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Timberline Lodge History Talk at Columbia Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 23, 2023
St. Helens, Ore. - For many Oregonians, Mount Hood and Timberline Lodge are treasured icons of our state. Join author Sarah Baker Munro at the St. Helens Columbia Center on Thursday, November 9, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. for a presentation about the story of Timberline Lodge.
Munro is the author of “Timberline Lodge: The History, Art, and Craft of an American Icon.” Her book details the history of this National Historic Landmark that was dedicated by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt in 1937. With photographs by Aaron Johanson, this book includes the only inventory of art and furnishings at the lodge. Updated and revised, the book reminds Oregonians why the lodge is revered as an icon of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Munro’s presentation in the Columbia Center auditorium will be an illustrated talk. Her book will be available for sale after her presentation. The St. Helens Public Library is hosting this event. The Columbia Center is located at 375 S. 18th Street, St. Helens.
Munro was educated at Pitzer College, Claremont, California, and the University of California, Berkeley, where she received a master’s in folklore. She is past president and current board member of Friends of Timberline. Active with Friends of Timberline since 1975, she coauthored the 1978 catalog about the lodge, prepared a photographic history of Timberline published by Arcadia Publishing, developed two audio tours of the lodge for the Mount Hood Territory, and updated the guidebook to the lodge through several editions. She has been voted the historian of Timberline Lodge by Friends of Timberline.
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For further information regarding this presentation at the Columbia Center, please contact St. Helens Public Library Reference Librarian Brenda Herren-Kenaga at bherrenkenaga@sthelensoregon.gov or 503-397-4544.
