Oregon Considered
State Archivist Retiring After 20 Years Tracking Oregon's History
September 20, 2005
Mention archives to most people and you're likely to provoke a mental image of stacks of dusty boxes piled up to the ceiling in a non-descript warehouse.
For Roy Turnbaugh, that's exactly how things looked when he took over as state archivist 20 years ago. But by the time Turnbaugh retired this month, the job and the whole concept of a public records archive had changed dramatically.
Kristian Foden-Vencil spoke with Turnbaugh just before he retired last week.
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