This Oregon State Capitol History Center Project Newsletter is being sent to you as someone who may be particularly interested in this exciting new project at your Oregon State Capitol.
In this Issue:
Moving Forward!
Input from Oregon's Best
Capitol Time Capsule
Floyd McMullen Conference Room
Capitol Foundation
Members
Sen Jason Atkinson*
Sen Betsy Johnson
Sen Joanne Verger
Rep Vicki Berger
Rep Brian Clem*
Rep Matt Wingard
Sandra Allen
Frankie Bell*
Kathryn Boe-Duncan
Frank Brawner
Jane Cease, Vice-Chair*
Herb Colomb*
Verne A. Duncan
Paul Hanneman
Ginny Lang
Bill Markham
Anthony Meeker
Fred Neal*
Norma Paulus
Annette Price
Norm Smith
Gerry Thompson
Fred VanNatta*, Chair
Gary Wilhelms
* Project Governance
Committee Member
The next step in the strategic planning process is to clarify an interpretive strategy and reach initial agreements for the program, the organizational improvements, and the operating structures that are needed to design, develop, and operate a history center effectively.
When the full strategic plan is completed and approved by OSCF's, it will be presented to the Legislative Administration Committee (LAC) for consideration and final adoption consideration.
Watch for announcements about opportunities to review and comment on the proposed plan. A presentation is scheduled for May 23rd, from 12:00 - 1:00 in the Capitol.
Photo, above: Charrette hosted by the Oregon Community Foundation
Comments and questions may also be submitted to Juliene Popinga, Project Manager, at juliene.popinga@state.or.us.
In early March experts in history, nonprofit organizations, preservation, cultural, archival and museum exhibits met during one of three half-day meetings. The meetings were designed to allow for creative collaboration. Ideas and feedback relating to the history center’s focus, interpretive design, strategy, funding and partnership possibilities will be incorporated into the final strategic plan.
Photo, above: Charrette hosted by the Oregon History Society
A time capsule is sealed inside the cornerstone on the northeast corner of the current Oregon Capitol. According to a notarized list dated June 16, 1937, the box contains a long and varied list of items. Items range from a few small relics from the Capitol that burned down in 1935, to a piece of petrified wood from the site of the Bonneville Dam, to a "coffee cup from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Krauger, Salem, Oregon" and a "scroll" that is given no further description.
Take a moment to explore a bit of Oregon history and peruse the full list for yourself.
Click here to see an aerial photo of the cornerstone dedication ceremony on the City of Salem library website.
List contributed by Sandy Allen
Floyd McMullen Conference Room
The 
Oregon Senate designated the conference room next to the Hannon Reading Room as the “Floyd G. McMullen Conference Room.” Mr. McMullen was the only person killed during the fire that destroyed Oregon’s second Capitol in 1935. Mr. McMullen was 22 years old from Hermiston and studying law at Willamette University in Salem when he responded to the blaze as a volunteer firefighter in 1935.
This conference room is associated with Mr. McMullen because it is the customary meeting place of the Floyd McMullen Fire Brigade established in 2003, a society devoted to Oregon history, public policy and public service. Columns from the old Capitol can be seen from this conference room named in honor of Mr. McMullen.
