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Milagro Performance Screening: La Noche Eterna

Milagro Production Files As Archive’s Month here at Oregon State University wrapped up with its final event yesterday, I have some time to reflect on the steps and outcomes of the event to which I contributed. Because it took place … Continue reading

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Documentary: “The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers”

“Delano Manongs” Documentary The story of the role of the Filipino farm workers within the history of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) and the 1960s Chicano Movement is now a documentary, “The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United … Continue reading

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A Day of Outreach: OR Archives Crawl & OALP Concert

OR Archives Crawl & OALP Concert Flyers It was a busy day for the OMA, but the best kind of busy since there were two opportunities to talk to community members about archives! Today the OMA participated in the Oregon … Continue reading

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The Urban League of Portland’s 2014 Equal Opportunity Day Awards Dinner

ULPDX EOD Dinner 2014 Program It’s that time of year again – the Urban League of Portland (ULPDX) Equal Opportunity Day Awards Dinner!  As we have done for the past several years, the OMA brought a display of ULPDX archival materials to … Continue reading

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Milagro Addition to Complete the Collection!

Milagro’s Grants and Financial Records The Milagro collection is now complete! This week the OMA received Milagro’s financial and grants documentation, 1986-2005/2007, a total of 6 boxes. These materials give a fantastic insight into the inner workings of the administrative side of running a … Continue reading

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OSU History of Students of Color Activism Tour!

CONNECT Week 2014 Tour at the CCCC As part of CONNECT Week 2014, Professors Janet Nishihara and Kim McAloney led a group of about 15 students on the tour that their Fall 2013 U-Engage created and compiled into the campus … Continue reading

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“Uprooted” Exhibit at the Four Rivers Cultural Center

Four Rivers Cultural Center, Ontario, Oregon The debut of the traveling exhibit “Uprooted: Japanese American Farm Labor Camps During World War II” is this week at the Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario, Or! the exhibit, curated by Morgen Young, showcases a history of the … Continue reading

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OSU Cultural Resource Centers’ Libraries

OSU CRCs Libraries Online Catalog The OSU Cultural Resource Centers (CRCs) each have fantastic individual libraries with books available for check-out to the OSU community. In order to make these libraries more accessible to potential users, the OMA worked with the CRCs … Continue reading

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The OMA at SAA 2014

This year at the Society of American Archivists (SAA) conference there were several great sessions pertaining to documenting and sharing the stories of multicultural communities, and the OMA presented twice regarding its own projects. Below are a few highlights from … Continue reading

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Multicultural Portland Tour

This past week the OMA participated in another tour regarding Portland’s multicultural history and took lots of pictures to share with you! This tour was hosted by the organization Know Your City which has various forms of programming including tours, … Continue reading

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