<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Everyone is invited to join us for the first annual Oregon Archives Crawl this October in celebration of Oregon Archives Month. Walk, bike, run, or crawl between four different downtown locations and learn what local archives have to offer researchers, students, genealogists, scholars, homeowners, history buffs, and the curious of any age. We have something for everyone, old and young, native Oregonian and visitor passing through, professional and novice.<br>
<br>Travel at your leisure between the Portland Archives and </font></span></a><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1">Records</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"> Center</span></span></font></font><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">, the Portland State University Library, Multnomah County Central Library and the Oregon Historical Society. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>At each place you can tour the facilities and participate in activities that bring history to life. The Oregon Historical Society and the Multnomah County Central Library will also be hosting displays by other area archives including the Oregon Jewish Museum, Willamette University, Lewis & Clark College, the Oregon State University, the Mazamas and the Washington County Museum. Each location and participating organization will have family friendly activities throughout the day.<br>
<br>A free Archives Crawl “passport” will be issued to help you navigate the crawl. A fully stamped passport enters you in a raffle drawing at our After Party at the Oregon Historical Society, where there will be light refreshments, live music and a whole lot<br>
of fun.<br><br>Join us for the first annual Oregon Archives Crawl and become a part of history!<br><br>First Annual Oregon Archives Crawl<br>Saturday, October 2<br>11:00 AM to 4:00 PM</font></span></span></p>
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</b>Starting at any of the following locations: Portland </font></font><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Archives &<br>Records Center, Portland State University Millar Library, </font></font><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Multnomah<br>
County Central Library or the Oregon Historical Society.<br><br>The After Party hosted by the Oregon Historical Society<br>Saturday, October 2</font></font></span></span></p>
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</b>Enjoy fun, music, and raffle prizes!<br><br></font></font><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">An Oregon Days of Culture event<br></i><br>For more information, including a complete list of participating organizations: </font></font></span></span><a href="http://pdxarchivists.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#800080"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1">http://pdxarchivists.wordpress.com/</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"></span></span></font></font></font></a><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><br>
<br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">For questions contact Anne LeVant Prahl (</font></span></span><a href="mailto:curator@ojm.org"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1">curator@ojm.org</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"></span></span></font></font></a><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> / 503.226.3600)</font></span></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Posted by Shawna Gandy, Oregon Historical Society, <a href="mailto:shawna.gandy@ohs.org">shawna.gandy@ohs.org</a></font></span></span></div>
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