Oral history interviews with members of personal study group at Calaroga Terrace, Portland, Oregon
Scope and Contents
These brief oral history interviews were conducted by Jim Strassmaier from February 2 to March 8, 1984, with several members of a personal study group at Calaroga Terrace, a senior living community in Portland, Oregon. The interviewees, Louise McKinney, Edris E. Becker, Catherine S. Walyer, and Ruth E. Murphy, were residents of the community. Strassmaier conducted the interviews while developing methodology for the Oregon Historical Society oral history program. In these interviews, the interviewees look at photographs; discuss their family backgrounds; and talk about their experiences during the Depression.
Dates
- 1984 February 2-March 8
Creator
- Strassmaier, James (Interviewer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Joint copyright for these interviews is held by the Oregon Historical Society and the estates of individual interviewees. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 audiocassette (50 min., 29 sec.))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Brief oral history interviews conducted by Jim Strassmaier from February 2 to March 8, 1984, with members of a personal study group at Calaroga Terrace in Portland, Oregon. Interviewees were Louise McKinney, Edris E. Becker, Catherine S. Walyer, and Ruth E. Murphy. Strassmaier conducted the interviews while developing methodology for the Oregon Historical Society oral history program.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jim Strassmaier, September 2011.
Existence and Location of Copies
Creator
- Strassmaier, James (Interviewer, Person)
- McKinney, Louise (Alice Louise), 1908-1993 (Interviewee, Person)
- Becker, Edris E. (Edris Evelyn), 1913-2001 (Interviewee, Person)
- Walyer, Catherine S. (Catherine Stickel), 1916-1992 (Interviewee, Person)
- Murphy, Ruth E. (Ruth Ella), 1924-2004 (Interviewee, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the oral history interviews with members of personal study group at Calaroga Terrace, Portland, Oregon
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Stroman
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Sponsor
- Digitization funded by the James F. Miller Endowment.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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Portland OR 97205 United States
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