[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2011-10-25

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In this issue:
1. Talk to Chronicle Print Media’s Role
2. AHC Sets November Programs
3. Session Papers Sought

 

 
TALK TO CHRONICLE PRINT MEDIA’S ROLE
 
“Statesman Journal” Editor Bill Church, Former Editor Don Scarborough
and Bill Mainwaring, Former Publisher of the Capital Journal will
present “Salem’s Chroniclers: The Role of Print in Our Community over
Time” during a public forum from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., November 10 at the
Willamette Heritage Center, 1313 Mill St SE, Salem.
 
Celebrating the 160th anniversary of the “Statesman Journal”, the
presenters will share experiences and thoughts on the role of the paper
in the Salem community over time. For further information, email
SharaM at missionmill.orgcall (503) 585-7012.
 
 

AHC SETS NOVEMBER PROGRAMS 
 
The Architectural Heritage Center will offer three programs in November
that feature the creations of Oregon pioneers, Arts and Crafts designs
and an Oregon State architect. All programs will take place at the
Center, 701 SE Grand Avenue, Portland.
 
Richard N. Ross will present “The Ladd & Reed Legacy: William S. Ladd
and Simeon Reed”from 10 – 11:30 a.m., Nov. 5. Ladd and Reed, 19th
century business and civic leaders, partners and friends, shaped
Portland and the Northwest through four decades of joint ventures in
public service, steamboats, telegraphs, macadam roads, model farms,
railroads, and iron.
 
Barbara Pierce and C.J. Hurley explore the influences and aesthetic
ideals that evolved into the International Arts and Crafts movement in
an encore presentation of their program “The Visionary Aspects of the
Arts and Crafts Movement” from 10 – 11:30 a.m., Nov. 12. Learn what
inspired Arts and Crafts architects to unite their designs with nature
and “bring the outside in” through structure and decorative details, and
about the connections between Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, and
“Jugendstil” art and architectural movements. 
 
Bob Clay will give a talk titled, “Christmas in November? Oregon’s
State Architect William Christmas Knighton” from 10 – 11:30 a.m., Nov.
19. Knighton (born December 25, 1864), designed buildings in Portland
and the Willamette Valley for more than 30 years, including downtown
Portland’s Governor Hotel and Salem’s Deepwood Estate. Clay will provide
details about Knighton’s career from the post-Lewis and Clark Exposition
building boom of the 1910s through his service as first president of the
Oregon State Architect Examiner’s Board and his work as Oregon’s State
Architect.
 For further information, visit
http://visitahc.org/content/upcoming-programs or call (503)
231-7264.
 
 
SESSION PAPERS SOUGHT 
 
The Association for Gravestone Studies is soliciting scholarly papers,
20 minutes in length, for presentation during evening and daytime
lecture sessions at the 2012 AGS Conference and Annual Meeting, June 19 –
24 at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey. 
Send proposals and a 250- word abstract by Feb. 1, 2012 to Lecture
Programs Coordinators: Richard Veit, rveit at monmouth.eduand Mark
Nonestied, mn1908 at aol.com.
 Also sought are Participation/Class Sessions, of 50 minutes in length,
for presentation during sessions on June 21 and 22. Send proposals and a
250-word abstract by Feb. 1, 2012 to Participation/Class Sessions
Coordinators, Robert Keeler robertk at clackamas.edu and Judy Juntunen,
rycraftjuntunen at aol.com .



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