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Project MUSE®: Latest articles in Oregon Historical Quarterly.daily12026-05-13T00:00:00-05:00text/htmlen-USVol. 104 (2003) through current issueLatest Articles: Oregon Historical QuarterlyTWOProject MUSE®Oregon Historical Quarterly2329-37800030-4727Latest articles in Oregon Historical Quarterly. Feed provided by Project MUSE®“All of Us”: A Symposium on Immigration and Civil Rights
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/986666
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Evan KiersteadTHIS QUOTE FROM Minoru Yasui inspired “All of Us,” the title of Oregon Historical Society’s public symposium on immigration and civil rights in September 2025. The symposium offered historical and legal context to current debates about immigration and civil rights, focusing on two policies: the 1798 Act Respecting Alien Enemies and House Bill 2314 of the 1987 Oregon State Legislature, commonly known as Oregon’s sanctuary law. Yasui’s quote is displayed in this image from the exhibition The Yasui Family: An American Story at Oregon Historical Society’s museum.THE OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY strives to be a relevant and welcoming history institution that links the present with the past to inspire the
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-13T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/845/image/coversmall“All of Us”: A Symposium on Immigration and Civil Rights2026-03-28text/htmlen-US“All of Us”: A Symposium on Immigration and Civil Rights2026-03-282026TWOProject MUSE®42192026-05-13T00:00:00-05:002026-03-28“All of Us”: The Alien Enemies Act
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/986667
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I’d like to start by saying I’m the grandson of immigrants, German Lutherans on the one side, Hungarian Jews on the other. Among those family members’ reasons for coming was a mix of economic hopes and hope for religious freedom. Our family had lots of experiences encountering the paper walls of the State Department and trying to escape the Holocaust and fascism in Europe in the 1930s. That’s what first planted a seed for me, as a young scholar, in wanting to think about this topic, and I’ve been studying immigration history and politics since my earliest days of graduate school.The Alien Enemies Act has been much in the news during [President Donald J.] Trump’s second term. Those who have paid close attention
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-13T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/845/image/coversmall“All of Us”: The Alien Enemies Act2026-03-28text/htmlen-US“All of Us”: The Alien Enemies Act2026-03-282026TWOProject MUSE®1084352026-05-13T00:00:00-05:002026-03-28“All of Us”: Oregon’s So-Called Sanctuary Law
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/986668
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There is such a long history to Oregon’s path to becoming a sanctuary state, and Oregon was the first state in the nation to do so in 1987. I’ll take you back to see a history of immigration, Hispanic presence in Oregon, discrimination, social activism, judicial and legal actions, and legislative process that got us to where we are today. I personally do not see this law as a sanctuary law. The core of this law, its implementation and enactment, was an anti-profiling movement to stop local law enforcement from enforcing federal immigration law. A name that you will hear multiple times from me and others is Rocky Barilla. While Rocky could not be with us today, I want to be clear that as an attorney, community
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-13T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/845/image/coversmall“All of Us”: Oregon’s So-Called Sanctuary Law2026-03-28text/htmlen-US“All of Us”: Oregon’s So-Called Sanctuary Law2026-03-282026TWOProject MUSE®1056022026-05-13T00:00:00-05:002026-03-28Two Giants: Senators Anthony “Tony” Yturri and Harry Boivin
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/986669
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WHEN I FIRST became a member of the Oregon State Senate in January 1967, its thirty members included so many outstanding people that it was awe-inspiring for a thirty-year-old in his first elective office. Among members of the body were a future two-term governor, Victor Atiyeh; a future chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, Berkeley Lent; and a future associate justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, Edward Fadeley.1 As their public careers had proven and would continue to prove, however, there were at that time two real giants in the senate, men who were especially skilled in senate rules and parliamentary maneuvering: Harry D. Boivin, a sixty-three-year-old Democrat from Klamath Falls, and Anthony “Tony”
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-13T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/845/image/coversmallTwo Giants: Senators Anthony “Tony” Yturri and Harry Boivin2026-03-28text/htmlen-USTwo Giants: Senators Anthony “Tony” Yturri and Harry Boivin2026-03-282026TWOProject MUSE®1029802026-05-13T00:00:00-05:002026-03-28Old Books, New Questions: The Petros G. Pelos Collection and the Evolving Past of the Pacific Northwest
