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Bohemians West: Free Love, Family, and Radicals in Twentieth Century America

Type: Lecture, Virtual Event     Series: History Pub

Bohemians West: Free Love, Family, and Radicals in Twentieth Century America

Presented by Sherry L. Smith


Livestream on Facebook

  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Oregon students attend the 2019 National History Day contest.

Type: Education Event, Professional Development, Virtual Event     

Oregon History Day Educator Webinar—September 29

Presented by Kristen Pilgrim


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  • Teachers
Oregon Historical Society

Type: Special Event, Virtual Event     

Annual Meeting of the Membership

Virtual program via Zoom


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  • Free
  • RSVP Required
  • Free for Members
  • Members Only
Student performance at 2019 National History Day contest.

Type: Education Event, Professional Development, Virtual Event     

Oregon History Day Educator Webinar—October 5

Presented by Kristen Pilgrim


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  • Teachers
Vanport City, daily vacation Bible School, 8/21/1943. OrHi 78867

Type: Education Event, Professional Development, Virtual Event     

Introduction to Experience Oregon K–2 Units — Module 1

Presented by Sarah Anderson


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  • Teachers
Iwaco Oyama, publishing the Oregon Nippo, OHS Research Library, Al Monner news negatives, Org. Lot 1284, box 26, 1141-1

Type: Virtual Event     

Historians and the News: Reflections on Xenophobia, Politics, and Living in an Historic Moment

A Conversation between Dr. Erika Lee and Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols

Zoom link will be sent to ticket holders one week prior to the event.


Virtual program via Zoom. Register here.

  • Researchers
  • Teachers
The African American Heritage Bicentennial Commemorative Quilt Committee made to coincide with the American Revolution Bicentennial Celebration. The quilt documents two hundred years of African American history. OHS Research Library, OrHi 50382

Type: Panel Discussion, Virtual Event     

Stitching History: The Afro-American Heritage Bicentennial Commemorative Quilt

Panel discussion with Dr. Carmen Thompson, Mary Bywater Cross, and Sylvia Gates Carlisle, M.D., moderated by Sheridan Collins from Portland Textile Month

Virtual program via Zoom


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  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
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Black United Front leader, Ron Herndon, stands on a desk at a School Board protest against the closure of Harriet Tubman Middle School, March 30, 1982. Steve Nehl, Oregon Journal. OrHi 95005 ba018353

Type: Education Event, Professional Development, Virtual Event     

Introduction to Experience Oregon 6–12 Units — Module 1

Presented by Sarah Anderson


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  • Teachers
The Willamette River at Champoeg, Valley of the Willamette, May 1851, by George Gibbs. Negative 2854 F 11, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Type: Virtual Event, Panel Discussion, Lecture     

The Surprising Adventures of George Gibbs on the Oregon Frontier

Presentation by Dr. Stephen Dow Beckham, followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Sara L. Gonzalez, David Harrelson, and Dr. Shannon Tushingham, moderated by Eliza E. Canty-Jones

Virtual program via Zoom


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  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Rogue River at Walker Bar. Courtesy of Richard Bergeman from “The Land Remembers: Photographs Inspired by the Rogue River Wars of Southern Oregon, 1851-56.

Type: Lecture, Virtual Event     

Revisiting the Rogue River Wars of Southern Oregon: A Photographer's Journey and a Tribal Perspective

Presented by Rich Bergeman and David Harrelson

Virtual program via Zoom


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  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers