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The OMA and CL@SE

CL@SE Inaugural Week Poster This past week was the inaugural week of OSU’s Center for Latino/a Studies and Engagement (CL@SE) and the OMA was excited to be a part of the festivities. CL@SE’s mission is to promote engaged research and outreach … Continue reading

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The OMA in the OHQ and at the Archives Crawl!

The OMA in the OHQ This year in honor of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in Oregon, the Oregon Historical Quarterly published a special issue regarding Women and Citizenship in Oregon. The OMA is included in this fantastic issue with the … Continue reading

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The Urban League of Portland’s 2012 Equal Opportunity Day Awards Dinner

Hello, Hannah Mahoney here. The summer is officially over and I am back working in the archives. This year I will be keeping you up to date on the latest and greatest things happening here at the OMA, so bookmark … Continue reading

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Oregon Latino/a Heritage Conference

On Saturday September 22, the OMA was thrilled to attend the Hispanic Heritage and Activism in Oregon conference at Pacific University in Forest Grove, a one day gathering of academics, students, and community members organized by the Centro Cultural de Washington … Continue reading

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The OMA at JCLC

The last Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC) took place in 2006, so it was very exciting to be able to attend JCLC in this year in Kansas City, MO. The conference theme was:  Gathering at the Waters: Celebrating Stories Embracing … Continue reading

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OMA Intern ~ Laura Cray

Laura Cray, OMA Intern The Oregon Tribal Archives Institute (TAI) could not have successfully occurred without OMA intern and TAI Planning Committee Member Laura Cray. Laura worked for the OMA in the Summer of 2011 as well as this past … Continue reading

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Braceros Program Photographs Exhibit

Braceros Collection Exhibit In honor of Latino/a Heritage Month, the Oregon Multicultural Archives presents “The Braceros Collection” a photographic exhibit documenting the Bracero Program in Oregon. In 1942 the United States government signed a labor agreement with Mexico that allowed its … Continue reading

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OMA Intern ~ Hannah Mahoney

OSU Front Page News, OSU Website Our very own Hannah Mahoney is currently featured as part of the OSU Spolight blog! Hannah was the OMA’s fabulous intern this past Spring Term – she processed the St. Philip the Deacon Records and assisted in organizing a Parish … Continue reading

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The Oregon Tribal Archives Institute ~ Days 3-5

Day 3, August 22 ~ Digitization Day Session Facilitator Karen Estlund   Session Facilitator Kira Homo Our University of Oregon colleagues, Karen Estlund and Kira Homo, joined us for our digitization day – they facilitated numerous sessions including: Digitization, Best … Continue reading

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The Oregon Tribal Archives Institute ~ Day 2

Our Morning Sessions at Siletz Day 2, August 21 ~ Our Morning at Siletz The second day of TAI was all about the physical aspects of archives planning are care; both on the building level and item level. We began our … Continue reading

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