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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oregon Heritage News 2025-04-25<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In this Issue:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">OREGON SHPO SERVICE UPDATE: System maintenance/service interruption April 29-30<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oregon Heritage Commission to meet May 4-5 in Eugene, Coburg and online<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site opens for the 2025 season on May 2<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Heritage organizations among 315 nonprofits to receive OCF ‘Love Letter’ funding<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Western Museums Association Self-Care Resources<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Attending Conferences this spring? Check out this networking worksheet resource<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">OREGON SHPO SERVICE UPDATE: System maintenance/service interruption April 29-30<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Oregon State Historic Preservation office is notifying all users of the Oregon Historic Sites Database and the Oregon Archaeological Services
webpage, including the online site form submission system, that these webpages will be down for scheduled maintenance beginning Tuesday April 29<sup>th</sup> around 8:00PM. This disruption is planned to last several hours while OPRD’s IT team completes necessary
updates. Both pages will be available beginning Wednesday April 30<sup>th</sup>. Please contact our office if you have any questions or concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oregon Heritage Commission to meet May 4-5 in Eugene, Coburg and online<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Oregon Heritage Commission will meet May 4 in Eugene for a tour of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History and May 5 in Coburg for the Business
Meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/Commissions.aspx#OHC" target="_blank">
agenda</a> includes an update on the 2026 Oregon Heritage Plan process, a presentation by the Lane County Parks Advisory Committee on the County covered bridges, a presentation by the Oregon Museums Association on the updated strategic plan, a report on the
historic resources survey work in Cottage Grove, a tour of downtown Cottage Grove by Coburg Main Street, and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This meeting is open to the public and there is an opportunity at the beginning of the meeting for public comment. Public comment can be made in
person, online, or by written submission. For online attendance, registration is required. To view the full agenda, register for the virtual meeting, or learn more about public comment options, visit
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/Commissions.aspx#OHC" target="_blank">
here</a>.<br>
<br>
Special accommodations for the meeting – including translation services – may be made by calling (503) 986‐0690 or
<a href="mailto:Mary.Newcomb@oprd.oregon.gov" target="_blank">Mary.Newcomb@oprd.oregon.gov</a> at least 72 hours prior to the start of the meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Heritage Commission’s nine Governor appointed members represent a diversity of cultural, geographic, and institutional interests. The Commission’s
nine advisory members include representatives from the Oregon State Library, Oregon State Archives, State Historical Records Advisory Board, Higher Education Coordinating Committee, Travel Oregon, Oregon Historical Society, Department of Education, State Historic
Preservation Office, and the Department of Land Conservation and Development.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Commission is the primary agency for coordination of heritage activities in the state. This includes carrying out the
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Documents/2020_Oregon_Heritage_Plan.pdf" target="_blank">
Oregon Heritage Plan</a>, increasing efficiency and avoiding duplication among interest groups, developing plans for coordination among agencies and organizations, encouraging tourism related to heritage resources, and coordinating statewide anniversary commemorations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">More information about the Oregon Heritage Commission is available online at
<a href="http://www.oregonheritage.org/" target="_blank">www.oregonheritage.org</a> and from Commission coordinator Katie Henry at 503-877-8834 or
<a href="mailto:katie.henry@oprd.oregon.gov" target="_blank">katie.henry@oprd.oregon.gov</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site opens for the 2025 season on May 2<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site welcomes visitors to its Interpretive Center and historic building for the 2025 season starting Friday, May 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The
<a href="https://stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do=park.profile&parkId=5">Kam Wah Chung building
</a>is a National Historic Landmark that preserves the home and businesses of two Chinese immigrants,
<a href="https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/ing_doc_hay_1862_1952_/#.WRx5_forIxc">
Ing "Doc" Hay</a> and <a href="https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/lung_on_1863_1940_/#.WRD6jbsrIxc">
Lung On</a>. For more than 60 years the building was a social, medical and religious center for Oregon's Chinese community. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Interpretive Center will be open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays (closed 11 a.m. to noon for lunch). The historic building
and Interpretive Center will be closed Monday through Thursday during May and possibly into June due to staffing levels at the site. Check the website for hours of operation throughout the season:
<a href="https://stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do=park.profile&parkId=5">https://stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do=park.profile&parkId=5</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tours of the historic building will run at the top of every hour, the last one beginning at 3 p.m. The free, 45-minute historic building tour begins
at the Interpretive Center at 125 NW Canton Street in John Day. Space is limited to 8 people per tour.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information or questions about booking tours and operating hours, please call the park office at 541-575-2800.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For those who won't have the opportunity to visit this heritage site this season, you can learn more about the site and Chinese American history
in Oregon through these online resources:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://oregon-chinese-diaspora-project-sou.hub.arcgis.com/">Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77848608">National Historic Landmark Nomination: Kam Wah Chung Company Building</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oregon Encyclopedia:
<a href="https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/chinese_americans_in_oregon/#.WRD6UbsrIxc">
Chinese Americans in Oregon</a> and <a href="https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/kam_wah_chung/#.WRx6PvorIxc">
Kam Wah Chung and Co.</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oregon Historical Society:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh8cm4RgGEo&t=8s">Beyond Chinatown: Uncovering Oregon’s Rural Chinese History</a> and
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwvMTARJTiY">Centering Chinese History in Oregon</a> and
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo-wG0o8gSA">Herbs & Roots: A History of Chinese Doctors in the American Medical Marketplace</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Heritage organizations among 315 nonprofits to receive OCF ‘Love Letter’ funding<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Arts & culture organizations are benefiting from $21 million in grants from OCF’s Arts and Culture Rebuilding Program, which is supporting 315
organizations over three years. This is OCF’s contribution to what has become a $53 million partnership with Oregon state lawmakers and the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, dubbed a “love letter” to an arts and culture sector battered by the pandemic
and struggling to emerge from.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">See the full announcement
<a href="https://oregoncf.org/news/landmark-funding-infuses-21-million-in-oregon-arts-and-culture?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter">
here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Some of the heritage related projects include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Museum At Warm Springs, $100,000, to bring staffing back to pre-Covid levels, add a key staff position, and re-build
core operations and programming<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Gilliam County Historical Society $16,000, for general operating support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Harney County Historical Society, $24,000, for porch and roof repair<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center, $10,000, for general operating support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, $100,000, for general operating support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wallowa History Center, $2,500, for general operating support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oregon Black Pioneers, $14,000, to develop a new traveling exhibit<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oregon Jewish Museum & Center for Holocaust Education, $10,000, for general operating support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Portland Chinatown History & Museum Foundation, $5000, for general operating support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Columbia River Maritime Museum, $10,000, for general operating support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oregon State Hospital Museum of Mental Health, $5000, for general operating support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Willamette Heritage Center, $10000, for general operating support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bandon Historical Society, $2500, for general operating support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Coos County Historical Society, $2500, for general operating support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Benton County Historical Society & Museum, $10000, to enhance operations and programs<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Douglas County Museum Foundation, $25000, for a railcar restoration/ADA deck creation project<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To see all of the funded organizations visit
<a href="https://oregoncf.org/assets/PDFs-and-Docs/PDFs/Grants/2025/Arts-and-Culture-Rebuilding-fund-Grantees.pdf">
here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Western Museums Association Self-Care Resources<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Check out some self care resources
<a href="https://westmuse.org/self-care-resources">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Attending Conferences this spring? Check out this networking worksheet resource<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The American Alliance of Museum blog featured a Networking & Engagement Action Plan Worksheet to help attendees confidently start conversations
at in-person conferences. Check it out <a href="https://www.aam-us.org/2025/04/16/networking-engagement-action-plan-worksheet/?utm_source=American+Alliance+of+Museums&utm_campaign=d56e60f350-FieldNotes_2025_Apr22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-d56e60f350-37243273">
here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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