Join Oregon Historical Society for a Special Screening: Finding David Douglas
November 15, 2012 |
Finding David Douglas is the first film ever produced on David Douglas (1799-1834), the remarkable botanist from Scotland who explored western North America in the 1820s & 1830s—a time before white settlement altered the landscape. Today, we widely remember Douglas through the tree named in his honor, the Douglas fir. The film focuses on David Douglas’s contributions to science—forestry, botany, and horticulture—and his relationships with Hudson’s Bay Company employees and Indians he met during his travels. This film portrait of Douglas, an environmentalist before his time, encourages today’s audience to better appreciate the natural world and how one person’s efforts can make a difference.
The film is produced and directed by historian Lois Leonard and co-producers forester Syd House, Forestry Commission Scotland and botanist Gordon Mason, Sheffield, England.
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Location Information |
Oregon Historical Society |
1200 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR |
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Contact Information |
Email:
orhist@ohs.org |
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