The Oregon Encyclopedia

Chinese mining in Oregon (essay)

Chinese mining in Oregon (essay)

The city of Guangzhou (formerly known to Westerners as Canton) is the capital of Guangdong Province, located along China’s southeastern coast. For many years, it was the only Chinese seaport open to …

Oswald D. West (1873-1960)

Oswald D. West (1873-1960)

Oswald D. West served as Oregon's fourteenth governor, between 1911 and 1915. Best known as the catalyst for numerous reforms during his one term in office, West played a behind-the-scenes role in …

Populism in Oregon (essay)

Populism in Oregon (essay)

Populism refers to a political discourse that defines the interests of “the people”—as opposed to those of political, economic, or cultural elites—as well as to a concrete political movement of the late …

Labor

Eleanor Baldwin (1854-1928)

Shinzaburo Ban (1854-1926)

Thomas Joseph Burns (1876-1957)

Robert Vernon Cook (1925–2008)

Will Daly (1869-1924)

Marie Equi (1872-1952)

Irvin Henry Fletcher (1932-)

Caroline Gleason (1886-1962)

Edith Starrett Green (1910-1987)

Andrew B. Hammond (1848-1934)

William McClendon (1915-1996)

George Putnam (1872-1961)

Julia Ruuttila (1907-1991)

Millie R. Trumbull (1866-1940)

Oswald D. West (1873-1960)

Expulsion of Chinese from Oregon City, 1886

McCarthy Era (late 1940s-late 1950s)

McClellan Committee

Muller v. Oregon (1908)

Toledo Incident of 1925

Associated Oregon Industries

Chinese mining in Oregon (essay)

Coin Machine Men

Gyppo Logging in Oregon

Latinos in Oregon (essay)

Native American Agricultural Labor

Oregon Commonwealth Federation

Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN)

Populism in Oregon (essay)

Bracero Program

Centro Cultural de Washington County

Columbia River Fisherman's Protective Union

Cranberry Industry

Flax and Linen Industry of Oregon

Four Rivers Cultural Center and Museum

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

Kaiser Shipyards

Oregon Industrial Welfare Commission

The Portland Reporter

Seufert Brothers Cannery

Socialist Party of Oregon

Thomas Kay Woolen Mill

Valley Migrant League

Women's Land Army