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Friday Outings Part 15 comments

Dave Walker wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday marked the first Friday outing with my new student. I am hoping to turn these trips into a … more →

Tags: Fibromyalgia, men with fibro, life journeys, Fibromyalgia Awareness, photos, adversity, difference, Disability, Autism

New Exhibit in Portland includes WHC Materials

whclarc wrote 4 months ago: The WHC has several pieces on loan to the Oregon Northwest Black Pioneers for their upcoming exhibit … more →

Tags: Heritage Happenings, Oregon, aerial photography, African-American, Oregon Northwest Black Pioneers Association, portland oregon, Loans

Three Cheers for Holiday Cheer

Laura Stanfill wrote 6 months ago: Brave on the Page is one of the books being featured at the Oregon Historical Society’s Holida … more →

Tags: Events, News, Brave on the Page, holiday cheer, Laura Stanfill, Oregon authors

11.14.12 Your Morning Buzz

elgl wrote 6 months ago: Quick, to the Cakemobile! Trending Would You Vote For An Atheist? Tell The Truth – Last week … more →

Tags: Morning Buzz, cake, Willamette Initiative, The Daily Evergreen

Van Evera Bailey4 comments

bonniehull wrote 6 months ago: We sloshed up to Portland Sunday with Linda and Greg to the Oregon Historical Society to hear a lect … more →

Tags: Modern Life, Architecture, Trees, beach, Design, van evera bailey, portland architecture, mid-century architecture, Hope Svenson

Help Aging Parents with One Short, Stimulating Outing

susan wrote 9 months ago: One of my cousins is in assisted living. This cousin has always been a favorite. She’s much ol … more →

Tags: aging parents, Assisted Living, short outing, outing using walker, stimulating outing

August Break :: 8.1.12

DesignbyJen wrote 9 months ago: Ford :: Oregon Historical Society (be sure to see the Pietro Belluschi exhibit too) It’s time … more →

Tags: photos, August Break 2012, design by jen, Portland, augustbreak

Portland & Portland: A Tale of Two Cities

Bearded Bow Tie Guy wrote 10 months ago: A friend recently commented that the Portland, Oregon based TV show Portlandia could just as easily … more →

Tags: Oregon, History, Culture, Maine, Portland, Oregon, Portland ME, Portland OR, Portlandia

Oregon's Claim On Olympic Sports

David Gillaspie wrote 10 months ago: Every state can boast qualities that transfer to sports, especially with the variety of Olympic spor … more →

Tags: History, Oregon Sports, Don Schollander, Eugene, Oregon, Galen Rupp, Jesse Owens, Michael Phelp, Olympic, Olympic games

Anna Fidler 2 comments

valerieherron wrote 11 months ago: Hello! I am back from a few weeks of birthday revelry interspersed with a billion projects. I hope t … more →

Tags: Portrait, Conceptual, Acrylic, Mixed media, Art History, Figure, graphite and ink, Drawing, Events

Pietro Belluschi Exhibit1 comment

whclarc wrote 11 months ago: The Oregon Historical Society will be opening a new exhibit on Oregon Architect Pietro Belluschi whi … more →

Tags: Heritage Happenings, Willamette University, Exhibit, Salem, Pietro Belluschi, Baxter Hall, Belluschi, Architecture

King of Sports Fans2 comments

David Gillaspie wrote 1 year ago: Long Live The King (posted on oregonsportsnews.com) He was a square chunk of man, Mr. Edward Merchan … more →

Tags: Oregon Sports News, aging, Boomer generation, fan, Humor, john travolta, Michael Jordan, New York, Oregon

Oregon Historical Society!

Mr. Colvin wrote 1 year ago: We had a very successful field trip to the Oregon Historical Society today. Our docents gave us lots … more →

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02.26.12 The Sunday Sermon

elgl wrote 1 year ago: Rewind March 14 ELGL Event in Bend October Luncheon: Adam Davis 02.24.12 Knope of the Week Don’t Mis … more →

Tags: Morning Buzz, METRO, Tacoma city manager, City of Albany, Oscars, Sunday Sermon, PDX news now, Connector Project, United Way PDX

Willamette River: Water In Waiting3 comments

David Gillaspie wrote 1 year ago: Ross Island, courtesy of Mike Houck New York City is a river town. Chicago has their name river like … more →

Tags: History, Culture, Essay, People, Portland, Oregon, portland oregon, Boomer generation, New York City

Info Blackout

katrinatobrien wrote 1 year ago: In the frenzy of SOPA & PIPA, it didn’t go unnoticed that I had to do a blackout of inform … more →

Tags: Archives, OHS, Processing, Records, Privacy, Restricted

"Hop Fever" Featured in latest edition of the OHQ

whclarc wrote 1 year ago: The Winter 2011 edition of the Oregon Historical Quarterly, published by the Oregon Historical Socie … more →

Tags: Library Highlights, Silverton, Oregon Historical Quarterly, hops, Hop Farming, Hop Trellis, Peter Kopp

Special Olympics Oregon

David Gillaspie wrote 1 year ago: by David Gillaspie originally posted on oregonsportsnews.com During a recent twenty-four hours, ESPN … more →

Tags: History, Oregon History, Oregon history museum, portland oregon, sports history, The Oregonian

Finding LCP's Community

katrinatobrien wrote 1 year ago: Today, I went through pamphlet after pamphlet breaking down those that were a. OR LGBTQ Orgs, b. Non … more →

Tags: Gay, Archives, Lesbian, LCP, lesbian community project, OHS, Processing, Filing, Oregon


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