From heritage.info at state.or.us Mon Oct 3 08:41:50 2011 From: heritage.info at state.or.us (Heritage Info) Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 08:41:50 -0700 Subject: [Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2011-10-03 Message-ID: <4E89754D.95AF.0029.0@PRD.STATE.OR.US> In this issue: 1. Conference Registration Deadline Approaches 2. Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections Grants Available 3. Reedwood Neighborhood Walking Tour Set 4. Oregon Covered Bridges Featured in Cottage Grove 5. Museum to Feature Apple Harvest CONFERENCE REGISTRATION DEADLINE APPROACHES Oct. 5 is the registration deadline for the 2011 Oregon Museums Association Annual Conference, which takes place Oct. 15-18 at the Benton County Historical Society and Museum in Philomath. With a theme of ?The Sustainable Museum?, sessions include ?Strengthening the Foundation of Museum Collections?, ?Incorporating Sustainability into Museum Operations and Exhibits?, ?Sharing the Knowledge: Community Partnerships? and more. To review the conference schedule and to register online, visit the www.oregonmuseums.org . SCHC GRANTS AVAILABLE The National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) is offering Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections (SCHC) grants. These grants will help institutions develop sound preventive conservation projects, and encourage collaborative and interdisciplinary planning, which are important for identifying sustainable strategies. U.S. nonprofit organizations, state and local governmental agencies and federally recognized Indian tribal governments are eligible to apply for grants for planning and / or grants for implementation. Grants for planning will help an institution develop and assess preventive conservation strategies. Planning projects may encompass site visits, risk assessments, planning sessions, monitoring, testing, modeling, project-specific research, and preliminary designs for implementation projects. They must focus on exploring sustainable preventive conservation strategies. They also must involve an interdisciplinary team appropriate to the goals of the project. Grants for implementation will help an institution execute a preventive conservation project. Institutions can base implementation projects on planning specific to the needs of the institution and its collections within the context of its local environment. Projects that seek to implement preventive conservation measures in sustainable ways are especially encouraged. Prior to submitting a proposal, applicants are encouraged to contact program officers who can offer advice about preparing the proposal and will review preliminary proposal drafts submitted at least six weeks before the deadline. Successful grant recipients will share lessons learned from planning and implementation projects that focus on sustainable preservation strategies through a white paper documenting their efforts and posted on the NEH website. For detailed information, or to apply, visit http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/SCHC.html . REEDWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD WALKING TOUR SET Participate in a guided tour of the Reedwood neighborhood from 10 a.m. - noon, Oct. 8, beginning at the north parking lot of Reed College, near SE 33rd and Steele. Platted in 1955, Reedwood developed into an eclectic mix of well-designed and built mid-century homes with a suburban feel within 10 minutes of downtown Portland. For more information and to register, visit http://www.visitahc.org/content/reedwood-tour-fall-2011 . OREGON COVERED BRIDGES FEATURED IN COTTAGE GROVE The Oregon Covered Bridge Festival will feature bridges in the Cottage Grove area Oct. 7 - 8. A parade at 2 p.m., Oct. 7 will kick off the event. At 9 a.m., Oct. 8, a re-dedication and unveiling of a new interpretive plaque at Centennial Bridge will take place, followed by a guided tour that will take visitors to interpretive plaque dedications of the Stewart, Dorena and Currin Bridges. Participants should meet at City Hall, 400 Main Street, Cottage Grove. Additional guided tours will follow at noon and 2 p.m. For further information, visit www.ocbfestival.com . MUSEUM TO FEATURE APPLE HARVEST Celebrate the apple harvest 1800s style, tour the salt box-style Horace Dibble House and the old stagecoach stop house of Fred Vonder Ahe from 10 a.m. ? 4 p.m., Oct. 8 at the Molalla Museum?s Apple Festival, 620 S. Molalla Avenue, Molalla. Era-costumed volunteers will demonstrate weaving, candle making, butter making, wool spinning, cider pressing and lace making. For further information, contact Blanche Kober (503) 829-8030. ------------------ Oregon Heritage News is a service of the Oregon Heritage Commission. Contact us by emailing heritage.info at state.or.us . From heritage.info at state.or.us Thu Oct 6 08:58:00 2011 From: heritage.info at state.or.us (Heritage Info) Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:58:00 -0700 Subject: [Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2011-10-06 Message-ID: <4E8D6D98.95AF.0029.0@PRD.STATE.OR.US> In this issue: 1. Powers Warehouse and Factory listed in National Register 2. ?Riches of a City? Cinema Feature POWERS WAREHOUSE AND FACTORY LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER The Ira F. Powers Warehouse and Factory in NE Portland is Oregon?s latest entry in the National Register of Historic Places. The Portland architecture firm of Claussen and Claussen designed the Warehouse and Factory as a large, modern industrial plant that received and shipped products by ship, train, and truck. Recognized for its association with Portland?s once booming furniture industry, the waterfront building was the center of self-made businessman Ira F. Power?s vertically integrated manufacturing process, which involved the direct purchase of local timber and the milling, assembly, finishing and final shipping of an unusually broad range of home d?cor. Constructed in 1925, it is one of the last remaining buildings associated with one of the city?s most important early-twentieth century industries. Closed in 1933, the factory remained vacant until World War II. Aggressive recruiting by Kaiser Industries brought thousands of workers to the city?s shipyards in support of the war effort. Due to a critical housing shortage, in 1943 the Housing Authority of Portland converted the building into barracks-style housing and a reception center for defense workers. One of three of such buildings, the Powers Warehouse and Factory is the only one remaining and one of the very few tangible links to Portland?s WWII history. Oregon?s State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation recommended the building?s nomination in February 2008. The National Register lists more than 500 historic Portland properties and 14 historic districts. More information about the National Register and recent Oregon listings is online at www.oregonheritage.org (click on ?National Register? at left of page). ?RICHES OF A CITY? CINEMA FEATURE Public History Graduates will present ?Riches of a City? as part of the Lens on the Community series at 2 p.m., Oct. 9 at 5th Ave Cinema, 510 SW Hall Street. This film documents the development of the Skidmore District and recounts the struggle to bring this downtown Portland neighborhood into the modern era while preserving its cultural and historical significance. Carl Abbott and Bill Hawkins will offer insights into the film and the district, then and now. The Lens on the Community series will feature films from the Center for the Moving Image archive. Historically significant in their own right, these films document and interpret the history of the many distinct communities that constitute the greater Portland metropolitan area today. For further information, visit http://www.5thavenuecinema.org/special-screenings . ------------------ Oregon Heritage News is a service of the Oregon Heritage Commission. Contact us by emailing heritage.info at state.or.us . From heritage.info at state.or.us Mon Oct 10 08:21:00 2011 From: heritage.info at state.or.us (Heritage Info) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:21:00 -0700 Subject: [Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2011-10-10 Message-ID: <4E92AAEC.95AF.0029.0@PRD.STATE.OR.US> In this issue: 1. Committee on Historic Preservation To Meet in Weston 2. NHPRC Grant Reveals Collections 3. The Oregon Encyclopedia Features October Programs 4. Walking Tour, Presentations Featured in Lake Oswego COMMITTEE ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION TO MEET IN WESTON Oregon?s State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation (SACHP) will consider nominations to the National Register of Historic Places in a two-day meeting on Oct. 13-14 at the Weston Memorial Hall, 210 East Main Street, Weston. The public meeting will begin at 9 a.m. on Oct. 13 and at 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 14. The committee will review proposed nominations for individual properties in Clatskanie, Roseburg, Talent, Cottage Grove, Depoe Bay, and Portland; two properties in Weston and three in Enterprise. Nominations recommended by the SACHP go to the National Park Service, which maintains the Register under the authority of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Members of the committee hold credentials in many historic preservation-related fields. Visit http://www.oregonheritage.org/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/nrhp_sachphome.shtml to view the meeting agenda. The meeting site is accessible to people with disabilities. Call (503) 986-0655 for special accommodations. To learn more about the National Register and listed Oregon properties, visit www.oregonheritage.org (click on ?National Register? at left of page). NHPRC GRANT REVEALS COLLECTIONS Over one hundred additional archival collections at small, private liberal-arts colleges in Washington and Oregon are now accessible through the Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA). Funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the granting arm of the National Archives and Records Administration, the project is assisting seven small liberal-arts colleges in Oregon and Washington with archival program development and to expose basic information about their collections to researchers. Institutions participating in the project are Concordia University, George Fox University, Linfield College, Pacific University, Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University, and the University of Puget Sound. Participating institutions were gratified to report immediate increases in collection use directly attributable to the grant. When the project concludes in June 2012, all participants expect increased use of their collections and a documented increase in institutional support for their archives programs. The project involves significant records that document the activities of religious groups in the Northwest, including their roles in the development of educational institutions and the settlement of the Northwest. Other topics include local and neighborhood history; the history of the Oregon wine industry, and the activities of individuals and organizations. To conduct research or to learn more, visit http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/index.shtml . THE OREGON ENCYCLOPEDIA FEATURES OCTOBER PROGRAMS Michael Munk will present ?Real Class Warfare: The Great 1934 Longshore Strike in Portland? beginning at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 11, at the Rialto Poolroom and Bar, 529 SW 4th Ave, Portland. The talk will cover the strike, which began on May 9, 1934 and split the city of Portland between sympathizers and those opposed, who called upon President Roosevelt to end it with federal troops. Monk authored ?The Portland Red Guide: Sites & Stories of Our Radical Past? and taught at Rutgers University for more than 25-years. History Night continues at 7 p.m., Oct. 17, with Dan Haneckow presenting ?High Water: Portland in the Flood of 1894? at McMenamins Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan, Portland. Haneckow will explore Portland of the 1890s and its watery ordeal with stunning images of the ?Metropolis of the Northwest? as it dealt with one of its greatest challenges. Robert Hadlow, Dave Sell, and George Fekaris will round out October with a film titled, ?The Historic Columbia River Highway: A Study of its History, Decline, and Preservation? starting at 6:30 p.m., Oct. 25, at McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale. Completed in 1922, the Columbia River Highway became the first modern highway in the Pacific Northwest and the first scenic highway in the United States. The film will chronicle the highway?s story from construction through today and the future. For more information about the Oregon Enclyopedia?s History Month programs, visit www.oregonencyclopedia.org . WALKING TOUR, PRESENTATIONS FEATURED IN LAKE OSWEGO ?Turning Oswego?s Iron into Gold: Paul C. Murphy as Alchemist? will be the subject of a presentation by Marylou Colver from 7 - 8 p.m., Oct. 26 at the Lake Oswego Public Library, l706 4th Street, Lake Oswego. In the second half of the nineteenth century, Oswego became the home of two of the first iron furnaces on the West Coast and as a result a bustling iron manufacturing center. After Oswego?s iron industry collapsed at the end of the nineteenth century, Paul C. Murphy?s vision led to repurposing the extensive land holdings of the Oregon Iron and Steel Company during the early twentieth century into exclusive residential districts. A golf course, riding trails, a polo field, and swim parks, helped fulfill the promise of the Ladd Estate Company?s sales slogan, ?Live where you play.? Mary Lou Colver and Erin O?Rourke-Meadors of the Lake Oswego Preservation Society will tell the story of five families that came to the Oswego area for different reasons in their presentation, ?The Story of Five Families of Old Town: A Walking Tour?, from 3 - 5 p.m., Oct. 29. Participants will learn about an Oregon Trail pioneer lured by free land, ironworkers that left other iron regions in the east to work in Oswego, the wife of a metallurgist, an executive, and an immigrant. Coming from as far away as the Maderia Islands of Portugal and as close as Iowa, their education level and cultural background varied widely; they contributed significantly to the community, the region, and the state. The tour will begin at the southeast corner of Leonard and Durham Streets in Lake Oswego and conclude with an exhibit in the iron worker?s cottage and the George Rogers House. For more information on the above events, call the Lake Oswego Public Library at (503) 675-2540 or email loref at ci.oswego.or.us . ------------------ Oregon Heritage News is a service of the Oregon Heritage Commission. Contact us by emailing heritage.info at state.or.us . From heritage.info at state.or.us Wed Oct 12 08:56:23 2011 From: