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In My Father’s House: A New View of How Crime Runs in the Family

Type: Book Talk     

In My Father’s House: A New View of How Crime Runs in the Family

Presented by Fox Butterfield


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Reed College, 1945. Photo Art Collection, Box 44, PA#71913-32 (source: print from PA publicity box).

Type: Special Event     

Oregon Archives Crawl

Presented by the City of Portland Archives and Records Center, Multnomah County Library, and the Oregon Historical Society


Multiple Locations
Portland, Oregon

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Vera Sung, Jill Sung, Thomas Sung from ABACUS, a PBS Distribution release. Photo courtesy of Sean Lyness

Type: Film Showing     

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

Presented by the Chinese American Citizens Alliance – Portland Lodge


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
Captain Jack

Type: Television Broadcast, Online Video     Series: Oregon Experience

The Modoc War


OPB-TV

  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Doris Kearns Goodwin

Type: Lecture, Special Event     

An Evening with Doris Kearns Goodwin


Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway
Portland, Oregon 97205

End of Longshore Strike, Blue Bell Tavern, Portland, Feb 5, 1937. Oregon Journal Photo, OPS #1745 OrHi 27630 bb007851

Type: Exhibit Opening     

Members-Only Exhibit Preview Reception: “Barley, Barrels, Bottles, and Brews: 200 Years of Oregon Beer”


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • RSVP Required
  • Free for Members
  • Members Only
WWI Recruiting Poster

Type: Lecture     Series: History Pub

Committed: The Home Front in Oregon During World War I, 1914 – 1918

Presented by William Stack

Doors open at 6pm


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

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Rescuers form human rescue chain during Vanport Flood, 1948. Oregonian photo, OrHi 52428

Type: Television Broadcast, Online Video     Series: Oregon Experience

Vanport


OPB-TV

  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America, by Nicholas Lemann

Type: Book Talk     Series: History Book Club

The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America


University Club
1225 SW 6th Ave
Portland, Oregon 97204

  • RSVP Required
  • Members Only
  • Free for Members
Hop yard, Oregon. Weister Company. Hand colored lantern slide. bb015481

Type: Lecture     

Hoptopia: The History and Science Behind Pacific Northwest Beer

Presented by Dr. Peter A. Kopp and Dr. Thomas (Tom) Shellhammer


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers