Information on all events and classes may be obtained by calling Mission Mill 503-585-7012 or by e-mail. Museum Members receive a discount on most ticket
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January
More information on Facing Statehood.
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February
Valentine’s Big Band Dance
Valentine Dinner
Mission Mill Museum is Calling all Poets between the ages of 5-18 to participate in the Victorian Valentine Poetry Contest. The contest is part of Mission Mill’s Victorian Poets may follow any style or theme. Entries must be a maximum of one page in length and include the poet’s name, address, phone number, age and a guardian’s name. The deadline is 5:00pm January 29th. Mission Mill Museum’s Board Members will judge entries. 1st and 2nd place will be awarded for each age category. Schools and groups are invited to participate. The winners receive a Mission Mill Museum gift basket. To enter, send your poem to Mission Mill Museum, attn: Jennifer Senner, 1313 Mill Street SE, Salem, OR 97301 or e-mail it to jennifers@missionmill.org.
Willamette Heritage Center Inaugural Meeting To announce the Willamette Heritage Center, we have brought together the Annual Meetings of Mission Mill Museum and Marion County Historical Society. These events for the two organizations are being moved from October to February and combined into a celebratory unveiling of the Willamette Heritage Center. This commemorates the 60th Anniversary of Marion County Historical Society, 46th Anniversary of Mission Mill Museum, and the Inaugural Year of the Willamette Heritage Center. The business includes voting on the WHC Bylaws, unveiling the WHC logo and reporting on the Heritage Center’s progress and future. This is followed by music, commemorative cake and good cheer as we celebrate the birth of the Willamette Heritage Center. Free.
Revolutions in the Machinery: Oregon Woman Suffrage and Beyond Kim Jensen kicks off the Series with Revolutions in the Machinery: Oregon Woman Suffrage and Beyond. Oregon women achieved the right to vote in 1912 after five previous state ballot measures had failed and eight years before the U.S. Congress passed the Nineteenth Amendment. This presentation looks at the reasons for this success in 1912 and highlights the contributions of a coalition of diverse supporters of votes for women. We also discuss how restrictions based on race, ethnicity, and marital status created continuing barriers to voting for some Oregon women after 1912. Dr. Kimberly Jensen is a Professor of History at Western Oregon University.
The Voters Have Spoken: Oregon’s Controversial Ballot Initiatives
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MarchDeadline for Heritage Award Nominations
The Toledo Incident of 1925: Three Days that Made History Ted Cox shares The Toledo Incident of 1925: Three Days that Made History in Toledo disseminating how an angry mob in Toledo, Oregon, expelled Japanese resident workers. Cox sheds light on what happened in the days leading to the incident, and the resulting precedent-setting civil rights suit brought by the Japanese resident workers. Cox is an amateur historian, living in Corvallis, Oregon, who spent years researching for his book, The Toledo Incident of 1925: Three Days that Made History in Toledo Oregon. Published in 2005, his book is now recommended reading by the Oregon Library Association.
Beginning Weaving
Will the Party Ever End? Understanding the Traditions of Parties and Bipartisanship in Oregon Politics Richard Clucas presents Will the Party Ever End? Understanding the Traditions of Parties and Bipartisanship in Oregon Politics, an examination of partisanship in Oregon over time. He notes that the bipartisan experiences under Governors Hatfield, McCall and Straub are the exception to our state’s history, not the rule, and Dr. Clucas will discuss how that exception occurred and why it is unlikely to occur now. Dr. Richard Clucas is a Professor in Portland State University’s Political Science Division.
Bipartisanship and Intolerance in Oregon Politics - Winter/Spring Lecture Series Of the People or for the People: Getting the Government We Deserve Our final speaker is Jeff Golden, who presents Of the People or for the People: Getting the Government We Deserve. The problem with this country, according to some disenchanted Americans, “is that there are no real leaders anymore.” What we most need, they say, are people of our Founding Fathers’ caliber, or another Abe Lincoln or Franklin Roosevelt to step forward with the courage and wisdom necessary to solve our daunting problems. An opposing point of view holds that in a state or country with free and open elections, people get the government they deserve. Do the failures of modern governance and politics have more to do with a crisis of leadership or a crisis of citizenship? Join Jeff Golden for a conversation about what we as citizens can do to improve the political discourse and the quality of public life. Jeff Golden is a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum, and a Media Fellow of the Property and Environment Research Center. This program is made possible by the generous support of Oregon Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Oregon Cultural Trust.
Come Spend Some Time at Mission Mill During Spring Break! Mission Mill Museum will be offering a variety of activities from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 23rd through Thursday, March 25th during the Salem-Keizer area Spring Break. Visitors may come play games, do crafts and enjoy variety of other activities. There will be staff and volunteers on hand to help kids enjoy the fun. Tuesday, March 23rd: Wednesday, March 24th: Thursday, March 25th:
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AprilBipartisanship and Intolerance in Oregon Politics - Winter/Spring Lecture Series The Gubernatorial Candidates’ Public Forum
Annual Heritage Awards
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May
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Facing Statehood Open!
leading to social and legislative innovations that have had an effect on the entire nation.
On January 9th, 11am - 1pm
- FREE!
Valentine’s Day that takes place on Saturday, February 13th. Entries will be displayed during the event and winners will be announced at that time. Winning poems will also appear in Mission Mill Museum’s newsletter. Poems will be entered and judged in four age categories: 5-8, 9-12, 13-15, and 16-18. 
Jackson B. Miller presents The Voters Have Spoken: Oregon’s Controversial Ballot Initiatives. Oregonians vote on citizen initiatives with more frequency and, at times, more enthusiasm than any other group of citizens in the U.S. Over the past century, Oregon has had more statewide citizen-generated ballot measures than any other state, and, as a result, “direct democracy” has dramatically transformed the state’s political and social landscape. Jackson Miller leads a conversation about the role of persuasion and communication in the political process, focusing on issues raised by Oregon ballot measures over the past ten to fifteen years, which include abortion, education, gay rights, land use, marijuana, medical liability, obscenity, physician-assisted suicide, taxes, and timber. Dr. Jackson B. Miller is an Associate Professor of communication Arts & Director of Forensics (speech and debate), Linfield College. This program is made possible by the generous support of Oregon Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Oregon Cultural Trust.
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