Oral history interview with Susannah P. Malarkey

Collection

Identifier: SR 9473

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Susannah P. Malarkey was conducted by Charles Digregorio at Malarkey’s home in Portland, Oregon, on February 12, 1976, as part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library’s oral history program. In addition to the audio recording, a transcript of the interview is available.

In this interview, Malarkey speaks at length about her anti-discrimination work with the Urban League of Portland, and talks about her association with Monsignor Thomas J. Tobin. She talks about her early life in the Portland Heights neighborhood of Portland, and about her education at the Catlin Gabel School. She closes the interview by describing her role in the founding of the Willamette Learning Center, an alternative school. She talks about the administration of the school and about the education its students receive.

Dates

1976 February 12

Creator

Malarkey, Susannah P. (Susannah Platt), 1902-1993 (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 Susannah P. Malarkey. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/

Biographical note

Susannah Platt Malarkey, nee Susannah Stoddard Platt, was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1902. In 1915, she moved with her family to Portland, Oregon. In 1924, she and Neil Malarkey were married; they later had four children. She died in 1993.

Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; information provided by Malarkey in her interview.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 audiocassette (40 min., 24 sec.) + transcript (21 pages))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oral history interview with Susannah P. Malarkey conducted by Charles Digregorio on February 12, 1976. Malarkey discusses her involvement with the Urban League of Portland and with the Willamette Learning Center, an alternative school in Portland.