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/986670
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THE HISTORICAL RECORD of the American West in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is complex, fragmented, and often internally contradictory. That record preserves Euro-American memories of exploration, territorial rivalry, and encounters with Native people, and it documents the practices of science and visual arts in an imperialist context. It is also full of doubts, failures, infighting, and occasional bouts of cultural humility.In 2025, Petros Pelos generously donated a collection of over one hundred priceless books, maps, and published documents to the Oregon Historical Society’s (OHS’s) research library. Featuring canonical texts and more obscure curiosities, the Petros G. Pelos Collection brings together
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-13T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/845/image/coversmallOld Books, New Questions: The Petros G. Pelos Collection and the Evolving Past of the Pacific Northwest2026-03-28text/htmlen-USOld Books, New Questions: The Petros G. Pelos Collection and the Evolving Past of the Pacific Northwest2026-03-282026TWOProject MUSE®366212026-05-13T00:00:00-05:002026-03-28OHQ and Indigenous Recognition: A Statement from OHQ staff and Editorial Advisory Board
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/986671
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The Oregon Historical Quarterly’s (OHQ) staff and editorial advisory board recognize the uniquely significant perspectives, knowledge, and histories of peoples indigenous to Oregon and work to bring that recognition into our policies and practices.Indigenous tribes and bands have been with the lands that we inhabit today throughout Oregon and the Northwest since time immemorial and continue to be a vibrant part of Oregon. OHQ’s staff and advisors express our respect to the First Peoples of this land, and the pre-existing and continued sovereignty of the federally recognized tribes in Oregon: Burns Paiute Tribe, Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-13T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/845/image/coversmallOHQ and Indigenous Recognition: A Statement from OHQ staff and Editorial Advisory Board2026-03-28text/htmlen-USOHQ and Indigenous Recognition: A Statement from OHQ staff and Editorial Advisory Board2026-03-282026TWOProject MUSE®64292026-05-13T00:00:00-05:002026-03-28OHS Directors and Honorary Council
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/986672
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Founded 1898Pete Nickerson, presidentJulieann Park, vice presidentBobbie Conner, secretaryErin Zollenkopf, treasurerKerry Tymchuk, boyle family executive directorex-officioHon. Tina Kotek, governor of OregonWendy Cornelisen, state librarianFranco Albi, Kris Anderson, Paul Andrews, Casey Obie Barrett, Suzanne Bishop, Ken Boddie, Bobbie Conner, Kelly Douglas, Emily Flynn, Tony Garvey, Scott Howard, Greg Keller, Marilyn Loy, Dr. Cherstin Lyon, Judge Judith Matarazzo, Jeff McKeown, Nathan McKinstry, Dr. Dinelli Monson, Darren Nakata, Pete Nickerson, Brendan O’Scannlain, Julieann Park, James Parker, Perry Pelos, Steve Roe, John Russell, Danny Santos, Linda Shelk, Jennifer Sitton, Monica Spady, Greg Specht, Lisa Watson
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-13T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/845/image/coversmallOHS Directors and Honorary Council2026-03-28text/htmlen-USOHS Directors and Honorary Council2026-03-282026TWOProject MUSE®25682026-05-13T00:00:00-05:002026-03-28Wrecked: Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific by Coll Thrush (review)
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/986673
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Coll Thrush has produced another thought-provoking and beautifully written book. Putting his expertise in Northwest coast Indigenous and settler history on full display, Thrush examines numerous shipwrecks that punctuated the coastlines of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia from the 1600s to recent times. Thrush argues that these shipwrecks reveal the fragility of White settler colonialism while simultaneously illuminating the often overlooked yet prominent role of Indigenous actors and knowledge in this “critical wreck-ography” (p. 21).The first two chapters illustrate the significance of Indigenous participation in the aftermath of numerous coastal shipwrecks. Using little-known shipwreck accounts from the
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-13T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/845/image/coversmallWrecked: Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific by Coll Thrush (review)2026-03-28text/htmlen-USWrecked: Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific by Coll Thrush (review)2026-03-282026TWOProject MUSE®65242026-05-13T00:00:00-05:002026-03-28First Fruits: The Lewellings and the Birth of the Pacific Coast Fruit Industry by Linda Ziedrich (review)
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/986674
