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James Hillegas Northwest History Associate
Mr. Hillegas, who enjoys history as well as his coffee.

Professional Credentials

  • MA, History, Portland State University
  • BA, Interdisciplinary Studies, Fairhaven College, Western Washington University

Personal Statement

Historian of the 20th century urban environment in North America, including pollution abatement, the built environment, sustainability, and oral history.

Areas of Specialization

  • Education; Historical Research; Historical Writing; Oral History

Professional Associations

  • American Society for Environmental History
  • Urban History Association
  • Organization of American Historians
  • Northwest History Network
  • Oregon Historical Society

Selected Positions, Projects, and Publications

  • Working for the “Working River”: Willamette River Pollution, 1926-1975 [working title]. Book in progress, Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.
  • “Working for the ‘Working River’: Willamette River Pollution, 1926-1962.” MA Thesis, Portland State University, 2009.
  • “With the Determination of the Machine Age: Interstate 5 is Built through Bellingham, Washington, 1945-1966,” The Journal of the Whatcom County Historical Society, Centennial Edition (2004), 105-138.
  • Oregon Encyclopedia entries:
    • “Izaak Walton League in Oregon”
    • “Geocaching”
    • “U.S.S. Sederstrom (DE-31)”
    • “U.S.S. Astoria (CA-34)”
    • “U.S.S. Oregon City (CA-122)”
    • “U.S.S. Coos Bay (AVP-25) / U.S.C.G.C. Coos Bay (WHEC-376)”
    • “Mt. Angel Oktoberfest”

Contact Information:
971-506-5998
~jvhillegas@gmail.com
http://wwwhistoricalthreads.blogspot.com/
http://sustainabilityhistory.org/

Professional Credentials

 

Personal Statement

I am a multimedia artist specializing in moving imagery and instructional
technology. I consider myself an amateur historian focusing on the heritage
and history of my community, the Silverton Country, as well as the history
of multimedia technology and its impact on society.Areas of Specialization:
Digital motion picture production, editing and animation. I am skilled in
all aspects of digital and analog graphic art, moving imagery and audio
techniques. I am especially interested in acoustic audio recording
techniques, late 19th century political cartoons and early motion picture
hard and software. I am also well versed in analog to digital conversion of
various media, including but not limited to Optical Character Recognition
(OCR), phonographic audio restoration, photographic scanning, and film
transfer. I am a frequent lecturer on a variety of topics, from antique
phonographics to Martian lava tube caves.

Professional Associations

  • Northwest History Network

Selected Positions, Projects, and Publications

  • Coordinator – The Davenport Project
  • GeerCrest Farm & Historical Society – Board of Directors
  • CONTACT: Cultures of the Imagination – Board of Directors
  • Silverton Planning Commission – Commissioner
  • Silverton Grange No. 748 – Lecturer
  • “Cartoons by Davenport” – Researcher and editor for this annotated edition of Hearst cartoonist Homer Davenport’s 1898 book
  • “Silverton” – Author/Compiler of Arcadia Publishing’s book on Silverton fortheir “Images of America” series

Contact Information:
503-779-9378
http://gus.2020oregon.net
The Davenport Project

Northwest History Associate Richard H Engeman
Attired for the Oregon Statehood Centennial

Professional Credentials

  • MA, History (Western American/Public history), University of Washington
  • MLS, Librarianship, University of Oregon
  • BA, American Studies, Reed College

Personal Statement

I am a public historian with a broad knowledge of Pacific Northwest history, and a commitment to making regional history accessible and meaningful to a wide audience.

Areas of Specialization

  • Transportation history (railroads, steamboats, streetcars, buses)
  • Regional foodways
  • Public markets
  • Architecture and historic preservation
  • Community history
  • Historical photographs, maps, ephemera, and archival resources
  • Historical tours
  • Public talks
  • Illustrated presentations

Professional Associations

  • National Council on Public History
  • American Association for State and Local History
  • Washington State Historical Society
  • Northwest History Network
  • Oregon Historical Society
  • Northwest Archivists

Selected Positions, Projects and Publications

  • Proprietor of Oregon Rediviva, LLC, since 2006. Clients have included the Victorian Society in America; Oregon Historical Society; Tamastslikt Cultural Institute
  • Employers have included the Oregon Historical Society, University of Washington Libraries, Southern Oregon Historical Society
  • The Oregon Companion: an Historical Gazetteer of the Useful, the Curious, and the Arcane. Timber Press, 2009
  • Eating It Up in Eden: the Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Cookbook. White House Grocery Press, 2009
  • Wooden Beams and Railroad Ties: the History of Oregon’s Built Environment. Online publication at the Oregon History Project, Oregon Historical Society, 2005

Contact Information:the-oregon-companion-cover 503-235-9032
www.oregonrediviva.com