heritage.info at state.or.us (Heritage Info) Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:56:23 -0700 Subject: [Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2011-10-12 Message-ID: <4E955637.95AF.0029.0@PRD.STATE.OR.US> In this issue: 1. Commission on Historic Cemeteries to Meet in Weston 2. Oregon Main Street Awards Announced 3. Bowers House listed in National Register 4. Meriwether Lewis? Air Gun Subject of Talk COMMISSION ON HISTORIC CEMETERIES TO MEET IN WESTON The Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries will meet from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m., Oct. 14 at the Weston Memorial Hall, 210 East Main Street, Weston. Agenda items will include the grant program, current projects and upcoming plans. The commission will invite public comments. For further information call Kuri Gill (503) 986-0685 or e-mail Kuri.Gill at state.or.us . OREGON MAIN STREET AWARDS ANNOUNCED Oregon Main Street announced its 2011 ?Excellence in Downtown Revitalization? award recipients at the annual Oregon Main Street Conference in Baker City recently. The Awards Presentation was a highlight of the Oregon Main Street Conference, a popular annual conference that brings together people with an interest in downtown revitalization. Baker City hosted this year?s event, which included sessions on the ingredients of creating an outstanding downtown destination, achieving sustainability while maintaining historic significance, nuts and bolts of downtown circulation, attracting and keeping volunteers, essentials of an eye-catching and appealing storefront, preserving with authenticity, getting started on business retention and recruitment. The award recipients included the Astoria Downtown Historic District Association for its ?Bicentennial Revue and Jane Barnes Cat Dance? in the category of Outstanding Organizational Project and Springfield?s Armory Building Remodel received an award for the Best Economic Restructuring Story. To learn about all of the award recipients, email sheri.stuart at state.or.us . For more information about the Main Street program, visit http://www.oregon4biz.com/Grow-Your-Business/Business-services/Main-Street . BOWERS HOUSE LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER The George and Hetty Bowers House in NE Portland is Oregon?s latest entry in the National Register of Historic Places. An example of a residential structure made of poured concrete, the Bowers House is one of only three known early-twentieth century Portland houses constructed using this method. The house is a two-story foursquare design, similar to the plan patented by Thomas Edison, though it includes unique classical details. Due to its notable and experimental construction and design, the Bowers House is a good example of a middle-class adaption of poured-concrete housing in the Classical Revival style. Oregon?s State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation recommended the building?s nomination in June 2011 and it joins more than 500 historic Portland properties and 14 historic districts listed in the National Register. More information about the National Register and recent Oregon listings is online at www.oregonheritage.org (click on ?National Register? at left of page). MERIWETHER LEWIS? AIR GUN SUBJECT OF TALK William K. Brunot and Michael Carrick will present ?The Air Gun of Meriwether Lewis on Brunot?s Island? at 1 p.m., Oct. 16 in the Fort Clatsop Visitor Center, Seaside. When Captain Meriwether Lewis left Pittsburgh on August 31, 1803, his crew of 11 included three young men whose identity has been unknown until recently. Who were they? Why did Lewis' party stop that afternoon at Brunot's Island, only three miles downstream, and what happened there? Which Brunot?s Island residents were involved in an accident with the air rifle demonstrated by Lewis? Brunot, a descendant of the island's owner, provides surprising answers to these questions. Carrack will discuss the innovative air rifle used by Lewis and show an air pump and reservoir kit of the type issued to Austrian army soldiers of the period. For more information, call the park at (503) 861-2471. ------------------ Oregon Heritage News is a service of the Oregon Heritage Commission. Contact us by emailing heritage.info at state.or.us . From heritage.info at state.or.us Thu Oct 13 16:04:30 2011 From: heritage.info at state.or.us (Heritage Info) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:04:30 -0700 Subject: [Heritage] SHPO releases new state preservation plan Message-ID: <4E970C0D.95AF.0029.0@PRD.STATE.OR.US> A new historic preservation plan to guide preservation activities in the state emphasizes integrating cultural resource management into the planning processes of state and local jurisdictions and agencies across Oregon. ?It is time for preservation to be taken for granted - by developers, by city planners, by legislators, by the public,? says Chrissy Curran, associate deputy for the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). ?It