Category: Historic Preservation

Category: Historic Preservation

Morgen Young, Director, Northwest History Network
Morgen Young

Professional Credentials

  • M.A., Public History, University of South Carolina
  • B.A., History, Furman University

Personal Statement

I am a consulting historian who works with individuals and organizations alike to document, preserve, and interpret public history. My work focuses on exhibit development, oral history, digital history, and historic preservation.

Areas of Specialization:

  • Pacific Northwest history
  • Oral history
  • Digital history
  • Community history
  • Company history
  • Architectural history
  • Genealogy
  • Historic preservation
  • Workshops and lectures
  • Museum exhibits
  • Walking tours

Professional Associations

  • National Council on Public History
  • Architectural Heritage Center, Business Member
  • Northwest Oral History Association
  • Northwest Independent Scholars Association
  • Oregon Museums Association

Selected Positions, Projects, and Publications

  • Consulting historian and owner of Alder since 2009. Clients have included Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon Historical Society, Port of Portland, New Seasons Market, Architectural Heritage Center, and the Center for Women’s Leadership at Portland State University
  • Project Manager. Oral History Program. Oregon Health & Science University. Portland, OR. February 2014 to present.
  • “Oregon Voices.” Oregon History Museum. Permanent exhibit debuted November 2015. Portland, OR. Curator.
  • “Entrepreneurial Spirit: Latinos in Oregon/El Espiritu del Emprendedor: Latinos en Oregon.” Portland Mercado. October 15–December 31, 2015. Portland, OR. Curator.
  • “PDX 75th.” Portland International Airport. October 1–November 30, 2015. Portland, OR. Curator.
  • “World War II: A World at War, A State Transformed.” Oregon History Museum. June 26–December 7, 2015. Portland, OR. Assistant Curator.
  • “The History of Starr-Edwards Heart Valves.” Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University. Permanent exhibit debuted June 2015. Portland, OR. Curator.
  • “Farming in Historic Tualatin.” New Seasons Market, Tualatin-Nyberg Rivers. Permanent exhibit debuted September 2014. Portland, OR. Curator.
  • “Made in Milwaukie.” Milwaukie Historical Society. Permanent exhibit debuted September 2014. Milwaukie, OR. Curator.
  • “Uprooted: Japanese American Farm Labor Camps During World War II.” Traveling exhibit, debuted September 12, 2014 at the Four Rivers Cultural Center, Ontario, OR. Curator. http://www.uprootedexhibit.com
  • “A Sea Change in Oregon Politics: The 1973 Oregon Legislative Session.” Center for Women’s Leadership at Portland State University. Digital exhibit debuted April 2014. Portland, OR. Curator. http://cwppdigitalexhibits.com

Contact Information:
503.333.4914
morgen@alder-llc.com
www.alder-llc.com

Evan Schneider, Northwest History Network Associate

Professional Credentials

  • SPARE Photo
    • Schneider Photographic Archive, Resources, and Education
  •  Masters Degree in Visual Anthropology

Personal Statement

I photograph fragile documents and valuable objects as well as create digital files from negatives, transparencies, and prints to meet museum and archives needs for documentation, preservation, and display. Previous archival and museum experience includes seventeen years as Chief Photographer at the Oregon Historical Society.

Assignments have ranged from photographing the ten thousand year old Fort Rock sandals to creating mural-size prints from glass plate negatives. I earned a masters degree in visual anthropology and have documented cultures around the world. The “Masters of Ceremony” exhibit required creating documentary portraits of folk artists from Cambodia, Vietnam, Ghana, and several Native American tribes.

Areas of Specialization

  • Historical Preservation
  • Photography
  • Preservation

Professional Associations

  • Northwest History Network
  • Lacey Museum
  • Oregon Historical Society

Selected Positions, Projects, and Publications

  • Lacey Museum and the Oregon Historical Society worked to digitize the George Himes diaries, many of which are too fragile to scan. Transcribed and made available as an online resource.

Contact Information:
503-984-8701
sparephoto.com
evan@sparephoto.com

Project Coordinator

Beautification and Preservation of the Historic Nehalem American Legion Cemetery

Nehalem, Oregon

A project of the Nehalem Valley Historical Society in partnership with the City of Nehalem

Our small community on the Oregon Coast is fortunate to have the support of the historical society to help local government in their endeavor to maintain an historic and active cemetery.  The task is large when preserving the monuments, records, community stories and history of the site.  Community volunteers are the key to this project’s success as well as support from local and regional foundation funding.  The site continues to serve the community as an active cemetery and is an important key to telling the stories of the area’s residents from the late 1800’s.

Expertise

Historic preservation

Project Management

Volunteer Coordination

Grant Writing

Consultant to non-profit organizations and local government in Oregon & Hawaii

Associations

Project Coordinator Nehalem Valley Historical Association

Board Member Tillamook County Cultural Coalition

Volunteer Research Librarian Ft. Clatsop, Lewis & Clark National Historic Park

Contact

vinesmagee@gmail.com (808) 264-1454

www.nehalemvalleyhistory.org

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Pictured:

L-R Tom Mock, Board Member NVHS; Valerie Vines Magee, Project Coordinator Cemetery Project; Lyla Hendrickson, Board Member NVHS.