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Oral Histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 721 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Dorothy H. Thornton

 Collection
Identifier: SR1076
Abstract

Oral history interview with Dorothy H. Thornton conducted by Nancy Hawver from September 10 to December 13, 1991. Thornton talks about the Tillamook Creamery Association, about the legal and political career of Robert Y. Thornton, and about her career as a painter.

Dates: 1991 September 10-December 13

Oral history interview with Robert Y. Thornton

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Identifier: SR1131
Abstract

Oral history interview with Robert Y. Thornton conducted by Jim Strassmaier from May 21 to September 10, 1991, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Thornton was an Oregon state representative and state attorney general.

Dates: 1990 May 21-September 10

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 Howard C. Tobin

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9364
Abstract

Oral history interview with Howard C. Tobin conducted by Ron E. Shay on January 25, 1968. Tobin shares his memories of hunting and fishing in the area of Fort Stevens, Oregon, from 1903 to 1905.

Dates: 1968 January 25

Oral history interview with Mary V. Tobkin

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Identifier: SR 9661
Abstract

Oral history interview with Mary V. Tobkin conducted by Linda S. Dodds on February 6, 1981. Tobkin discusses her work as administrative secretary to Portland Mayor Terry Schrunk from 1957 to 1972.

Dates: 1981 February 6

Oral history interview with Wilbert R. Todd

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Identifier: SR 9134
Abstract

Oral history interview with Wilbert R. Todd conducted by Linda S. Dodds on March 29, 1980. Todd was a professor of biochemistry at the University of Oregon Medical School, now known as Oregon Health & Science University.

Dates: 1980 March 29

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 Frederick H. Torp

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Identifier: SR1253
Abstract

Oral history interview with Frederick H. Torp conducted by Brian Booth on December 28, 1998, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Torp was an attorney in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1998 December 28

Oral history interview with Jim Towey

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Identifier: SR1336
Abstract

Oral history interview with Jim Towey conducted by Jim Strassmaier on June 2, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Towey was an aide to Hatfield.

Dates: 1988 June 2

Oral history interview with Kay N. Toyooka

 Collection
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