Immigrants -- Oregon
Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Ariel Rubstein
Oral history interview with Ariel Rubstein conducted by Marian W. Kolisch from December 17, 1984, to February 18, 1985. Rubstein, a pianist and music instructor, discusses his early life in Russia, and his life and career in Portland, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Felix Songolo
Oral history interview with Felix Songolo conducted by Sankar Raman on February 10, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Songolo, the son of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, immigrated to the United States with his family at age 4. They settled in Portland, Oregon, in 2004.
Oral history interview with Sam Teeny and Minerva Teeny
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.
Oral history interview with Masumi Timson
Oral history interview with Masumi Timson conducted by Sankar Raman and Giacomo Ranieri on March 19, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Timson immigrated to the United States from Japan in 1991. She became a professional musician, a koto instructor, and a regular performer with the band with Pink Martini.
Oral history interview with Franklin Tokam-Powell
Oral history interview with Franklin Tokam-Powell conducted by Rachel Ramirez on April 30, 2017, for The Immigrant Story. Tokam-Powell was born in Cameroon. He lived and studied in Ukraine, China, and South Korea before he and his partner, Tristan Powell, moved to the United States, where they married.
Oral history interview with Reza Uddin
Oral history interview with Reza Uddin conducted by Allison Merkel and Sankar Raman on July 25, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Uddin discusses his experiences as a Rohingya Muslim in Burma and Oregon.
Oral history interview with Sivheng Ung
Oral history interview with Sivheng Ung conducted by Elizabeth Mehren and Sankar Raman on March 25, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Ung discusses her experiences in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge regime.
Oral history interview with Zsuzsanna Vamos
Oral history interview with Zsuzsanna Vamos conducted by Sankar Raman and Briana Ybanez on August 20, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Vamos immigrated to the United States from Hungary in 1989. She worked at the Kansas University Medical Center, became a pharmacist in Hillsboro, Oregon, and exhibited art at galleries in the Pacific Northwest.
Oral history interview with Inés A. Voglar Belgique
Oral history interview with Inés A. Voglar Belgique conducted by Nancy Dollahite and Sankar Raman on March 21, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Volgar Belgique discusses her career as a violinist in Venezuela and Portland, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Ramazan Yiğit
Oral history interview with Ramazan Yiğit conducted by Jessica Pollard on August 30, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Yiğit discusses his experiences as a Kurd in Turkey and in Portland, Oregon.