#archival-materials

#archival-materials

"There's a certain kind of energy that could be produced by a performative idea of communication, and that's what I'm interested in," said the Academy Award-winning director of "12 Years a Slave." "I'm not the kind of person who stands for an hour reading from a piece of paper. I think the audience needs more, and I feel I need to give more.

Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin kicked off the 2025-26 season of the Oregon Historical Society's Mark O. Hatfield Lecture Series on Sept. 9 with a talk based on her latest book, An Unfinished Love Story. Goodwin's lecture at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall discussed her and her husband Dick Goodwin's marriage amid the backdrop of the dramatic events of the 1960s, as well the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.