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color=#0000ff size=2>In response to Diedre's question, the State Library does
have three copies of this anthology. We have one permanent archival copy, one
circulating Oregon Documents copy, and one that circulates from the Oregon
Poetry Collection that we maintain with the Oregon State Poetry Association.
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color=#0000ff size=2>(<A
href="http://catalog.osl.state.or.us/search~S2/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Oregon+Centennial+Anthology&start=home&searchscope=2&sort=A&submit=Search">http://catalog.osl.state.or.us/search~S2/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Oregon+Centennial+Anthology&start=home&searchscope=2&sort=A&submit=Search</A>)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>By happy coincidence, we were planning to digitize this as
part of a small online exhibit of centennial materials for next year's OR150
celebration. We will put the PDF in our Oregon Documents Repository and let
the list know when it is available.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Let me know if you have any questions.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Robert</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us
[mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Diedre
Conkling<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 22, 2008 5:21 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
libs-or<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Libs-Or] Oregon 150: Rare book available to
all!<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Is this a document that the State Library might be scanning and cataloging
so that we have a good, stable record to add to our catalogs? Or maybe you
have already done it. I must admit that I didn't look.</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Diedre Conkling <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:diedrec@charter.net">diedrec@charter.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">----
Katie Anderson <<A
href="mailto:anderson_katie@oslmac.osl.state.or.us">anderson_katie@oslmac.osl.state.or.us</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR>=============<BR>Last Sunday's Oregonian had the attached
article by Matt Love (cut and paste below) regarding the OREGON
CENTENNIAL ANTHOLOGY. Matt's reflections about how Oregon has changed since
1959 are worth reading.<BR><BR>Because Hood River County Library is one of the
few libraries in the Northwest that still owns this anthology, we are getting
inquiries. But everyone can have access since Matt Love has put this work on
the web for all to find--- another indicator of how much has changed in just
50 years.<BR><BR>In 2009 as Oregon commemorates its 150th anniversary, the
Oregon Library Association is celebrating by inviting all Oregonians to read
and discuss the same books. 'Stubborn Twig' by Lauren Kessler is the
selection for adult readers.<BR><BR>Visit <A
href="http://www.oregonreads2009.org/"
target=_blank>www.oregonreads2009.org</A> to learn
more.<BR><BR><BR>June<BR>June Knudson, Director<BR>Hood River County
Library<BR>541.387.7062<BR><BR>Co-chair, Oregon Reads 2009 Committee<BR><A
href="http://www.oregonreads2009.org/"
target=_blank>www.oregonreads2009.org</A><BR><BR>>>>>>>>><BR>Lost
Northwest Book: "Oregon Centennial Anthology"<BR>Posted by Matt Love, special
to The Oregonian October 17, 2008 10:55AM<BR>Categories: Books Subject
Stories, Books Top Stories, O! Reviews<BR><BR>Not too long ago, as Oregon's
sesquicentennial drew closer, I wondered: Was an anthology published for the
state's centennial? Surely, I thought, such a book exists, even though I'd
never encountered one in all my years of literary sleuthing across the
state.<BR>With the help of a friend, I began an investigation, and soon
received a letter in response to a phone message I'd left. I excerpt part of
the letter here:<BR>Dear Matt:<BR>Thanks for the telephone call. The
centennial anthology was Governor Hatfield's idea. He came to me, knowing
something, I suppose, of my reputation. Why we turned the project into a
contest, I don't recall. I have no idea how many copies the state printed. I
put it together and sent it to Salem. And that was about it. How did you ever
find it?<BR>Arthur Kreisman<BR>In 1959 the State of Oregon published the
"Oregon Centennial Anthology: A Collection of Prize-winning Short Stories and
Poems." The 64-page pamphlet was edited by Kreisman, an English professor at
Southern Oregon College. The anthology contains six short stories and six
poems and was the product of a contest open to college students and the
general public. William Stafford, who later became Oregon's Poet Laureate, won
both the open poetry and short story competitions. Winners received $250,
second prize earned $200 and third place netted $150.<BR>I also learned that
exactly 18 copies of the "Oregon Centennial Anthology" reside in libraries
across the Pacific Northwest (although many of the copies cannot be checked
out for general circulation), and there isn't one copy for sale, at least the
last time I checked online. I may have obtained the last one, which is great
for me, but terrible for Oregon literary and history junkies.<BR>In his
excellent introduction to the anthology, Kreisman wrote, "One hundred years is
not a very long time, as human history goes, and it is considerably less than
that since Oregon was largely frontier country, a new land, opening its arms
to new people who had come to build lives for themselves, and in the process
built a state. The next hundred years will see such growth in Oregon as is
undreamt of by most of us today."<BR>The message of the first Oregon Trail to
America was: "Nature is here. A rich landscape. Go. Take it. It will last
forever. Start your life over." When the state celebrated its centennial in
1959, the message was exactly the same and manifest, at least to me, in the
"Oregon Centennial Anthology."<BR>What intrigued me after reading it (and
watching the View-Master reels of Oregon's Centennial Exposition) was
realizing that the modern Oregon we all know and love today did not exist in
1959. It was all trees and fish and farms and white men that dominated the
narrative. Virtually all other stories were either marginalized or unimagined.
Oregon changed for the better in the 1970s, but Oregon in 1959 was much closer
to 1900 than it was to 2000, and that's fascinating to consider when reading
the poems of stories in the "Oregon Centennial Anthology" -- if you have an
opportunity to read them.<BR>We're all so busy and rushed these days that I
wanted to make it as easy as possible for everyone to read the "Oregon
Centennial Anthology." I have scanned the pamphlet, which was printed at
taxpayer expense and rests in the public domain, and created a PDF file of it
that can be easily downloaded for free from my Web site (<A
href="http://www.nestuccaspitpress.com/"
target=_blank>www.nestuccaspitpress.com</A>). It's not quite the same as a
handsome reprint, but this Oregon literary artifact has been lost long
enough<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Diedre Conkling<BR><A
href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com">diedre08@gmail.com</A><BR></BODY></HTML>