Dear Oregon
Dispatches from Professional Time Travelers
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Fifteen Months on “Dear Oregon”: Professional Time Travel During a Pandemic
June 15, 2021 -
Collaborating to Preserve Immigrant Voices
June 8, 2021
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An Array of Buttons: The Story Behind OHQ’s Spring 2021 Cover
June 1, 2021 -
Scenes from the Rails: How the SP&S Railway Transformed the Pacific Northwest
May 25, 2021
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Links to Native Past and Present: Ten Creeks on Marys Peak Have New Names
May 11, 2021 -
Six Degrees of Alexander Hamilton: Another Stunning Shogren Creation in “Experience Oregon”
May 4, 2021
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Moveable New Deal Art in OHS Museum Collections
April 20, 2021 -
OHS’s New Climate Cases: A Project with a Mission
March 30, 2021
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Going Afield: Mobile Photography Studios of Early Oregon Photographers
March 23, 2021 -
Treasures from the Oregon Vault: A Civilian Conservation Corps Rug
March 9, 2021
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Oregon Voices on the Road: New and Updated Traveling Exhibits
February 23, 2021 -
OHQ’s White Supremacy and Resistance Special Issue: Now a Free Resource for Oregon
February 16, 2021
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Unearthing Oregon History: The Buck Rock Tunnel
February 9, 2021 -
Renaming Ben Johnson Mountain
January 26, 2021
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The Flight Home: The Museum of Mental Health Memorial
January 19, 2021 -
Gingerbread Bake-off
January 5, 2021
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Trapped in the Columbia Gorge: Documenting a Train Rescue during the Great Winter Storm of 1884–1885
December 15, 2020 -
Pork Cake: A Century-Old Technical Challenge
December 8, 2020
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History in the Making: Preserving the Al Monner News Negatives
December 1, 2020 -
Beached Whale Blow-Up: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Florence Exploding Whale
November 10, 2020
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The Fight Continues: Oregonians Commemorate and Complicate Voting Rights History
November 3, 2020 -
Picturing the Columbia: The Photography of Sarah Hall Ladd and Lily E. White
October 27, 2020
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Tales from the Oral History Collections: Bernie Foster
October 20, 2020 -
Preserving History: Caring for the Afro-American Heritage Bicentennial Commemorative Quilt
October 6, 2020
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Announcing the 2020 Joel Palmer Award Winner
September 1, 2020 -
ChalkTheVoteOR: Understanding History to Envision Tomorrow
August 18, 2020
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We are Patch City! A Conversation with PTFC Patch Patrol
July 14, 2020 -
Summer Research Camp: Explore Oregon Historical Society Digital Collections
June 16, 2020
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“Watch the Back of Your Pass!”: The Art of Portland Traction Co. Weekly Passes
June 11, 2020 -
Let’s Bake a (Historical) Cake
June 9, 2020
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Tales from the Oral History Collections: Mercedes Deiz
June 4, 2020 -
“History is who we are and why we are the way we are”
June 2, 2020
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Tales from the OHS Oral History Collections: Edith Green
May 21, 2020 -
Documenting Demolition and Change: A Look at Minor White’s Photographs of Portland’s Old Town and Waterfront
May 19, 2020
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Breaking News: Footage of the Mount St. Helens Eruption and Aftermath
May 14, 2020 -
Love in the Time of the Library Move
May 12, 2020
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From Whence Did it Come and to Where Did it Go?: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Oregon
May 5, 2020 -
No More Wire Hangers!
April 28, 2020
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“Here’s What Makes the ‘Whistle’ Toot”: Kaiser’s Bo’s’n’s Whistle Now Available on OHS Digital Collections
April 23, 2020 -
Powering History: The Oregon Historical Society Volunteers
April 21, 2020
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“The Moon Shines on the Moonshine”*: An Oregon Bootlegging Story
April 14, 2020 -
C is for Census
April 7, 2020
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Museum of My Stuff
April 2, 2020 -
Another Year, Another Dress: A Stunning New Shogren Design on Display in “Experience Oregon”
March 31, 2020
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Tales from the OHS Oral History Collections: Monroe Sweetland
March 26, 2020 -
Launching the Digital Production Lab: Part 2
March 17, 2020
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The Power of the Vote: A Brief History of Voting Rights in America
March 3, 2020 -
Confronting the Past: Difficult Questions and Public History Today
February 4, 2020
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Boiled Lettuce Greens: A Century-Old Recipe Technical Challenge
January 21, 2020 -
Year End Round-Up: Dear Oregon Turns One
December 24, 2019
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Welcoming Challenging Conversations: An Oregon Historical Quarterly Special Issue about White Supremacy and Resistance
December 10, 2019 -
Brains, Skill, and Butter: Sample a Feast of History in Century-old Cookbooks
November 26, 2019
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Life is Short, Wear Sequins: Early 20th Century Couture on Display in “Experience Oregon”
October 29, 2019 -
Launching the Digital Production Lab: Part 1
October 15, 2019
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A Pageant of Oregon History: Rediscovering New Deal Art at Portland’s Abernethy Elementary School
October 1, 2019 -
What a Ride: From Personal Treasure to Museum Collection
September 17, 2019
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Digitizing the Oregon Story: Exciting New Oral History Projects at OHS
June 25, 2019 -
These Are a Few of My Favorite Swords
June 11, 2019
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Trees Need Lignin, We Don’t!
April 30, 2019 -
Of Mountains and Metadata: The Photographs of Donald Burkhart
April 16, 2019
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The Details are in the Dirt: Scenic Elements in Experience Oregon
March 5, 2019 -
Oregon History Boot Camp: Meet the OHS Docents
February 19, 2019
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Portland, a Squatter’s Paradise
February 5, 2019 -
The (First) Time Nazis Marched in Portland
January 22, 2019