Abstract Oral history interview with Corky T. Kawasaki conducted by Etsu Osaki in two sessions, on April 12 and May 10, 1995, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Kawasaki discusses his experiences as a Japanese American in the Pacific Northwest, including operating a grocery store in Seattle, Washington, before World War II, being incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Tule Lake and Minidoka camps during the war, and owning the Bush Garden restaurant in Portland, Oregon, after...

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Oral history interview with Joe Kye conducted by Sankar Raman and Allison Merkel on December 23, 2020, for The Immigrant Story. Kye discusses his experiences as a Korean immigrant in the United States and his career as a musician.

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Oral history interview with Janet Liu conducted by Sankar Raman and Jessica Pollard on August 10, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Liu's father was a Chinese scientist working in the United States, and after an executive order by President John F. Kennedy allowed foreign researchers to bring their families, Liu and her mother emigrated from Taiwan in 1961. Liu was granted legal resident status in 1968 and later became a computer programmer and real estate investor.

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Oral history interview with Sir James McDonald conducted by Marian W. Kolisch on February 6, 1986. McDonald immigrated to the United States from Scotland in the 1920s and became the British Consul for Oregon in 1938.

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Oral history interview with Rahel Nardos conducted by Sankar Raman and Maleya Luis on March 28, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Nardos immigrated to the United States from Ethiopia in the 1990s to pursue a career in medicine. In 2010, she founded Footsteps in Healing, which provides health care to women in Ethiopia.

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Oral history interview with Abdi Nazemian conducted by Sankar Raman and Nancy E. Dollahite on November 8, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Nazemian discusses his experiences as a gay Iranian American, and his career as a screenwriter and author.

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Oral history interview with Dominic Vu Nguyen conducted by Rachel Ramirez on July 9, 2017, for The Immigrant Story. Nguyen's family fled Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975 and later immigrated to the United States. He studied chemical and electrical engineering and became a fitness coach in Portland, Oregon.

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Oral history interview with Calliope T. Phoutrides conducted by Deborah Newman on October 10, 1991, as part of the Portland Matriarchs oral history project. Phoutrides discusses her early life in Athens, Greece, and her marriage to the Reverend Stephanos E. Phoutrides.

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Interview with Eva Rickles conducted by Paul Fardig in 2018 for The Immigrant Story. Rickles' family fled Nazi Germany in 1937 and eventually immigrated to the United States.