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E-Washington Heritage Bulletin

October 9, 2004

CONTENTS:

1. 2004 James B. Castles Heritage Endowment Lecture
2. Reflections on Lewis and Clark
3. Grant Funding
4. Brief Notices

1) 2004 James B. Castles Heritage Endowment Lecture

"Imagining Bigfoot" is the title of the 2004 Castles Lecture offered by the Center for Columbia River History. Writers Molly Gloss and Robert Michael Pyle will explore legend, landscape, and Bigfoot in the Pacific Northwest. Nature-writer Robert Michael Pyle ("Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide") and novelist Molly Gloss ("Wild Life") have both explored the human encounter with nature and history in the Pacific Northwest. In their writings, they have used the figure of Bigfoot, or Sasquatch, as a protagonist. This free, public event will bring the two writers together for a conversation. Sue Armitage, Director of the Center for Columbia River History and Professor of history at Washington State University, will facilitate. The presentation will be offered on the following dates:

Thursday, October 28th, 7 PM
Student Services Lecture Hall 110
Washington State University Vancouver
14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue
Vancouver, Washington

Friday, October 29th, 7 PM
Oregon Historical Society (co-sponsor)
1200 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon

Saturday, October 30th, 2 PM
Columbia River Maritime Museum (co-sponsor)
Columbia River Maritime Museum
1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, Oregon

For more information, call 360-258-3289 or email info@ccrh.org or visit: www.ccrh.org. These James B. Castles Lectures and related programs are funded by a grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. The Center is a consortium of Portland State University, the Washington State Historical Society, and Washington State University Vancouver.

2) Reflections on Lewis and Clark
The State Capital Museum will hold a symposium, "Reflections on Lewis and Clark," from 10 AM to 3 PM on Friday, October 29. The symposium is in conjunction with the exhibit "Reflecting on Lewis and Clark: Contemporary American Indian Viewpoints" currently on exhibit through November 27.

Presenters will include moderator Pat Courtney Gold, a member of the Wasco Nation of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and guest curator of the exhibit; David Nicandri, director of the Washington State Historical Society, Ray Gardner, a Chinook tribal leader; Lillian Pitt, a Wasco-Yakama artist who has work in the exhibit; and Chet Orloff, director emeritus of the Oregon Historical Society. The symposium will explore the impact of the Lewis and Clark Expedition on the people of the Columbia River Nations. It should be a riveting day of historical inquiry and discussion.

The State Capital Museum, is located in the historic Lord Mansion at 211 W. 21st Avenue in Olympia. For more information, and to reserve tickets, which are $20 for adults and $10 for students, please call 360-753-2580. Space is limited.

3) Grant Funding
The History Channel has announced the first year of its "Save Our History" national grant program. This year, some $250,000 in grants will be awarded to historical organizations that partner with educators on unique, rewarding projects that help students learn about and appreciate the history of their local communities. Through December 3, 2004, historical societies, preservation organizations, museums, historic sites and others that partner with schools, may apply. Awards will be announced during a ceremony to be held in Washington, D.C. in May 2005. For application guidelines and judging criteria, see www.saveourhistory.com.

For fiscal year 2005, several of the application deadlines for Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant programs will change. The following deadlines are for programs of particular interest to local organizations:
November 15 - Museums for America
December 1 - Conservation Assessment Program
December 1 - Museum Assessment Program
December 15 - 21st Century Museum Professionals
December 15 - Librarians for the 21st Century
Additional information is available at http://www.imls.gov/grants

4) Brief Notices
November 18, 2004, at 6:30 PM at the Washington State Library, 6880 Capitol Blvd., South, Tumwater. Masterful first-person interpreter Ray Egan will portray Ezra Meeker, who will tell the story of George Washington Bush. For more information about this Humanities Washington Inquiring Mind presentation, contract Randi Coleman at 360-704-5269.

Hold these dates:

1. The Washington State Heritage Conference will be held February 7 - 9, 2005, in Olympia in conjunction with the Heritage Caucus and the Washington Museum Association's Museum Day (February 9).
2. The Pacific Northwest History Conference will be held April 28 - 30, 2005, in Boise.

The Heritage Resource Center is lead agency and coordinator for both these conferences. For more information, contact Garry Schalliol at 360-586-0219 or garrys@wshs.wa.gov.

"Family of Strangers: The First Century of Jewish Life in Washington," an exhibit at the Washington State History Museum, will remain on display through December 12, 2004. The exhibit reveals the history of Jewish immigration to Washington State, using artifacts, photographs and stories from 1840 to 1940.

The Westport-South Beach Historical Society is now the proud owner and operator of the Grays Harbor Light Station. This transfer was the first under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000 on the West Coast.

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