Evan Schneider

SPARE Photo 

Schneider Photographic Archive, Resources, and Education

I photograph fragile documents and valuable objects as well as create digital files from negatives, transparencies, and prints to meet museum and archives needs for documentation, preservation, and display. Previous archival and museum experience includes seventeen years as Chief Photographer at the Oregon Historical Society.

Assignments have ranged from photographing the ten thousand year old Fort Rock sandals to creating mural-size prints from glass plate negatives. I earned a masters degree in visual anthropology and have documented cultures around the world. The "Masters of Ceremony" exhibit required creating documentary portraits of folk artists from Cambodia, Vietnam, Ghana, and several Native American tribes.

Currently I am working with the Lacey Museum and the Oregon Historical Society to digitize the George Himes diaries, many of which are too fragile to scan. They will be transcribed and made available as an online resource.

Please contact me at: 

Evan Schneider
evan@sparephoto.com

503-984-8701

Val C. Ballestrem

Professional Credentials:

• MA, History (Western U.S./Public History), Portland State University

• BA, History, Portland State University

Personal Statement:

• I am a historian with broad knowledge of Portland, Oregon and Pacific Northwest History. My goal is to help others better understand our region today through well-researched and documented stories of our past.

Areas of Specialization:

• Portland, Oregon area history, including neighborhoods, roadways and transportation, urban renewal, architecture, and historic preservation; exhibit research and writing; walking tours; public presentations; archive and library collections management.

Professional Associations:

• American Association for State and Local History

• Northwest History Network

• National Council on Public History

• National Trust for Historic Preservation

• Organization of American Historians

• Oregon Historical Society

Selected Positions and Publications:

Employers have included: Architectural Heritage Center; The Oregon Encyclopedia; Oregon Historical Society; Ft. Vancouver National Historic Site; Oregon Military Museum.

A Brief History of the Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood, http://handpdx.org/blog/history/

(2011)

Entries in The Oregon Encyclopedia:

• Justus Krumbein

• Barber Block

• Mt. Hood Freeway

Contact Information:

• porltandhistory@gmail.com

• www.portlandhistorian.com

• 503.807.6978

Follow @pdxhistorian on Twitter

Morgen Young

Professional Credentials

• M.A., Public History and Historic Preservation, University of South Carolina
• B.A., History and Latin American Studies, Furman University

Personal Statement

• I am a consulting historian who works with individuals and organizations alike to document, preserve, and interpret public history.

Areas of Specialization:

• Pacific Northwest history; architectural history; historic preservation; oral history; documentary photography; 20^th Century Alaska Native/American Indian history; sports history; community history; company history; workshops; museum exhibits; walking tours

Professional Associations

• National Council on Public History
• Architectural Heritage Center
• Historic Preservation League of Oregon
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Northwest Oral History Association

Selected Positions, Projects, and Publications

• Owner of Alder, LLC, since 2009. Clients have included Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon Historical Society, The Salvation Army Cascade Division, Chenega Future, Inc., Architectural Heritage Center
• “The Red Shield in the Rose City: 125 Years of the Salvation Army in Portland,” Oregon History Museum, September 15 – December 31, 2011 Portland, Oregon.
• Brick House Beautiful, Portland, Oregon. Nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. July 2011. Author.
• “The History of Diversity in the Health Sciences,” Oregon Health & Science University, permanent exhibit, opened June 2011.
• “Soccer City USA: The Portland Timbers and the NASL Years, 1975-1982,” Oregon History Museum, April 15 – September 4, 2011, Portland, Oregon.
• We are the Land, We are the Sea: Stories of Subsistence from Chenega. Chenega Heritage Inc, 2007.

Contact Information:

• morgen@alder-llc.com
• 503.333.4914
• http://www.alder-llc.com/