Oral Histories
Found in 699 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Van Tran
Oral history interview with Van Tran conducted by Sankar Raman and Shea Seery in 2019 for The Immigrant Story. Tran discusses her experiences as a young woman during and after the Vietnam War, and talks about operating Phở Lê, a Vietnamese restaurant now located in Vancouver, Washington.
Oral history interview with Dick Troon
Oral history interview with Dick Troon conducted by Jamie Minkus and Kirsten Wall on April 20, 2002, as part of the Oregon Wine Archives Oral History Project. Troon discusses the history of Troon Vineyard in the Applegate Valley, Oregon, and talks about the wine industry in Oregon.
Oral history interview with Jim Tsugawa
Oral history interview with Jim Tsugawa conducted by Sankar Raman and Elizabeth Mehren on July 19, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Tsugawa was born in Hillsboro, Oregon, in 1932, and was incarcerated at the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Jerome County, Idaho, during World War II. He later served in the U.S. Army and became a dentist in Portland, Oregon.
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 Frances L. Van Hevelingen
Oral history interview with Frances L. Van Hevelingen conducted by Charles Digregorio on April 20, 1978. Van Hevelingen was a painter in Oregon.
Oral history interview with Kimberlee Van Patten
Oral history interview with Kimberlee Van Patten conducted by Katie Horton and Amy Sherwood on February 12, 2009, for the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest. Van Patten discusses her management of Peacock Productions Inc., a non-profit organization in Portland that produces drag shows to raise money for the Audria M. Edwards Scholarship fund.
Oral history interview with Thomas Vaughan
Oral history interview with Thomas Vaughan conducted by Sieglinde Smith from October 1, 1995, to December 2, 1996. Vaughan was the executive director of the Oregon Histoical Society from 1954 to 1989.
Oral history interview with Ethel L. Vaughters
Oral history interview with Ethel L. Vaughters conducted by Robert Vaughters in the summer of 1981. Vaughters discusses raising a family in Scio, Roaring River, Hebo, and Portland, Oregon.