Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality
ββ¦issues of race and the status and circumstances of Black life in Oregon are central to understanding the history of the state, and perhaps its future as well.ββDr. Darrell Milner
Entries for Biography
- Obo Addy (1936-2012)
- Leo Adler (1895-1993)
- John Jacob Astor (1763-1848)
- Victor Atiyeh (1923-2014 )
- Jacob Avshalomov (1919-2013)
- Seid Back (1851β1916)
- John Bain (1957-)
- Edward Baker (1811-1861)
- Shinzaburo Ban (1854-1926)
- James William Beatty (1830β1914)
- Mary Laurinda Jane Smith Beatty (1834β1899)
- John Beeson (1803-1889)
- Mark A. Bell (1825β1897)
- Pietro Belluschi (1899-1994)
- "Sweet Baby" James Benton (1930-2016)
- Joaquin "Chino" Berdugo (1850-1931)
- Edwin C. (Bill) Berry (1910β1987)
- Adalbert G. Bettman (1883 - 1964)
- Francois Blanchet (1795-1883)
- Mel Blanc (1908-1989)
- Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
- Kathryn Hall Bogle (1906 - 2003)
- Richard βDickβ Bogle (1930β2010)
- Gertrude Lamfrom Boyle (1924β2019)
- John A. Brown (1830?β1903)
- Mel Brown (1944-)
- William Brown (1828?β1889)
- Sherman Burgoyne (1901-1964)
- Hugh Daniel Burns (1807β1870)
- George Bush (c. 1790-1863)
- Beatrice Morrow Cannady (1889β1974)
- Mary H. Carr (1823?β1911)
- Margaret Louise Carter (1935β)
- Eva Castellanoz (1939- )
- Susan Castillo (1951-)
- Rudy Chapa (1957-)
- Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (1805-1866)
- Toussaint Charbonneau (1767- c. 1839-1843)
- Clive Charles (1951-2003)
- Reuben Crawford (1828β1918)
- Evelyn Crowell (1936β2017)
- Bernard Daly (1858β1920)
- Mercedes Deiz (1917β2005)
- Modeste Demers (1809-1871)
- James DePreist (1936-2013)
- Obed Dickinson (1818β1892)
- David Douglas (1799-1834)
- James Douglas (1803-1877) in Oregon
- Daniel Drew (1843β1923)
- Clyde Drexler (1962β)
- Gus Envela Jr. (1968-)
- George Edward Foreman (1949β2025) in Oregon
- Abner Hunt "A. H." Francis (c. 1812β1872) and Isaac "I. B." Francis (1798-1856)
- Otto John Frohnmayer (1905β2000)
- Elizabeth Furse (1936β2021)
- Vi Gale (1917 -2007)
- Victor Gardener (Vittore E. Giardinieri) (1909-2006)
- Rabbi Yonah Geller (1920-2007)
- Joseph Gervais (1777-1861)
- Caroline Gleason (1886-1962)
- Neil Goldschmidt (1940-2024)
- Avel Gordly (1947-)
- Darrell Grant (1962β)
- Frank Hachiya (1920-1945)
- Dorothy Hadley (1942β) and Hurtis Hadley (1942β)
- Ancer L. Haggerty (1944β)
- Willie Mae Young Hart (1915-2017)
- Ernest Haycox (1899-1950)
- Charles Edward Heaney (1897-1981)
- Ronald D. Herndon (1945β)
- Henry Hamilton Hicklin (1825β1873)
- William A. Hilliard (1927-2017)
- Jim Hill (1947-)
- Samuel Magnus Hill (1851-1921)
- Kwan Hsu (1913-1995)
- Hjalmar Hvam (1902-1996)
- Lawson Fusao Inada (1938-)
- Ing Hay ("Doc Hay") (1862-1952)
- Shizue Iwatsuki (1897β1984)
- Manuel Izquierdo (1925 - 2009)
- Melville Jacobs (1902-1971)
- Ben Johnson (1834β1901)
- Nathalie McDowell Johnson (1959-)
- William Johnson (1784-1848)
- George Katagiri (1926-2009)
- Wilhelm Keil (1812-1877)
