The Willamette Heritage Center invites submission of manuscripts for publication in the summer issue of its bi-annual publication, Willamette Valley Voices: Connecting Generations, scheduled for release in February 2014. The publication’s mission is to provide a showcase for scholarly writing pertaining to the history and heritage of the Willamette Valley, south of Portland. Its purpose is to promote historical scholarship focused on the communities of the area.

The theme for the winter 2014 issue is “Work in the Valley.” Examples of history/heritage topics related to work include, but are by no means limited to industry(farming, mill work, timber, sheep growing, wine and/or beer production, food processing/packing, fishing, etc.), unions, child labor (types of, regulation of, etc.), government work and/or work/labor policies, domestic labor, technology, engineered space, commutes/commuting.

Articles should be both scholarly and understandable to a broad readership, and based on original research of a documentary, analytical or interpretive nature. Abstracts will be accepted through Friday, September 27, 2013 and should be a maximum of 200 words. If accepted for publication, final papers are due Friday, November 29, 2013 and should be between 4,000 and 10,000 words in length, with Chicago Style footnotes. All articles
must be an original work, not previously published and must include a minimum of 2 images (photographs, charts, maps, scans of original/primary documents, graphs, etc.).

Annually, the Willamette Heritage Center offers two awards for the best graduate student contributions to Willamette Valley Voices. Winners are to be announced at the WHC’s Annual Meeting each February. For 2014, the awards will be $100 each. To qualify, authors must be enrolled graduate students at the time their article is submitted.

For more information about the Willamette Heritage Center please visit the Center’s website at www.willametteheritage.org

For submissions contact: Keni Sturgeon, Curator, Willamette Heritage Center at The Mill, 503-585-7012.