[OR_Archaeology] WEBSITES OFFER SEVERAL NEW RESOURCES

[Susan White]

WEBSITES OFFER SEVERAL NEW RESOURCES

1.  An online version of the historical exhibit installed on Central
City Concern’s Golden West Building is available at
http://www.centralcityconcern.org/golden-west-intro.html. This
permanent exterior exhibit tells a social and ethnic story of the
vibrant African-American community in Portland in the early 1900s and
the successes and challenges of its residents. The exhibit - featuring
six panels and a soundtrack- can be seen and heard by the public on both
sides of the Golden West Building, 707 NW Everett at Broadway. The
exhibit curator is Jacqueline Peterson-Loomis. Central City Concern is a
501(c)(3) nonprofit agency serving single adults and families in the
Portland metro area who are impacted by homelessness, poverty and
addictions. Founded in 1979, the agency has developed a comprehensive
continuum of affordable housing options integrated with direct social
services including healthcare, recovery and employment.
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2. The Oregon Digital Newspaper Program is an initiative to digitize
historic Oregon newspaper content and make it freely available to the
public through a keyword-searchable online database. The initial phase
of the program will concentrate on newspapers published between 1860
and
1922, with a goal of approximately 150,000 pages freely available
online in the first two years by July 2011. The newspaper program
website was also constructed to help facilitate the digitization of
Oregon newspapers by outside organizations/individuals. The resulting
product will be an open state-wide resource for historic Oregon
newspapers online. The site also includes a blog, a list of historic
Oregon newspapers, and historic newspapers available on microfilm. For
more information, visit  http://libweb.uoregon.edu/diglib/odnp/