Natural Enemy, Natural Ally
How has war changed and damaged the environment? How has nature influenced war? As the first collection of essays on war and environmental history, Natural...
Collegiate Architecture and Landscape in the West
In the story of how campus architecture evolved in the nation, and in microcosm at Willamette University specifically, we see a rich reflection of our...
Nature's Justice
As the longest serving Justice in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court, William O. Douglas was known for writing a host of dissenting opinions...
Black Woman in Green
From an unlikely beginning as an agency transcriptionist in her hometown of Washington, DC, Gloria Brown became the first African American woman to attain the...
Abalone
From rocky coves at Mendocino and Monterey to San Diego’s reefs, abalone have held a cherished place in California culture for millennia. Prized for iridescent...
Facing the World
Before the Second World War, the states of Washington and Oregon were thinly populated economic backwaters of the United States. Even the major cities of...
Struggle on the North Santiam
A sixty-mile forested corridor stretching from the Willamette Valley to the Cascade mountains, Oregon’s North Santiam Canyon is like many other marginalized places in the...