Salem's railroad bridge is on the National Register.
The Northwest Archivists and Oregon Heritage Commission will jointly conduct a 2012 conference April 26-28 in Salem. Registration information will be available in early February.
The conference theme will be "Fertile Ground: Planting the Seeds for Restoration, Innovation and Collaboration." Using the fertile lands of the Williamette Valley as a backdrop, it highlights the
multi-disciplinary approaches that are strengthening and expanding the capacity of archives and other heritage fields in the Northwest.
Attendees will include community leaders, staff and volunteers from archives, records repositories, historical societies, museums, historic cemeteries, ethnic organizations, schools, historic preservation commissions, humanities groups, Main Street programs, the tourism
industry, economic development, history buffs and professional historians, youth, and local, tribal, state and federal governments.
The 2012 conference will include new events, as well as activities popular at Northwest Archivists meetings and Oregon Heritage Conferences. These include keynote speakers, panels, workshops, and behind-the-scenes visits to some of the area’s heritage sites and historic buildings. The Oregon Heritage Excellence Award banquet and the Oregon Heritage Fellowship research talks are also scheduled.
Mark your calendar now for April 26-28 to attend the joint Northwest
Archivists/Oregon Heritage Conference in Salem.
For more information about the conference, contact Kyle Jansson at 503-986-0673 or heritage.info@state.or.us.
Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards
First Lady Mary Oberst presents a 2009 award.
The 2012 Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards will be presented the evening of April 27 at the Willamette Heritage Center in Salem during the Oregon Heritage Conference. More information will be posted here later.
Oregon Heritage Fellowships
Heritage Programs awards 1-3 fellowships to undergraduate students who are seniors and to graduate students for researching, writing and presenting a topic related to history, geography, archaeology, cultural heritage, or historic preservation.
Application information is available at the Fellowship website.