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In this biography, “first fruits” does not refer to native salmonberries, strawberries, or bitter cherries that populated the Pacific coast terrain for millennia. Instead, the author draws from J.R. Cardwell’s 1906 essay in this very journal — “The First Fruits of the Land: A Brief History of Early Horticulture in Oregon” — to invoke the critical importance of orchards in mid-nineteenth-century homesteading. Fruit trees stood for progress, health, and the potential for agricultural wealth. They also represented a fundamental Euro-American reordering of the botanical landscape from the 1840s onward.The history of modern fruit growing across the Pacific Coast cannot be told without the stories of brothers Henderson
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-13T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/845/image/coversmallFirst Fruits: The Lewellings and the Birth of the Pacific Coast Fruit Industry by Linda Ziedrich (review)2026-03-28text/htmlen-USFirst Fruits: The Lewellings and the Birth of the Pacific Coast Fruit Industry by Linda Ziedrich (review)2026-03-282026TWOProject MUSE®55082026-05-13T00:00:00-05:002026-03-28C.S. Price: A Portrait by Roger Saydack (review)
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/986675
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Clayton Sumner Price (1874–1950) is arguably the most important and influential artist based in Oregon during the twentieth century. C.S. Price: A Portrait is the result of Roger Saydack’s forty-year pursuit of documenting the artist’s life and accomplishments through exhaustive research and scrutiny. The level of scholarship is impressive, and the book contains many color illustrations. The relaxed tone of the narrative makes it accessible to a wide range of readers. For many of the paintings illustrated in the book, the author provides detailed technical analysis of Price’s evolving technique. Within an art-historical framework, Saydack discusses in depth the impact of artistic influences on Price’s work. During
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-13T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/845/image/coversmallC.S. Price: A Portrait by Roger Saydack (review)2026-03-28text/htmlen-USC.S. Price: A Portrait by Roger Saydack (review)2026-03-282026TWOProject MUSE®60652026-05-13T00:00:00-05:002026-03-28Book Notes
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/986676
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Oregon Historical Quarterly volunteers and staff created these Book Notes by drawing on publishers’ descriptions.Atiyeh: Governor Vic Atiyeh and the Transformation of Oregonby James MooreRidenbaugh Press, Carlton, Oregon, 2025. Index, illustrations, tables. 535 pages. $24.95 paper.Pacific University political scientist and election-season commentator Jim Moore spent over a decade crafting this biography of Oregon’s most recent Republican governor. Victor Atiyeh was head of Atiyeh Bros. carpet company, state legislator, and the first Arab American governor in the United States. Moore spends most of his 500-plus page tome covering Atiyeh’s 1979 to 1987 gubernatorial term and documents how Atiyeh steered Oregon
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-13T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/845/image/coversmallBook Notes2026-03-28text/htmlen-USBook Notes2026-03-282026TWOProject MUSE®94922026-05-13T00:00:00-05:002026-03-28Land Hunger: Ohio and the Western Frontiers by Mansel G. Blackford (review)
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Mansel G. Blackford’s Land Hunger: Ohio and the Western Frontiers examines Euro-American settlement of Ohio, Oregon, and the Great Plains from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. The author maintains that settlers — animated by mindsets at once pragmatic and romantic, and stirred both by capitalistic visions of gain and republican ideals of yeomanly virtue — moved into unfamiliar places, displaced Native Americans, and changed the land.The story is one of transformation, not triumph. Each of the places under consideration starts with diverse and vital ecosystems under Native American stewardship, and ends with landscapes divested of wildlife and carved up into farms increasingly geared toward market
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-13T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/845/image/coversmallLand Hunger: Ohio and the Western Frontiers by Mansel G. Blackford (review)2026-03-28text/htmlen-USLand Hunger: Ohio and the Western Frontiers by Mansel G. Blackford (review)2026-03-282026TWOProject MUSE®76602026-05-13T00:00:00-05:002026-03-28Oregonscape
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OHS Research Library, Org. Lot 678, box 11, folder 36THIS PHOTOGRAPH by June Drake captures George Neal and his two sons enjoying life on a farm near Silverton, Oregon, as part of a trip sponsored by the Fresh Air Fund in August 1913.IN THE SUMMER OF 1913, crowds of Portland inner-city children and their parents boarded trains to the countryside. The families were participants in the Fresh Air Fund, which invited families experiencing poverty to stay with host farms for two weeks. The program also provided new clothing and paid for the rent on their housing while away to offset the financial impact of two weeks away from work. The program was part of a larger, Progressive-Era philanthropy movement whose leaders
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