Interpretive Essays

Nonfiction storytelling helps readers imagine the events, people, and issues that have shaped Oregon history, encouraging readers to ask questions about the lives of those who lived during times of immense change. Michael N. McGregor, a writer and Professor Emeritus of Nonfiction Writing and English at Portland State University, wrote these historical essays using journals, autobiographies, letters, newspapers, photographs, and other primary documents from the Oregon Historical Society archives.