Jones, Eliza Elkins
Biography
Eliza Elkins Canty-Jones is editor of the Oregon Historical Quarterly and Director of Community Engagement at the Oregon Historical Society. She produces scholarship, public programs, and organizational partnerships that advance complex and multilingual perspectives on Oregon’s past. She holds an M.A. in Pacific Northwest and public history from Portland State University and a B.A. in English from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where she was founding co-editor of SlackWater: Oral Folk History of Southern Maryland. Eliza was co-founder and served as President of the Oregon Women’s History Consortium, which created the statewide centennial project, Century of Action: Oregon Women Vote, 1912–2012.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with G. Bernhard Fedde
Oral history interview with G. Bernhard Fedde conducted by Eliza E. Canty-Jones on September 16, 2006, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Fedde was an attorney in Portland, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Lewis L. McArthur
Oral history interview with Lewis L. McArthur conducted by Eliza Canty-Jones on December 28, 2006. In this interview, McArthur discusses his work on the book "Oregon Geographic Names."