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Bogle, Kathryn Hall, 1906-2003

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Biographical note

Kathryn Hall Bogle, need Kathryn Golden Hall, was born in Caddo County, Oklahoma, in 1906. In 1911, she moved with her mother to Portland, Oregon. During her childhood, she also lived in San Francisco, California, and in Tacoma and Seattle, Washington. married Richard Waldo Bogle, and they later had two children, Richard "Dick" Bogle and Linda Bogle (later Linda Bogle Metellus). Kathryn Hall Bogle worked as an independent journalist for much of her life. Her first article in the Portland Oregonian, "An American Negro Speaks of Color," was published on February 14, 1937, after she challenged the newspaper's coverage of the city's Black community. Editors invited her to submit a piece, marking the first time the newspaper had paid for work by a Black writer. Bogle subsequently wrote many more articles for the Oregonian, as well as for other newspapers, including the the Pittsburgh Courier, the Chicago Defender, the Seattle-based Northwest Enterprise, the Portland Observer, and The Skanner. In addition to journalism, Bogle had a long career in social work with the Boys and Girls Society, and as a caseworker in a neurological outpatient clinic at Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center. Outside of her careers, Bogle was a founding member of St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church; a member of the Portland Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); and founder of the Portland chapter of the Links, Inc., a service and social organization of Black women. In 1993, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Portland Association of Black Journalists. Kathryn Hall Bogle died in 2003.

Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; information provided by Bogle in her interview; “An American Negro Speaks of Color," by Kathryn G. Bogle, Sunday Oregonian, February 14, 1937, magazine, section two, Page 16; “Prolific Portland Journalist Dies at 96,” by Ruth Mullen, Oregonian, August 24, 2003, Page C1; "Kathryn Hall Bogle (1906-2003)," by Kimberley Mangun, Oregon Encyclopedia, https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/bogle_kathryn_hall_1906_2003_/#.WOPJ8WQrLR0.

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Oral history interview with Kathryn Hall Bogle

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Identifier: SR 442
Abstract Oral history interview with Kathryn Hall Bogle, conducted by Rick Harmon in 15 sessions from June 26, 1985, to March 28, 1986. Bogle discusses her life and experiences as a Black woman in 20th-century Portland, Oregon; her work as a journalist in Portland; her work with organizations such as the Boys and Girls Aid Society and Good Samaritan Hospital; and the life and career of her son, Dick Bogle, who was the first Black television broadcaster in Oregon, and served on the Portland City...
Dates: 1985 June 26-1986 March 28