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In this episode of Beyond Footnotes we interview Maddie Mott, a PSU history undergraduate and development coordinator at the Clackamas County Historical Society. This is Maddie’s second time on the show-- in winter quarter we interviewed her and her colleague Corinne Rupp their work at the Clackamas County Historical Society. Recently Maddie had an article published in the journal Willamette Valley Voices, entitled “The 1830-1833 Disease Epidemic of Oregon: A Closer Look” and was awarded the prize of Best Undergraduate Paper. In this episode she discusses her research for the article, which included interdisciplinary work of history and medicine, her experience with professionally publishing an article, and her process of applying to and deciding on graduate school. Maddie Mott is a senior at Portland State University and is bound for Brown University this fall, where she will be the Digital Media Fellow in their Public Humanities Fellow. She works as the Development Coordinator at the Clackamas County His

In this episode of Beyond Footnotes, we explore the history of the American West through music. Our guest is William Schneider, a second-year graduate student who recently completed his Master thesis “Music and Race in the American West.” We discuss how music is a valuable form of historical analysis, despite being underutilized by historians, and that it plays a significant role in understanding racial power dynamics in the 19th century American West. Will also describes his experience writing a thesis; from the beginning research to the defense, which is enlightening information for those working on a masters or honors thesis. Keep an eye out on PDXScholar (http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/) for access to Will’s thesis,“Music and Race in the American West.” He is slated to graduate this quarter. His research focuses on the social and intellectual history of the United States with an emphasis on the 19th century.

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In this episode we interview PSU professor of history, Peterson David Del Mar. We discuss his upcoming book, African, American: From Tarzan to Dreams from My Father – Africa in the U.S. Imagination, which delves into the perceptions of Africa by white and black Americans. As Del Mar puts it,  “Going to Africa has always been a metaphor for Americans, an epic quest to strange lands that inevitably circles back to ourselves.” We explore the argument that the viewpoint of Americans towards Africa is often formed by their own ideals and can lead to misinterpretations of African people. We also see how past relationships influence presence perceptions.

In this episode, two lovely and lively women share their experience as new museum professionals at the Clackamas County Historical Society's Museum of the Oregon Territory. Corinne Rupp graduated with her Bachelor's in History from PSU in 2016 and is the Director of Programs. Maddie will graduate in June and is the Development Coordinator. For additional resources, check out KPSU.org/beyondfootnotes.

Did you ever wonder what historians can do outside of academia? Well, here is one fine example. In this episode, PSU alumna Eliza Canty-Jones discusses community engagement and how she works to give a voice to the diverse histories of Oregonians as the Director of Community Engagement at the Oregon Historical Society and the Editor of the Oregon Historical Quarterly. Eliza’s passion for her community shows in her professional and personal endeavors. For blog and more visit KPSU: http://www.kpsu.org/beyondfootnotes/eliza-canty-jones-community-engagement/

Extensive legislation in the United States restricts and/or regulates the labor, voting, and reproductive rights of women. In this episode, we discuss the history of women's health legislation with an emphasis on abortion legislation. Oregon holds a unique place in this history. Today, I interview second-year history graduate student Tanya Monthey. Tanya is studying modern American legal history and women's history. In this podcast, she shares her background, current research, and research goals. Tanya's research emphasizes the history of Oregon abortion legislation, but she shares insight into other legislation regulating women's health. We also discuss some of the motivations behind legislation aimed at women. MORE information including links, photos, and music available at KPSU: http://www.kpsu.org/blog/tanya-monthey-women-oregon-legislation/

In this farewell episode to Joshua and Ryan we ask what they have been working on at Portland State. Joshua has been researching the Detroit 12th street riots following a police raid on July 23, 1967. It thoroughly explores the reactions to the riot from not only local sources but also from national sources. Ryan’s project has been to research the Portland May Day rally of 2000. This rally closed down Powell’s Books for only the second time in its history, with many unions and labor organizations having a hand in it. This rally is an important tipping point in Portland’s labor history. Joshua is an undergraduate student who will be completing his bachelors of history at the end of this term. He began his involvement in radio while hosting a weekly music show called Static + Distance. He tied his love of history into his love of radio with this podcast. He began his work on OPB’s State of Wonder in January 2016 and continues to work as a production assistant on the show. Ryan moved to Portland in 2007

In this episode, we discuss the first successful orca whale capture by Marineland of the Pacific. While the whale, Wanda, didn’t survive long, her capture caught the imagination of entertainers and the interest of the scientific community. We delve into the events of that day, subsequent captures and discuss approaching biology from a historical standpoint. Taylor Bailey is a first year master's student of history at Portland State University. He's writing his thesis on the history of killer whale captures and studying animal and environmental history as well as the 20th century Pacific Slope. Taylor also holds a BA in Political Science from Otterbein University. Prior to moving to Portland to pursue his MA, he worked at Farm Sanctuary, a rescue facility in Northern California that cares for abused or abandoned farm animals. Taylor is currently an intern at the Pacific Historical Review, and will be serving as the Caroline P. Stoel Editorial Fellow for the 2016-2017 year. More information including photos a

