About OHQ
Imagine a beautiful room with good lighting and comfortable chairs. People gather there to talk about the past. As they come and go, they bring in books and letters and photographs and memories, making them available for anyone else who visits. It is a place where people build on each other's knowledge and understanding to create something that is bigger than any one of them and that is of use to everyone. That room is the Oregon Historical Quarterly.
Everyone is welcome in the room!
What kinds of articles are published in OHQ?
Research articles
Generally the longest in any issue, presenting a thesis and supporting evidence and narrative about a significant aspect of the past
Oregon voices and Oregon places
Generally shorter and focused on a person or place
Primary documents
Reproductions with introductions to give context
Research files
Showcases underutilized collections, research tools, and research processes
Local history spotlights
Highlight projects focused on local history across oregon
Photo essays
Focus is on images, with lengthy captions and introductory context
Review and reflection essays
In which authors reflect on their own books or review a group of books
Who are OHQ authors?
Anyone willing and able to do the work to bring a manuscript through peer review!
What do we look for in OHQ manuscripts?
Does it contain new information about, or new perspectives on, the past?
Does it engage with what we already know? Is it taking part in the conversation?
Does it clearly relate the effects of specific decisions and actions by individuals or groups of people?
Does it answer the most important question: WHY DOES THIS MATTER?
OHQ is the vanguard of Oregon history!
Through OHQ, niche obsessions become the building blocks of knowledge about Oregon's past.
Submissions and Advertising
Please see the Information for Authors pdf below for submission guidelines and contacts.
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Information for Authors (PDF)
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Author Style Guide (PDF)
Staff
Eliza E. Canty-Jones,
Editor
eliza.canty-jones@ohs.org
Erin Brasell,
Editorial, Design, and Production Manager
erin.brasell@ohs.org
Helen Ryan,
Rose Tucker Fellow
Photo and Editorial Research
helen.ryan@ohs.org
Katrine Barber,
Book Review Editor
ohqbookreviews@ohs.org
Editorial Advisory Board
Peter Boag, Washington State UniversityKelly Cannon-Miller, Deschutes County Historical Society
Chrissy Curran, State Historic Preservation OfficeJennifer Karson Engum, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Laura Ferguson, High Desert Museum
Natalia Fernández, Oregon State University
Karen Gibson, Portland State University
Christin Hancock, University of Portland
Marc Rodriguez, Portland State University
Chelsea Rose, Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology