Scope and Contents Tape 1, Side 1, through Tape 2, Side 1. In the first interview session, conducted on January 25, 2011, Nickum discusses her family background and early life in Portland, Oregon, including her experience of being hit by a car as a child, and talks about jobs she worked while in high school. She shares her memories of life in Oregon during World War II. She talks about her experience studying secretarial sciences at the University of Oregon in Eugene, and about her reasons for pursuing a...

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Tape 2, Side 2, through Tape 3, Side 1. In the second interview session, conducted on January 28, 2011, Nickum speaks further about working for the Davidson & Nikoloric law firm. She talks about moving to Washington, D.C., in 1954, about her life in D.C., and about working for Senator Bob Neuberger and Congresswoman Edith Green.