The year 2017 marks the 20th anniversary of Portland State University becoming the editorial home for the Pacific Historical Review. The PHR is one of the longest continually published academic journals in the country and is highly regarded for its role in covering U.S. and transpacific history. The PHR is now in its ninth decade of chronicling the people, politics, and culture found along and within the Pacific Rim. In this episode, we conduct a roundtable interview with a selection of current and past editors to discuss the origins and accomplishments of the Pacific Historical Review. Joining us is current Managing Editor, Marc Rodriguez along with David Johnson and Carl Abbott, former Managing Editor and Co-editor respectively from 1997-2014. We ask these editors about the future of academic journals and get a preview of the May 2016 issue of the PHR. More information and photos of previous covers: http://www.kpsu.org/beyondfootnotes/phr-roundtable/

Natan Meir, professor and chair of the Judaic Studies department at Portland State University, joins us to discuss the ways in which Jews nonviolently resisted the Nazis. Natan holds his Ph.D in Jewish history from Columbia University. His research has focused on the social and cultural history of East European Jewry, Modern European Jewish history and he teaches an in-depth course on the Shtetl, the Jewish market town of Eastern Europe. In our interview, we discuss the impact of nonviolent resistance and what forms that resistance took. We discuss the use of music as a means of retaining cultural identity, boosting morale and we look at the legacy of this cultural resistance. Music in this episode: Adrienne Cooper - Friling Adrienne Cooper - Mazel-On a Heym Adrienne Cooper - Mues, Mues Adrienne Cooper - Fun Der Arbet For more on the music of the Shoah visit: http://holocaustmusic.ort.org/ https://www.ushmm.org/exhibition/music/

Melissa Lang, the current Oregon Women’s History Consortium fellow, discusses her thesis work on women’s organization and activism for civil rights in Portland, Oregon. She conducted her research using the Verdell Burdine & Otto G. Rutherford Collection and illustrates for us how in addition to health services and educational funds, letter writing served as an important community building activity for African American women’s clubs. The Burdine & Rutherford collection is housed at Portland State University and it documents one hundred years of African American community life and culture in Oregon from the 1880s-1980s. Melissa Lang is completing her master’s degree in history at Portland State University. She’s also the current Secretary of the Portland NAACP’s Executive Committee and the Programs Coordinator for the local non-profit Know Your City, where she coordinates events that utilize art and local history to engage and empower communities within Portland. More information about this episode: http://ww

Doctor Cynthia Culver Prescott, author and professor of history at the University of North Dakota, joins us to discuss her work on Avard Fairbanks, pioneer monuments and gender on the frontier. More information about this episode: http://www.kpsu.org/beyondfootnotes/cynthia-culver-prescott-the-pioneer-monuments-of-avard-fairbanks/

Katie Nelson, a second year graduate student of Public History at Portland State University, joins us to discuss her thesis research. She is examining how communities in Portland responded to the 1975 police killing of Ricky Johnson, an African-American high school student.

We're joined by Laura Robson, a professor of modern Middle East history at Portland State University. Her research focuses on the history of religious and ethnic minorities in the twentieth century Arab world. We discuss her forthcoming book, the Mandate system in the Middle East and the current refugee crisis.

We are joined by two Portland State University master’s students of history who are researching two Native American leaders: Wilson Charley and David Sohappy, Sr. In the 1950s Charley fought the construction of The Dalles Dam which submerged Celilo Falls and in the 1980s Sohappy and his son were imprisoned for defying restrictions upon their fishing rights on the Columbia River.

In this episode, we sit down with Jenna Barganski to discuss the relationship between masculinity and domestic violence on the Oregon frontier, the Charity Lamb case and her research process. More info: http://www.kpsu.org/beyondfootnotes/jenna-barganski-domestic-violence-the-frontier/

We spoke with David Horowitz to discuss his latest book entitled Getting There: An American Cultural Odyssey. Professor Horowitz discusses his own encounters through America’s history, including his role in the 1970 PSU student strike. More info: http://www.kpsu.org/beyondfootnotes/david-horowitz-an-american-cultural-odyssey/

In this episode of Beyond Footnotes, we sit down with Taylor Rose, a second-year graduate student in the Department of History at Portland State University. His thesis looks at the growth of multi-use roads in the forested mountains just east of Portland, Oregon, from the Columbia Gorge Highway to Clackamas River logging roads. We discuss the CCC, Oregon's forests as well as the research process itself. More info: http://www.kpsu.org/beyondfootnotes/taylor-rose-forests-the-civilian-conservation-corps/