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Celebrate Native American Heritage Month!

Native American Heritage Month Display Did you know that the first Powwow at OSU sponsored by the Native American Club took place over thirty years ago, in October of 1977 The Oregon Stater and the Beaver Yearbook covered the event … Continue reading

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Save Ethnic Studies! New DVD available at the Library

Cover of “Precious Knowledge” DVD On October 18th dozens of OSU community members gathered to view the documentary “Precious Knowledge: Arizona’s battle over Ethnic Studies” and the filmmaker Eren Isabel McGinnis and special guest Curtis Acosta answered audience questions after … Continue reading

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The OMA at the Archives Crawl!

 OSU Table at the Archives Crawl The second annual Archives Crawl took place this past Saturday in Portland and the OMA was there as part of the OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center. The Archives Crawl was an opportunity for people … Continue reading

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Mexican American Activism in Oregon Panel Discussion

The OSU Press just recently published the book Sonny Montes and Mexican American Activism by U of O History professor Glenn Anthony May “On one level a biography of Oregon’s leading Mexican American activist, the book also tells the broader … Continue reading

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Basketball Desegregation Event Now Online!

Event Panelists: (Left to Right) Paul Valenti, Charlie White, Norm Monroe, Craig Robinson, Larry Griggs Photo: Scobel Wiggins | Corvallis Gazette-Times Glory Road and the Desegregation of College Basketball: the Untold Story at Oregon State University Last Spring term OSU’s … Continue reading

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Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians, September 16

For our last site visit of the summer we traveled to Coos Bay to meet with the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians. While there we met with the cultural director, records manager, archeologist, manager of information systems, … Continue reading

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Coquille Indian Tribe Site Visit, September 15

For our second to last site visit of the summer we had the opportunity to travel to the coast to meet with archives and records managers of the Coquille Indian Tribe. During our meeting we learned about an exciting collaborative … Continue reading

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Celebrate Latino/a Heritage Month!

Although Latino/a Heritage Month does not officially begin until the 15th of September, we are celebrating a bit early this year by physically and digitally sharing archival material related to OSU’s Association of Latin American Students (ALAS) and the Centro Cultural César … Continue reading

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Urban League of Portland Photos

The Urban League of Portland is one of the Oregon Multicultural Archives cornerstone collections, and we have digitzed over 400 single images…and we have more to share!    Whitney Young Learning Center Album — The Whitney Young Learning Center was established during the … Continue reading

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Photo Albums Galore!

Fresh off the scanner… Check out these 5 Photo Albums that document the programs, activities, and participants of the Asia University America Program (AUAP) at OSU. Album 1 Album 2 Album 3 Album 4 Album 5  From 1988-1994 students from the Asia … Continue reading

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