On March 19, 1982, the Portland Public School Board met in a regularly scheduled meeting. In attendance was Matthew W. Prophet Jr., who was to …

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Mattie Cone Sleeth was a significant force for change in Oregon during the early decades of the twentieth century. A devoted minister’s wife, she arrived …

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Maud Baldwin was born in Linkville (now Klamath Falls) on August 8, 1878, the second of five children of George T. and Josephine Baldwin. Her …

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Artist Maude Wanker is perhaps best known for her prowess in watercolor. She was a founding officer of the Oregon Amateur Watercolor Society and the …

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Beverly Brown interviewed Maureen Carroll of Central Point, Oregon  in 1989 as part of a larger effort to document and interpret the experiences of “working …

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Maurine Brown Neuberger entered politics as an Oregon state legislator and, as of 2010, was Oregon’s first and only woman to serve in the United …

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Maxville, in northeast Oregon east of the town of Wallowa, was home to African American loggers at a time when Oregon’s constitution included a provision …

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A. Kalina, pictured here in October 1937, was mayor of Malin, Oregon for 27 of the town’s first 28 years.  Malin, located on land that …

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On Nov. 5, 1938, Portland Mayor Joseph Carson rallied with thousands of students in front of City Hall to support two voter initiatives to clean …

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In a typically theatrical public relations event, Portland’s gregarious mayor George L. Baker posed for photographs following a Native American “adoption” ceremony.  Baker was elected …

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