NHN Member Directory: labor history

Professional Credentials:

B.A. Antioch College in Government, 1959

M.A. University of Minnesota in History, 1962

Ph.D. University of Minnesota in History, 1965

Personal Statement:

Since 1979, I have been an independent scholar and historical consultant (mainly for law, engineering and business firms, including work as an expert witness). Before then, I was a college professor. I have written two corporate histories and other works. I am writing the history of The Oregonian. I have served as an officer or on boards and committees of various scholarly and other organizations, engaged in public speaking, and received a variety of grants and awards.

Areas of Specialization:

biography / business history / environmental history / historical research / historical writing / labor history /media history / Oregon / Pacific Northwest / photography / Portland / urban history

Professional Associations:

American Historical Association, Organization of American Historians, Oregon Historical Society, Northwest Independent Scholars Association (founding President)

Selected Projects and Publications:

Gus J. Solomon: Liberal Politics, Jews, and the Federal Courts (Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press, 2006)

Old Growth, New Directions: 150 Years of Pope & Talbot (Seattle: Documentary Books, 2003)

Pope Resources: Rooted in the Past, Growing For the Future (Seattle: Documentary Books, 2003)

With E. Kimbark MacColl, Merchants, Money and Power: The Portland Establishment, 1843-1913 (Portland: Georgian Press, 1988)

Single In Portland: Living Fully On Your Own (Portland: Historical-Media Services, 1983)

Salem: A Pictorial History of Oregon's Capital (Norfolk: Donning Co., 1981); enlarged and expanded (1998)

With Kathleen Ryan and Mark Beach, Portland: A Pictorial History (Virginia Beach: Donning Co., 1980)

Co-edited with John M. Harrison, Muckraking: Past, Present and Future (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1973)

“The Oregonian,” “Henry L. Pittock” and “Gus J. Solomon” in The Oregon Encyclopedia http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org

“Law, Legal Practice and Lamar Tooze, Jr.,” Western Legal History (accepted for publication)

“Fighting for Aluminum and for Itself: The Bonneville Power Administration, 1939-1949,” Pacific Northwest Quarterly 99 (Winter 2007/2008), 3-15

"Attorney Gus J. Solomon and DeJonge v. Oregon: Supporting Counsel and Landmark Constitutional Decisions,” Western Legal History 16 (Summer/Fall 2003), 119-134

"Apprenticing Reporters: Lincoln Steffens on The Evening Post," Historian 58 (Winter 1996), 367-382

"Building Cases with History," Oregon State Bar Bulletin 54 (April 1994), 18-19

"The Historian in the Law Office," National Paralegal Reporter 17 (Spring 1993), 34-35

"American Muckraking of Technology Since 1900," Journalism Quarterly 67 (Summer 1991), 401-409

With E. Kimbark MacColl, "Lifestyles of Portland's Early Rich and Famous," Portland Magazine 2 (Winter 1988-1989), 20-21, 38-40

With E. Kimbark MacColl, "The Economic Power of Portland's Early Merchants, 1851-1861," Oregon Historical Quarterly 89 (Summer 1988), 117-156

"Historical Resources in the Pacific Northwest" in The Northwest Information Directory: A Guide to Unusual Sources and Special Collections, ed. Steve Johnson (Portland: Center for Urban Education, 1986)

With David Duniway, Spinning and Weaving Wool--The Men and Women of the Mill (Salem: Mission Mill Village, 1985)

With Kathleen Ryan and Mark Beach, Portland--A Pictorial Calendar, 1983 (Norfolk: Donning Co., 1982)

"State Fair," Oregon Magazine 11 (August 1981), 39-42

"American Muckrakers and Muckraking: The 50-Year Scholarship," Journalism Quarterly 56 (Spring 1979), 9-17

"The Muckraking Book in America, 1946-1973," Journalism Quarterly 52 (Summer 1975), 297-303

"Lincoln Steffens and the Mexican Revolution," American Journal of Economics and Sociology 34 (April 1975), 197-212

With John M. Harrison, "Muckraking Journalism in Twentieth-Century America," in Muckraking: Past, Present and Future, eds. John M. Harrison and Harry H. Stein (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1973)

With John M. Harrison, "Muckraking: Present and Future," in Muckraking: Past, Present and Future, eds. John M. Harrison and Harry H. Stein (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1973)

"Theodore Roosevelt and the Press: Lincoln Steffens," Mid-America 54 (April 1972), 94-107

Lincoln Steffens: Interviewer," Journalism Quarterly 46 (Winter 1969), 727-736

Contact Information:

2826 N.E. Brazee Court

Portland, OR 97212

503-281-2275

steinharry14@gmail.com

Professional Credentials:

Ph.D. in history, Loyola University, Chicago
Oral Historian, Oregon Historical Society, 1986-2001
Chair, Oregon Labor Oral History Project, 2008-present

Personal Statement:

I subscribe to the Oral History Association’s “Principles and Best Practices.” My emphasis in helping guide an oral history is on the complete life story.

Areas of Specialization:

Oral History

Professional Associations:

Oral History Association
Northwest Oral History Association
Pacific Northwest Labor History Association (President 1991-1993; Newsletter editor 1989-1991)
Oregon Labor Oral History Project

Selected Projects & Publications:

“Production in Oral History–Second Thoughts,” NOHA Newsletter (Fall 1997).
“The Place of Biography in Oral History,” NOHA Newsletter (Fall 1998, Spring 1999).

Contact Information:
503-236-1094
strassj@spiritone.com

O'Malley, Ilene V.

Harry H. Stein

James Strassmaier

Heather Mayer