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

Professional Credentials

  • GED

Personal Statement

I’m a photo-historian, project manager, editor and writer working independently for museums, publishers and government agencies.

Areas of Specialization

  • Photo reproduction for maximum quality including drum scanning and color correction.
  • Photo editing for publication, including searching and research, acquisition, metadata and digital image management.

Professional Associations

  • Northwest History Network
  • Oregon Historical Society

Selected Positions, Projects, and Publications

  • Oregon Then & Now (author)
  • Oregon Photographers 1852-1917 (author)
  • Portland Confidential (photo editor)
  • Oregon My Oregon (photo editor)
  • Wild Beauty (assistant photo editor)
  • Handbook of Western Photographers (section editor)
  • Products & Services
    • Subject and location photo research
    • Drum scanning & copy work
    • Archival darkroom printing
    • Digitization management consulting
    • In-house photo archive
  • Recent clients
    • CBS television
    • City of Portland
    • Field & Stream
    • National Park Service
    • Portland State University
    • McCormick & Schmick’s
    • McMenamins
    • Oregon Historical Society
    • Ralph Lauren, Madison Ave.
    • University of Oregon
    • Warner Brothers

Contact Information:
503-460-0415 (9am – 5pm Pacific time)
8250 N. Lombard, Portland OR 97203 USA
negativephoto@yahoo.com
historicphotoarchive.net

Heather Mayer, Northwest History Network - Board of DirectorsProfessional Credentials

  • Ph.D. Candidate, History, Simon Fraser University
  • M.A., History, University of California, Riverside
  • BA, History, Portland State University

Personal Statement

I am an educator and an academic historian with an interest in making historical research interesting and accessible.

Areas of Specialization

  • Pacific Northwest history
  • Portland History
  • 20th Century US History
  • Gender History
  • Labor History
  • History of Radicalism

Professional Associations

  • American Historical Association
  • Pacific Northwest Labor History Association
  • Labor and Working-Class History Association

Selected Positions, Projects, and Publications

  • Dissertation (in progress)
    • Beyond the Rebel Girl: Women and the Industrial Workers of the World in Oregon and Washington, 1905-1924.”

Contact Information:
971-678-5150
hmayer99@gmail.com
www.heathermayer.com