Oregon Historical Quarterly articles from December 2008

Oregon Historical Quarterly archives from December 2008

Julia Hoffman and the Arts and Crafts Society of Portland: an aesthetic response to industrialization.
December 22, 2008... On October 9, 1907, Nearly 150 people met at the Portland Art Museum to adopt a constitution, elect officers, and enlist members for a new organization: the Arts and Crafts Society of Portland. (1) Among those present was Julia Hoffman, one of...

"A gallant little Schooner": the U.S. Schooner Shark and the Oregon Country, 1846.(history of the U.S. Schooner Shark)
December 22, 2008... ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1846, THE U.S. Schooner Shark reached the threshold of the Columbia River, its crew having spent the previous forty-seven days on a special mission upriver, visiting and gathering intelligence in the heart of the Oregon Country....

Voyage of the Isaac Todd.(history of the ship named Isaac Todd used by the North West Company to expand its fur trade)
December 22, 2008... THE COLD, RAINY WEATHER reflected William McGillivray's mood one April morning in 1812 as he sat down to write letters in the Suffolk Lane offices of the North West Company's London suppliers, McTavish, Fraser, and Company. (1) McGillivray was...

Economic phoenix: how A.B. Hammond used the depression of 1893 and a pair of defunct Oregon railroads to build a lumber empire.(Biography)
December 22, 2008... THE MOST SEVERE ECONOMIC depression of the nineteenth century, the Panic of 1893, affected the business world much the way an understory fire acts upon a forest, leaving the big trees unscathed while clearing out smaller and marginal players....

Oregon Historical Society.(list of officers)(Brief article)(List)
December 22, 2008... Founded 1898 JOHN H. HERMAN, president JIM RICHARDSON, vice president ARLEEN BARNETT, secretary STEVE TERRY, treasurer GEORGE L. VOGT, executive director CHAMP C. VAUGHAN, president, Oregon Geographic Names Board ...

Terra Northwest: Interpreting People and Place.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... TERRA NORTHWEST: INTERPRETING PEOPLE AND PLACE by David H. Stratton Washington State University Press, Pullman, 2007. Notes. 208 pages. $21.95 paper. Terra Northwest is another useful spin-off of the Pettyjohn Distinguished...

Class and Gender Politics in Progressive-Era Seattle.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... CLASS AND GENDER POLITICS IN PROGRESSIVE-ERA SEATTLE by John C. Putman University of Nevada Press, Reno and Las Vegas, 2008. Notes, bibliography, index. 312 pages. $39.95 cloth. John Putman has written a fine treatment of the...

The Arts and Crafts Movement in The Pacific Northwest.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST by Lawrence Kreisman and Glenn Mason Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, 2007. Illustrations, photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index. 400 pages. $39.95 cloth. In a major...

Seven Months to Oregon: 1853 Diaries, Letters and Reminiscent Accounts.(Best of Covered Wagon Women)(Book review)
December 22, 2008... SEVEN MONTHS TO OREGON: 1853 DIARIES, LETTERS AND REMINISCENT ACCOUNTS by Harold J. Peters The Patrice Press, Tooele, Utah, 2008. Photographs, maps, tables, indexes, bibliography. 443 pages. $39.95 cloth. $24.95 paper. BEST...

Jacob's Well: A Case for Rethinking Family History.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... JACOB'S WELL: A CASE FOR RETHINKING FAMILY HISTORY by Joseph A. Amato Minnesota Historical Society Press, St. Paul, 2008. Photographs, notes. 268 pages. $32.95 cloth. Joseph Amato is Professor Emeritus of History and Rural and...

Here There Nowhere: Paintings by Michael Brophy.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... HERE THERE NOWHERE: PAINTINGS BY MICHAEL BROPHY essays by Jonathan Raban and William L. Lang Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 2008. Illustrations. 60 pages. $25.00 paper. Here There Nowhere showcases fifteen recent...

In the Blast Zone: Catastrophe and Renewal on Mount St. Helens.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... IN THE BLAST ZONE: CATASTROPHE AND RENEWAL ON MOUNT ST. HELENS edited by Charles Goodrich, Kathleen Dean Moore, and Frederick J. Swanson Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 2008. Illustrations, maps, bibliography. 128...

Ghosts of the Pioneers: A Family Search for the Independent Oregon Colony of 1844.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... GHOSTS OF THE PIONEERS: A FAMILY SEARCH FOR THE INDEPENDENT OREGON COLONY OF 1844 by Twain Braden illustrations by Jim Sollers The Lyons Press, Guilford, Connecticut, 2007. Illustrations, photographs, maps. 304 pages. $24.95...

The Fishermen's Frontier: People and Salmon in Southeast Alaska.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... THE FISHERMEN'S FRONTIER: PEOPLE AND SALMON IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA by David F. Arnold University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2008. Illustrations, photographs, charts, maps, notes, bibliography, index. 296 pages. $35.00 cloth. ...

Accounting for Mother Nature: Changing Demands for Her Bounty.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... ACCOUNTING FOR MOTHER NATURE: CHANGING DEMANDS FOR HER BOUNTY by Terry L. Anderson, Laura E. Huggins, and Thomas Michael Power Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, California, 2007. Photographs, tables, index. 312 pages. $34.95...

This Bountiful Place: Art About Agriculture, the Permanent Collection.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... THIS BOUNTIFUL PLACE: ART ABOUT AGRICULTURE, THE PERMANENT COLLECTION edited by Shelley Curtis Oregon State University and Oregon Historical Society, Corvallis and Portland, 2006. Illustrations, photographs, bibliography, index. 241...

Religion, Politics, and Sugar: the Mormon Church, the Federal Government, and the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1907-1921.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... RELIGION, POLITICS, AND SUGAR: THE MORMON CHURCH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THE UTAH-IDAHO SUGAR COMPANY, 1907-1921 by Matthew C. Godfrey Utah State University Press, Logan, 2007. Illustrations, photographs, maps, tables, notes,...

How it is: The Native American Philosophy of V.F. Cordova.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... HOW IT IS: THE NATIVE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY OF V.F. CORDOVA edited by Kathleen Dean Moore, Kurt Peters, Ted Jojola, Amber Lacy foreword by Linda Hogan The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2007. Notes. 272 pages. $45 cloth. $19.95...

The Making of John Ledyard: Empire and Ambition in the Life of an Early American Traveler.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... THE MAKING OF JOHN LEDYARD: EMPIRE AND AMBITION IN THE LIFE OF AN EARLY AMERICAN TRAVELER by Edward G. Gray Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 2007. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. 240 pages. $35.00 cloth. This...

Darkroom Soldier: Photographs and Letters from the South Pacific Theater World War II.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... DARKROOM SOLDIER: PHOTOGRAPHS AND LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER WORLD WAR II by Frederick H. Hill, with George Venn Photosmith Books, La Grande, Oregon, 2007. Photographs, maps, bibliography. 300 pages. $49.95 paper....

At the Far Reaches of Empire: The Life of Juan Francisco De La Bodega y Quadra.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... AT THE FAR REACHES OF EMPIRE: THE LIFE OF JUAN FRANCISCO DE LA BODEGA Y QUADRA by Freeman M. Tovell UBC Press, Vancouver, 2008. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. 496 pages. $85.00 cloth. Juan Francisco de la Bodega...

Lionel H. Pries, Architect, Artist, Educator: From Arts and Crafts to Modern Architecture.(BOOK NOTES)(Brief article)(Book review)
December 22, 2008... Lionel H. Pries, Architect, Artist, Educator: From Arts and Crafts to Modern Architecture by Jeffrey Karl Ochsner University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2008. Illustrations, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. 384...

The Little Lucky: A Family Geography.(BOOK NOTES)(Brief article)(Book review)
December 22, 2008... The Little Lucky: A Family Geography by Gail Wells Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 2007. 144 pages. $17.95 paper. Gail Wells tells of living in and rehabilitating a family homestead near the Little Luckiamute River...

Children of the Fur Trade: Forgotten Metis of the Pacific Northwest.(BOOK NOTES)(Brief article)(Book review)
December 22, 2008... Children of the Fur Trade: Forgotten Metis of the Pacific Northwest by John Jackson Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 2007 (Northwest Reprint Series). Illustrations, photographs, maps, notes, bibliography. 336 pages. $21.95...

Indian War Veterans: Memories of Army Life and Campaigns in the West, 1864-1898.(BOOK NOTES)(Brief article)(Book review)
December 22, 2008... Indian War Veterans: Memories of Army Life and Campaigns in the West, 1864-1898 compiled and edited by Jerome A. Greene Savas Beatie, New York and California, 2007. Photographs, index. 387 pages. $45.00 cloth. Greene's study...

An Architectural Guidebook to Portland, Second Edition.(BOOK NOTES)(Brief article)(Book review)
December 22, 2008... An Architectural Guidebook to Portland, Second Edition by Bart King Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 2007. Photographs, maps, bibliography, index. 328 pages. $22.95 paper. Written for both professionals and those...

The Prairie Keepers: Secrets of the Zumwalt.(BOOK NOTES)(Brief article)(Book review)
December 22, 2008... The Prairie Keepers: Secrets of the Zumwalt by Marcy Houle Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon, 2007 (Northwest Reprint Series). 288 pages. $19.95 paper. Houle explored the vast and beautiful Zumwalt Prairie in the...

Letters.(Letter to the editor)
December 22, 2008... To the Editor: As an avid reader of biographies, I must disagree with Mr. George Venn's review of Dear Medora, Sydney Stevens's biography of her Aunt Medora Espy, which appeared in the Summer issue of [OHQ]. It is true the history of...

Oregon Historical Society Research Library.(NOTICES)(Brief article)
December 22, 2008... The OHS Research Library will be closed, for collections maintenance, from January 11, through January 18, 2009. New Acquisitions Land Plat Promotional: Mount Tabor Villa. Original color Birds-eye View and Map with promotional...

Corrections.(NOTICES)(Correction notice)
December 22, 2008... The caption on page 417 of the Fall 2008 (109:3) issue of OHQ erroneously states that Major Lee Moorhouse was Mayor of Portland; he was Mayor of Pendleton. The editor regrets the error.

Oregonscape.(biography of rodeo rider Waaya-Tonah-Toesits-Kahn, also known as Jackson Sundown)(Brief article)(Biography)
December 22, 2008... In 1877, during the Nez Perce War, fourteen-year-old Waaya-Tonah-Toesits-Kahn fled to Montana with the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce, which was led by his uncle, Young Chief Joseph. He eventually reached Canada, where he stayed for around two...