[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2006-10-27

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In this issue:
1.  Norma Paulus to talk about women at work
2.  Ben Maxwell's writing to be discussed
3.  Forest Grove workshop has openings
4.  Archivist, history conferences seek presentations


NORMA PAULUS TO TALK ABOUT WOMEN AT WORK

Former Oregon Secretary of State Norma Paulus will talk about the
history of women's work and political legislation in Oregon at a
brown-bag lunch at noon Nov. 1 at the Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW
Park Ave., Portland. The presentation is intended to create discussion
related to "The Way We Worked" exhibit at OHS. The exhibit is a history
of work in the United States.

Other speakers in the series will be Elizabeth Woody (Dec. 6), Sam
Adams (Jan. 3), and Mel Brown and James Benton (Feb. 7).  For further
information, visit the OHS website at www.ohs.org


BEN MAXWELL's WRITING TO BE DISCUSSED

Monmouth author Scott McArthur will talk about "Ben Maxwell's Salem:
The Best History There Is" in a presentation at 7 p.m. Nov. 7 in the
Salem Public Library's Loucks Auditorium.  Maxwell was a former Salem
journalist who captured the stories of early Salem and wrote them for
the newspapers. Many of the photos he collected are on the Salem Public
Library's website at http://photos.salemhistory.org/


FOREST GROVE WORKSHOP HAS OPENINGS

There are still openings for people who want to attend a historic
preservation and history research workshop from a of a national-award
winning historic preservation program that will be presented Nov. 2 in
Forest Grove.

Titled "Wooden Beams and Railroad Ties: Preserving Oregon's Built
Environment," the workshop includes a history of Oregon's built
structures; information on historical research sources and strategies;
preservation assistance and heritage funding opportunities, and other
topics.  The workshop is free and open to the public.

The workshop will take place from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. at the city auditorium,
1915 Main St.. Co-sponsors include the Friends of Historic Forest Grove,
the City of Forest Grove, and the
Forest Grove Historic Landmarks Commission. Kyle Jansson, coordinator
of the Oregon Heritage Commission; Joy Sears, the restoration specialist
with the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office; and consulting
historian Richard Engeman are the primary workshop instructors.

The workshop is part of a collaborative project of the Oregon Heritage
Commission, Oregon Historical Society, and the Oregon State Historic
Preservation Office. The project has been supported with funds from the
Oregon Cultural Trust.

Pre-registration is encouraged. For information and registration,
contact  Engeman at 503-235-9032 (or e-mail at info at oregonrediviva.com
).


ARCHIVIST, HISTORY CONFERENCES SEEK PRESENTATIONS

The Pacific Northwest History Conference and the Northwest Archivists
are seeking proposals for presentations at their spring events.

The Northwest Archivists invite submissions for session proposals for
its annual meeting May 17-19 in Moscow, Idaho. The theme for this
meeting is "Dynamic Archives: Preserving the Past and Speaking to the
Future," and can encompass sessions about preserving traditional and
digital formats ensuring timely and continued access to records of all
formats skills & partnerships necessary to address the ongoing changes
in the profession, how the profession is responding to changing user
needs, other aspects of contemporary archival theory and practice. 
Submit completed proposals or questions to program committee chair Megan
Moholt at Chairmegan.moholt at weyerhaeuser.comIf or Megan
Moholt, NP-190 Weyerhaeuser Company, PO Box 9777, Federal Way, WA
98063-9777.

"Land of Destiny: Promise and Reality in Pacific Northwest History"
will be the theme of the 60th annual Pacific Northwest History
Conference April 19-21 in Tacoma. The program committee invites paper
and panel proposals from all chronological eras of Pacific Northwest
history and all sub-fields---politics, diplomacy, race, military, class,
religion, environment, exploration, immigration, legal, science and
technology, and others. Proposals are to be submitted electronically no
later than Feb. 1. Send electronic proposals to program chair Michael
Allen, Professor of History, c/o Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences,
University of Washington-Tacoma, 1900 Commerce, Tacoma WA 98402-3100 or
magician at u.washington.edu. 
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