities both
in terms of livability and economic growth.  I am also sympathetic to the
challenges these institutions face, often working with limited staff and
resources, as they aspire to make our communities richer places live, work,
and raise our families.  My goal is to help the long-term stability of our
state's cultural organizations by raising civic awareness of the Oregon
Cultural Trust, increasing the annual giving to the Trust's endowment fund,
and fostering collaborative ventures among our state's cultural institutions. 
 I look forward to working with our cultural leaders to serve the people of
Oregon."    
 
The Cultural Trust was created to preserve and strengthen every aspect of
Oregon's cultural life and heritage. The goal of the Trust is to create a
protected endowment of over $200 million to provide long-term support for the
arts, heritage and the humanities throughout the state.  Cox will oversee the
operations of the Trust. The Cultural Trust is a statewide program designed to
raise significant new funds to invest into Oregon's arts, humanities and
heritage. For additional information or to donate online, visit
www.culturaltrust.org..


TAMASTSLIKT TO OPEN 1855 TREATY EXHIBIT

Ever wonder how it came to be that all Oregonians live on what was once Indian
land? Why tribal fishermen can net salmon in the Columbia?  An exhibit,
"P timt uymitat put aptit ku pax ptit" will open May 20 at the Tamastslikt
Cultural Institute to explain the 1855 Walla Walla Treaty. The exhibit will
run through December.

Less than 50 years after the arrival of Lewis and Clark, the Walla Walla
Treaty Council resulted in the U.S. government acquiring over 6 million acres
from what are now called the Umatilla Tribes. In so doing, the Tribes retained
a reserve for themselves and rights to continue usual and accustomed practices
within their traditional territory. The Treat County, the events surrounding
it, and its lasting legacies are presented in the exhibit. Actual pages from
the Treaty will be displayed with signatures of Tribal leaders who secured
survival  for their people.

Tam stslikt Cultural Institute is located on the grounds of the Wildhorse
Resort & Casino, 10 minutes east of Pendleton. From Interstate 84 take exit
216 and follow the signs five minutes to the museum. The museum is open 9
a.m.-5 p.m. daily. For more information, visit www.tamastslikt.org or phone
(541)-966-9748.


NEW CEMETERY SURVEY AVAILABLE FOR MEMORIAL DAY

The Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries is asking visitors to old
cemeteries this Memorial Day weekend (May 28-30) to join other volunteers
across the state in an ongoing statewide survey.

"It is estimated that more than 2,000 historic cemeteries and gravesites exist
in Oregon," said commission coordinator Mirra Meyer. "Thanks to survey project
volunteers, nearly 700 of those cemeteries are now listed with the commission.
Information gathered by survey volunteers is essential for careful planning of
programs, services and funding for historic cemeteries throughout the state."

Survey forms may be downloaded from www.hcd.state.or.us by clicking on
"Historic Cemeteries." To request a survey form by mail, or to learn if a
particular cemetery is already listed, write to Oregon Commission on Historic
Cemeteries, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, 725 Summer St. NE, Suite
C, Salem, OR 97301. Meyer may be contacted by phone at 503-986-0685, or by
email: Mirra.Meyer at state.or.us.

Meyer said the commission is urging Oregonians to make surveying an historic
cemetery a family project. "The information collected from our survey forms
will go a long way toward helping protect and preserve our state's historic
cemeteries." 
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