Oregon Historical Quarterly articles from June 2006

Oregon Historical Quarterly archives from June 2006

"Cast aside the automobile enthusiast": class conflict, tax policy, and the preservation of nature in Progressive-Era Oregon.
June 22, 2006... WE HAVE COME TO EXPECT that rural and urban Oregonians will disagree about environmental matters, that those who live in the country will rely on the exploitation of natural resources while those in the cities will see in those resources an...

Respite from war: Buffalo Soldiers at Vancouver Barracks, 1899-1900.
June 22, 2006... ON THE EVENING OF APRIL 3, 1899, the steamer Undine arrived at the wharf in Vancouver, Washington, following a short jaunt across the Columbia River from nearby Portland, Oregon. Although this was not an uncommon occurrence--the sternwheeler...

Charity and the "tramp": itinerancy, unemployment, and municipal government from Coxey to the unemployed league.
June 22, 2006... What is a tramp? What a world of meaning is conveyed by the word "tramp!" Do you ever stop to think of these outcasts of society? Do you ever consider what is the cause of the existence of these often despised human beings? Doomed to walk from...

Pioneering water pollution control in Oregon.(OREGON VOICES)(Oregon Department of Environ-mental Quality)
June 22, 2006... IN SEPTEMBER 1956, GLEN CARTER became the first aquatic biologist to work for the Oregon State Sanitary Authority (OSSA), the forerunner of the Oregon Department of Environ-mental Quality. When Carter joined the agency, it had a staff of...

The American Presidency: an exhibit on the public presidency in Oregon.(OHS EXHIBITS)
June 22, 2006... TO STATE THAT U.S. CITIZENS think about the presidency when they conceptualize politics risks belaboring the obvious. For over two hundred years, the presidency has evolved from one of three co-equal branches of government to something bigger,...

Art About Agriculture: a retrospective.(OHS EXHIBITS)
June 22, 2006... THIS BOUNTIFUL PLACE IS A retrospective exhibition of the Art About Agriculture permanent art collection. Reaching beyond simply illustrating agriculture in Oregon, 155 regional artists have created works of art that connect us to the...

The Jefferson peace medal: provenance and the collections of the Oregon Historical Society.(RESEARCH FILES)
June 22, 2006... THE VALUE AND SIGNIFICANCE of a historical artifact is based on a number of factors, ranging from what it is, what materials comprise it, and how was it used to the story of whose hands it passed through along the way. One of the most...

Bringing Indians to the Book.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... BRINGING INDIANS TO THE BOOK by Furtwangler, Albert University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2005. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. 238 pages. $22.50 paper. Besides horses, steel, firearms, and immunity to disease, as...

When the River Ran Wild!: Indian Traditions on the Mid-Columbia and the Warm Springs Reservation.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... WHEN THE RIVER RAN WILD! INDIAN TRADITIONS ON THE MID-COLUMBIA AND THE WARM SPRINGS RESERVATION by George W. Aguilar Sr. Foreword by Jarold Ramsey Oregon Historical Society Press, Portland, in association with the University of Washington...

Jumptown: The Golden Years of Portland Jazz, 1942-1957.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... JUMPTOWN: THE GOLDEN YEARS OF PORTLAND JAZZ, 1942-1957 by Robert Dietsche Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 2005. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. 242 pages. $24.95 paper. This lively history of the jazz scene in...

Starting Over: Community Building on the Eastern Oregon Frontier.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... STARTING OVER: COMMUNITY BUILDING ON THE EASTERN OREGON FRONTIER by William F. Willingham Oregon Historical Society Press, Portland, 2005. Photographs, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. 240 pages. $22.0 paper. William F....

Nimrod: Courts, Claims, and Killings on the Oregon Frontier.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... NIMROD: COURTS, CLAIMS, AND KILLINGS ON THE OREGON FRONTIER by Ronald Lansing Washington State University Press, Pullman, 2005. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. 318 pages. $21.95 paper. In 1845, at the age of sixty-five,...

America Discovered: A Historical Atlas of North American Exploration.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... AMERICA DISCOVERED: A HISTORICAL ATLAS OF NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION by Derek Hayes Vancouver, British Columbia, Douglas & McIntyre, 2004. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. 224 pages. $40.00 cloth. America Discovered by...

Vigilante Newspapers: A Tale of Sex, Religion, and Murder in the Northwest.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... VIGILANTE NEWSPAPERS: A TALE OF SEX, RELIGION, AND MURDER IN THE NORTHWEST by Gerald Baldasty University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2005. Illustrations, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. 197 pages. $22.50 paper. Over-the-top...

Nikkei in the Pacific Northwest Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians in the Twentieth Century.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... NIKKEI IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: JAPANESE AMERICANS AND JAPANESE CANADIANS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Edited by Lois Fiset and Gail M. Nomura University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2005. Illustrations, notes, index. 360 pages. $25.200...

Sunset Limited: The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... SUNSET LIMITED: THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN WEST, 1850-1930 by Richard J. Orsi University of California Press, Berkeley, 2005. Photographs, maps, notes, index. 367 pages. $29.95 cloth. This is an...

A Room for the Summer: Adventure, Misadventure, and Seduction in the Mines of the Coeur d'Alene.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... A ROOM FOR THE SUMMER: ADVENTURE, MISADVENTURE, AND SEDUCTION IN THE MINES OF THE COEUR D'ALENE by Fritz Wolff University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2005. Illustrations, notes. 264 pages. $29.95 cloth. E.T.A. Hoffman's 1819 The Mines...

Letters.(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2006... To the Editor: As a longtime member of the Baker County Library District Board, volunteer library archivist, and local historian, I enjoyed reading Oregon State Librarian Jim Scheppke's article, "The Origins of the Oregon State Library,"...

Jasper G. and Minnie Stevens literary prize.(NOTICES)
June 22, 2006... The Oregon Historical Society is accepting submissions for the Stevens Prize competition. The prize, with a cash award of $3,000 and publication of the manuscript by the Oregon Historical Society Press, recognizes the best original fiction or...

2007 Sterling fellowships in Pacific Northwest history.(NOTICES)
June 22, 2006... The Oregon Historical Society is accepting applications for Donald J. Sterling, Jr., Research Fellowships to encourage research in Pacific Northwest history. Two fellowships are available--a $2,500 Senior Fellowship and a $2,000 Graduate...

OHS research library recently processed collections.(Oregon Historical Society)
June 22, 2006... Organized Lot Guide to the Lee Moorhouse Photographs circa 1897-1919 The Lee Moorhouse photographs consist of photographic prints, photographic postcards, and one cyanotype taken by Maj. Lee Moorhouse in about 1897-1919. Many of the...

Corrections.(Correction notice)
June 22, 2006... The Spring 2006 issue of the Oregon Historical Quarterly (107:1) included an error on page 89. The photograph caption identifies a wooden walkway in the picture's foreground as St. Helens Road. St. Helens Road can be seen at the far left of the...