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Abigail Scott Duniway votes by Abell & Son
Abigail Scott Duniway, sister of Daily Oregonian editor Harvey Scott, was a novelist, newspaper publisher, teacher, pioneer, milliner, and suffragist. An overland pioneer …
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Acquiring Reservation Land by Gail Wells
Some of the coast’s most remote and marginal land had been set aside for relocating people who had been defeated in the Rogue Wars and …
Across the Plains and into the Oregon Country by William L. Lang
The Expedition met no Indians from the time they left the Mandan and Hidatsa villages until they made contact with Sacagawea’s people in mid-August 1805, …
Act to Prohibit the Intermarriage of Races, 1866 by The Oregonian
The Oregonian clipping featured here presented the language of a new Oregon law approved by the Legislature on October 24, 1866. It banned miscegenation—marriage between …
Advertisement, Vote 314x Yes by P.S. Malcom
This paid advertisement in support of the Oregon Compulsory Education Bill appeared in many newspapers across the state in the weeks prior to the 1922 …
Advertisements, Salmon Fishery Initiatives, 1908 by Unknown
These two advertisements were published in the spring of 1908. The first document, titled “Your Vote is Necessary to Preserve the Salmon Industry,” represents the …
Advertising in Pacific Monthly, 1907 by Pacific Monthly
Shown here is a page of advertising from the September 1907 issue of Pacific Monthly, promoting investment in copper mining, “fortunes in fruit,” and …
African American and Women Workers in World War II by William G. Robbins
Wartime conditions severely disrupted rural communities, creating dire labor shortages in agricultural and natural resource industries like logging and lumbering. Thousands of Oregonians left farms, …
African American Community Protests School Board by Max Gutierrez
Black United Front leader, Ron Herndon, stood on a desk at this 1982 protest, leading members of the African American community in chants of “You’d better …
African Americans in Oregon by Staff
Objectives: Identify the historical experience of African Americans in Portland and Oregon. Identify the legal and governmental actions that affected African American life. Analyze short …
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