Oral history interview with Hazel I. Ross

Collection

Identifier: SR 9497

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Hazel I. Ross at her home in Vancouver, Washington, was conducted by Charles Digregorio on January 29, 1976, as part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library’s oral history program. Dale Archibald and Hazel Ross's husband, Melvin F. Ross, were also present and occasionally contributed to the interview.

In this interview, Archibald reads from the obituary of Hazel I. Ross’s father, William John Kilgore. Ross then discusses a photograph she donated to the Oregon Historical Society that shows her father with the Wright brothers. She talks about the career of William John Kilgore; about her early life, education, and strict upbringing in Northwest Portland; and about fires in early 20th-century Portland. Melvin F. Ross also briefly discusses his early life in St. Helens, Oregon. Hazel I. Ross talks about the 1923 airplane crash that killed her half-brother, Paul T. Wagner.

Dates

1976 January 29

Creator

Ross, Hazel I. (Hazel Irene), 1904-1991 (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 Hazel I. Ross. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/

Biographical note

Hazel Irene Ross, nee Kilgore, was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1904. She married three times, including to Melvin F. Ross in 1959, and had four children. She died in 1991.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 audiotape reel (47 min., 3 sec.))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oral history interview with Hazel I. Ross conducted by Charles Digregorio on January 29, 1976. Ross discusses the life and career of her father, William John Kilgore.