Oregon Historical Society

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Summary

Oregon Historical Society is a historical society[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of historical society entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (109 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: history of Oregon[3]
  • Member of: Nonprofit Association of Oregon[4], Oregon Museums Association[5]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Portland[6]
  • Country: United States[7]
  • Instance of: nonprofit organization[8]
  • Founder: William D. Fenton[9]
  • Headquarters location: Portland[10]
  • Location: Oregon Historical Society Museum[11]
  • Commons category: Oregon Historical Society[12]
  • Inception: 1898[13], December 17, 1898[14]
  • Official website: https://www.ohs.org/[15]
  • Main subject: Oregon[16]
  • Email address: mailto:orhist@ohs.org[17]
  • Official name: Oregon Historical Society[18]
  • Legal form: 501(c)(3) organization[19]
  • Commons Creator page: Oregon Historical Society[20]
  • Total revenue: 8,285,199 US dollars[21], 8,809,155 US dollars[22], 10,972,843 US dollars[23], 8,983,360 US dollars[24], 10,926,580 US dollars[25], 16,021,326 US dollars[26], 10,857,092 US dollars[27], 6,297,123 US dollars[28], 6,447,783 US dollars[29], 7,118,258 US dollars[30], 8,414,473 US dollars[31], 7,142,724 US dollars[32], 7,575,520 US dollars[33]
  • Total assets: 41,516,694 US dollars[34], 38,558,644 US dollars[35], 43,955,571 US dollars[36], 22,666,533 US dollars[37], 22,182,528 US dollars[38], 25,087,760 US dollars[39], 27,348,240 US dollars[40], 27,096,414 US dollars[41], 28,362,956 US dollars[42], 31,387,744 US dollars[43], 32,029,982 US dollars[44], 32,963,531 US dollars[45], 34,796,079 US dollars[46]
  • Interested in: history of Oregon[47]

Why It Matters

Oregon Historical Society is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . archINFORM. wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . charitynavigator.org. Retrieved . charitynavigator.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . charitynavigator.org. Retrieved . charitynavigator.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . irs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . projects.propublica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  31. [33] ↑ . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . projects.propublica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  43. [45] ↑ . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · JakeOregon · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Email address → mailto:orhist@ohs.org
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'ru']
    Official website → https://www.ohs.org/
    Image → Oregon Historical Society entrance 2019.jpg
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Official website: https://www.ohs.org/"
  2. 6w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 365790589
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap node id: 365790589, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/365790589 in United States"
  3. 8w ago · Bob08 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving Country of citizenship to Country"
  4. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interested in → history of Oregon
    Headquarters location → Portland
    Inception → —
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+5185'}, {'amount': '+6720'}, {'amount': '+7590'}
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The oregon encyclopedia id: oregon_historical_society, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/83141217|Oregon Historical Society (#83141217)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-mat"
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