Events
Community Meetings
The Oregon Encyclopedia will include entries on all parts of the state, with special attention to smaller communities. It will include information on Oregon history, art, architecture, literature, anthropology, ethnology, folklore, and more. In 2008, editors and staff will involve as many local communities as possible by gathering information through Community Meetings held throughout the state. The meetings will provide general information on the project and encourage open discussions of the community's significant events, people, places, and institutions. By tapping into local sources of historical and cultural knowledge, the meetings will give Oregonians the opportunity to contribute in significant ways to The Oregon Encyclopedia.
The meetings will be attended by members of the encyclopedia's distinguished editorial board, editors-in-chief, and staff. Some meetings will provide writing workshops where prospective authors can work on topics and entries, with literary experts to guide the process.
Through Community Meetings, The Oregon Encyclopedia will be a true reflection of who Oregonians are today.
2008 Community Meeting Calendar
Coos Bay
Coos Bay Public Library
Saturday, March 8, 2008
9:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Florence
Siuslaw Public Library
Saturday, April 26, 2008
1:00-3:30 PM
Madras
Jefferson County Library
Saturday, April 26, 2008
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Astoria
Astoria Public Library
Saturday, May 31, 2008
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Beaverton
Beaverton City Library
Monday, June 16, 2008
6:00-8:30 PM
Tualatin
Tualatin Heritage Center
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
6:30-8:30 PM
Selma
Selma Community and Education Center
Saturday, July 26, 2008
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Klamath Falls
Klamath County Library
Main Library
Event will be at:
Commissioner's Hearing Room on the 2nd
floor of The Government Center
Thursday, September 11, 2008
5:30-7:30 PM
Burns
Harney County Public Library
Saturday, September 20, 2008
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Salem
Salem Public Library
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
6:00 PM-8:30 PM
Portland
Central Library
Saturday, September 27, 2008
1:00 – 4:00 PM
Pendleton
Pendleton Public Library
Saturday, October 4, 2008
1:00 – 4:00 PM
Medford
Medford Library
Saturday, October 4, 2008
2:00-5:00 PM
Eugene
University of Oregon Many Nations Longhouse
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
6:00-8:30 PM
Eugene Community Meeting
A public Community Meeting will be held on the project in Eugene on Wednesday, October 8 from
6:00-8:30 p.m. at the University of Oregon Many Nations Longhouse, 1630 Columbia St., Eugene. The meeting will provide information about The Oregon Encyclopedia and gather information for the project. Facilitating the meeting will be Ulrich Hardt, Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia, Professor at Portland State University, and Managing Editor of the award-winning, six-volume Oregon Literature Series; he’ll be assisted by James Fox, Head of Special Collections and University Archives at University of Oregon’s Knight Library.
CANCELLED!!! Baker City
Baker County Public Library
Thursday, October 9, 2008
6:00-8:00 PM
This meeting has been rescheduled for October 26, 2008. Please see details below.
McMinnville
McMinnville Public Library
Saturday, October 18, 2008
2:00 – 5:00 PM
McMinnville Community Meeting
A public Community Meeting will be held on the project in McMinnville on Saturday, October 18 from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m., McMinnville Public Library, 225 NW Adams St., McMinnville. The meeting will provide information about The Oregon Encyclopedia and gather information for the project. Facilitating the meeting will be Linda Tamura, Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia and Professor of Education at Willamette University in Salem; she’ll be assisted by Julie Esparza Brown, director of Portland State University's Bilingual Teacher Pathway program who has worked in bilingual public school education for 20 years.
Hillsboro
Hillsboro Public Library
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Hillsboro Community Meeting
A public Community Meeting will be held on the project in Hillsboro on Tuesday, October 21 from 6:00 p.m-8:00 p.m. at the Hillsboro Main Library, 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro. The meeting will provide information about The Oregon Encyclopedia and gather information for the project. Facilitating the meeting will be Ulrich Hardt, Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia, Professor at Portland State University, and Managing Editor of the award-winning, six-volume Oregon Literature Series; he’ll be assisted by Julie Esparza Brown, director of Portland State University's Bilingual Teacher Pathway program who has worked in bilingual public school education for 20 years.
Hood River
Hood River County Library
Saturday, October 25, 2008
1:00-4:00PM
Hood River Community Meeting
A public Community Meeting will be held on the project in Hood River on Saturday, October 25 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m., Hood River County Library, 502 State St., Hood River. The meeting will provide information about The Oregon Encyclopedia and gather information for the project. Facilitating the meeting will be Linda Tamura, Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia and Professor of Education at Willamette University in Salem for 13 years; she will be assisted by Mitzi Loftus, a retired school teacher and expert in Japanese American culture.
Baker City
Baker County Public Library
Sunday, October 26, 2008
1:00-3:00 PM
Baker City Community Meeting
A public Community Meeting will be held on the project in Baker City on Shursday, October 26 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the Baker County Public Library, 2400 Resort St., Baker City. The meeting will provide information about The Oregon Encyclopedia and gather information for the project. Facilitating the meeting will be Bill Robbins, distinguished Professor Emeritus at Oregon State University, and author and editor of many books about Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, including Landscapes of Promise: The Oregon Story, 1800-1940 and Oregon, This Storied Land; he will be assisted by Susan Badger Doyle, an independent scholar specializing in historic western overland trails, with particular interest in nineteenth-century emigrant trails, transportation, and the settlement of Oregon.
Bend
Deschutes Public Library
Monday, December 15, 2008
6:00 – 8:00 PM
