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Frame from archival news footage. OHS Research Library

Type: Partner Event, Panel Discussion     

Wild Wild History: The Rise and Fall of Rajneeshpuram

Presented by the U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society


First Congregational United Church of Christ Portland
1126 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
David Lett tastes wine at The Eyrie Vineyards winery in McMinnville, Oregon. Tom Ballard took the photo for an article in the News-Register.

Type: Online Video, Television Broadcast     Series: Oregon Experience

Oregon Wine—Grapes of Place


OPB-TV

Central Pacific Railroad -- Chinese Laborers at Work. Online Archive of California, Courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library. Harper's Weekly, Vol. 11, MTP/HW: Vol. 11: 772. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb5v19n7fx

Type: Lecture     Series: Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project

Exploring the Healthcare of Chinese Railroad Workers through an Historic and Archaeological Lens

Presented by Dr. Sarah Heffner


Southern Oregon University Hannon Library
1250 Siskiyou Blvd
Meese Room (Lib 305)
Ashland, Oregon 97520

  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Keep it for Your Children: Theodore Roosevelt’s 1903 Western Trip, by James Blase

Type: Book Talk     

Keep it for Your Children: Theodore Roosevelt’s 1903 Western Trip

Presented by James Blase


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Image by Chelsea Rose, SOULA

Type: Lecture     Series: Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project

Archaeology of the Despised: Blacks, Jews, Chinese

Presented by Dr. Adrian Praetzellis


Canyon City Community Center
123 Washington Street
Canyon City, Oregon 97820

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Pioneer Mother Monuments: Constructing Cultural Memory by Cynthia Culver Prescott

Type: Panel Discussion     Series: Second Sunday

The Promised Land? Public Reactions to Portland’s Pioneer Monuments

Presented by Cynthia C. Prescott with Wendell Baskins and Marc Carpenter


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham

Type: Book Talk     Series: History Book Club

The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels


University Club
1225 SW 6th Ave
Portland, Oregon 97204

  • RSVP Required
  • Members Only
  • Free for Members
Official band photo - left to right: Martin Stevens, Kristen Grainger, Dan Wetzel and Josh Adkins.

Type: Musical Performance     

Summer Concert with Kristen Grainger and True North


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
Image courtesy of the Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site

Type: Lecture     Series: Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project

Chinese Tunnels: Myth or Reality?

Presented by Priscilla Wegars


Canyon City Community Center
123 Washington Street
Canyon City, Oregon 97820

  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Deep Creek where the Chinese Massacre occurred. Courtesy of Greg Nokes

Type: Lecture     Series: Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project

May 1887: What Happened?

Presented by Dr. Chuimei Ho and Dr. Bennett Bronson


Canyon City Community Center
123 Washington Street
Canyon City, Oregon 97820

  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers