Hing, Leah, 1907-2001
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Leah Hing and Ruth Chinn
Collection
Identifier: SR 3567
Abstract
Oral history interview with sisters Leah Hing and Ruth Chinn, conducted by Jane Leung Larson in two sessions, on April 9 and April 26, 1999. Hing and Chinn discuss their family background and early life on a hop farm in Tualatin, Oregon. Hing also talks about playing in a band whose members were all Chinese American women, and about learning to fly with pilot Tex Rankin in Portland during the 1930s.
Dates:
1999 April 9-26
Oral history interview with Leah Hing
Collection
Identifier: SR 9130
Abstract
Oral history interview with Leah Hing, conducted by Patricia Keith on June 2, 1980. Hing discusses taking lessons from Tex Rankin at the Tex Rankin School of Flying in Portland, Oregon, during the 1930s, as well as the plane she owned and her involvement with the Ninety-Nines and the Aero Club.
Dates:
1980 June 2