Category: Urban History

Category: Urban History

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

  • Ph.D, Urban Studies, Portland State University
  • MS, Historic Preservation, Columbia University
  • BA, Comparative History, San Francisco State University

Personal Statement

Historian of public housing in the United States, homefront childhood, and erased history; historic preservation, oral history, and advocacy planning.

Areas of Specialization

  • Education
  • Photographic research
  • Oral history
  • Equity within historic preservation sustainability practice

Professional Associations

  • Urban Affairs Association
  • Architectural Heritage Center
  • Historic Preservation League of Oregon
  • Northwest History Network
  • Oregon Historical Society
  • Preservation Alumni

Selected Positions, Projects, and Publications:

https://sites.google.com/site/guildslakecourts/
https://sites.google.com/site/mlcmurals/home
http://historicpreservationclub.blogspot.com/

Contact information:
503-432-8522
tlm27@caa.columbia.edu

Brian Johnson, Northwest History Network Associate

Professional Credentials

  • MLIS, Emporia State University
  • BA, History / Anthropology, Linfield College

Personal Statement

I am a Certified Archivist with over 20 years of providing access to local history. I am experienced in project management and have provided a wide variety of services to customers needing assistance with archival, records and research projects.

Areas of Specialization

  • Archival and collection project management
  • Collection preservation needs and assessment
  • Copyright issues
  • Local historical resource
  • Local history research
  • Historical photograph research and identification
  • Historical materials assessment, sales and brokering

Professional Associations

  • Academy of Certified Archivists
  • Northwest Archivists
  • Society of American Archivists
  • Northwest History Network

Selected Positions, Projects, and Publications

  • Director of Archival and Preservation Services, American History Savers, Inc. Clients include:
    • The Baldpate Inn, Colorado
    • University of New Mexico
    • Trails Club of Oregon
    • Numerous local authors, collectors and antiquarian dealers.
  • Portland Fire & Rescue. Arcadia Publishing, 2007

Contact Information:
503-415-0713
brian.johnson@amhist.com
http://americanhistorysavers.com/