Oral history interview with Sam J. Kahl and Zaki J. Kahl conducted by Robert J. Gassner on September 6, 1988, as part of the Portland's Syrian/Lebanese-American Community series. The Kahl brothers were immigrants from Syria and business owners in Portland, Oregon.

Oral history interview with Sherma J. Norris conducted by Robert J. Gassner on August 26, 1988, as part of the Portland's Syrian/Lebanese-American Community series. Norris was a Lebanese-American living in Oregon.

Oral history interview with Esther Azorr Rask conducted by Robert J. Gassner on September 10, 1988, as part of the Portland's Syrian/Lebanese-American Community series. Rask was a second-generation Syrian-American and was active in the Portland Syrian and Lebanese American communities.

Oral history interview with Sam Teeny and Minerva Teeny conducted by Robert J. Gassner on September 8, 1988, as part of the Portland's Syrian/Lebanese-American Community series. The Teenys owned and operated MidEast Bakeries, now called Teeny Foods, where they sold pita bread.