Washington County Heritage Online, Year 2

About This Grant

Washington County has many organizations which collect and house materials about the county's history. The resources held by this plethora of cultural institutions lack any kind of central organization, which limits access. In addition, many of these collections consist of fragile or uncataloged groups of objects, and this increases the difficulty in accessing the items. Pacific University and Washington County Museum continue organizing these collections by building a unified digital collection of historic images related to this region - Washington County Heritage Online (WCHO). The focus of year two is to enhance partnerships with local organizations, continue digitization and metadata creation, promote WCHO, and ensure that WCHO can be both self-sustaining and expandable for the future.