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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="OLE_LINK6"></a><a name="OLE_LINK7"></a><a name="OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Portland, OR -- </span></b></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oregon
Historical Society (OHS) Boyle Family Executive Director Kerry Tymchuk has announced the appointment of Nicole Yasuhara as its newest Museum Director. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">"Nicole's experience, intelligence, enthusiasm, and dedication to OHS make her
exactly the right person for this important job," said Tymchuk. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Yasuhara succeeds Helen B Louise, who retired after ten years in that position. Yasuhara
has nearly two decades of tenure at OHS, most recently serving as Deputy Museum Director. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">"I am so thankful and excited to transition my role at OHS to Museum Director,"
said Yasuhara. "Each year I spend at OHS, I become more inspired by our mission, the amazing staff, the people we serve, and the stories we share through our exhibitions, educational materials, and scholarship. I am inspired by the ways that understanding
history can shape who we are and how we make sense of the world around us. I want to share this sense of discovery with our greater community and help cultivate a museum where everyone in our community can see their own history represented."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Yasuhara graduated from the University of Hawaii with a B.A. in anthropology and
earned an M.A. in museum studies from George Washington University. Before moving to Oregon, she interned at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian Cultural Resources Center and the National Museum of American History's Archives
Center. These experiences sparked her interest in collections stewardship, specifically cultural care of Indigenous belongings in museum collections. As Deputy Museum Director, Yasuhara was chiefly responsible for overseeing the museum's vast collections,
which include over 75,000 objects and belongings pertaining to Oregon's rich and nuanced history.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Yasuhara's passion for collections preservation led her to spearhead OHS's Museum
Collections Access Project, a multi-year endeavor to develop streamlined processes for collections management and record keeping. Thanks to this work by Yasuhara and the museum collections team, OHS launched its online Museum Collection Portal (</span></span></span></span><a href="https://museumcollection.ohs.org/argus/ohs/portal.aspx"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">museumcollection.ohs.org</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">)
in 2022, a public database highlighting the incredible objects in the museum's care. To date, the Portal has over 15,000 object records documenting the history of the region, which includes clothing and textiles, Native American belongings, artworks, vehicles,
equipment, and everyday items.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Previous publications include nearly a dozen articles for OHS's </span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.ohs.org/blog/Nicole-Yasuhara.cfm"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear
Oregon</span></i></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> blog
and multiple essays for regional scholarly publications. Among her writings include "</span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.ohs.org/oregon-historical-quarterly/back-issues/upload/Yasuhara_Keyes-Response_OHQ-Summer-2020_121_2.pdf"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Native
Belongings and Institutional Values at the Oregon Historical Society, Then and Now</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">,"
published in the Summer 2020 issue of the <i>Oregon Historical Quarterly</i>. In the essay, Yasuhara shares how most of the 5,200 Native belongings in OHS's museum collection, "were stripped of their history," no doubt due to "power structures between pioneer
collectors and their Native sources." Yasuhara also discusses current institutional practices and goals that confront this history and "begin to address the inherently colonial practices of early collecting institutions, including OHS." That change, she urges,
"must grow from deeply personal ideological shifts in which practitioners recognize our own privilege and utilize an inclusion and equity lens in our everyday lives."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Yasuhara is also deeply involved in her local community, previously serving on
the boards of the Oregon Museums Association and Whole Child Montessori Center. She is currently on the board of the Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon and is a member of Governor Kotek's Task Force on Oregon Tribal Cultural Items. Away from OHS, Yasuhara
enjoys vacations at the beach with her husband and son.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">About the Oregon Historical Society</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For 125 years, the Oregon Historical Society has served as the state's collective
memory, preserving a vast collection of objects, photographs, maps, manuscript materials, books, films, and oral histories. Our research library, museum, digital platforms, educational programming, and historical journal make Oregon's history open and accessible
to all. We exist because history is powerful, and because a history as deep and complex as Oregon's cannot be contained within a single story or point of view.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
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