Harmon, Rick
Biography
Richard Charles Harmon was born in Jackson, Michigan, in 1952. When he was six years old, his family moved to the West Coast. In 1975, he earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of California, San Diego. That same year, he and Candice Gaucher were married; they later divorced in 1985. He attended Columbia University in New York, then transferred back to UCSD. A few years later, he left graduate school and began working in publishing in Southern California. In the early 1980s, he began working in the UCLA oral history program. n 1984, he became an oral historian at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, and the next year, he also became the editor of Oregon Historical Quarterly, the society's journal. For a year, he held both positions, and he served as editor of OHQ until 1999. Harmon was married twice. He and Candice Gaucher married in 1975, then divorced in 1985. He remarried, to Jane Malarkey, in 1990. In 1990, he and Jane Malarkey were married. Harmon died in 2004.
Sources: Information provided by Harmon in an oral history interview, SR 2531 at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library; vital records on Ancestry.com.
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Constance Beaty
Oral history interview with Constance Beaty conducted by Rick Harmon on February 7, 1986. Beaty discusses the Golden West Hotel in Portland, Oregon, which was owned by her father, William Duncan Allen.
Oral history interview with William G. East
Oral history interview with William G. East conducted by Rick Harmon from November 8-15, 1984, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. East was a judge on the Oregon Circuit Court and the U.S. District Court of Oregon.
Oral history interview with Alice Tomkins Fee
Oral history interview with Alice Tomkins Fee conducted by Rick Harmon from February 8 to March 8, 1985, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Fee was a deputy clerk for the U.S. District Court of Oregon.
Oral history interview with Alfred T. Goodwin
Oral history interview with Alfred T. Goodwin conducted by Rick Harmon from May 10, 1985, to September 3, 1986, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Goodwin served on the Oregon Circuit Court for Lane County, the Oregon Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Oral history interview with Rick Harmon
Oral history interview with Rick Harmon conducted by Jim Strassmaier on October 17 and November 14, 2001. Harmon discusses his work as an editor in the UCLA oral history program, as the oral historian at the Oregon Historical Society, and as the editor of Oregon Historical Quarterly.
Rick Harmon radio interview
Radio interview with Rick Harmon conducted by Bob Griggs on February 14, 1989. Harmon discusses his work as editor of Oregon Historical Quarterly.
Oral history interview with Becky Johnson
Oral history interview with John F. Kilkenny
Oral history interview with John F. Kilkenny conducted by Rick Harmon from June 12 to October 3, 1984, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Kilkenny was a judge on the U.S. District Court of Oregon and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Oral history interview with Hans A. Linde
Oral history interview with Hans A. Linde conducted by Rick Harmon and Michael O’Rourke from January 15, 2002, to February 3, 2004, as part of the United States District Court of Oregon Oral History Project. Linde discusses his career as a professor of law at the University of Oregon and several other institutions, and his service as a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court from 1977 to 1990.
Oral history interview with Joel Redon
Oral history interview with Joel Redon conducted by Rick Harmon from November 1, 1992, to February 18, 1994. Redon was a gay man who lived much of his life in Portland, Oregon, and was diagnosed with AIDS in 1986. He authored several novels, including his semi-autobiographical novel "Bloodstream."
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