Oregon Historical Society
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The Oregon Historical Society (OHS) is an organization that encourages and promotes the study and understanding of the history of the Oregon Country, within the broader context of U.S. history. It collects, preserves, and makes available materials of historical character and interest, and collaborates with other groups and individuals with similar aims. OHS was incorporated in 1898.
The Society's museum, archives and research library contains approximately 8.5 million feet of film and videotape, over 2.5 million photographs, 85,000 artifacts, 30,000 books, 25,000 maps, 16,000 rolls of microfilm, 12,000 linear feet of documents, and oral history preserved in over 8,400 hours of recordings covering over 2,100 interviews.
OHS has published the Oregon Historical Quarterly continuously since 1900. Since 1929, OHS Press has published over 150 books on Oregon history, politics, culture, and biographies, including Oregon Geographic Names.
The OHS Museum Store is located in the lobby of the National Register of Historic Places-designated building the Sovereign Hotel. [1] The building was added to the register in 1981. [2]
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