Oral history interview with Amy R. Gill

Collection

Identifier: SR 9441

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Amy R. Gill was conducted by Charles Digregorio at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon, on February 23, 1976, as part of the oral history program in the society’s research library. Henry C. C. Stevens was also present and occasionally contributed to the interview. A transcript is available.

In this interview, Gill discusses her family background and early life in the King’s Hill and Portland Heights neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon. She talks about the people who lived in the neighborhoods, about buildings and businesses in the area, and about social life in the early 20th century. She closes the interview by describing her childhood recreational activities, including playing polo and badminton.

Dates

1976 February 23

Creator

Gill, Amy R. (Amy Robinson), 1898-1995 (Interviewee, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and the estate of Amy R. Gill. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/

Biographical note

Amy Robinson Gill, nee Amy Georgiana Robinson, was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1898. In 1918, she and Harold Dekum Gill were married; they later had one child. She died in 1995.

Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; information provided by Gill in her interview and and an additional oral history, SR 9620, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (2 audiocassettes (1 hr., 18 min., 57 sec.) + transcript (52 pages))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oral history interview with Amy R. Gill conducted by Charles Digregorio on February 23, 1976. Gill discusses her early life in the King's Hill and Portland Heights neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon, in the early 20th century.