We’re very pleased to announce the results of the third cycle of the Northwest History Network’s microfunding program. We received a total of eight proposals this year, which were reviewed by a committee of five professionals. The NHN Board has approved funding for four proposals that earned enthusiastic support from our reviewers:

Project:  “Commemorating the Events and History of the 1934 Longshore Strike”

Organization:  The Bloody Wednesday Project

Project Director:  Ryan Wisnor

The Bloody Wednesday Project will use their $250 award to assist in the costs of drafting a design for a historical marker to bring the history of Bloody Wednesday to the public.

Project:  “Portland’s Type Casting Heritage Project, an Oral History”

Project Director:  Rebecca Gilbert

The $250 award will be used to fund the purchase of equipment to record oral history interviews to document the era of hot-metal printing in the Portland Metro area.

Project:  “Life in the Newberg Boyhood Home of Herbert Hoover:  A Resource”

Organization:  Hoover-Minthorn House Museum

Project Director:  Sarah B. Munro

The Hoover-Minthorn House Museum will use their $231 award to develop a resource book for teachers to be used in preparation for class visits to the museum.

Project:  ”Wage/Working explores income inequality through a traveling jukebox of interviews and stories about working”

Organization:  Wage/Working

Project Director:  Laura Hadden

Wage/Working will use their $250 award to fund the installation of the jukebox, which contains oral histories about wage and income inequality, at venues in the Portland area.

Please email nhn-board@googlegroups.com if you have suggestions about the program or would like to help out.