Dear Oregon
Dispatches from Professional Time Travelers
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Tales from the Oral History Collections: John E. Jaqua
July 13, 2021 -
Fifteen Months on “Dear Oregon”: Professional Time Travel During a Pandemic
June 15, 2021
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Collaborating to Preserve Immigrant Voices
June 8, 2021 -
An Array of Buttons: The Story Behind OHQ’s Spring 2021 Cover
June 1, 2021
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Scenes from the Rails: How the SP&S Railway Transformed the Pacific Northwest
May 25, 2021 -
Links to Native Past and Present: Ten Creeks on Marys Peak Have New Names
May 11, 2021
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Six Degrees of Alexander Hamilton: Another Stunning Shogren Creation in “Experience Oregon”
May 4, 2021 -
Tales from the Oral History Collections: Charles B. Maxey
April 27, 2021
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From Pet Cemetery to Baker County: A Forgotten Monument Finds a Home
April 13, 2021 -
Going Afield: Mobile Photography Studios of Early Oregon Photographers
March 23, 2021
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The Library Materials — A Series
March 16, 2021 -
Treasures from the Oregon Vault: A Civilian Conservation Corps Rug
March 9, 2021
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The Great Oregon Balloon Race of 1914
March 2, 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 -
Tales from the Oral History Collections: Cecil L. Edwards
February 2, 2021
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Renaming Ben Johnson Mountain
January 26, 2021 -
A Banner Year: The Saga of the U.S.S. “Oregon” Homeward Bound Pennant
January 12, 2021
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Gingerbread Bake-off
January 5, 2021 -
Tales from the Oral History Collections: Joyce Braden Harris
December 29, 2020
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Pork Cake: A Century-Old Technical Challenge
December 8, 2020 -
Beached Whale Blow-Up: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Florence Exploding Whale
November 10, 2020
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Picturing the Columbia: The Photography of Sarah Hall Ladd and Lily E. White
October 27, 2020 -
Tales from the Oral History Collections: Bernie Foster
October 20, 2020
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Back to (Virtual) School: Return to the Classroom through OHS Digital Collections
September 15, 2020 -
Announcing the 2020 Joel Palmer Award Winner
September 1, 2020
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Do Protests Work? Let’s ask the Thompson Elk
August 25, 2020 -
We are Patch City! A Conversation with PTFC Patch Patrol
July 14, 2020
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Up in the Air and on the Street: Another OHS Digital Collections Mystery
June 30, 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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When Oregon Mattered
May 26, 2020 -
Tales from the OHS Oral History Collections: Edith Green
May 21, 2020
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Documenting Demolition and Change: A Look at Minor White’s Photographs of Portland’s Old Town and Waterfront
May 19, 2020 -
Breaking News: Footage of the Mount St. Helens Eruption and Aftermath
May 14, 2020
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Love in the Time of the Library Move
May 12, 2020 -
From Whence Did it Come and to Where Did it Go?: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Oregon
May 5, 2020
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“Louie Louie, oh baby, take me where ya gotta go.” Which is nowhere. Baby.
April 30, 2020 -
From Sugar Rationing to Rubber Drives: A Glimpse at World War II through the Al Monner News Negatives
April 16, 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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Another Year, Another Dress: A Stunning New Shogren Design on Display in “Experience Oregon”
March 31, 2020 -
Tales from the OHS Oral History Collections: Monroe Sweetland
March 26, 2020
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Launching the Digital Production Lab: Part 2
March 17, 2020 -
The Power of the Vote: A Brief History of Voting Rights in America
March 3, 2020
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Reflecting on the Oregon Story: Maurine Neuberger and the Margarine Mayhem
February 18, 2020 -
Boiled Lettuce Greens: A Century-Old Recipe Technical Challenge
January 21, 2020
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“Most Extraordinary of Busses”: Documenting the Rise and Fall of the Mt. Hood Aerial Skiway with OHS Collections
January 7, 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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Indexing the Oregon Story: Providing Access to Library “Gold”
November 12, 2019 -
Life is Short, Wear Sequins: Early 20th Century Couture on Display in “Experience Oregon”
October 29, 2019
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Launching the Digital Production Lab: Part 1
October 15, 2019 -
A Pageant of Oregon History: Rediscovering New Deal Art at Portland’s Abernethy Elementary School
October 1, 2019
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What a Ride: From Personal Treasure to Museum Collection
September 17, 2019 -
Is It Flat? Illusion, Reality, and the Haas Mural
August 6, 2019
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A New Face for the OHS Research Library Catalog
July 9, 2019 -
Digitizing the Oregon Story: Exciting New Oral History Projects at OHS
June 25, 2019
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Oregon History Day: It’s All About the Journey
May 14, 2019 -
Of Mountains and Metadata: The Photographs of Donald Burkhart
April 16, 2019
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Can She Run a Boiler? Misogyny in the Archives
March 19, 2019 -
The Details are in the Dirt: Scenic Elements in Experience Oregon
March 5, 2019
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Oregon History Boot Camp: Meet the OHS Docents
February 19, 2019 -
Portland, a Squatter’s Paradise
February 5, 2019
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The (First) Time Nazis Marched in Portland
January 22, 2019 -
Curating “Barley, Barrels, Bottles, and Brews”
January 8, 2019