[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2013-10-10

Thu Oct 10 09:06:42 PDT 2013

In this Issue:
1. Application deadline approaches for Oregon Heritage Fellowships
2. Exchange explores Dayton’s Diamonds
3. Salem Pioneer Cemetery latest National Register of Historic Places
Listing
4. Oregon Archives Month activities take place at OSU
5. Archaeology lecture series digs into Oregon’s history in Eugene,
Oct. 11, 18, 25
6. Thomas J. Connolly honored with 2013 Earl Chiles Award

APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHES FOR OREGON HERITAGE FELLOWSHIPS

Oregon Heritage encourages full-time undergraduate and graduate
students of an Oregon university or college to apply for an Oregon
Heritage Fellowship. The application deadline is Oct. 25. 

Eligibility includes an Oregon-related research topic in history,
geography, archaeology, cultural heritage or historic preservation.
Fellowship recipients will present their research process and findings
at the 2014 Oregon Heritage Conference. Visit Oregon Heritage for a 2014
Application Form (
http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/FINASST/docs/2014_Oregon_Heritage_Fellowship_App.pdf
) and an Oregon Heritage Fellowships Flyer (
about:Over%20the%20last%20four%20years,%20this%20block%20has%20seen%20some%20significant%20facade%20improvements,%20thanks%20in%20part%20to%20the%20Diamonds%20in%20the%20Rough%20grant%20offered%20by%20the%20Oregon%20State%20Historic%20Preservation%20Office.
). Email Cara Kaser ( mailto:cara.kaser at state.or.us ) or call (503)
986-0670 for further information.

EXCHANGE EXPLORES DAYTON’S DIAMONDS

Over the last four years, downtown Dayton has seen some significant
facade improvements. Learn about the people and collaborative efforts,
including a Diamonds in the Rough grant (
http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/FINASST/Pages/grants.aspx#Preserving_OR_Diamonds_Grant
) from the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, that have made
this downtown story a success on Oregon Heritage Exchange (
http://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/daytons-diamonds/ ).

SALEM PIONEER CEMETERY LATEST NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
LISTING

The Salem Pioneer Cemetery is among Oregon’s latest entries in the
National Register of Historic Places.

The historic Odd Fellows Rural Cemetery in Salem, established in 1854
by Chemeketa Lodge No. 1, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, is among the
very oldest fraternal society burial grounds in Oregon. Located on South
Commercial Street, next to the historical alignment of the territorial
road, the cemetery rises upslope toward the west to a point overlooking
the Willamette Valley to the east.

The cemetery grew to 17.05 acres by 1890 and serves today as the city’s
only example of a cemetery in the Rural Cemetery tradition. It is the
final resting place of Samuel R. Thurston, Oregon’s first delegate to
the Congress of the United States. It is also the burial ground of many
other significant figures in early Oregon government as well as the
founding of the capital city’s educational, social and commercial
institutions. The Salem Pioneer Cemetery Association, organized in 1949,
changed the cemetery’s name before disbanding in 1954.  The cemetery is
under the on-going stewardship of the City of Salem and the Friends of
Pioneer Cemetery and remains an active burial ground for the descendants
of original plot owners. 

Oregon’s State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation recommended
the cemetery’s nomination during their June 2013 meeting. The cemetery
and its adjacent neighbor, City View Cemetery, make up a significant
scenic and historical open space in south Salem.  Salem Pioneer Cemetery
is among 23 Oregon cemeteries presently listed in the National Register.
The National Park Service maintains the National Register under the
authority of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.

Visit Oregon Heritage (
http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/NATREG/pages/nrhp_recent_nominations.aspx
) online for further information about the National Register and recent
Oregon listings. 

OREGON ARCHIVES MONTH ACTIVITIES TAKE PLACE AT OSU

Oregon State University is highlighting the importance of archives and
the ways that historical records enrich our lives through the historical
collections and several fun events as part of Oregon Archives Month.

>From 4 – 6 p.m., Oct. 11, browse a special collection of primary
sources on the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT) at the Special Collections
& Archives Research Center, and then listen to a round table discussion
of the history of the LTBT and explore its impact from social, military,
and environmental perspectives. Round table participants include Tim
Naftali, National Security Fellow at the New America Foundation and
former Director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, as
well as three leading scholars in the field, all from the OSU School of
History, Philosophy and Religion: Jacob Darwin Hamblin, Christopher
McKnight Nichols and Joseph Orosco. Event attendees can also tour the
new exhibit titled, “Activism in Action! Voices from the Collections.” 

On Oct. 19, the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives will come to life
through an Archives Brewery Crawl (
http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/brew-crawl-map-2013.pdf ). OSU
libraries recently created the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives to
capture and preserve Oregon’s rich beer history. The archive provides
access to the story of hops production and the craft brewing industry in
our state. It is a collecting initiative, documentary history, and
community archiving project that cuts across the agricultural,
scientific, farm labor and cultural components of hops and brewing
history. 
For further information about these and other month-long Archives Month
activities at OSU, visit the Special Collections and Archive online (
http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/archivesmonth.html ), email Tiah
Edmunson ( mailto:tiah.edmunson-mortion at oregonstate.edu ) or call (541)
737-7387.

ARCHAEOLOGY LECTURE SERIES DIGS INTO OREGON’S HISTORY IN EUGENE, OCT.
11, 18, 25

The University of Oregon (UO) Museum of Natural and Cultural History’s
20th annual ARCHAEOLOGY LECTURE SERIES will at begin Oct. 11 as part of
the statewide Oregon Archaeology Celebration. Mark Tveskov of Southern
Oregon University presents "Archaeological Perspectives on the Rogue
River War" in this first of three fascinating talks about historical
archaeology in Oregon.

Chelsea Rose of Southern Oregon University will present "A Portrait of
the Past - Archaeological Views on the Life of Peter Britt" on Oct. 18,
and Scott Williams, of the Washington State Department of
Transportation, will give a lecture titled "Shipwrecks, Legends, and
Lost Treasures - Historical Archaeology on the Oregon Coast" on Oct.
25.

All lectures will take place at 5:30 p.m. in Room 110 of the Knight Law
Center, on the UO campus. For further information, dig Oregon’s heritage
( http://natural-history.uoregon.edu/dig-oregons-heritage ) online.

THOMAS J. CONNOLLY HONORED WITH 2013 EARL CHILES AWARD

The High Desert Museum has chosen Dr. Thomas J. Connolly, Research
Director at University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History
and State Museum of Anthropology, to receive the 2013 Earle A. Chiles
Award. Connolly will receive the award at a banquet held in Portland on
Dec. 4. 

The award honors Connolly’s work leading teams of archaeologists who
conduct cultural resource management studies for state agencies as well
as utility companies, federal agencies and municipalities. Connolly has
fostered multiple successful collaborations between tribal governments
and diverse organizations involved in road building, water control,
construction and timber and grazing management. 

The Chiles Award honors those who promote conflict resolution and
thoughtful management of the natural and cultural resources of the
Intermountain West. 

“Two things made Dr. Connolly a worthy choice,” said High Desert Museum
President Janeanne Upp. “His holistic, far-reaching perspective on the
native cultures of the west and his kind, diplomatic approach to these
major projects with multiple stakeholders. He fits in perfectly with a
long line of Chiles Award winners.”

Connolly is the co-author of “Oregon Archeology,” widely recognized as
the quintessential text on the subject. His work over the past 30 years
has helped provide immense context and better public understanding of
the long view of history.

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