Events

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All in person programs and events are cancelled or postponed through May. For the latest news on OHS operations, please visit ohs.org/washyourhands

Photograph of Chief Paulina was likely taken in 1865 when Paulina was living on the Klamath Reservation. The Sunday Oregonian., July 22, 1900, Page 8, Image 8. Image provided by University of Oregon Libraries

Type: Lecture, Partner Event     Series: History Pub

About Who Killed Chief Paulina? The Violent Life and Mysterious Death of a Paiute Warrior

Cancelled


McMenamins Old St. Francis School
700 N.W. Bond Street
Bend, Oregon 97703

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Mt. Hood – North Side, OHS Research Library, Frank Branch Riley Collection

Type: Slide Presentation, Partner Event     

We Go Up: A History of Mountaineering and the Mazamas (Ft. Vancouver)

Cancelled


Ft. Vancouver National Historic Site
612 East Reserve Street
Vancouver, Washington 98661

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Mt. Hood – North Side, OHS Research Library, Frank Branch Riley Collection

Type: Slide Presentation, Partner Event     

A History of the Mazamas and Mountaineering in the Pacific Northwest (Forest Grove)

Presented by Mathew Brock and Matthew Cowan


McMenamins Grand Lodge
3505 Pacific Ave
Forest Grove, Oregon 97116

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Judge Wallace McCamant, pictured here in 1924, served on the Oregon Supreme Court in 1917 and 1918; OHS Research Library, 0093P121

Type: Lecture, Virtual Event     Series: History Pub

The Obscure Oregonian Who Changed American Presidential History

Presented by Kerry Tymchuk


Virtual event: streaming link to come

  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Wreck of the San Agustin, 1595. Gordon Miller, watercolor.

Type: Lecture, Partner Event     Series: History Pub

Shipwrecks, Legends, and Lost Treasures – Historical Archaeology on the Pacific Coast

Presented by Scott Williams, Archeologist.

6:00 pm doors, first come, first served. Arrive early!


McMenamins Old St. Francis School
700 N.W. Bond Street
Bend, Oregon 97703

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Erika Lee

Type: Lecture     Series: Hatfield Lecture Series

Erika Lee

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Keller Auditorium
222 SW Clay St.
Portland, Oregon 97201

  • Family-friendly
  • Teachers
National American Woman Suffrage Association meeting in Portland, Oregon; signed by Abigail Scott Duniway and Susan B. Anthony; July 1, 1905, OHS Research Library, OrHi 59438

Type: Lecture     

The Surprising Movement for Woman Suffrage

Presented by Ellen Carol DuBois


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Type: Lecture     Series: Hatfield Lecture Series

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Family-friendly
  • Teachers
Meier and Frank 1976 Christmas display. CN 023668 bb006591

Type: Special Event     

Holiday Cheer


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
Herbs and Roots: A History of Chinese Doctors in the American Medical Marketplace

Type: Book Talk     Series: Second Sunday

Herbs and Roots: A History of Chinese Doctors in the American Medical Marketplace

Presented by Tamara Venit-Shelton


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers