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Oral Histories

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Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 42 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

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Identifier: SR 12338
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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

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Identifier: SR 12339
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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

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Identifier: SR 12341
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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 Lilia Boteva-Ayzoukian

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Identifier: SR 12342
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Oral history interview with Lilia Boteva-Ayzoukian, conducted by Sankar Raman, Nancy E. Dollahite, and Lindsey Keefer on December 22, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Boteva-Ayzoukian discusses her acting career in Bulgaria, her marriage to Barkev Ayzoukian, and raising a family in Beirut during Lebanon's civil war.

Dates: 2019 December 22

Oral history interview with Peter Magai Bul

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Identifier: SR 12300
Abstract

Oral history interview with Peter Magai Bul conducted by Nancy E. Dollahite and Sankar Raman on November 26, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Bul discusses his experiences as one of the Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan.

Dates: 2018 November 26

Oral history interview with Baher Butti

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Identifier: SR 12301
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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

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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 Tsering D. Choephel

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Identifier: SR 12344
Abstract

Oral history interview with Tsering D. Choephel, conducted for The Immigrant Story by Sankar Raman, Nancy Dollahite, Juniper Yarnall-Benson, and additional unidentified interviewers. The interview was conducted in three sessions from January 15 to January 27, 2020. Choephel discusses her early life in Tibet and Nepal; her arranged marriage, which brought her to Camas, Washington; and running a food truck called Tibetan Family Momo in Dallas, Texas.

Dates: 2020 January 15-27

Oral history interview with Tito Chowdhury

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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