[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2011-08-26

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In this issue:
1. Fellowship Application Information Available
2. Women in Public Service Topic of History Pub
3. Farmstead Day Featured at Champoeg
4. Genealogy Forum of Oregon Sets Grand Opening Events
5. Workshop to Teach How to Research House History



FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION INFORMATION AVAILABLE

The Heritage Programs Division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department will provide 1-3 fellowships to undergraduate students who
are seniors and to graduate students for researching, writing and
presenting a topic related to history, geography, archaeology, cultural
heritage, or historic preservation in Oregon.

The Fellowship recipients will make a 20-minute presentation of their
project or research findings April 27 at the Oregon Heritage
Conference/Northwest Archivists Conference in Salem.  

The purpose of the Heritage Fellowship is to encourage the thoughtful
inquiry of Oregon's heritage by emerging scholars. Many new topics
remain to be pursued, and fresh perspectives on previously examined
topics are needed as well in order to keep the investigation of Oregon's
history fresh and relevant. The Fellowship offers a financial incentive
for those research efforts and an opportunity for sharing the results
with the Oregon heritage community through a public presentation.

The recipients must be full-time students at a university in the state
of Oregon. For more information, visit
http://www.oregonheritage.org/OPRD/HCD/OHC/fellowship.shtml 


WOMEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE TOPIC OF HISTORY PUB

Learn about the history of Oregon women in public service during
History Pub at 7 p.m., Aug. 29 in McMenamins Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE
Hawthorne Blvd., Portland. Historian Kimberly Jensen will provide an
illustrated overview of women and citizenship in Oregon, giving context
for a conversation among pioneering women public servants and young
women from the New Leadership Oregon program who have interviewed them
over the summer. Reflecting on their interviews, the panel will engage
in conversation about the history and future of women in Oregon
politics. The panel includes Gretchen Kafoury, Norma Paulus, Avel Louise
Gordly and Kathryn Harrison. For further information email
info at centuryofaction.org or visit
http://centuryofaction.org/index.php/main_site/news/lives_of_women_citizens_history_pub
.


FARMSTEAD DAY FEATURED AT CHAMPOEG

Visitors will enjoy guided tours of a 1860s kitchen garden and an
original wheat threshing barn, demonstrations, hands-on activities and
old time music during Farmstead Day from 1 - 4 p.m., Sept. 3 at
Champoeg, 8239 Champoeg Road NE, St. Paul. Costumed volunteers will
demonstrate early farmstead crafts and skills, including woodcraft,
butter churning, Dutch oven baking, quilting, blacksmithing and wool
spinning. Children can help with chores, play 19th century games, make
simple toys and try on fashions from the era. For more information, call
Kim at 503-678-1649, email kim at champoeg.org or visit www.champoeg.org.


GENEALOGY FORUM OF OREGON SETS GRAND OPENING EVENTS

The Genealogy Forum of Oregon (GFO) is moving its research library,
which contains over 32,000 volumes and special collections, to a new
location: 2505 S.E. 11th Ave., Suite B-18, Portland. To celebrate its
move the GFO will hold a month-long grand opening filled with speaker
events and workshops, beginning Sept. 10. For further information call
(503) 963-1932, email gfoinfo at hotmail.com or visit www.gfo.org .


WORKSHOP TO TEACH HOW TO RESEARCH HOUSE HISTORY

Who lived in your house before you? What did your house look like
originally? Why is there a bathroom on the back porch? Researching the
history of your house can answer those questions and many others. It
might also shed light on the development of your neighborhood. Tibby
O’Brien and Morgen Young will demonstrate the steps of uncovering
the history of vintage houses and other buildings from 10 - 11:30 a.m.,
Sept. 10 at the Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Avenue,
Portland. For further information, visit www.visitAHC.org or call (503)
231-7264.


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