is ready to stand on its own merits. It has proven itself to be an enduring, collective value.? While the plan is a requirement of the National Park Service, which provides a substantial portion of the SHPO?s funding, it is also a valuable tool for the SHPO and for preservation constituents throughout Oregon. The plan spotlights overarching issues, sets goals for the state and its preservation partners, and details a series of objectives to be collectively met over the next five years. The plan emphasizes: a. Identification and surveying of historic resources, and expanding public access to survey data; b. disaster preparedness; c. outreach and education; d. property types most at risk; e. heritage partnerships and networking; and reinforcement of the overall goal, which is to integrate cultural resources management into the planning processes in Oregon. A public comment period this past spring concluded the plan?s public process, which began in 2010 with a series of regional workshops and a heritage needs assessment survey that together garnered close to 700 responses. The National Park Service has approved the plan. So, grab Oregon?s updated historic preservation plan and learn more about how preservation efforts across the state are faring, how to better leverage each other?s work, what preservation products get the best results, and how best to promote excellent stewardship of this state?s irreplaceable cultural resources. The plan is available at www.oregonheritage.org, by contacting heritage.programs at state.or.us or by contacting the State Historic Preservation Office at 503-986-0690. The State Historic Preservation Office is part of the Heritage Programs Division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. From heritage.info at state.or.us Mon Oct 17 08:55:35 2011 From: heritage.info at state.or.us (Heritage Info) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:55:35 -0700 Subject: [Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2011-10-17 Message-ID: <4E9BED86.95AF.0029.0@PRD.STATE.OR.US> In this issue: 1. Comments Sought on World War 2 Memorial 2. Oregon Digital Newspaper Project Receives Award 3. OSU Establishes Special Collections and Archives Research Center 4. Final in Speaker Series at Butteville Store COMMENTS SOUGHT ON WORLD WAR 2 MEMORIAL The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) is seeking public comment on a plan to erect a privately-funded World War 2 memorial at the State Capitol State Park, and will accept comments through 3 p.m., Oct. 31, or in person at a November meeting of a special review committee. OPRD, which manages the State Capitol State Park, will hold the review committee meeting from 2 - 4 p.m., Nov. 4, in Room 103 of the State Library at 250 Winter Street, NE, Salem. The design review committee will make a recommendation on the design and placement of the of the proposed memorial to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department director, who will then make a final recommendation to the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Commission at its November 16 meeting in Hood River. The Oregon Legislative Assembly passed House Bill 3416 in 2011, paving the way for a task force, chaired by the Oregon Department of Veterans? Affairs, to design and fund the memorial. The task force has proposed a design that includes a 33-foot tall obelisk flanked by short walls on a patio of pavers, located on the west side of State Capitol State Park near the corner of Cottage and Court Streets, diagonally across the corner from the YMCA. Visit http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/world-war-2-memorial.shtml to view a complete set of design diagrams and drawings. The law directs wholly private fundraising for the memorial. If the Commission approves the recommended design and placement, private fundraising for the memorial will begin. There is no final budget for the memorial, or a schedule to complete private fundraising, but early estimates place the cost at around $1.1 million. To submit public comments on the proposed monument, please send email to Chris.havel at state.or.us or provide written feedback by mailing it to Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept., ATTN: Chris Havel, 725 Summer St NE, Suite C, Salem OR 97301. OREGON DIGITAL NEWSPAPER PROJECT RECEIVES AWARD Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has selected the Oregon Digital Newspaper Project as this year?s winner of the ACRL-Oregon Award for Excellence. The award recognizes of the project?s mission to ?digitize historic Oregon newspaper content and make it freely available to the public through a keyword-searchable database? and the positive impact this keyword- search accessibility will have for Oregon academic libraries and for the public of Oregon. The Oregon chapter of the ACRL presents the awards the annually. This award recognizes a significant contribution to Oregon libraries and in particular academic libraries. ACRL commends the project team for their initiative in pursuing grant money to assist in funding the project and their commitment to making historic content accessible in a searchable manner. For further information, visit http://www.olaweb.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=91066 . OSU ESTABLISHES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, ARCHIVES RESEARCH CENTER As part of its strategic realignment begun more than a year ago, the OSU Libraries is merging two of its departments, Special Collections and the University Archives, into a new department known as the Special Collections and Archives Research Center. The Center will leverage the resources and areas of strength of the two former departments to provide OSU students and faculty with enhanced opportunities to engage with the Libraries? unique collections. Larry Landis, head of the University Archives since 1996, will serve as director of the new Center. The Center will continue creating the leading edge, content-rich digital collections which have been a mainstay of Special Collections and the University Archives for the past decade. These collections include the award winning Linus Pauling sites (http://pauling.library.oregonstate.edu/), the Atomic Energy & Nuclear History Learning Curriculum (http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/omeka/exhibits/show/atomic), the Braceros in Oregon Photograph Collection (http://oregondigital.org/digcol/bracero/), the Gerald W. Williams Collection site (http://oregondigital.org/digcol/gwilliams/) and the Oregon State Baseball Centennial collection (http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/digitalcollections/baseball/). New digital collections that will be available in the near future will feature the McDonald Rare Book Collection and materials from the Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program Records. A revised and updated version of the Pauling Awards, Honors and Medals site will debut later this fall. Established in 1961, the University Archives contains many strong collections documenting OSU?s 143- year history. These include the records of the President?s Office, the Extension Service, the Agricultural Experiment Station, research centers, and most colleges and departments. The University Archives? extensive holdings of photographs holdings, moving images, and oral history collections also document Oregon State University throughout its history, as well as the state of Oregon. FINAL IN SPEAKER SERIES AT BUTTEVILLE STORE Interpreter and storyteller Doug Force will present the last of three Third Thursday events from 7 - 8:30 p.m., Oct. 20, at Butteville Store, 10607 Butte St, in the old township of Butteville, at the east end of Champoeg State Heritage Area. Force will offer renditions of traditional Native American seasonal stories and will share spooky tales that will raise the hair on the back of your neck! Bring the family and enjoy an evening reminiscent of the days of shared fireside lore. For more information, contact Dianne Stefani-Ruff by calling (503) 678-1605, visit or www.buttevillestore.com or www.champoeg.org . ------------------ Oregon Heritage News is a service of the Oregon Heritage Commission. Contact us by emailing heritage.info at state.or.us . From heritage.info at state.or.us Fri Oct 21 11:27:24 2011 From: heritage.info at state.or.us (Heritage Info) Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:27:24 -0700 Subject: [Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2011-10-21 Message-ID: <4EA1571C.95AF.0029.0@PRD.STATE.OR.US> In this issue: 1. Oregon Civic Engagement Conference Set 2. High Desert Museum To Honor Limerick in Portland 3. Spirited Tours to Highlight Markers in Astoria, Portland 4. Gravestone Symbols Explained in Heritage Bulletin OREGON CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CONFERENCE SET Learn how to engage with your community, collaborate with other organizations and increase volunteer participation by attending the Oregon Civic Engagement Conference Nov. 3 - 5 at the Salem Conference Center in Salem. Under the theme ?Authentic Community Engagement: Transforming and Inspiring Oregon Communities? participants will have the opportunity to choose from programming options designed to meet conference goals. These include building awareness, stimulating conversations, germinating ideas, providing resources, and creating partnership opportunities - all that lead to action. Conference content will include presentations from organizations and individuals active in the engagement arena across the state. Content areas include collaboration, community engagement, expanded learning, nonprofit and government management and advanced and basic volunteer management. For more information visit http://www.regonline.com/2011conference-GVA . HIGH DESERT MUSEUM TO HONOR LIMERICK IN PORTLAND The High Desert Museum has chosen Patty Limerick, chair of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado, for the 28th annual Earle A. Chiles Award. The $15,000 award is for Limerick's scholarship and public history forums that challenge popular mythologies about the West and reveal the essential commercial and scientific foundations of American Western history. Her best-known work, The Legacy of Conquest, is an overview and reinterpretation of Western American history that stirred academic and public debate. She has dedicated her career to bridging the gap between academics and the general public and to demonstrating the benefits of applying historical perspective to contemporary dilemmas and conflicts. "Dr. Limerick's achievements exemplify the High Desert Museum's founding tenet - to inspire people to better understand the region and address issues surrounding its resources," said High Desert Museum president Janeanne Upp. "The museum's work, like Dr. Limerick's, offers new perspectives on the myths and realities of the American West. We are proud to honor her work with this award, and are grateful to the generosity of the Chiles Foundation, which makes it possible." The award will be presented at the Earle A. Chiles award banquet in Portland on Dec. 6. SPIRITED TOURS TO HIGHLIGHT MARKERS IN ASTORIA, PORTLAND Portland: Meet some ?residents? at their graves and hear the unusual circumstances surrounding their untimely departures during the ?Tour of Untimely Departures? from 6 - 9 p.m., Oct. 31, at Lone Fir Cemetery located on Southeast 26th street between Stark and Morrison, Portland. Ghostly guides will share some of the history on Lone Fir as they take you through the cemetery on a path lit with candles. Two separate tours of approximately 45 minutes in length will be running throughout the evening, moon-shine or rain. Visit http://www.friendsoflonefircemetery.org/events.html for further information. Astoria: Former citizens will return from the great beyond for a graveside chats during ?Talking Tombstones? beginning at 1 p.m., Oct. 30 at Pioneer Cemetery, 14th and Niagara, Astoria. Visitors will tour the graveyard and meet costumed characters who will talk about their roles in history. For further information call (503) 325-2203, email cchs at cumtux.org or visit www.cumtux.org . GRAVESTONE SYMBOLS EXPLAINED IN HERITAGE BULLETIN As you wander through a cemetery you will see many motifs on gravestones. A symbol on a marker can offer an interesting insight into the person?s life or the family?s feeling about the death. In addition to asking the question, ?What does this symbol mean?? it is important to remember that a particular motif may appear just because someone liked it. Whether or not the symbols can be accurately interpreted, it is still possible to enjoy the inherent beauty found in a cemetery. The Heritage Programs of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has published a Heritage Bulletin that is a sampling of Oregon gravestone symbols and their intended meanings. To view this Heritage Bulletin and others, visit http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/Bulletins.shtml ------------------ Oregon Heritage News is a service of the Oregon Heritage Commission. Contact us by emailing heritage.info at state.or.us . From heritage.info at state.or.us Tue Oct 25 08:18:51 2011 From: heritage.info at state.or.us (Heritage Info) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:18:51 -0700 Subject: [Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2011-10-25 Message-ID: <4EA670EA.95AF.0029.0@PRD.STATE.OR.US> In this issue: 1. Talk to Chronicle Print Media?s Role 2. AHC Sets November Programs 3. Session Papers Sought TALK TO CHRONICLE PRINT MEDIA?S ROLE ?Statesman Journal? Editor Bill Church, Former Editor Don Scarborough and Bill Mainwaring, Former Publisher of the Capital Journal will present ?Salem?s Chroniclers: The Role of Print in Our Community over Time? during a public forum from 5:30 ? 6:30 p.m., November 10 at the Willamette Heritage Center, 1313 Mill St SE, Salem. Celebrating the 160th anniversary of the ?Statesman Journal?, the presenters will share experiences and thoughts on the role of the paper in the Salem community over time. For further information, email SharaM at missionmill.orgcall (503) 585-7012. AHC SETS NOVEMBER PROGRAMS The Architectural Heritage Center will offer three programs in November that feature the creations of Oregon pioneers, Arts and Crafts designs and an Oregon State architect. All programs will take place at the Center, 701 SE Grand Avenue, Portland. Richard N. Ross will present ?The Ladd & Reed Legacy: William S. Ladd and Simeon Reed?from 10 ? 11:30 a.m., Nov. 5. Ladd and Reed, 19th century business and civic leaders, partners and friends, shaped Portland and the Northwest through four decades of joint ventures in public service, steamboats, telegraphs, macadam roads, model farms, railroads, and iron. Barbara Pierce and C.J. Hurley explore the influences and aesthetic ideals that evolved into the International Arts and Crafts movement in an encore presentation of their program ?The Visionary Aspects of the Arts and Crafts Movement? from 10 ? 11:30 a.m., Nov. 12. Learn what inspired Arts and Crafts architects to unite their designs with nature and ?bring the outside in? through structure and decorative details, and about the connections between Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, and ?Jugendstil? art and architectural movements. Bob Clay will give a talk titled, ?Christmas in November? Oregon?s State Architect William Christmas Knighton? from 10 ? 11:30 a.m., Nov. 19. Knighton (born December 25, 1864), designed buildings in Portland and the Willamette Valley for more than 30 years, including downtown Portland?s Governor Hotel and Salem?s Deepwood Estate. Clay will provide details about Knighton?s career from the post-Lewis and Clark Exposition building boom of the 1910s through his service as first president of the Oregon State Architect Examiner?s Board and his work as Oregon?s State Architect. For further information, visit http://visitahc.org/content/upcoming-programs or call (503) 231-7264. SESSION PAPERS SOUGHT The Association for Gravestone Studies is soliciting scholarly papers, 20 minutes in length, for presentation during evening and daytime lecture sessions at the 2012 AGS Conference and Annual Meeting, June 19 ? 24 at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey. Send proposals and a 250- word abstract by Feb. 1, 2012 to Lecture Programs Coordinators: Richard Veit, rveit at monmouth.eduand Mark Nonestied, mn1908 at aol.com. Also sought are Participation/Class Sessions, of 50 minutes in length, for presentation during sessions on June 21 and 22. Send proposals and a 250-word abstract by Feb. 1, 2012 to Participation/Class Sessions Coordinators, Robert Keeler robertk at clackamas.edu and Judy Juntunen, rycraftjuntunen at aol.com . ------------------ Oregon Heritage News is a service of the Oregon Heritage Commission. Contact us by emailing heritage.info at state.or.us . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From heritage.info at state.or.us Fri Oct 28 08:36:34 2011 From: heritage.info at state.or.us (Heritage Info) Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:36:34 -0700 Subject: [Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2011-10-28 Message-ID: <4EAA6991.95AF.0029.0@PRD.STATE.OR.US> In this issue: 1. Hulshof-Schmidt to be State Librarian 2. Compatible Infill Design Report Available 3. Alderson Internship Deadline Approaches HULSHOF-SCHMIDT TO BE STATE LIBRARIAN The Oregon State Library Board of Trustees has selected Robert Hulshof-Schmidt, the current Program Manager of the State Library's Government Research Services, to serve as Oregon's next State Librarian. He has served with the State Library for seven years. Hulshof-Schmidt will assume his duties on January 1st, 2012, succeeding Jim Scheppke, who is retiring at the end of 2011 after twenty-five years of service with the Oregon State Library, twenty as the State Librarian. "I am thrilled by this opportunity. I appreciate the trust that the Oregon State Library Board, staff and the library community have placed in me. These are exciting and challenging times for Oregon's libraries and I look forward to leading this strong organization into the future." He holds a Master's Degree in Library Science from the University of Washington and Bachelor of Arts in English from Willamette University. The Oregon State Library provides quality information services to Oregon state government; reading materials to blind and print-disabled Oregonians; and leadership, grants, and other assistance to improve library service for all Oregonians. For additional information, visit http://library.state.or.us. COMPATIBLE INFILL DESIGN REPORT AVAILABLE After three workshops and a statewide survey, receipt of input from nearly 200 individuals, including city planners, elected officials, architects, property owners, developers, and community leaders, the Heritage Preservation League of Oregon (HPLO) has arrived at a set of principles for compatible infill design. The principles are applicable in communities seeking to create or update their current guidelines and regulations, and have the potential to form a basis for financial incentives to spur on the revitalization of Oregon's historic districts. HPLO has published the principles in a special report, ?Compatible Infill Design: Principals for New Construction in Oregon?s Historic Districts?, which is available on its website in PDF format. Visit http://www.historicpreservationleague.org/FieldNotes/HPLOSpecialReport-CompatibleInfillDevel.pdfto read or download the report. ALDERSON INTERNSHIP DEADLINE APPROACHES AASLH offers its smaller institutional members the opportunity to apply for the Alderson Grant Internship Program. The program recognizes the demand for students to gain "real world" experience and for need for museums to obtain qualified interns for their institutions. Institution applications must reach AASLH by 5 p.m., Dec. 9. 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