**chautauqua: [SHəˈtôkwə] NOUN NORTH AMERICAN an institution that provided popular adult education courses and entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS, AND JOIN US FOR THE 2024-2025 SEASON!
October 2, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
The Maryhill Museum of Art by Amy Behrens
Discover the Maryhill Museum of Art's history, collections, and goals for the future from their Executive Director, Amy Behrens! The mission of Maryhill Museum of Art is to ignite a journey of educational enrichment in the Columbia Gorge with their artistic and historical collections. Sam Hill began building Maryhill in 1914 as a mansion called Beaux-Art. It was never used to live in and in 1917, it became a place for French art to be collected and exhibited.
November 6, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Oswego Suffragists: A Force for Change by Kathryn Sinor and Courtney Clements
Using new research from the Oswego Heritage Council's new exhibit, meet the women in early Oswego who fought to better their community. These women didn't sit around, waiting for voting rights to be given to them; they organized and fought for it, enacting change in Oswego both before and after woman suffrage passed in 1912. How did they do this? Discover the stories behind the new exhibit!
December 4, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Oswego Heritage's annual Holiday Marketplace
February 5, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
They Never Asked: Senryū Poetry from WWII by Shelley Baker-Gard, Michael Freiling, and Satsuki Takikawa
Poems composed by numerous Japanese American poets during WWII were kept in a journal by Masaki Kinoshita and discovered by his grandson Duane Watari. These poems and their translations were compiled into the book They Never Asked - Senryū Poetry from the WWII Portland Assembly Center. Selected poems will be read in Japanese and English by translators Satsuki Takikawa and Mike Freiling.
HERE'S WHAT YOU MISSED THIS 2024-2025 SEASON:
September 4, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Linus Pauling in Portland, China and Beyond by Chris Petersen
The Northwest China Council is excited to be hosting a talk about Linus Pauling in honor of the 30th anniversary of his death. Chris Petersen, Editor of Visions of Linus Pauling (World Scientific Publishing 2022) will present about Dr. Pauling’s life and his career achievements, which included becoming one of the great scientists of the 20th century.
TOPICS FROM THE LAST SIX YEARS:
2018
Stephen Beckham, Oregon's Backwoods Utopias
Nancy Dunis, Pioneer Women of Lake Oswego
Linda Beutler, Heirloom Clematis in the Garden
Gregory Nokes, Troubled Life of Peter Burnett
Mark Browne, Theresa Truchot: A Jewel of Many Facets
Rachel Verdick/Dorothy Atwood, Historic Preservation and Path to a Sustainable Future
Marge Easley, League of Women Voters History
2019
Dr. Stephen Beckham, NW Indians
Jan Newton Becker, Aurora Colony History
David Charvet, History of Magic and A Performance
Darrell Jabin, Discovering Oregon History through the Blue Book
Mark Browne, Historic Forensics in Collection Preservation
Susanna Kuo, Rediscovering a Lost Oswego Family: Pomeroy
Dr. Stephen Beckham, Theodore Roosevelt
2020
Dr. Stephen Beckham, Studies in Climate Concerns
Cece Otto, Release of WWI album
Angel Ocasio, History of Ukelele and Performance
2021
Zachary Stocks, Oregon's Black History
Paul Lyons, Springbrook Park and its Women
Stephanie Wagner, Tryon Creek
Mike Goodrich, 400 mil yrs of Oswego History (Geology)
2022
Dr. Stephen Beckham, Theodore Roosevelt and TR Library
Kim Hewey, Beginnings of Chautauqua
R. Gregory Nokes, Massacre for Gold
Cece Otto, Songs from America's Past
Nancy Dunis, Eva Emory Dye
2023
Katie Henry, Preserving Your Heritage
Courtney Clements, Local Diaries
Dr. Stephen Beckham, Sewing Seeds for Today and Tomorrow: Oregon Indian Tribal Economies
Charlene Green, If Walls Could Talk
Cece Otto, Prohibition: 90 Years of Temperance, Temptation and Song
Doyeon Lim, Arirang: Korean Folk Songs on Kayageum
Linda Holden, My Great-Grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Henderson, Pioneer Entrepreneur
Dr. Stephen Beckham, Whistle Punks and Misery Whips: Logging the Willamette Valley, 1850 to 1960
2024
David Charvet, The History and Mystery of Magic
The Family Archivists, Preserving Your Family's Legacy
Dr. David Campion, The Transformation of Modern India
Kathryn Sinor, All My Love to You, Charlie Boy: A Story from the OHC Archives
Dr. Sylvia Gray, Ask the Ancients: Astonishing Advice for Daily Dilemmas
Oswego Heritage House and Museum 398 10th St. Lake Oswego, OR 97034 (503) 635-6373
Hours of Operation: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Free entrance
The Oswego Heritage Council is a 501 (c)(3) EIN # 93-0983947