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Oregon Jewish Museum & Center for Holocaust Education

Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education

Client: Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE)

As one of the core exhibits at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, Discrimination and Resistance, An Oregon Primer documents Oregon’s history of discrimination from its territorial days, into statehood, and into the 20th century. The exhibit similarly chronicles the ways individuals and groups have resisted and overcome discrimination through that same time period. Janice organized the exhibit thematically to highlight the “tools of discrimination” that have been used over and over against different groups of people over time, as well as the “tools of resistance” that have countered oppression and discrimination. This exhibit uses photographs, documents, quotes, and ephemera to tell this complex history and the content is energized by the striking exhibit design of Bryan Potter Design.

OSU Oral History Project

Client: Oregon State University SCARC

A multi-year effort, the OSU Sesquicentennial Oral History Project is a collaborative enterprise that documents the university’s history, culture, and initiative through interviews with a diverse collection of individuals. The interviews are all available online. Janice conducted interviews with almost 50 OSU administrators, alumni, faculty, and staff in five states and the District of Columbia. These individual’s lives and careers were shaped and influenced by their time at OSU. Original recordings, transcripts, and supporting materials are accessible at the OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center.

Dawson-Park

Dawson Park

Dawson-Park

Client: 2ink Studio & Portland Parks & Recreation

Working with 2ink Studio’s unique landscape design, Janice was able to infuse the park’s rich history directly into the physical landscape of the park. Combining engraved oral history snippets from longtime community members with etched historical photos, news articles, and event posters, this collaborative work offers visual and tactile access to the history of the park for all ages.

MLK-PDC-gateway

Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Gateway

Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Gateway and Heritage Markers

MLK-PDC-gateway

Client: Mayer Reed, 2ink Studio & Portland Development Commission

This multi-year project involved extensive research and community outreach to capture the vibrant history of people, events, and culture of the surrounding North/Northeast neighborhoods. Working with a team of graphic designers and landscape architects, Jan provided the rich text and evocative images that recounts the history of local business, civil rights activism, social life, and religious institutions that helped shape the community, the city of Portland, and the state of Oregon.

US District Court of Oregon Oral History

US District Court of Oregon Historical Society Oral History Project

Client: US District Court of Oregon Historical Society (USDCHS)

This ongoing oral history project documents the history of more than 150 individuals from the legal community as well as municipal, state, and federal courts. As the oral historian and liaison between project partners the USDCHS and the Oregon Historical Society, Janice coordinates all aspects of the project as well as personally conducts many of the oral history interviews. Original recordings, transcripts, and supporting materials have been used for scholarly articles, books, and documentaries, and are accessible at the OHS Davies Family Research Library.

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Century of Action

Century of Action: Oregon Women Vote, 1912-2012

What-We-Built

Client: Oregon Women’s History Consortium

As Project Director for the statewide woman suffrage centennial in 2012, Janice worked closely with the Oregon Women’s History Consortium to coordinate the creation of an educational website, public programs, and Votes for Women: The Oregon Story exhibit. She was a public face for the official centennial across Oregon through her illustrated lectures, living history performances, through print and online media, and as a historical consultant for the OPB program The Suffragists.