{"id":2141,"date":"2011-11-28T01:00:24","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T01:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/oregon-multicultural-archives\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2011-11-28T01:00:24","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T01:00:24","slug":"oregon-history-on-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/2011\/11\/28\/oregon-history-on-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon History on Film!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Two Must See DVDs regarding Oregon History<\/p>\n

Both of these films, The Ku Klux Klan in Oregon: 1920-1923 <\/em>and The Oregon Nikkei Story: Japanese Americans in Oregon 1880-1941 <\/em>were created by Portland Filmmaker Thomas Coulter\u00a0through\u00a0his production company Frame by Frame Productions.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Ku Klux Klan Parade Albany, Oregon – Source: Oregon Historical Society Neg. #52782<\/p>\n

Coulter begins The Ku Klux Klan in Oregon: 1920-1923 <\/em>by tracing the history of racism in Oregon, especially citing the various Exclusion Laws passed during the mid-to-late 1800s, and explains the origins of the KKK in the South. In the early 1920s the second generation of the Klan hosted numerous meetings and parades and established itself in Oregon financially and politically both in the Willamette Valley and the coastal towns.\u00a0The KKK had widespread appeal; for example, in December of 1921 6,000 gathered in Portland to listen to lectures presented by Klan members.<\/p>\n

The documentary addresses the racial issues behind the development and activities of “the invisible empire” and\u00a0Coulter also highlights the lesser known aspects of the Klan including the women of the KKK, the Klan’s views on the Volstead Act (Prohibition), and the predominantly\u00a0Protestant Klan members’ opposition to the Catholic Church, especially\u00a0 regarding education.<\/p>\n

Guest Scholars:
\nDarrell Millner, Professor of Black Studies, Portland State University
\nFr. Lawrence Saalfeld, Author Forces of Prejudice<\/em>
\nEckard Toy, Professor Emeritus, University of Oregon
\nMark Monroe Sweetland, Former Oregon State Senator
\nCharles Wallace, Professor of Religion, Willamette University
\nLinda Tamura, Professor of Education, Willamette University<\/p>\n

Archives Referenced:
\nLibrary of Congress
\nNational Archives
\nBenton County Historical Museum
\nMarion County Historical Museum
\nOregon Historical Society
\nSalem Public Library Photo Collection
\nUniversity of Texas
\nIdaho Historical Society Museum
\nState of Oregon Library
\nPrelinger Archives<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Japanese Restaurant Workers, Portland, Oregon – Source: George Katagiri<\/p>\n

The Oregon Nikkei Story: Japanese Americans in Oregon 1880-1941 <\/em>begins by explaining the circumstances in both the United States and Japan that led to mass emigrations\u00a0of Japanese laborers to the United States during the late 1800s.\u00a0The Japanese immigrants worked for railroad companies,\u00a0canneries, and lumber mills; and some owned businesses\u00a0such as restaurants and barber shops. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Various guest scholars and community members describe personal\u00a0family histories and\u00a0cover topics such as:\u00a0the poor living conditions and pay the Japanese laborers endured, the\u00a0“Picture Bride” practice and the lives of Japanese women in Oregon, the Ku Klux\u00a0Klan and its effect on the Japanese-American community, and the\u00a0Toledo Incident of 1925 in which a group of Japanese\u00a0workers filed suit and won against the leaders of a mob of townspeople that attacked them in the coastal lumber town of Toledo.<\/p>\n

Guest Scholars and Community Members:
\nGeorge Kataguri, Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center
\nLinda Tamura, Professor of Education, Willamette University
\nHomer Yasui, Hood River, Oregon
\nTom Yoshikai, Salem, Oregon
\nGeorge Azumano, Portland, Oregon<\/p>\n

Archives Referenced:
\nHatfield Library
\nMarion County Historical Society
\nOregon State Library
\nMultnomah County Library
\nOregon Historical Society
\nLincoln County Historical Society
\nKnight Library
\nPrelinger Archives
\nLibrary of Congress<\/p>\n

And now, both films are available for check out through the Library!<\/p>\n

The Ku Klux Klan in Oregon: 1920-1923\u00a0~\u00a0Media 5th Floor\u00a0(HS2330.K63\u00a02009)<\/p>\n

The Oregon Nikkei Story: Japanese Americans in Oregon 1880-1941\u00a0~ Media 5th Floor\u00a0(F885.J3 O74 2009)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two Must See DVDs regarding Oregon History Both of these films, The Ku Klux Klan in Oregon: 1920-1923 and The Oregon Nikkei Story: Japanese Americans in Oregon 1880-1941 were created by Portland Filmmaker Thomas Coulter\u00a0through\u00a0his production company Frame by Frame … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6078,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1329592],"tags":[97053,173364,2683],"class_list":["post-2141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oma","tag-african-americans","tag-asian-americans","tag-film"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6078"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}