Online Content

Below are websites and other online resources on Pacific Northwest subjects. Jump to:

---- Regional Websites & blogs ----

** Architectural Heritage Center
    Non-profit resource center for historic preservation, located in Portland, Oregon; hosts dozens of programs, workshops, and exhibits each year, helping people appreciate, restore, and maintain vintage homes, buildings, and neighborhoods while caretaking of one of the largest collections of architectural artifacts in the United States

** Blackpast.org
    Reference center providing information on African American history in the United States and on the history of the more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world

** Century of Action: Oregon Women Vote 1912-2012
    Focus on women's history in Oregon and the centennial of woman suffrage in the state

** Golden West Project: Black in Portland History
    The African American experience in Portland and Oregon

** Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies
    Honors the legacy of the preeminent labor leader Harry Bridges, founder and leader of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) for over 40 years

** HistoryLink
    Free online encyclopedia of Washington State history

** Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission
    Discovers, celebrates and commemorates contributions to Oregon's diverse literary and cultural legacy, raising awareness through publications and other media, memorials, and public events

** Oregon Encyclopedia
    Authoritative and free resource on Oregon's history and culture

** Oregon History Project
    Online resource for learning about Oregon's past

** Oregon TimeWeb
    Uses records from the Oregon Historical Society’s archival collection to build interactive timelines to create historical webs of ideas, events, and places that tell the story of Oregon

** Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project
    Challenges the way we think about race, civil rights, and the Pacific Northwest


---- Educational Resources ----

** Teaching American History Portland (TAHPDX): Great Decisions in U.S. History
    Teaching American History Project in partnership with the Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies (Portland State U.), the Portland, Beaverton, Hillsboro, and Forest Grove School Districts, funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education