Oral history interview with Frank A. Bauman
Scope and Contents
This interview with Frank Anthony Bauman was conducted by Karen E. Saul at Bauman’s office at the Carriage House and in the Standard Plaza Building in Portland, Oregon, from November 5, 2005, to May 15, 2007. In the interview, while looking at family photographs, Bauman discusses his early life and childhood in Northeast Portland, including attending Grant High School and delivering newspapers. He then discusses attending Stanford University, including studying economics and his recollections of the lead-up to World War II and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Bauman also talks about his experiences in the Navy during World War II, including learning Japanese; deployment to the South Pacific, particularly Peleliu; treatment and interrogation of Japanese prisoners of war; and visiting Hiroshima after the war. He goes on to describe studying at Yale Law School and establishing himself as a lawyer in Portland. He also discusses his wife, Mildred Bauman, and her involvement in the Great Books Program; studying international law at the University of London in England; and working at various law firms in Portland, including Veatch, Bauman & Lovett, and Keane, Haessler, Bauman & Harper. He goes on to talk about cases he argued before the Oregon Supreme Court and District Court, including Zucker v. Mitchell and Ritchie v. Lamb. Bauman also discusses volunteering as a civil rights lawyer in Mississippi; his involvement with the World Affairs Council; and his involvement with the United Nations, particularly focusing on UNICEF, General Paul Cullen, and his service as U.N. senior officer to Australasia.
Dates
- Creation: 2005 November 21-2007 May 15
Creator
- Bauman, Frank A. (Frank Anthony), 1921- (Interviewee, Person)
- Saul, Karen E. (Interviewer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Joint copyright is held by the Oregon Historical Society and the U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society. In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Biographical note
Frank Anthony Bauman Jr. was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1921. He grew up in Northeast Portland and attended Grant High School and later Stanford University (1939-1942). During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy's Japanese language intelligence program and visited Hiroshima with U.S. forces directly after the war. From 1946 to 1949, he attended law school at Yale University, specializing in international law. He returned to Oregon in 1949 and practiced law with a number of Portland firms, including Veatch, Bauman & Veatch and Keane, Haessler, Bauman & Harper. He and Mildred Packer were married in 1950, and Bauman then studied international law at the University of London. From 1971 to 1976, he was the United Nations senior officer to Australasia. He was active in the World Affairs Council and served with the Aspen Institute in Japan. He died in 2015.
Extent
.1 Cubic Feet (18 audiocassettes (17 hr., 17 min., 20 sec.) + transcript (349 pages))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Oral history interview with Frank Anthony Bauman Jr. conducted by Karen E. Saul from November 21, 2005, to May 15, 2007, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Bauman was an attorney in Portland, Oregon.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the U.S. District of Oregon Historical Society (Lib. Acc. 26446).
Existence and Location of Copies
General
Forms part of the United States District Court Oral History Project.
Subject
- Oregon. Supreme Court (Organization)
- United Nations (Organization)
- United States. District Court (Oregon) (Organization)
- Bauman, Frank A. (Frank Anthony), 1921- (Person)
- Bauman, Mildred I. (Mildred Inez), 1924-1997 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to oral history interview with Frank A. Bauman
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Stroman
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Sponsor
- This project is supported in whole or part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the State Library of Oregon.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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