Gwen

Gwen, a videographer, contributed key oral history interviews, photographs and transcripts for the documentary The Logger’s Daughter, where she shared her father’s story as a Black logger and her family’s history in Maxville, Oregon. Prior to Gwen’s efforts, there was no public record available of the town of Maxville where Black loggers lived and worked in the early twentieth century. A partial list of Gwen’s efforts include: Oregon Encyclopedia on-line [Maxville], Blackpast.org [Maxville], Preservation Magazine and The Forum Quarterly [National Trust for Historic Preservation], Oregon Historic Quarterly and a musical play called On to Higher Ground. Gwen served on the Oregon State Advocacy Commission of Black Affairs for 5 years, and currently serves on the State Historic Preservation Committee.

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