This episode wishes Happy Birthday to James Butler Elkins, better known as “Big Jim.” Listen as Jeffrey Stone exposes the vice scene of Portland and the man who controlled the industry from 1940 to 1956.

More at: http://www.publichistorypdx.org/2017/03/12/big-jim-elkins-gangsters-unions-pinball/

St. Johns Riot

“This Week Back Then” is a podcast and blog series born out of Professor Catherine McNeur’s HST411/511 Public History Lab: Podcasts and History course. Students did research, wrote scripts and blog posts, produced and edited podcasts, and collaborated with classmates to bring history to a broad audience. The class worked with producers at KBOO (90.7) to learn recording and editing skills. The students’ podcasts, posted here, will be broadcast during KBOO’s news hour each Monday starting in January 2017.

Corresponding blog posts on the topics appear at: http://www.publichistorypdx.org/