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Explore The Oregon Historical Society Family of Websites. Classroom and Group Visits. Tom McCall: A Better Oregon. History of the Oregon Historical Society. Individual and Family Membership. Business and Non-Profit Memberships. Pacific Wonderland License Plate. Take Home a Piece of History. You can now order high-quality digital prints and instant downloads from the Oregon Historical Society's Research Library’s historical. December 4, 2016. 1200 SW Park Ave. Portland, Oregon 97205. 1200 SW Park Ave.

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Oregon Historical Society

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Explore The Oregon Historical Society Family of Websites. Welcome to the Oregon Historical Society. Search for exhibits, events, library and more. Protecting Our State's Cultural Legacy. History shapes people’s understanding of who they are as individuals and as members of a civilization. The Oregon Historical Society is a scholarly asset and a public resource dedicated to putting the power of history into everyone’s hands and to advancing knowledge in all corners of the world. Comic City, USA. Document ...

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Explore The Oregon Historical Society Family of Websites. Classroom and Group Visits. Tom McCall: A Better Oregon. History of the Oregon Historical Society. Individual and Family Membership. Business and Non-Profit Memberships. Pacific Wonderland License Plate. Classroom and Group Visits. Bring your group for an educational and fun tour through the museum. We welcome tourist groups, clubs, college groups and K-12 school groups. Tom McCall: A Better Oregon. A multi-disciplinary, service-learning curriculu...

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Gallery of Oregon Maps

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This website is created by the. Gallery of Oregon Maps. These are just a few of the over 25,000 maps held by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library. Map of Astoria, 1846: The maker of this map, Burr Osborn, survived the 1846 wreck of the Shark, a U.S. Navy schooner, in the dangerous waters of the Columbia Bar. The ship was lost, but the crew survived, spending several months in Oregon Territory. This map was likely made from memory many years later. Harbor of Astoria, 1927. Map of identified Nati...

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"Grandma Crew" at Oregon Shipbuilding Co.

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This website is created by the. Grandma Crew at Oregon Shipbuilding Co. 1921-1949 (Great Depression and World War II). Business and Industry Economics Women. Oregon Historical Society Research Library. This photo was published in the Portland. In 1944 with the caption: "'Grandma Crew' at Oregon Shipbuilding has 6 grannies out of crew of 8 production workers.". Written by Amy E. Platt. Fleeting Opportunities: Women Shipyard Workers in Portland and Vancouver during World War II and Reconversion. 2016 &dash...

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Women in the Shipyards

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This website is created by the. Women in the Shipyards. Oregon women joined millions of women across the country who found meaningful employment in war-related industries. Women who had been restricted to particular jobs—or to no jobs at all because of their gender and race—worked with men in factories and farms The increased democratization of the labor force in the United States during World War II was a consequence of the desperate need for workers to begin working immediately. Ray Atkeson, OrHi96923.

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10th Anniversary of Women in the Armed Forces

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This website is created by the. 10th Anniversary of Women in the Armed Forces. 1950-1980 (New Economy, Civil Rights, and Environmentalism). Government, Law, and Politics Social Relations Women. United Services Organizations photograph collection, Org. lot 91, Oregon Historical Society Research Library. Women in the Military: An Unfinished Revolution. Novato, California: Presidio, 1982. Morten, Bettie J. The Women's Army Corps, 1945-1978. Written by Sara Paulson, Oregon Historical Society, 2007. 2016 &das...

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Hermina "Billie" Strmiska Oral History

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This website is created by the. Hermina Billie Strmiska Oral History. 1981-Present (Recent Oregon History). Business and Industry Women. Oregon Historical Society Research Library. Her oral history includes her move to Oregon, her life in the shipyards during World War II, and the time she spend on her farm east of Oregon City after the war. Click here for a short excerpt. The Associated Press, and. Column “My Day” soon after she met with the women: “This is a new occupation for women, ...Click here to s...

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Japanese Evacuees, Portland Assembly Center

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This website is created by the. Japanese Evacuees, Portland Assembly Center. July 8, 1942. 1921-1949 (Great Depression and World War II). Government, Law, and Politics Race and Ethnicity Social Relations. In May 1942, Portland area Japanese Americans, both. Or first generation, and. Azuma, Eiichiro. “A History of Oregon’s. 94, 1993-4: 315-67. Written By Trudy Flores, Sarah Griffith, Oregon Historical Society, 2002. From The Oregon Encyclopedia. Oregon Historical Society Links:.