[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2010-07-07

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Oregon Heritage News 2010-07-09

In this issue:
1.	Champoeg Spins Textile History Day
2.	African American Storytelling and African Weaving Topics for
Family Fun Saturday
3.	Historic Cemetery Marker Repair Workshop Offered in Klamath
Falls Area
4.	Crater Lake Photos featured at Southern Oregon Historical
Society
5.	Award Available for Article in the Field of Women and Gender
6.	The Center for Columbia River History announces the 2010 James
B. Castles Fellow
7.	Hellenic Studies Program Created at Portland State University

CHAMPOEG SPINS TEXTILE HISTORY DAY
The public is invited to try their hand at 19 th century style textile
arts during Textile Day at Champoeg State Heritage Area on Saturday,
July 10, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Costumed volunteers will be carding
and spinning wool, weaving, crocheting, knitting and quilting under the
stately oak by the historic Manson barn behind the Visitor Center. 
Visitors are invited to try a drop spindle, use a knitting jenny, make a
quilt square and learn more about textile arts as they were practiced in
the 1860s.  Find your knitting jenny and join the fun!  For more
information please contact Kim Martin at 503-678-1649 or
kim at champoeg.org, or visit our website: www.champoeg.org.

AFRICAN AMERICAN STORYTELLING & AFRICAN WEAVING TOPICS FOR FAMILY FUN
SATURDAY
July 10, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
The Oregon Northwest Black Pioneers will be 1) partnering with Mission
Mill Museum for the program entitled Weaving Stories: African-American
storytelling with Gwen Carr plus Asante children in Ghana learn to weave
on special simple looms; and 2) creating a supplemental exhibit in the
Mill Building's second floor lobby.  With our easy paper weaving you can
try some of the traditional colors and patterns. Mission Mill Museum,
Part of the Willamette Heritage Center, 1313 Mill St SE Salem, (503)
585-7012, www.missionmill.org 

HISTORIC CEMETERY MARKER REPAIR WORKSHOP OFFERED IN KLAMATH FALLS AREA
July 17, 9:00-3:00 Fort Klamath Cemetery The FREE Cemetery Preservation
Basics Workshop will involve learning how to approach preservation of a
historic cemetery. Instructors Sally Donovan and Bruce Howard will cover
marker cleaning, leveling, resetting and adhesive repair. Packets will
be provided to each person in attendance covering important aspects of
cemetery preservation. Please bring a lunch, beverage, sun screen,
kneepad or cushion, lawn chair. You must pre-register to attend, space
is limited. For more information or to register, contact Kuri Gill at
Kuri.Gill at state.or.us or (503) 986-0685.

CRATER LAKE PHOTOS FEATURED AT SOUTHERN OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
"Traveling to Crater Lake" is a new exhibit at the Southern Oregon
Historical Society Research Library. The exhibit will be on display for
the month of July.  Admission is free. Peter Britt's first photo of
Crater Lake will be on display, as well as photos of wagon and car trips
to the lake; camping and boating excursions, and encounters with bears. 
Several diaries documenting trips to Crater Lake from the 1880s through
the early 1900s are also on exhibit. The Southern Oregon Historical
Society Research Library is the largest repository of archival materials
related to the history of Southern Oregon.
The collection contains many more documents and photos related to
Crater Lake and hundreds of other subjects, like early mining, the
lumber industry, health care, families, and local businesses.  The
library is open from noon- 4 pm Tuesdays through Fridays and is located
at 106 N. Central Avenue in Medford.  For more information, please call
(541) 858-1724.

AWARD AVAILABLE FOR ARTICLE IN THE FIELD OF WOMEN AND GENDER
The Western History Association offers the Jensen-Miller Award for the
best article in the field of women and gender in the North American
West. No time period restrictions apply, and essays will be judged on
their significance to the field, their contributions to knowledge and
their literary quality. Any WHA member, as well as the publisher or
author of the essay, may nominate an essay. A copy of the journal, an
offprint, or a photocopy must be submitted to each member of the Award
Committee. The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young
University funds this $500 cash  prize and provides a plaque to the
author of the winning essay. The publisher of the winning essay will
receive a certificate. To be eligible for the award in 2010, the article
must have been published during 2009 in a scholarly journal or edited
volume. As "Chair of the Jensen-Miller Award Committee for the best
article in the field of women and gender in the North American West,
Sarah Carter, has extended the deadline for submissions to July 30,
2010.
 MAILING ADDRESSES FOR SUBMISSION 
Sarah Carter 
University of Alberta
Department of History
2-28 H. M. Tory Building
Edmonton AB T6G-2H4 
Canada

THE CENTER FOR COLUMBIA RIVER HISTORY ANNOUNCES THE 2010 JAMES B.
CASTLES FELLOW
The Castles Fellowship is made possible by an endowment provided by the
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust to CCRH in honor of James B. Castles, a
founding trustee who promoted the heritage of the Columbia River
throughout his life. Johanna Ogden is an independent scholar who
recently earned an M.A. in History at the University of British Columbia
(2010). Her interests and publications have ranged from the Bracero
Program in Hood River to Conscientious Objectors on the Oregon Coast
during World War II. Most recently, she has investigated the immigration
and activities of Punjabi Sikh laborers along the Columbia River in
Washington and Oregon. In this effort, she has tied regional immigrant
communities to the Ghadar Party, an early 20th Century Indian
independence movement. Ms. Ogden's work fits into the CCRH Columbia
River and the World Initiative. She plans to use the fellowship funds to
broaden her archival research in the region and to revise a portion of
her thesis, "Oregon and Global Insurgency: Punjabis of the Columbia
River Basin," into an article-length manuscript. In addition, she will
collaborate with CCRH staff to craft an internet product based on her
work.

HELLENIC STUDIES PROGRAM CREATED AT PORTLAND STATE UNVIERSITY
Students and community members in Portland, Oregon will have more
opportunities to learn about modern Greece and the Hellenic world thanks
to a gift to Portland State University by E. John Rumpakis. Portland
State will use Rumpakis’ gift to help launch a new Hellenic Studies
program with the mission of strengthening the relationship between the
Portland region and the people, culture, and businesses of Greece and
the Greek Diaspora. Hellenic Studies will combine classes in language,
history, culture, and current affairs with internships, study abroad,
and lectures and performances by visiting scholars, authors, and
artists. It also will strengthen collaboration with Greek universities
and develop synergy with other PSU programs, including Italian Studies,
Judaic Studies, and the Middle East Study Center. PSU will begin by
offering a minor in Modern Greek Language, Literature and Culture. The
university then hopes to establish a major and a certificate.