- Lena Kenin (1897-1968)
- Eric A. Kimmel (1946β)
- Hattie Bratzel Kremen (1908β1996)
- Betty LaDuke (1933-)
- Olof Larsell (1886-1964)
- Hazel Ying Lee (1912-1944)
- Dorothea Marie Lensch (1907β2000)
- Mary Gysin Leonard (1845?-1912)
- Hans Arthur Linde (1924β2020)
- Frederic Littman (1907-1979)
- Fredrik Wilhelm LΓΆnegren (1860-1937)
- Etienne Lucier (1793-1853)
- Lung On (1863-1940)
- Ranald MacDonald (1824-1894)
- Kenneth A. J. Mackenzie (1859-1920)
- Bernard Malamud (1914β1986)
- Charles Martin (1863-1946)
- Masuzo Maruyama (1903β1941)
- John Mathews (c. 1816β1885)
- Marianne Mayfield (Hill) (1936-2004)
- William McClendon (1915-1996)
- Gladys McCoy (1928β1993)
- William βBillβ Lipscomb McCoy (1921β1996)
- Barbara McLarty (1919-)
- Joseph L. Meek (1810β1875)
- Julius L. Meier (1874-1937)
- Thara John Memory (1948-2017)
- Fred G. Meyer (1886β1978)
- Paul Richard Meyer (1925β2020)
- William Bernard Milbury (1872-1916)
- Fred Milton (1948-2011)
- Charles Alexander Moose (1953β2021)
- Hilda Morris (1911-1991)
- John Muir in Oregon
- Rose Garbow Naftalin (1898β1998)
- William Sumio Naito (1925-1996)
- Richard Neuberger (1912-1960)
- Peter Skene Ogden (1790-1854)
- Karl Onthank (1890-1967)
- Henk Pander (1937-2023)
- Reinhard G. Pauly (1920β2019)
- Jim Pepper (1941-1992)
- Henry Lewis Pittock (1835-1919)
- Terry Porter (1963β)
- Alexander Phimister Proctor (1860-1950)
- Clarence Pruitt (1927-2009)
- Harriet "Hattie" Redmond (1862-1952)
- Walter C. Reynolds (1920β2020)
- George Putnam Riley (1833β1905)
- Alexander Ross (1782-1856)
- Samuel Rothchild (1843-1930)
- Mark Rothko (1903-1970)
- Nancy Wyly Ryles (1937-1990)
- Joe Sacco (1960β)
- Alberto Salazar (1958 - )
- Nelson Sandgren (1917-2006)
- James D. Saules (1806?β1850s)
- Allen Say (1937-)
- Herbert Milton Schwab (1915β2005)
- Mildred Schwab (1917-1999)
- Janice Scroggins (1955-2014)
- Ben Selling (1852-1931)
- Mulugeta Seraw (1960β1988)
- Boris Sirpo (1893β1967)
- Ernst Skarstedt (1857-1929)
- Gus J. Solomon (1906β1987)
- Louis Southworth (1829β1917)
- Esperanza Spalding (1984-)
- Thelma Johnson Streat (1912-1959)
- Kinzo Suzuki (1840?-1882?)
- Tomas Svoboda (1939-2022)
- Monroe Sweetland (1910-2006)
- Sahomi Tachibana (1924β2024)
- Daiichi Takeoka (1882β1954)
- Augustus M. Tanaka (1923-2015)
- Benjamin Tanaka (1887-1975)
- Jacob Tanzer (1935β2018)
- Henry Thiele (1882-1952)
- David Thompson (1770-1857)
- Nohad Toulan (1931β2013)
- DeNorval Unthank (1899-1977)
- George Vancouver (1757-1798)
- Leroy Vinnegar (1928 β 1999)
- James W. Virtue (1837-1903)
- Edward Wah (1931?-2008)
- Warren Morton Washington (1936β2024)
- Lizzie Weeks (1879-1976)
- E. Henry Wemme (1861-1914)
- Newton K. (Uyesugi) Wesley (1917-2011)
- Oswald D. West (1873-1960)
- Frederick Manson White (1863-1952)
- Cleve Williams (1930-2007)
- Moses Williams (1845-1899)
- Arthur Lee (Artie) Wilson (1920-2010)
- Jonah B. Wise (1881-1959)
- Stephen S. Wise (1874-1949)
- Minoru Yasui (1916β1986)
- Mae Yih (1928β)
- York (ca. 1770β?)
