Beyond Footnotes

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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 Historical Society. You can read her article in the latest issue of Willamette Valley Voices.

Links:

www.maddiemott.com

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 from Washington, D.C. Aside from making coffee and sandwiches for local food enthusiasts for the past decade, Ryan spends his time listening to podcasts and imagining a world in which foodservice workers are appreciated and compensated for their role in feeding society. Ryan began the Master’s in Public History program at PSU in 2014 and centers his research on labor and working-class history as documented through oral histories. Ryan is also the Vice President for the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association in Oregon.

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 and newspaper articles at http://www.kpsu.org/beyondfootnotes/taylor-bailey-first-orca-capture