Early Chinese American History in Oregon
Hidden Histories: Oregon’s Early Chinatowns and Chinese Worker Settlements
Hidden Histories: Oregon’s Early Chinatowns and Chinese Worker Settlements is a series of 9 virtual presentations that feature the history of Oregon’s early rural and urban Chinese settlements. Developed in partnership with the Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project and several statewide organizations, Hidden Histories aims to provide a better understanding of Chinese immigrant history and culture and its importance to Oregon’s growing Asian American population.
The series was organized and moderated by the Portland Chinatown Museum in 2021, and highlights the the work of local curators, archivists, archaeologists, and historic preservationists from Oregon’s towns and cities, museums, universities, state parks and forests.
- Making Ties: The Cangdong Village Project
- Salem's Early Chinese Community and Renewed Qing Ming Festival
- New Light on Portland's Old and New Chinatowns: 1851-1950
- Picturing the Past: Using Archaeology and the Arts to Highlight Chinese Heritage in Oregon and Beyond
- Of Woks and Men: Chinese Mining Camp Cooking in Eastern Oregon
- Kam Wah Chung & Co. A “Golden Chinese Outpost” Heritage Site for Oregon State Parks
- The Dalles Chinatown: Remembering A Community
- Deconstructing the Astorian Chinese Experience
- Pendleton's Early Chinese Community: Underground Tunnel Myth vs. Above-Ground History
Culture on Zoom Series
Culture on Zoom
In February 2022, the Portland Chinatown Museum and the Lan Su Chinese Garden helped bring in the Year of the Tiger with Culture on Zoom, a free public Zoom series. This special Lunar New Year programming featured an artist talk with Chinese American photographer Dean Wong, and his work capturing the vibrant legacies of West Coast Chinatowns, followed by a detailed, informative look at the Chinese Zodiac with PCM board and community member Sarah Chung, and the many traditions that help us celebrate the New Year.