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Immigrants -- Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Salsabel Al Masri

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12337
Abstract

Oral history interview with Salsabel Al Masri, conducted by Dora Totoian and Sankar Raman on January 5, 2020. Al Masri discusses her early life and education in Daraa, Syria; her experiences living in Irbid, Jordan, from 2012 to 2016; and her experiences adjusting to life in Portland, Oregon, after immigrating to the United States in 2016.

Dates: 2020 January 5

Oral history interview with Chris Ayzoukian

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12338
Abstract

Oral history interview with Chris Ayzoukian conducted by Sankar Raman, Lindsey Keefer, and Nancy Dollahite on December 22, 2019. Ayzoukian discusses his early life in Beirut, Lebanon, during Lebanon's civil war; life in Los Angeles County, California, from 1983 to 2017; and his work as general manager of the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton, Oregon.

Dates: 2019 December 22

Oral history interview with Soulayvanh Beisel

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12339
Abstract

Oral history interview with Soulayvanh Beisel, conducted by Sankar Raman and Samuel Chapman on February 2, 2020, for The Immigrant Story. Beisel discusses her early life in Tha Ngon, Laos; her life in the Nongkai refugee camp in Thailand in the 1970s; and her experiences as a Laotian American in Wichita, Kansas, in the 1980s, and in Waikiki, Hawaii, in the 1990s.

Dates: 2020 February 2

Oral history interview with Marcela Bonilla Morales

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12341
Abstract

Oral history interview with Marcela Bonilla Morales, conducted by Sankar Raman, Nancy E. Dollahite, and Shea Seery on September 21, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Bonilla Morales discusses adjusting to life in Beaverton, Oregon, after she and her family immigrated to the United States from El Salvador in 2006, and shares her experiences as an undocumented immigrant and with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA).

Dates: 2019 September 21

Oral history interview with Baher Butti

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12301
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2019 January 10

Oral history interview with Chang-Shee Chang

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12302
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2019 October 18

Oral history interview with Tito Chowdhury

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12343
Abstract

Oral history interview with Tito Chowdhury, conducted by Sankar Raman and Lisa Cohn on March 12 and March 23, 2020, for The Immigrant Story. Chowdhury discusses his early life in Bangladesh, including his family's experiences during the 1947 partition of India and the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence, and talks about his involvement with FashioNXT, a fashion event in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 2020 March 12-23

Oral history interview with Bernal Cruz

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Identifier: SR 12315
Abstract

Oral history interview with Bernal Cruz conducted by Sankar Raman on February 25, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Cruz discusses his experience as a Guatemalan immigrant in Oregon, and talks about his career as a social worker.

Dates: 2019 February 25

Oral history interview with Petrona Dominguez Francisco

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12345
Abstract

Oral history interview with Petrona Dominguez Francisco, conducted by Sankar Raman, Nancy Dollahite, and Hannah Kendall on March 18, 2020, for The Immigrant Story. Dominguez Francisco, who came with her family to Forest Grove, Oregon, from Guatemala when she was a child, discusses her experiences as an undocumented immigrant, and her activism for immigrant rights.

Dates: 2020 March 18

Oral history interview with Bukhosi B. Dube

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12346
Abstract

Oral history interview with Bukhosi B. Dube, conducted by Sankar Raman and Lisa Cohn on January 12, 2020, for The Immigrant Story. Dube discusses his family background and early life in Zimbabwe, his college experience in the United States, and his career as a doctor in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 2020 January 12