Oregon Chautauqua Programs at Benton County Historical Society, Oregon

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2008 Oregon Chautauqua Programs

OCH's Oregon Chautauqua is a statewide speakers bureau offering an annual catalog of humanities programs to nonprofit organizations in Oregon, free of charge.

These six programs are sponsored by a collaboration among the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, Linn-Benton Community College: Benton Center, and Benton County Historical Society.

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Connie Battaile
Out of the Ordinary Oregon

Connie Battaile's interest in all things Oregon led her to a five-year endeavor compiling The Oregon Book: Information A to Z (published in 1998). Some of the intriguing stories that she came across while researching The Oregon Book are the basis for her talk.

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Erlinda Gonzales-Berry
Sojourners, Settlers, and New Immigrants: Mexicanos in Oregon

The number of Latinos residing in Oregon has increased dramatically in the last decade, leading one scholar to speak of the "browning of Oregon." This, however, is not a new phenomenon, for there has been a settled-out, Mexican-origin population in Oregon since the 1930s. Erlinda Gonzales-Berry will discuss the history of migration and the complex issues concerning borders in "Sojourners, Settlers, and New Immigrants: Mexicanos in Oregon."

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Richard Etulain
Wallace Stegner program

Historian Richard Etulain will present the life and work of award-winning author Wallace Stenger who created a great impact on the West through his devotion to conservation, history, and intellectual thought in "Wallace Stegner: Wise Man of the American West."

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Jeni Foster
Birdsong: Birds as Metaphor in American Folk Music

Bird flight and birdsong provide lyrical and potent metaphors for life, love, freedom, death, and spirituality in cultures throughout the world. Jeni Foster will incorporate folk music to discuss symbolism and metaphor in lyrics throughout the years in "Birdsong: Birds as Metaphor in American Folk Music."

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Diana Coogle
Reading Houses: What Architecture Tells Us about Ourselves

Is it possible to read a house like a book, gleaning meaning and insight from its architecture and personality? Does the way that we site and build our homes speak to cultural and social values? Audiences will gain a new appreciation for reading their own homes in this multi-disciplinary program.

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Matt Love
The Portland Trail Blazers' Championship Season: An Oregon Story

Mixing slides, lecture, oral histories, and audio and video clips, Love shows how the story of the Blazers' memorable 1976 - 77 season is one of the signature events from an era when Oregon loomed large in the national imagination.

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Philomath, Oregon
Benton County Historical Society enriches the human spirit by creating learning opportunities, stimulating imaginations, and presenting ideas that recall the past, inform the present and inspire the future. Through collections, programs and scholarship, we explore with our visitors the dynamics of our region in relationship to the world.