DEVELOPING A PROPOSED HISTORICAL RESEARCH MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR HISTORIC OREGON FURNITURE
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Date
1994-06
Authors
Sutherland, Ross E.
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University of Oregon
Abstract
For nearly a century Oregon museums and private collectors have preserved and
exhibited historic Oregon furniture. The documentation of Oregon's historic furniture
industry, however, has not kept pace with ongoing documentation projects in other areas of
the country. These projects may involve extensive document searches and photographic
surveys of extant pieces. To expedite the documentation of historic Oregon furniture, by
maximizing the expenditure of human and financial resources, this thesis proposes a
Historical Research Management Plan.
The proposed plan is subdivided into six phases which reflect ever deepening levels of
historic documentation. The phase sequencing guides researchers from objective data
collection to subjective evaluation and interpretation, of historic Oregon furniture, using
selected documentation strategies for historic furniture in public museums. Since
documenting historic Oregon furniture at a state level is currently impractical, this plan may
be applied to specific geographic areas and time periods in building toward this broader
documentary goal.
Description
174 pages
Keywords
Oregon Historical Society, State Emergency Relief Administration, preservation