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The Oregon Historical Society (OHS) is an organization that encourages and promotes the study and understanding of the history of the State of Oregon, within the broader context of U.S. history. Incorporated in 1898, the Society collects, preserves, and makes available materials of historical character and interest, and collaborates with other ...
The Oregon Historical Society Museum is a history museum housed at the Oregon Historical Society in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The museum was created in 1898 and receives about 44,000 visitors annually. It houses the Portland Penny that decided the city’s name. [1]
Website; Oregon Trail exhibit, historic vehicles, period rooms, children's exhibits, early crafts, photographs; run by the Lane County Historical Society; includes Lane County Clerk's Building, a National Historic Register site that is the oldest building in the county (built 1853)
Oregon, a current U.S. state since the previous Oregon Territory (1848-1859) with its admission to the federal Union as the 33rd state in February 1859 The history of Oregon, and of the Pacific Northwest region, has received relatively less attention from historians, as compared to other regions of the American far west .
Historical Society of Southern California Founded in 1883, the Historical Society of Southern California (HSSC) is the oldest historical society in California. Lemon Grove Historical Society Los Angeles Conservancy , the largest membership-based historic preservation organization in the country.
The encyclopedia is a project of Portland State University's History Department, the Oregon Council of Teachers of English, and the Oregon Historical Society.It has drawn support from Oregon Cultural Trust partners Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Council for the Humanities, Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission, and the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office.
Volume 1, Oregon Historical Society Quarterly, 1900 The following published works deal with the cultural, political, economic, military, biographical and geologic history of pre-territorial Oregon, Oregon Territory and the State of Oregon .
In 1991 the two-story Oregon State Archives Building was opened, providing two vaults, climate-controlled storage, and 50,000 sq. ft. of space. Its exterior is marble and granite . [ 2 ] Cecil L. Edwards (1906–1995), [ 3 ] who served as chief clerk of the House in 1963 and as state legislative historian from 1975 to 1993, died on December 22 ...