Episode 32: The Disney Connection

Welcome To Oregon: A Oregon History & Lore Podcast · Oregon Voices Network

July 20, 202436m 38s

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Ever wonder if the magic of Disney ever graced Oregon in an impactful way? join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford to discover how much Walt Disney, his family and his works by other people influenced the state.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney#Reputation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Asperger#Nazi_involvement

https://d23.com/a-to-z/westward-ho-the-wagons-film/#:~:text=Filmed%20in%20CinemaScope%20on%20location,Ranch%20at%20Thousand%20Oaks%2C%20California.

https://disneyadulting.com/disney-connection-portland-oregon/#:~:text=You%20can%20update%20preferences%20or,to%20move%20there%20in%201937.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35723019/theodore_warren_beecher

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55885573/theodore_charles_beecher

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55885489/ruth_flora_beecher

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/blanc_mel/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Blanc#Voice_work_for_Hanna-Barbera_and_others

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Duck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Barks#

https://www.vulture.com/2013/12/walt-disney-anti-semitism-racism-sexism-frozen-head.html

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