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An example of project where a consulting historian was hired by an institution.
The NHN professional development program, “Who Hires Consulting Historians?” was held on November 8at the Architectural Heritage Center. Four panelists, moderated by NHN board member Morgen Young, responded to questions pertaining to instances when they hire consulting historians, finding consulting opportunities at their institutions, necessary skills and qualifications, determining factors when selecting a consultant for a project, and successful experiences with consultants. Audience members then joined the panelists in a discussion that elaborated on those topics.
The panelists were Maija Anderson, Head of Oregon Health & Science University Historical Collections & Archives, Denyse McGriff, Senior Project Manager at Portland Development Commission; Christina Robertson-Gardiner, a planner at City of Oregon City; and Greg Shine, Historian at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.
The program was recorded and is available here as an audio file.

Khris Soden’s various projects include illustrations of Portland’s past, performance art on place-based interpreting, and Twitter-based interpretations of place. Last spring he performed a service for Portland public historians in scanning

The fifth anniversary of the official founding of Northwest History Network was celebrated at an outing at Fort Vancouver on Sunday, July 21. The highlight of the day was the 1860s baseball game between the Occidentals and Sherman’s Army. NHN member Val Ballestrem of the Occidentals acknowledges that the call went against him—“I wuz robbed!”—when he tagged a Sherman’s Army man at home plate. The valiant Occidentals immediately lost the game by a score of 11 to 10. It was indeed a historic occasion.

The Valiant Occidentals
The Fifth Anniversary Cake