Author: Ushriya

Author: Ushriya

Here’s the Press Release:

Everyone is invited to join us for the first annual Oregon Archives Crawl this October in celebration of Oregon Archives Month. Walk, bike, run, or crawl between four different downtown locations and learn what local archives have to offer researchers, students, genealogists, scholars, homeowners, history buffs, and the curious of any age. We have something for everyone, old and young, native Oregonian and visitor passing through, professional and novice.

Travel at your leisure between the Portland Archives and Records Center, the Portland State University Library, Multnomah County Central Library and the Oregon Historical Society. At each place you can tour the facilities and participate in activities that bring history to life. The Oregon Historical Society and the Multnomah County Central Library will also be hosting displays by other area archives including the Oregon Jewish Museum, Willamette University, Lewis & Clark College, the Oregon State University, the Mazamas and the Washington County Museum. Each location and participating organization will have family friendly activities throughout the day.

A free Archives Crawl “passport” will be issued to help you navigate the crawl. A fully stamped passport enters you in a raffle drawing at our After Party at the Oregon Historical Society, where there will be light refreshments, live music and a whole lot
of fun.

Join us for the first annual Oregon Archives Crawl and become a part of history!

First Annual Oregon Archives Crawl
Saturday, October 2
11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Free and Open to the Public
Starting at any of the following locations:

    Portland Archives & Records Center
    Portland State University Millar Library
    Multnomah County Central Library
    Oregon Historical Society

The After Party hosted by the Oregon Historical Society, Saturday, October 24:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Free and Open to the Public

Enjoy fun, music, and raffle prizes!

An Oregon Days of Culture event

For more information, including a complete list of participating organizations: http://pdxarchivists.wordpress.com/

For questions contact Anne LeVant Prahl curator@ojm.org, Phone: 503.226.3600 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              503.226.3600      end_of_the_skype_highlighting.

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OPB Radio’s Think Out Loud program recently aired a show on Aug. 26 focused on “The Political Power of Women“:

    You’ll hear it all over the press this week: ninety years ago women across the United States won the right to vote. This came, of course, after a decades-long suffragist movement and after a slow progression of women gaining rights, state by state. In Oregon, women were actually granted the right to vote eight years before the 19th Amendment was ratified on August 26, 1920. To a large extent this was thanks to local activist Abigail Scott Duniway. . . .

This show did not feature a representative of Century of Action (CoA), but the conversation and online comments relate directly to many of the topics that the CoA project is covering. Also, CoA Project Director Jan Dilg posted a comment.

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Three recent news items on the the most recent proposal to secure funding for the Oregon Historical Society and other heritage institutions in Multnomah County:

Steve Law, “Historical society may ask voters for tax levy,” Portland Tribune, Aug. 12, 2010.

Sarah Mirk, “HState History Museum Will Run Out of Cash in 2011, Pitches Tax to Stay Afloat,” Portland Mercury’s Blogtown, Aug. 13, 2010.

Sarah Mirk, “Historical Society Tax Will Head to Ballot: Is Our History Worth $10 a Year?,” Portland Mercury’s Blogtown, Aug. 19, 2010.

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