OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The 'Oregon Historical Society' (OHS) is an organization that encourages and promotes the study and understanding of the history of the Oregon Country, 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 groups and individuals with similar aims.

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History

Divisions

See also

References

External links

History

The Society was organized on December 17 1898, in Portland at the Portland Library Building.Corning, Howard M. ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956. The first president was Harvey W. Scott, with memberships totaling 370 in the first year. In 1900 the first issue of the ''Oregon Historical Quarterly'' was printed as the official publication of the organization. The first permanent location for the Society came in 1917 at Portland Municipal Auditorium.
Dr. George L. Vogt was appointed as the eighth Executive Director of OHS in November of 2006. Dr. Vogt is a former president of the American Association for State and Local History. In July 2007, the Oregon Historical Society was awarded a $2.8 million biennial appropriation from the State of Oregon, though the organization is not a state entity. The $2.8 million given by the state over the two years equals 30% of the annual operating budget.

Divisions

The Society's museum, archives and research library contains approximately 8.5 million feet of film and videotape, over 2.5 million photographs, 85,000 artifacts, 30,000 books, 25,000 maps, 16,000 rolls of microfilm, 12,000 linear feet of documents, and oral history preserved in over 8,400 hours of recordings covering over 2,100 interviews. The society has one of the largest collections of historic photographs in the United States.^[1]
OHS has published the ''Oregon Historical Quarterly'' continuously since 1900. Since 1929, OHS Press has published over 150 books on Oregon history, politics, culture, and biographies, including ''Oregon Geographic Names''.
The OHS Museum Store is located in the lobby of the National Register of Historic Places-designated building the Sovereign Hotel.^[2] The building was added to the register in 1981.^[3]

Sovereign Hotel where OHS Store is located.

See also

★ Neil Goldschmidt - in 2004, access to historical records of Goldschmidt's term as Governor brought the OHS's role in such matters under public scrutiny.

References

1. LewisAndClarkTrail.com: Oregon History Center
2. OHS: Museum store
3. Oregon NRHP list

External links

★ Oregon State Archives: Governor Neil Goldschmidt