- Anthony Yturri (1914β1999)
- Jan Zach (1914β1986)
Entries for Biota
- Bing cherry
- Blueberries and Huckleberries
- Camas
- Douglas-fir
- Gillnet fishing
- Hiroshima Peace Trees
- Lodgepole pine
- Matsutake (mushroom)
- Myrtlewood
- Oregon white oak
- Pacific yew
- Ponderosa pine
- Western hemlock
- Western larch
- Western red cedar
Entries for Event
- Beeswax shipwreck
- Black Exclusion Laws in Oregon
- CharrerΓa
- Chinese Massacre at Deep Creek
- Climate Change in Oregon
- Cockstock Incident
- Conviction of Robert Folkes
- Day of Remembrance
- Expulsion of Chinese from Oregon City, 1886
- 14th Amendment
- 15th Amendment
- Fur Trade in Oregon Country
- Holmes v. Ford
- Indian Redwood Marathon (Redwood Empire Run)
- Japanese American Wartime Incarceration in Oregon
- Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Matal v. Tam (2017)
- Mt. Angel Oktoberfest
- National Reclamation Act (1902)
- Oregon Plan
- Oregon Soldiers in the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars, 1898-1899
- Pendleton Round-Up
- Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925)
- Santiago Ventura Morales Exoneration Case
- Toledo Incident of 1925
- United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
- Woman Suffrage in Oregon
Entries for Group
- Am Olam
- Ancient Order of Hibernians (Portland Division)
- Basques
- Black Cowboys in Oregon
- Black Panthers in Portland
- Black People in Oregon
- Buckaroos
- Buffalo Soldiers at Vancouver Barracks
- Cappella Romana
- Chinese Americans in Oregon
- Chinese mining in Oregon
- Cricket in Oregon
- East Indians of Oregon and the Ghadar Party
- Greek Community in Oregon
- Hawaiians in the Oregon Country
- Hmong Immigration
- Iranians in Oregon
- Japanese Americans in Oregon
- Jews in Oregon
- Ku Klux Klan
- Latinos in Oregon
- Modoc Tribe
- Native American Agricultural Labor
- Oregon Literature (1814-1920)
- Oregon Literature (1920-2010)
- Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN)
- Populism in Oregon
- Portland Taiko
- Swedish Americans in Oregon
- Triple Nickles -- 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion
- Tualatin peoples
- Volga Germans in Oregon
- Voyageurs
Entries for Institution
- The Advocate
- Albers Brothers Milling Company
- Alpenrose Dairy
- Anzen
- Arlington Club
- Basque boardinghouses in Oregon
- Billy Webb Elks Lodge
- Bracero Program
- Centro Cultural de Washington County
- Cherry Grove streetcar and railroad
- City Club of Portland
- Lan Su Chinese Garden
- Colegio CΓ©sar ChΓ‘vez
- Salem's Colored School and Little Central
- Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
- Congregation Ahavath Achim
- Congregation Beth Israel
- Congregation Neveh Shalom
- Congregation Shaarie Torah
- Coos History Museum
- Epworth United Methodist Church (Portland)
- First African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
- Five Oaks Museum (Washington County Museum)
- Four Rivers Cultural Center and Museum
- High Desert Museum
- Huberβs CafΓ©
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Ikebana International, Portland Chapter
- Japanese American Museum of Oregon
- Japanese Ancestral Society
- Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
- Kaiser Shipyards
- Kam Wah Chung and Co.
- Thomas Lister Kay (1838-1900)
- Milagro Theatre
- Mittleman Jewish Community Center
- Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery
- Neighborhood House
- North West Company
- Obukan Judo Dojo
- Oregon Black Pioneers (organization)
- Oregon Nurses Association
- Oregon Posten
- Oshu Nippo
- Ota Tofu
- Portland Temporary Detention Center (Portland Assembly Center)
- Provisional Government
- Seufert Brothers Cannery
- Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
- St. Paul Roman Catholic Church
- St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church (KoΕciΓ³Ε Sw. StanisΕawa)
- Tokyo International University of America
- Union Fishermen's Cooperative Packing Company
- Valley Migrant League
- Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church
- Vanport Extension Center
- Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center
- Willamette Cattle Company
Entries for Miscellany
- Afro-American Heritage Bicentennial Commemorative Quilt
- Fernando (Basque trickster figure)
- The Myth of Chinese Tunnels in Pendleton
- Non-Unanimous Jury Law in Oregon
- Petitions to Congress, 1838-1845
- Redlining and Climate-Related Heat
- Seine Fishing
Entries for Place
- Ah Hee Diggings (Chinese Walls)
- Alameda neighborhood
- Albany
- Albina area (Portland)
- Alsea (Alcea)
- Ashland
- Baker City
- Baker City Chinatown
- Breitenbush Hot Springs
- Bridge of the Gods
- Brookings
- Camp Polk and Camp Polk Meadow Preserve
- Capitol Theater (Salem)
- Cascadia Cave
- Catlow Valley
- Champoeg
- Columbia River
- The Dude Ranch
- Eldorado Ditch
- Eugene
- Forest Grove
- Fort George (Fort Astoria)
- Fort Rock Cave
- Fort Umpqua (HBC fort, 1836-1853)
- Fort Vancouver
- French Prairie
- Golden West Hotel
- Gresham
- Hermiston
- Hood River (city)
- Irvington neighborhood, Portland
- Iwasaki Brothers Nursery
- Japanese American Historical Plaza (Portland)
- Japantown, Portland (Nihonmachi)
- Jordan Valley
- Klamath River
- Ladd's Addition
- La Grande
- Lake Oswego
- Lower Klamath Lake
- Maxville
- Community of McKenzie Bridge
- Milton-Freewater
- City of Mt. Angel
- Mount Hood
- Mount Mazama
- Ontario
- Oregon Trail
- Owyhee Canyonlands
- Owyhee River
- Pelota Fronton
- Pendleton
- City of Port Orford
- Silver Falls State Park
- Sparta ditch
- St. Paul
- St. Paul Cemetery
- The Dalles
- The Dalles Dam
- Tigard
- Tillamook
- Tillamook Bay
- Two Dragon mining camp
- Umpqua River
- Union Peak and Union Creek
- Vanport
- Community of Verboort
- Waldo Building (Portland)
- Winship Settlement
- Woodburn