[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2010-08-25

[Heritage Info]

In this issue:
1.  NEH conservation grant applications available
2.  Exhibits extended, launched in Salem, Portland
3.  OPB to premier Round-up program at Tamastslikt
4.  Shaw library featured on History Detectives
5.  Cascade Orbis Alliance seeks consulting archivist


NEH CONSERVATION GRANT APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

National Endowment for the Humanities grants are available to plan and
implement preventive conservation projects that prolong the useful life
of humanities collections.
NEH is encouraging projects that explore and implement sustainable
preservation measures that are designed to mitigate the greatest risks
to collections rather than to meet prescriptive targets.

The NEH's Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections grant program offers
two kinds of awards: planning grants up to $40,000 and implementation
grants up to $400,000.

Planning grants can help institutions identify realistic approaches for
mitigating risks to collections; examine passive and low-energy
alternatives to conventional energy-intensive systems for managing
environmental conditions; and analyze existing climate control systems
and the performance characteristics of buildings and building
envelopes to develop a plan for improved operation, effectiveness, and
energy efficiency.

Implementation grants can support managing interior relative humidity
and temperature by passive methods; installing or re-commissioning
heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems; installing storage
systems and rehousing collections; improving security and the protection
of collections from fire, flood, and other disasters; and
upgrading lighting systems and controls to achieve levels suitable for
collections that are energy efficient.

The deadline for applications is Nov. 16. Program guidelines are on the
NEH Web site: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/SCHC.html  U.S.
nonprofit museums, libraries, and archives, as well as state and local
governmental agencies and tribal governments with humanities collections
are eligible to apply.

To contact the NEH, email preservation at neh.gov or call 202-606-8570.


EXHIBITS EXTENDED, LAUNCHED IN SALEM, PORTLAND

Portland: The band Pendletones derived its name from the Pendleton
Board Shirt the  band wore in the early 60s and was featured on the
cover of two of its popular albums. The Pendletones’  connection to
Pendleton Woolen Mills (they changed their name to the Beach Boys) and
related information is found in "Pendleton: Weaving America’s  Spirit"
now showing at the World Forestry Center. Due to its popularity the 
exhibit has been extended until Sept. 25. The museum is five minutes
from downtown Portland, just off Highway 26 and accessible  by MAX light
rail line. For more  information, please call 503-228-1367 or visit
www.worldforestry.org.  

Portland: "Jews at Work: Law and Medicine" is an exhibit opening Sept. 15
that charts the progress that Oregon Jews made as they integrated into
the into the life of the state. The pursuit of knowledge, combined with
the quest for justice and the sanctity of life, has drawn Jews to
professions in law and medicine. Through narratives, artifacts and
photographs, the exhibition focuses on the challenges Jews faced in
these career choices as well as on the contributions they were able to
make to society with the benefit of specialized training and expertise.
The exhibit will be shown at the Oregon Jewish Museum, which has the
largest collection of the documented and visual history of the Jewish
people of Oregon. The museum is located at 1953 NW Kearney St. For more
information, visit its website at www.ojm.org or phone 503.226.3600 Ext
104 or email richie at ojm.org 

Salem:  "Cultivating Creativity" is the theme of an exhibit Sept.
24-Dec. 24 at the Willamette Heritage Center, 1313 Mill St. The exhibit
will feature art from the Oregon State University Art about Agriculture
Collection and features who from artists who live or have lived in
Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties. The art shows agricultural
enterprises and products, cultivated landscapes, and the natural
resources of the Willamette Valley and other parts of the Northwest. The
exhibits coincide with the time that traditional agricultural labors of
planting and tending crops have reached fruition and the dormant months
set in. For more information call 503-585-7012 or visit
http://www.missionmill.org 


OPB TO PREMIER ROUND-UP PROGRAM AT TAMÁSTSLIKT

Oregon Public Broadcasting will premiere Sept. 7 the new documentary,
"Oregon Experience: The Wild West Way" about the Pendleton Round-Up at
Tamástslikt Cultural Institute at Pendleton. There will be two free
public screenings at 4:30pm and 6:30pm. As an episode of the OPB series,
Oregon Experience, the segment will be 30 minutes long.  The screenings
at Tamástslikt will precede the OPB television broadcast which will air
the show on Sept. 9.

The Pendleton Round-Up is not the oldest rodeo in the country, and not
even close to the biggest. But according to the cowboys who compete
there, it's one of the best.  An extraordinary number of local
volunteers run the operation, making a year-round commitment to this
week-long event. The Round-Up, in turn, has become inextricably
intertwined with the Pendleton community and the Umatilla reservation.
The active Native American presence has kept the Round-Up distinctive
throughout these many years. The program shows how for the past 100
years, the people of Pendleton have combined history, tradition and
thrill-a-minute modern entertainment to help their community thrive.

For more information about the premier, contact Susan Sheoships,
Education Coordinator, at (541) 966-9748, or go to
http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonexperience/programs/31-The-Wild-West-Way.
Tamástslikt Cultural Institute is located at the furthest end of the
Wildhorse Resort & Casino grounds, 10 minutes east of Pendleton.


SHAW LIBRARY FEATURED ON HISTORY DETECTIVES

The History Detectives series on public television features at visit to
the Shaw Historical Library at the Oregon Institute of Technology,
Klamath Falls. 

Wes Cowan uses information in the library to gain background
information about the native basket he is researching. The library's
collections focuses on human activities in the southern Oregon-northern
California area during the past 200 years. The Shaw Historical Library
Association also periodically publishes a journal.  For more information
about the library, visit http://www.library.oit.edu/shaw/index.html The
History Detectives segment featuring the Shaw Library can be seen on
public television stations this week and at
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigations/809_modocbasket.html


CASCADE ORBIS ALLIANCE SEEKS CONSULTING ARCHIVIST

The Orbis Cascade Alliance is seeking quotes for a consulting
archivist. This position is funded through a grant from the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission. See
http://www.ous.edu/bapp/bopps/view/2180 for more details and
instructions on how to submit a quote. Submissions accepted until Sept.
13.
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