[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2011-04-14

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In this issue:
1. Draft preservation plan seeks comments
2. Capitol Foundation seeks proposals for history center
3. Spring issue of Cultural Heritage Courier online
4. Victorian group gives award to Salem bridge project
5.  Film showings scheduled for Portland, Troutdale
 

DRAFT PRESERVATION PLAN SEEKS COMMENTS

Visit 
http://www.oregonheritage.org/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/docs/2011_Draft_OregonHistoricPreservationPlan.pdf
  to read and comment on the draft statewide comprehensive preservation
plan for Oregon. The State Historic Preservation Office is required by
the National Park Service to update the plan every five or six years.
The comment period runs until April 30.
 

CAPITOL FOUNDATION SEEKS PROPOSALS FOR HISTORY CENTER

The Oregon State Capitol Foundation, acting by and through the
Legislative Administrator, is seeking proposals for the development of a
strategic plan to define and develop a scope for an Oregon State Capitol
History Center. The proposal deadline is 3 p.m. May 16.  Complete RFP
and contract information is available at
http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/HistoryCenterRFP.pdf.


SPRING ISSUE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE COURIER ONLINE
 
The Spring issue of the Cultural Heritage Courier features a look at
the results generated by Heritage Programs in  2010, many of which
reflect the accomplishments of partners who have benefitted from
programs or grants. It also examines Springfield's historic downtown
transformation and retraces the route of an ill-fated pioneer wagon
train. View it online at
http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/docs/Courier_Spr_2011.pdf  .

VICTORIAN GROUP GIVES AWARD TO SALEM BRIDGE PROJECT
 
Salem’s Union Street Railroad Bridge Conversion Project will receive
a national preservation award from the Victorian Society in America
“for the remarkable restoration of this obsolete 1913 structure and
for its adaptive reuse as a pedestrian and bicycle crossing that has
become a popular community destination.”  

The award, a hand-lettered and illuminated calligraphy certificate,
will be presented to the City of Salem at the society’s annual meeting
May 29, at the Embassy Suites Downtown Hotel, 319 SW Pine St., Portland.
 For more information about the society's meeting and conference, visit
http://www.victoriansociety.org/ 


FILM SHOWINGS SCHEDULED FOR PORTLAND, TROUTDALE

Portland: Join Neil H. Simon for a director’s cut screening of his
new film "Prisoners and Patriots", which documents the Department of
Justice internment camp in Santa Fe, as part of the Oregon Nikkei Legacy
Center's "Taken: FBI" exhibit, which features the experiences of
Japanese Oregonians rounded up by the FBI hours after the bombing of
Pearl Harbor in 1941. A conversation with the film maker will follow the
screenings. The screenings are set for 6:30 p.m. April 22 and at 1:30
p.m. April 23 at the University of Oregon,70 NW Couch St. For more
information visit www.oregonnikkei.org  .
 
Troutdale: Michael O'Rourke will present his documentary "Roll on
Columbia:Woody Guthrie and the Columbia River Songs" at 6:30 p.m. April
26 at McMenamins Edgefield Theater as part of the Oregon Encyclopedia of
History and Culture's History Pub series. Guthrie stayed in Portland for
a month during 1941, spending his days touring the Columbia, visiting
Grange halls, talking to farmers, and writing songs for the Bonneville
Power Administration including "Roll on Columbia" and "Pastures of
Plenty".   The film's debut occurs on the 70th anniversary of
Guthrie’s time in Portland. The Edgefield is located at 2126 SW
Halsey St. For more information, visit www.oregonencyclopedia.org  
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