Events

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Coquille, Ore. E.W. Rollins Collection, Acc 24549, Box 5.

Type: Special Event     

Santa Visits Santaland December 21


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
Demonstrators with

Type: Lecture     Series: Second Sunday

“Everyone was in the loop”: Impeachment in Historical Perspective

Presented by Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Mt. Hood – North Side, OHS Research Library, Frank Branch Riley Collection

Type: Slide Presentation, Partner Event     

A History of the Mazamas and Mountaineering in the Pacific Northwest (Lake Oswego)

Presented by Mathew Brock and Matthew Cowan

Doors open at 6:30pm


Lake Theater & Café
106 N State Street
Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Still from Buster Keaton’s The General

Type: Lecture, Film Showing     Series: History Pub

The Making of “The General”—Buster Keaton’s Masterpiece

Presented by Jim Scheppke

Doors open at 6pm


McMenamins Kennedy School
5736 NE 33rd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97211

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Grit and Ink by William F. Willingham

Type: Lecture, Partner Event     Series: History Pub

From Frontier Newspapering to the Digital Age: One Oregon Family’s Odyssey

Presented by William Willingham, author of Grit and Ink

5:30 pm doors, first come, first served. Arrive early!


McMenamins Old St. Francis School
700 N.W. Bond Street
Bend, Oregon 97703

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Flora Thompson reading a book with her granddaughter. OHS Research Library, bb017601

Type: Lecture, Film Showing, Partner Event     

Celilo Collaborations: Sharing the Stories of a Place and Its People

Presented by Dr. Katrine Barber with Linda Meanus

Doors open at 5:30pm


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Mt. Hood – North Side, OHS Research Library, Frank Branch Riley Collection

Type: Slide Presentation, Partner Event     

A History of the Mazamas and Mountaineering in the Pacific Northwest (Portland)

Presented by Mathew Brock and Matthew Cowan


Mazama Mountaineering Center
527 SE 43rd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97215

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Mitzi Loftus with her family at the Tule Lake Internment Camp. (McMenamins)

Type: Lecture     Series: History Pub

Detained by My Country

Presented by Mitzi, Toby, and David Loftus

Doors open at 6pm


McMenamins Kennedy School
5736 NE 33rd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97211

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Joanne B. Freeman. Photo by Beowulf Sheehan

Type: Lecture     Series: Hatfield Lecture Series

Joanne B. Freeman

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Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Family-friendly
  • Teachers
St. Johns, summer 1908. OHS Research Library, photo file 1698, neg. no. 45949

Type: Lecture     Series: History Pub

Riot and Revolutionaries in 1910 St. Johns

Presented by Johanna Ogden

Doors open at 6pm


McMenamins Kennedy School
5736 NE 33rd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97211

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers