[HistoricCemeterieslistserv] Hundreds of historic Oregon studies, books available in online library

[Alice & Bob Leitner]

Caron- are you getting this stuff - on the list?

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 1:37 PM, GILL Kuri * OPRD <Kuri.Gill at oregon.gov>
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> Oregonians and other historians are now able to harvest information about
> hundreds of historical books and studies in an online History and
> Archaeology Library created by the Oregon Heritage division of the Oregon
> Parks and Recreation Department.
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> “During the past five decades, we have received hundreds of studies and
> reports about historic and pre-historic places in Oregon,” said Chrissy
> Curran, manager of Oregon Heritage and the deputy state historic
> preservation officer. “We’ve worked so that the public can now have easy
> access to these documents as well as the titles of other books that have
> been published since the 1950s.”
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> Organized by county, the online History and Archaeology Library
> <http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/RESRCH/pages/histarch.aspx> also includes
> links to lists of historic cemeteries and National Register sites in the
> counties. There are also links to the State Archives location guides to
> government records in each county.
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> “We have also included links to digital projects that we have supported
> with our grant programs,” said Kyle Jansson, coordinator of the Oregon
> Heritage Commission. “For example, we link to the historic photos digitized
> in a joint project of the Albany Regional Museum and the Albany Public
> Library. Another link is to historic land survey maps digitized by Baker
> County.”
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> The History and Archaeology Library also includes listings and links of
> other regional and statewide resources related to history and archaeology,
> and history research guides. Oregon Heritage will continue to add studies
> and book listings to the online library as they are received.
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> “We want researchers who know about other work to let us know of its
> existence,” said Ian Johnson, manager of the State Historic Preservation
> Office. “We want researchers to think of this as the first place to go when
> they are gathering information.”
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> The Oregon Heritage division includes the State Historic Preservation
> Office, the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries, the Oregon Heritage
> Commission, and the Oregon Main Street Program. Its website is
> www.oregonheritage.org
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