TY  - GEN
N2  - Karen Peterson, M.A., was the first archivist of OHSU Historical Collections & Archives, who began working as an intern at OHSU during her graduate studies. She was hired permanently as the staff archivist in 2002, and wrote many of policies that informed HC&A operations in its earliest days. Peterson describes her family background; growing up in the St. Johns neighborhood of Portland, Oregon; her two marriages (including one to a Cuban santero), and motherhood. She describes her personal experiences with disease over her lifetime, including contracting polio as a child and diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer in 2003. She also recounts her experiences in education, including traveling to Mexico for a study abroad program, earning a B.A. in history at Portland State University, and completing her M.A. in folklore and mythology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She concludes the interview by sharing her vision for the future of HC&A.
DO  - 10.6083/M4RN36S4
DO  - DOI
AB  - Karen Peterson, M.A., was the first archivist of OHSU Historical Collections & Archives, who began working as an intern at OHSU during her graduate studies. She was hired permanently as the staff archivist in 2002, and wrote many of policies that informed HC&A operations in its earliest days. Peterson describes her family background; growing up in the St. Johns neighborhood of Portland, Oregon; her two marriages (including one to a Cuban santero), and motherhood. She describes her personal experiences with disease over her lifetime, including contracting polio as a child and diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer in 2003. She also recounts her experiences in education, including traveling to Mexico for a study abroad program, earning a B.A. in history at Portland State University, and completing her M.A. in folklore and mythology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She concludes the interview by sharing her vision for the future of HC&A.
T1  - Interview with Karen Peterson, M.A.
ED  - Anderson, Maija
ED  - Peterson, Karen Anderson
ED  - Interviewer
ED  - Interviewee
DA  - 2014-05-16
DA  - 2014 May 16
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3270/files/oralhist_101.pdf
PB  - Oregon Health & Science University
LA  - eng
PY  - 2014-05-16
PY  - 2014 May 16
ID  - 3270
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3270/files/oralhist_101.pdf
KW  - Anthropology, Cultural
KW  - Archives
KW  - Faculty
KW  - Libraries
KW  - Policy Making
KW  - Spirituality
TI  - Interview with Karen Peterson, M.A.
Y1  - 2014-05-16
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3270/files/oralhist_101.pdf
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3270/files/oralhist_101.pdf
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3270/files/oralhist_101.pdf
ER  -