Events

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Unless otherwise noted, all public programs and school tours currently scheduled through late April are either canceled or postponed. For more information, please visit ohs.org/washyourhands

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 (Pittock Mansion)

Cancelled


Pittock Mansion
3229 NW Pittock Drive
Portland, Oregon 97210

  • Free
  • RSVP Required
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Catch and Release: An Oregon Life in Politics, by Les AuCoin

Type: Book Talk     Series: History Book Club

Catch and Release

We are currently making plans to conduct the book club virtually; please contact Ali Griffin ali.griffin@ohs.org if you would like to attend.


  • RSVP Required
  • Members Only
  • Free for Members
The Maury Island Incident

Type: Lecture, Film Showing     Series: History Pub

The Maury Island Incident

Cancelled


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

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Photograph of Chief Paulina was likely taken in 1865 when Paulina was living on the Klamath Reservation. The Sunday Oregonian., July 22, 1900, Page 8, Image 8. Image provided by University of Oregon Libraries

Type: Lecture, Partner Event     Series: History Pub

About Who Killed Chief Paulina? The Violent Life and Mysterious Death of a Paiute Warrior

Presented by Nate Pedersen, historian and writer 6:00 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
Mt. Hood – North Side, OHS Research Library, Frank Branch Riley Collection

Type: Slide Presentation, Partner Event     

We Go Up: A History of Mountaineering and the Mazamas (Ft. Vancouver)

Presented by Mathew Brock and Matthew Cowan


Ft. Vancouver National Historic Site
612 East Reserve Street
Vancouver, Washington 98661

  • 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 (Forest Grove)

Presented by Mathew Brock and Matthew Cowan


McMenamins Grand Lodge
3505 Pacific Ave
Forest Grove, Oregon 97116

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Women judges at the investiture ceremony of Betty Roberts as Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. OHS Research Library, neg. 83212, bb006175

Type: Panel Discussion     Series: History Pub

Women on the Bench in Oregon

Panel discussion with Judge Ann Aiken, Judge Susan Graber, Judge Darleen Ortega, Justice Adrienne Nelson, and Chief Justice Martha Walters, moderated by Kerry Tymchuk

Doors open at 6pm


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

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Wreck of the San Agustin, 1595. Gordon Miller, watercolor.

Type: Lecture, Partner Event     Series: History Pub

Shipwrecks, Legends, and Lost Treasures – Historical Archaeology on the Pacific Coast

Presented by Scott Williams, Archeologist.

6:00 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
Erika Lee

Type: Lecture     Series: Hatfield Lecture Series

Erika Lee

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Keller Auditorium
222 SW Clay St.
Portland, Oregon 97201

  • Family-friendly
  • Teachers
National American Woman Suffrage Association meeting in Portland, Oregon; signed by Abigail Scott Duniway and Susan B. Anthony; July 1, 1905, OHS Research Library, OrHi 59438

Type: Lecture     

The Surprising Movement for Woman Suffrage

Presented by Ellen Carol DuBois


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers