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Immigrants -- Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Felix Songolo

 Collection
Identifier: SR12289
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2018 February 10

Linda Tamura oral history interviews with Issei in the Hood River Valley, Oregon

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Identifier: SRC 2
Abstract Audio recordings of oral history interviews with 11 first-generation Japanese Americans in Hood River, Oregon, conducted by Linda Tamura from October 8, 1985, to May 31, 1986. The interviews were the basis for a book by Tamura, titled "The Hood River Issei: An Oral History of Japanese Settlers in Oregon's Hood River Valley." Interviewees discuss their early lives in Japan; their experiences as immigrants to the United States; their lives in the Hood River Valley of Oregon; and their...
Dates: 1985 October 8-1986 May 31

Oral history interview with Sam Teeny and Minerva Teeny

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Identifier: SR167
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1988 September 8

Oral history interview with Masumi Timson

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Identifier: SR12291
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2018 March 19

Oral history interview with Franklin Tokam-Powell

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Identifier: SR12265
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2017 April 30

Oral history interview with Kay N. Toyooka

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Identifier: SR 975
Abstract Oral history interview with Kay N. Toyooka, conducted in Japanese by Yasashi Ichikawa on April 16, 1992, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Toyooka discusses his early life in Hiroshima, Japan, his immigration to the United States, and farm life in Oregon in the 1920s and 1930. He speaks about his experiences at the Portland Assembly Center in Portland, Oregon, and the Minidoka Relocation Center in Idaho as one of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans who were incarcerated...
Dates: 1992 April 16

Oral history interview with Reza Uddin

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Identifier: SR 12331
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2019 July 25

Oral history interview with Sivheng Ung

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Identifier: SR 12332
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2019 March 25

Oral history interview with Zsuzsanna Vamos

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Identifier: SR12293
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2018 August 20

Oral history interview with Inés A. Voglar Belgique

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12333
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2019 March 21