Author: Ushriya

Author: Ushriya

Last week was a good one for the 2012: Oregon Woman Suffrage Centennial project.

On November 2, Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown and State Archivist Mary Beth Herkert hosted a reception in Salem to launch the 2012 Oregon Woman Suffrage Centennial. Attended by over fifty elected officials, representatives of government agencies and women’s organizations, along with members of the academic and archival community and other stakeholders, the event began a collaboration between the many voices and perspectives needed to tell Oregon’s suffrage history and women’s history. Secretary Brown noted, “This was a vote that changed the face of Oregon and it came with the support of some brave and colorful figures from our past. This is a golden page in Oregon history.” Held at the State Archives, Herkert and the archive staff displayed the original proclamation, initiative petitions, and Abigail Scott Duniway voter registration cards. Learn more at Secretary Brown’s blog.

We also learned that the Oregon Heritage Commission granted our request for funds to develop a comprehensive educational and informational centennial website for 2012: Oregon Woman Suffrage Centennial. A project of the Northwest History Network, the website will provide interpretive essays written by scholars, primary documents, and archival links to women’s historical collections.

Keep your eyes here and on the Oregon Suffrage Centennial blog for more news as we move onward!


Left. Three Gorges Dam Under Construction. Image courtesy of Linda Butler

November 6 & 7, 2009

The Center for Columbia River History presents “Reversing the Flow: Big Dams, Power, and People in Global Perspective,” an evening reception and full-day conference to explore the historical and cultural contexts of world dams in Afghanistan, Canada, China, Ghana, India, and the Columbia River Basin. The conference will kick off with a reception to welcome our international speakers on Friday evening, November 6 at Vancouver’s Water Resources Education Center. This program will place the Columbia River into global context by offering films, images, and discussion of the historical Columbia River.

Dr. William Lang of Portland State University, and former Director of the Center for Columbia River History, will give the annual Castles Lecture as a keynote address: “Dam Sites: Big Dams and Local Politics on the Columbia and in the World. The conference will be held Saturday November 7 at Washington State University Vancouver, 14204 SE Salmon Creek Avenue, Vancouver, from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. International speakers include Shripad Dharmadhikary, India; Tina Loo, University of British Columbia; Stephan Miescher, University of California, Santa Barbara; Linda Nash, University of Washington; and Dr. David Pietz, Washington State University.

The program will be held in conjunction with a series of free public lectures through the WSU Vancouver University Scholars program and a photographic exhibit, “The Yangtze Remembered” by Linda Butler at WSU Vancouver November 3 – December 11, 2009. Linda Butler will also present “A Photographer’s Eight Journeys to China’s Yangtze River” on December 7, 6:00 p.m. at WSU Vancouver.

All events are free to the public. Please rsvp by November 5 to Donna Sinclair, CCRH Program Manager, if you will attend the Friday evening reception: info@ccrh.org or 360-258-3289. For a full schedule see, http://www.ccrh.org/calendar.php

The Northwest History Network is holding its regular social night tonight, Monday, October 12th, 6 pm, at It’s A Beautiful Pizza.

NHN board member Ken Lomax and his band will be performing a set of jazz music at the venue from 6 pm to 8 pm that evening.

It’s a Beautiful Pizza is located at 3342 SE Belmont Street in Portland. Please join us for an evening of great music and camaraderie!