Immigrants -- Oregon
Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Eva Aigner and Les Aigner
Oral history interview with Eva Aigner and Les Aigner conducted by Jim Lommasson, Elizabeth Mehran, and Sankar Raman in 2018 for The Immigrant Story. The Aigners, Holocaust survivors from Hungary, immigrated to the United States and settled in Portland, Oregon. They discuss their experiences during the Holocaust, life in post-war Hungary, and immigrating to Portland.
Oral history interview with Brianda Alcazar
Oral history interview with Brianda Alacazar conducted by Keven Salazar on July 22, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Alcazar was born in Mexico and came to the United States with her family in 1999. She studied at Portland Community College and Pacific University, and is a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Oral history interview with Abood Aldabea
Oral history interview with Abood Aldabea conducted by Sankar Raman on May 18, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Aldabea and his family, refugees from Syria, immigrated to Portland, Oregon, in 2014.
Oral history interview with Johana Amani
Oral history interview with Johana Amani conducted by Sankar Raman on March 13, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Amani discusses her life in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Kenya, and her life after immigrating to the United States in 2016.
Oral history interview with Mussa Amissi
Oral history interview with Mussa Amissi conducted by Sankar Raman and Alia Burck on July 18, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Amissi and his family, refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, resettled in Portland, Oregon, in 2009.
Oral history interview with Victor D. Bencomo Acevedo
Oral history interview with Victor D. Bencomo Acevedo conducted by Kristin Cole and Sankar Raman on May 4, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Acevedo was born in Venezuela, and his family opposed Hugo Chávez's government. He fled Venezuela in 2014, and he applied for asylum in the United States while studying in Portland, Oregon, on a student visa.
Oral history interview with Olive Bukuru
Oral history interview with Olive Bukuru conducted by Sankar Raman on December 4, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Bukuru discusses her early life in the Nduta Refugee Camp in Tanzania, her life after immigrating to the United States in 2007, and returning to Burundi in 2017 while attending Portland State University.
Oral history interview with Baher Butti
Oral history interview with Baher Butti conducted by Sankar Raman on January 10, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Butti discusses his experiences living in Iraq during the latter half of the 20th century and as an immigrant to the United States.
Oral history interview with Chang-Shee Chang
Oral history interview with Chang-Shee Chang conducted by Dora Totoian on October 18, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Chang discusses his early life in Taiwan and his career as a vascular surgeon in Taiwan and in Portland, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Frederick Clausen
Oral history interview with Frederick Clausen conducted by Linda S. Dodds from October 27-29, 1981. Clausen discusses his experiences in the grocery trade in Portland, Oregon.