Oregon Historical Quarterly articles from September 2006

Oregon Historical Quarterly archives from September 2006

"A most daring outrage": murders at Chinese Massacre Cove, 1887.(Case overview)
September 22, 2006... WHAT FIRST CATCHES THE EYE is a wide rock and gravel bar that extends for fifty yards or so along the Snake River in Hells Canyon, about forty miles northeast of Enterprise, Oregon. There is also Deep Creek, less impressive than its name, which...

"Old-fashioned revival": religion, migration, and a new identity for the Pacific Northwest at mid twentieth century.
September 22, 2006... ON JULY 23, 1950, the Sunday Oregonian devoted its front page to a photograph of Billy Graham, smiling broadly, looking to the heavens, right hand held out invitingly. The thirty-one-year-old emerging star of the evangelism circuit was bringing...

"As citizens of Portland we must protest": Beatrice Morrow Cannady and the African American response to D. W. Griffith's "Masterpiece".
September 22, 2006... Promoters of 'The Birth of a Nation' film petitioned the city council again on last Wednesday morning for a rehearing to show the film in Portland. The editor of The Advocate was summoned and spoke against the film, pointing out that it was not...

Klamath Falls goes to war: a personal and newspaper reminiscence.
September 22, 2006... WORLD WAR II BEGAN FOR ME on Monday December 8, 1941, when Mrs. Hackett, my seventh-grade teacher at Fremont School, brought her radio to class for us to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt declare war on Japan. Although we had been...

The U.S. Steel Corporation in Portland, 1901-1941.(OREGON PLACES)(Personal account)
September 22, 2006... IN MAY 1938, I GRADUATED from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in economics, the dismal science. The final effects of the Depression were still manifest, and I do not recall any flurry of major corporations eager to...

The Georgian Room at Meier & Frank.(OREGON PLACES)
September 22, 2006... THE DOWNTOWN MEIER & FRANK department store is currently undergoing a significant reconfiguration, and the Georgian Room restaurant is empty and shuttered. Unlike the many life-long customers of the tea room, I discovered the place relatively...

Tears and rain: one artist's view from sea level.(Biography)
September 22, 2006... RICK BARTOW'S WORK AFFIRMS the power of close observation and the interconnectedness of humanity with all forms of life. Accepting his invitation to see more carefully and to feel connections more deeply brings us a greater understanding of...

Oregon originals: the art of Amanda Snyder and Jefferson Tester.(OHS EXHIBITS)
September 22, 2006... WHEN AMERICAN ART TOOK its first monumental leap into the "modern" at the landmark Armory Show in New York City in 1913, two teenagers were quietly developing their individual artistic talents in the railroad and sawmill town of Roseburg,...

Standing Tall: The Lifeway Of Kathryn Jones Harrison, Chair Of The Confederated Tribes Of The Grand Ronde Community.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... STANDING TALL: THE LIFEWAY OF KATHRYN JONES HARRISON, CHAIR OF THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE GRAND RONDE COMMUNITY by Kristine Olson Oregon Historical Society Press, Portland, in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2005....

Celilo Falls And The Remaking Of The Columbia River.(Video recording review)
September 22, 2006... CELILO FALLS AND THE REMAKING OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER written, edited, and produced by Joseph Cone Sea Grant Communications, Corvallis, Ore., 2005. 31 minutes, color. $19.95 DVD. March 10, 2007, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the flooding...

Two Centuries Of Lewis And Clark: Reflections On The Voyage of Discovery.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... TWO CENTURIES OF LEWIS AND CLARK: REFLECTIONS ON THE VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY by William L. Lang and Carl Abbott with a conversation with Roberta Conner and Christopher Zinn Oregon Historical Society Press, Portland, 2004. Photographs, notes,...

Wilderness Forever: Howard Zahniser And The Path To The Wilderness Act.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... WILDERNESS FOREVER: HOWARD ZAHNISER AND THE PATH TO THE WILDERNESS ACT by Mark Harvey University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2005. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. 343 pages. $35.00 cloth. Mark Harvey's Wilderness Forever is a...

Peoples Of The Plateau: The Indian Photographs Of Lee Moorhouse, 1898-1915.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... PEOPLES OF THE PLATEAU: THE INDIAN PHOTOGRAPHS OF LEE MOORHOUSE, 1898-1915 by Steven Grate University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2006. Photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index. 234 pages $39.95 cloth. $29.95 paper. Many readers of...

River Of Memory: The Everlasting Columbia.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... RIVER OF MEMORY: THE EVERLASTING COLUMBIA by William D. Layman Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, Wenatchee, Wash., in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle, and University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver,...

Ocian In View! O! The Joy: Lewis And Clark In Washington State.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... OCIAN IN VIEW! O! THE JOY: LEWIS AND CLARK IN WASHINGTON STATE illustrations by Roger Cooke text by Robert C. Carriker introduction by David L. Nicandri Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, 2005. Illustrations, maps, notes. 168 pages....

Idaho's Bunker Hill: The Rise And Fall Of A Great Mining Company, 1885-1981.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... IDAHO'S BUNKER HILL: THE RISE AND FALL OF A GREAT MINING COMPANY, 1885-1981 by Katherine Aiken University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2005. Photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index. 303 pages. $29.95 cloth. The Coeur d'Alene mining...

Longitude And Empire: How Captain Cook's Voyages Changed The World.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... LONGITUDE AND EMPIRE: HOW CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES CHANGED THE WORLD by Brian W. Richardson University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 2005. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. 256 pages. $85.00 cloth, $29.95 paper. ...

Domesticating The West: The Re-Creation Of The Nineteenth-Century American Middle Class.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... DOMESTICATING THE WEST: THE RE-CREATION OF THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS by Brenda Jackson University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 2005. Photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index. 196 pages. $50.00 cloth. In Domesticating...

Historical Dictionary Of The Discovery And Exploration Of The Northwest Passage.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF THE DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE by Alan Day Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Md., 2006. Maps, bibliography. 472 pages. $90.00 cloth. Alan Day's book manages to both exceed the scope of the...

Letters.(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2006... To the Editor: I read with interest the "Guild's Lake Industrial District" in the Spring 2006 quarterly. The authors' note on page 105 regarding the form of the name must be clarified. The United States Board on Geographic Names,...

OHS Research Library recently processed collections.(Kiser Photo Co.)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... In July, the OHS Research Library acquired significant additions to one of its largest and most important photograph collections, the Kiser Photo Co. photographs (Org. Lot 140). The company's founding partner, Fred H. Kiser, was one of the most...

Oregon Historical Society Research Library announces Fall 2006 workshops.(NOTICES)
September 22, 2006... OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY RESEARCH LIBRARY ANNOUNCES FALL 2006 WORKSHOPS All workshops include a free afternoon of research in the OHS Research Library from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Checks may be sent in advance to: Oregon Historical Society...

Corrections.(NOTICES)(Correction notice)
September 22, 2006... In the Spring 2006 issue of the Oregon Historical Quarterly (107:1), "Guild's Lake Industrial District: Change Over Time" and "Comin' and Goin': Memories of Jazzman Jim Pepper" contained errors. On page 102, a date was incorrectly given as...